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Neon Genisis Evangelion
Stage of History
Chapter 6: Charade
Kaji smiled as he put his phone away and looked at Shinji who was having rubbing alcohol applied to his scar by Ritsuko
"Ow!" he cried
"Oh quit being such a baby." Ritsuko replied who sounded disappointed that his injuries went no further then a cut, she was hoping at least for a broken limb, "There you're done."
"Thanks." Shinji replied he then got up and walked over to a nearby mirror and stared at his wound
"Isn't there anything you can do about that scar Ritsu?" Kaji asked
"Sorry, the flesh has already sealed itself so there's nothing else I can do except clean it so it doesn't get infected. He'll have that for the rest of his life." Ritsuko replied the two of them caught sight of Shinji's crestfallen expression
"But its nothing to be worried about right," Kaji said "Girls dig scars."
"Oh yes, I think it gives him a handsome rugged look." Ristuko replied, Shinji smiled sadly at the pairs attempt to cheer him up. Just then the locker room door opened and in came Misato
"Shinji!" she cried she then saw him standing in the corner in front of a basin and mirror with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
Slowly he turned around and looked at her the blanket falling to the ground. Misato's eyes widened, Shinji's clothes were almost completely ripped to shreds but what made her breath catch in her throat was the scar that ran down from above his left eye and down his left cheek
"What happened, how did he get that?" she snarled grabbing Kaji by the collar
"How should I know, and he doesn't know either." Kaji replied
"What do you mean?" Misato asked letting go of his collar
"Well I found him outside in the Geofront in the state he's in now, I asked what he was doing there but he said he didn't know." Kaji said
"I believe it would best if we leave so he can have some privacy." Ritsuko spoke up the major was about to say something in protest "I'm sure Shinji would like to shower and change but it might be a little embarrassing for him with a peanut gallery watching."
"Fine." Misato replied she then turned her gaze at her charge who had gone back to staring in the mirror "We'll be outside if you need us Shinji."
Shinji didn't reply he just continued to stare at the mirror whilst the three adults filed out. Suddenly his reflection in the mirror changed so he had long hair fang like teeth and glowing red eyes, Shinji gasped and closed his eyes upon opening them again he saw his reflection was back to normal
'What was that?' breathing heavily he then stripped off his ruined clothes and headed for the shower unit, fiddling with the water till it was tepid enough for him to be under 'What's happening to me.'
Ivy entered the kitchen, she was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a dark blue t-shirt. Inside found she found Sophitia, who wore a simple pale blue skirt and a white shirt with the sleeves missing, not surprisingly she was making dough whilst humming a tune.
"I believe we have enough bread." The British woman's words catching the elder blond's attention "You awoke us all at the crack of dawn with the smell of baking bread."
Sophita smiled at Ivy as she walked towards her "I'm just trying to keep myself busy, and I find working the dough very calming." Smiling she moulded the dough into the shape of a loaf of bread before placing it in the oven, just then Taki appeared wearing a red crop top and a pair of cargo pants
"Ah there you are, where have you been?" Sophitia asked
"Meditating." Taki stated sitting down at the table
"Well as we are here let's have some tea." Sophita said as she filled the kettle with water and gathered three tea cups whilst waiting for it to boil.
Ivy sat down next to Taki an uncomfortable look on her face
"What wrong?" Sophitia asked
"It's this undergarment, what do they call it again? A b r a. I won't deny it offers excellent support and it's more comfortable then a corset I just can't get used to the feel of it." The British woman said as she tried to adjust herself
"I know what you mean." Taki agreed "How do these modern women do it."
"They must be used to it." Sophitia replied setting down three cups of tea "I wonder where Cassandra has got to?" she asked
"Who knows." Taki replied.
Just then the sound of the front door being opened caught the women's attention and the topic of conversation herself entered along with Talim which surprised them as she wasn't meant to return until later that afternoon.
However the pair weren't alone, behind them were two men and two women each of whom they recognized.
"It can't be." Ivy gasped
"By the gods." Sophitia exclaimed
"Kilik, Seong Mi-na, Xianghua, Maxi." Taki said
"Ivy Taki Sophitia." Xianghua said
"How is it that you are here?" Seong Mi-na asked
"You first." Ivy replied.
Shinji walked along the corridors towards the briefing room trying his hardest not to let anyone he came across to see the scar he now bore on his face. Kaji walked beside him, he had managed to convince Misato to head to the briefing room on the assurance that he would escort Shinji there himself.
Soon enough the pair entered the room finding Misato Ritsuko Asuka Rei as well as the three techs or bridge bunnies as they were referred to through out the base amongst other things (the butch one and the two bitches, Maya being the butch one).
"Kajjjiii." A red white and green blur raced towards the older man and unsurprisingly Asuka attached herself to the government agents arm looking up Shinji saw an uncomfortable look on Kaji's face
"There you are third child." Came the inevitable quip from Asuka "I see you finally decided to crawl out of your hole. How you're a pilot I'll never know given how much of a coward you are."
Shinji glared at the girl but she was so caught up in her rant she didn't notice, for a brief instant he felt the urge to grab Asuka by the throat and not let go till he crushed her wind pipe
"Knock it off Asuka, the poor kids had a trying day." Kaji told her he then successfully removed his arm from her grip.
This snapped Shinji out of his red haze, feeling ashamed he made to take a seat only to find Rei blocking his path "Ayanami!"
"I am relieved that you are safe Ikari." The albino girl said "May I inquire what has happened to your face?"
"What are you talking about Wonder girl?" Asuka said she then gasped as she finally noticed the scar that ran down the left side of Shinji's face
"I uh rather not talk about it." Shinji replied walking past Rei trying to avoid any questions, in reality what could he tell her he didn't even know how he'd gotten it. Although he was sure Asuka wasn't going to let it slide.
"Hey Shinji what's that around your neck?" Misato asked upon seeing the pendant that the young man wore
"Oh it's just something I picked up whilst I was in Kyoto, y'know a later present for his birthday." Kaji said
Misato looked at him then turned her gaze at Shinji "Its Shinji's birthday, when?"
"Try four days ago or was that pathetic thing you call your brain too numbed by alcