Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ EVANGELION: 2035 ❯ Saltwater Terror ( Chapter 4 )
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By: diabloelmo 
Anime/Manga: Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.27.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 187 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.27.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 187 | Status: Completed
EVANGELION: 2035
Due to an extreme amount of badgering from my friend and accomplice Jimmy (A.K.A the monkeys are coming), I have decided to delegate the usual warnings and precautions to him. He will be a good little muse, or he will sorely regret it. Sorry for any inconvenience, and I am in no way responsible for his actions, whatever they may be. Thankyou, and have a nice day.
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Jimmy: No mikey. Hello everyone. I'm the one that keeps this fic as right as possible and if Diabloelmo disagrees with me I shout at him tell he changes it.
Diabloelmo: er, yeah, right…… *looks at jimmy with a loathing look of hatred* dumbass…
Jimmy: And I never fail
Diabloelmo: yeah but he hasn't achieved his main goal yet.
Jimmy: hehehe. *Grins evilly*
Diabloelmo: * quirks an eyebrow* what are you up to?
Jimmy: ummm let's just say I put something in the draft of the next chapter
Diabloelmo: *looks at draft* JIMMY I'M NOT MAKING THIS A SHINJIxKAORU FIC!!
Jimmy: PWEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Diabloelmo: no. Now do as you're told and get on with the warning like a good muse
Jimmy: *sigh* ok. Diabloelmo doesn't not own neon genesis or any of its characters except the ones he made up for this fic (more in the future) and this fic does contain a fair amount of swearing and a bit of violence. (I'll make this a Shinji x kaoru fic YET)
Diabloelmo: What was that jimmy?
Jimmy: nothing... ****
CHAPTER 4- Saltwater Terror
"Whoa!!!" As Usagi Ikari stepped through the heavy blast doors of the EVA cage, this was the only word out of her mouth. It was an impressive sight, she had to admit. Unit-01 stood before her; up to it's shoulders in coolant fluid. But she could see enough of it to know it's new colour scheme. Where before there was purple, the dominant colour was a dark, commando green, and the tips of its chin, horn and shoulder fins were a deep blue, almost black. The orange neck-guard had changed also, but to a dark blue colouration. The yellow eyes were the only light colours, pinpricks of life against the darkness of the armour. Usagi couldn't be sure, but the fins seemed to look a little shorter and stockier, but it may have been a trick of the light. Sighing, she walked over to the entry plug that awaited her. After climbing in, she switched on the communicator, opening up a window on the inside wall of the plug. In it, she could see commander Katsuragi, seated in her chair, Auntie Asuka standing to one side, and her father on the other. "Err. sorry to be a wet blanket," she begun, "But how the hell do I fight this thing?"
Due to an extreme amount of badgering from my friend and accomplice Jimmy (A.K.A the monkeys are coming), I have decided to delegate the usual warnings and precautions to him. He will be a good little muse, or he will sorely regret it. Sorry for any inconvenience, and I am in no way responsible for his actions, whatever they may be. Thankyou, and have a nice day.
****
Jimmy: No mikey. Hello everyone. I'm the one that keeps this fic as right as possible and if Diabloelmo disagrees with me I shout at him tell he changes it.
Diabloelmo: er, yeah, right…… *looks at jimmy with a loathing look of hatred* dumbass…
Jimmy: And I never fail
Diabloelmo: yeah but he hasn't achieved his main goal yet.
Jimmy: hehehe. *Grins evilly*
Diabloelmo: * quirks an eyebrow* what are you up to?
Jimmy: ummm let's just say I put something in the draft of the next chapter
Diabloelmo: *looks at draft* JIMMY I'M NOT MAKING THIS A SHINJIxKAORU FIC!!
Jimmy: PWEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Diabloelmo: no. Now do as you're told and get on with the warning like a good muse
Jimmy: *sigh* ok. Diabloelmo doesn't not own neon genesis or any of its characters except the ones he made up for this fic (more in the future) and this fic does contain a fair amount of swearing and a bit of violence. (I'll make this a Shinji x kaoru fic YET)
Diabloelmo: What was that jimmy?
Jimmy: nothing... ****
CHAPTER 4- Saltwater Terror
"Whoa!!!" As Usagi Ikari stepped through the heavy blast doors of the EVA cage, this was the only word out of her mouth. It was an impressive sight, she had to admit. Unit-01 stood before her; up to it's shoulders in coolant fluid. But she could see enough of it to know it's new colour scheme. Where before there was purple, the dominant colour was a dark, commando green, and the tips of its chin, horn and shoulder fins were a deep blue, almost black. The orange neck-guard had changed also, but to a dark blue colouration. The yellow eyes were the only light colours, pinpricks of life against the darkness of the armour. Usagi couldn't be sure, but the fins seemed to look a little shorter and stockier, but it may have been a trick of the light. Sighing, she walked over to the entry plug that awaited her. After climbing in, she switched on the communicator, opening up a window on the inside wall of the plug. In it, she could see commander Katsuragi, seated in her chair, Auntie Asuka standing to one side, and her father on the other. "Err. sorry to be a wet blanket," she begun, "But how the hell do I fight this thing?"
"Same as you would fight any other Angel, except you have to swim at the same time." Asuka's self-important voice was the first to come on, followed by Misato.
"Really, it shouldn't be all that difficult, Usagi."
"Well, heh, the thing is. I kinda. can't swim." Usagi admitted, scratching the back of her head nervously. There was an uncomfortable silence in the control room.
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Usagi didn't like heights. As a kid, going up to diving boards freaked her out. She had gotten older, but she was still feeling apprehensive about looking facedown at the ocean, several hundred feet below her. Add that to the fact she can't swim, and you have one freaked-out teen.
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Usagi didn't like heights. As a kid, going up to diving boards freaked her out. She had gotten older, but she was still feeling apprehensive about looking facedown at the ocean, several hundred feet below her. Add that to the fact she can't swim, and you have one freaked-out teen.
"Pilot Usagi, please stop making your EVA fidget, or we'll all die." The voice of the transport plane had a hint of a quiver to it, making the joke sour. Usagi relaxed in the only way she knew: she closed her eyes. Like this, she could feel the small electrical signals going to and from her brain and the EVA. The feeling of the wind playing against Unit-01's face, through the armour, was pleasant. Like this, she thought she could feel the EVA's reactions to this. A hint of pleasure, perhaps, or an eagerness to go into battle. She wasn't sure, however. Maybe the stress is getting to me. Yeah, that's it! Her little doze was interrupted by the co-pilot's ready, militaristic voice.
"Target visually acquired. Drop in T-minus ten." She opened her eyes, which widened considerably when she saw what the crew above her had. A giant silhouette, dark against the bright blue of the sea around it. It looked like a jellyfish, she decided. It had a large half- spherical body, with four massive tentacles stretching away from it. A faint dot of red could be seen within the confines of its body, showing the location of its S2.
"EVA release!" the com unit crackled to life once more, before falling silent. A slight jarring feeling went through the young pilot as the docking clamps detached themselves from the shoulder fins, allowing Unit one to plunge into the icy depths below.
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"Ok Usagi, just concentrate on staying upright. The sea floor should be shallow enough for you to engage the target there."
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"Ok Usagi, just concentrate on staying upright. The sea floor should be shallow enough for you to engage the target there."
"Err. right, Asuka." SPLASH! From a camera on the transport plane circling overhead, everyone in central dogma could see the less-than-graceful belly-flop that Unit-01 executed, a couple of hundred meters away from the target. The pilot was obviously having trouble righting her EVA, and was splashing and flailing about, sinking rapidly all the time. The Angel noticed this, and moving for the first time, turned to meet the EVA head on.
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If she had a mouth, she would of smirked. Gadriel, the twentieth Angel, quivered her tentacles in anticipation instead. This copy of Father would be easy to beat, and with a second S2 organ, she could destroy those who misused the power of the Angels. Take this, lillim .she thought, as she propelled herself towards the monstrosity. She could almost feel the Lillim's fear emanating from the 'plug'. WACK! WACK! She could hear the Lillim's screams as Gadriel wrapped her tentacles around the Evangelion, and stated to squeeze the life out of it. Its struggles only amused Gadriel, and made her squeeze all the tighter.
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"Usagi! Try and break the hold!" her father's voice seemed distant. "I'm. I'm trying to daddy."
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If she had a mouth, she would of smirked. Gadriel, the twentieth Angel, quivered her tentacles in anticipation instead. This copy of Father would be easy to beat, and with a second S2 organ, she could destroy those who misused the power of the Angels. Take this, lillim .she thought, as she propelled herself towards the monstrosity. She could almost feel the Lillim's fear emanating from the 'plug'. WACK! WACK! She could hear the Lillim's screams as Gadriel wrapped her tentacles around the Evangelion, and stated to squeeze the life out of it. Its struggles only amused Gadriel, and made her squeeze all the tighter.
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"Usagi! Try and break the hold!" her father's voice seemed distant. "I'm. I'm trying to daddy."
"C'mon! Snap out of it girl!" Usagi's godmother's voice was drowned out by the sound of armour cracking. I'm gunna die, I'm gunna die! I don't want to die! I'm too young to die! Someone help!!! No-one in central dogma heard her silent plea for help. Nothing human did, as the young EVA pilot feel from consciousness. But something did.
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Within the deep confines of the S2 organ, something stirred. A spark of intelligence, a hint of knowledge, perhaps, and a shitload of anger and hatred for the bringer of pain to their granddaughter. For there was more than one entity in Unit-01's S2.
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Gadriel paused for a moment. Its prey wasn't dead yet, so why had the struggles stopped? The EVA's eyes turned from yellow to a deep blood red, and one thought coursed through the twentieth's mind. Oh shit. This train of thought was derailed, by the pain of having her tentacles snapped in half, ripped from her body, and thrown away. Her dark grey appendages floated away with the ocean currant, spewing out blood. The sea turned a foreboding red colour, and Gadriel knew fear. Now defenceless, Gadriel could do nothing as the hunted-turned-hunter jumped up from the sea floor, ripping her AT field as it went, straight into her body. Her flesh exploded away from her body, and chunks of the Angel's flesh intermingled with the blood, giving the sea a strange, chunky appearance. The last thing she knew was an armoured fist plunging into her core, coming out the other side. What she didn't feel was the almighty blast coming from said core overloading, creating a giant hole in the ocean, quickly being filled up again with the displaced seawater.
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"Owwww. My head."
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Within the deep confines of the S2 organ, something stirred. A spark of intelligence, a hint of knowledge, perhaps, and a shitload of anger and hatred for the bringer of pain to their granddaughter. For there was more than one entity in Unit-01's S2.
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Gadriel paused for a moment. Its prey wasn't dead yet, so why had the struggles stopped? The EVA's eyes turned from yellow to a deep blood red, and one thought coursed through the twentieth's mind. Oh shit. This train of thought was derailed, by the pain of having her tentacles snapped in half, ripped from her body, and thrown away. Her dark grey appendages floated away with the ocean currant, spewing out blood. The sea turned a foreboding red colour, and Gadriel knew fear. Now defenceless, Gadriel could do nothing as the hunted-turned-hunter jumped up from the sea floor, ripping her AT field as it went, straight into her body. Her flesh exploded away from her body, and chunks of the Angel's flesh intermingled with the blood, giving the sea a strange, chunky appearance. The last thing she knew was an armoured fist plunging into her core, coming out the other side. What she didn't feel was the almighty blast coming from said core overloading, creating a giant hole in the ocean, quickly being filled up again with the displaced seawater.
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"Owwww. My head."
"Usagi! Are you all right?" came the incessant voice of her father. It was a tone of voice she hadn't heard since her mother had saved her. At the moment, though, Usagi was too wrapped up in pain to realise this.
"Could ya speak quietly, without shouting, dad?" She opened her eyes, and saw the face of her father grinning sheepishly. She couldn't help but smile. "Yeah, I'm ok. Got a massive headache though." The smirking face of Asuka came into view.
"See, I told ya. Piece of cake, wasn't it, hmm?"
"Err.." In reality, she didn't know. She could remember being in pain, being crushed slowly to death, and then she woke up. Usagi had a nagging feeling that something happened in the fight, but couldn't figure it out. Well, I won, didn't I?
"Huh?" suddenly, she was wide awake. Someone had said that, she was sure of it. But I thought it.. A cold shiver ran down her spine, followed by sweat. Well, it felt like sweat, but in LCL, it kinda just floated off.
Usagi screamed, and found relief as unconsciousness swept over her again.
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Usagi was floating. LCL surrounded her, but she wasn't in the EVA plug. Nor was she dressed in her plug suit, but rather her school uniform, for some reason she couldn't fathom.
"Huh?" suddenly, she was wide awake. Someone had said that, she was sure of it. But I thought it.. A cold shiver ran down her spine, followed by sweat. Well, it felt like sweat, but in LCL, it kinda just floated off.
Usagi screamed, and found relief as unconsciousness swept over her again.
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Usagi was floating. LCL surrounded her, but she wasn't in the EVA plug. Nor was she dressed in her plug suit, but rather her school uniform, for some reason she couldn't fathom.
I must be dreaming, she thought. The words seemed to echo in this strange place, although without walls, she didn't know how. She pinched herself to make sure it was a dream. It hurt, but strangely. Instead of the pain being in her upper arm, she felt it in her entire being.
"I wouldn't do that, if I were you, dearie." The voice behind her nearly made her jump out of her skin. Spinning around, she saw two people standing side by side. One of them, the male, looking like an older version of her father, but with glasses and a goatee, smiled warmly at her, although it looked a little strained. The other, the woman, had a rich burgundy-coloured hair and smiled, although this one was more genuine.
"Who. who are you?" Usagi demanded, feeling scared, but determined not to show it.
"We are the souls that reside within EVA. We defeated the angel, after you lost conscience." The man answered impassively. The woman gave him a disapproving glare, under which he seemed to shrink.
"You're seeing her for the first time, AND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?"
"Sorry, Yui dear." He said that rather quickly, in an attempt to remove the gare from his direction. Whether or not it worked, she turned anyway.
"Just ignore Gendo, dear. His manners have quite a bit of room to improve. And in any case, we didn't do anything. I saved you. It's been a while since I had a good fight." her eyes seemed to glaze over, as she trailed off. She snapped back to reality quickly, when Usagi asked another question.
"EVA has a soul?"
"Yes it does. Do you know the reason why only you and your father where the only ones able to pilot this particular EVA?"
"No, why?" The woman called Yui smiled.
"Lets say that this EVA runs in the family, Usagi Ikari." In that moment, Usagi's brain decided to start making connections, and her eyes widened the moment it dawned on her who these two people were.
"Yui and Gendo Ikari?"
"In the, well, not quite in the flesh, but here anyway." The LCL they where in started rapidly changing colours, and the two elder Ikaris faded from view. As they did, blackness engulfed Usagi once more.
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Usagi opened her eyes, expecting the whiteness of the entry plug around her, and was surprised to see a roof swim into view. Focusing a bit more, she turned her head and saw an impressive view of the Geofront below her. She sat up quickly, and instantly regretted it, as dizziness strove to overcome her again. Sitting up more slowly, she deduced by her surroundings that she was in the infirmary again. Easing herself out of bed, she saw that someone had left her clothes folded up on a chair. Quickly dressing out of the revealing hospital gown, she left the room in search of a meal.
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"Hey, you're back!" Usagi was a little surprised to hear Susami show something bordering on concern. She grinned.
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Usagi opened her eyes, expecting the whiteness of the entry plug around her, and was surprised to see a roof swim into view. Focusing a bit more, she turned her head and saw an impressive view of the Geofront below her. She sat up quickly, and instantly regretted it, as dizziness strove to overcome her again. Sitting up more slowly, she deduced by her surroundings that she was in the infirmary again. Easing herself out of bed, she saw that someone had left her clothes folded up on a chair. Quickly dressing out of the revealing hospital gown, she left the room in search of a meal.
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"Hey, you're back!" Usagi was a little surprised to hear Susami show something bordering on concern. She grinned.
"Takes more than a giant jellyfish to keep me away for long."
"Giant jellyfish? We were told you had pneumonia." Came the suspicious reply from Sasami. Then her eyes widened as she realised, and quickly corrected herself.
"Ohhhh. Right." Usagi rolled her eyes, and the two girls burst in a fit of giggles. "Usagi Ikari to the principal's office please, Usagi Ikari to the principal's office." Came the call over the school PA. Automatically, the two girls stopped laughing, and looked at each other. "What did ya do this time?" demanded Susami. Usagi shrugged. "I dunno, but I'll tell you later." With that, she speed off out of the classroom. Susami sighed. I wonder if all EVA pilots are gunna be like that..
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"Yes?" Usagi asked, as soon as she got to the office. She noticed the boy sitting in a chair in front of the principal, and Auntie Asuka next to him, leaning on the desk. The principal was not there.
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"Yes?" Usagi asked, as soon as she got to the office. She noticed the boy sitting in a chair in front of the principal, and Auntie Asuka next to him, leaning on the desk. The principal was not there.
"Err, what's going on?" she asked, slightly confused. The boy turned around, to look at her. He had raven-coloured hair, warm brown eyes and a ready smile. She decided he was cute, but not overly gorgeous. She instead turned to Asuka and demanded again. "Who's this?" Asuka smirked, as only she can.
"Usagi, meet James Sutton. The seventh child."
"Oh." Bowing, she said, by way of greeting: "Nice to meet you. Usagi Ikari, the sixth child." He blinked, and his pale European skin reddened slightly.
"He comes from England. Only speaks English, nothing else." Usagi felt herself redden this time, from embarrassment. She quickly switched to the proper language, so he could understand.
"Hi, I'm Usagi Ikari. I am the Sixth child." She said it slowly, because her English was abysmal. However, he understood, and replied.
"James Sutton, pleased to meet you." Usagi had an impression that this was someone who was extremely polite and 'gentlemanly', but that may have been because she had trouble understanding him. Switching back to Japanese, she turned once again to her godmother.
"Does he know about EVA?" Asuka nodded.
"He was filled in this morning. He will be joining you for your synch testing tonight." She winced. Not from any dislike of company, but she had forgotten all about the dreaded synch test. She hated it, the hours confined in that tiny plug, all to test her synch ratio with unit one.
"He will also be in your class at school. Make sure he doesn't say anything secret."
"Yes Asuka."
"I'm on duty.." She reminded the teen.
"Yes ma'am." She saluted, but in an exaggerated style. Smirking, she left the room, the boy in tow. Neither of the pilots saw the intense, loathing hatred in the subcommander's eyes as they left, nor the muttered comment she made once they left.
"Steal my Unit two, will you? You're going down, you little momma's boy."
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END CHAPTER FOUR
What is going on in the deep confines of Unit-01's S2 organ? Will Usagi meet her grandparents again? And will the seventh child succeed in his quest to become a EVA pilot, or will his superior officer's dislike for him prove to be his undoing? Find out, in the next instalment on the Review- winning fanfiction series, EVANGELION: 2035- New Blood!
AUTHOUR'S NOTES: Well, that took long enough. Thanks to my muse for his hard work and dedication.. Well, not really, but, you know. Oh well. Thanks anyway to jimmy. Seeyez!!!
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END CHAPTER FOUR
What is going on in the deep confines of Unit-01's S2 organ? Will Usagi meet her grandparents again? And will the seventh child succeed in his quest to become a EVA pilot, or will his superior officer's dislike for him prove to be his undoing? Find out, in the next instalment on the Review- winning fanfiction series, EVANGELION: 2035- New Blood!
AUTHOUR'S NOTES: Well, that took long enough. Thanks to my muse for his hard work and dedication.. Well, not really, but, you know. Oh well. Thanks anyway to jimmy. Seeyez!!!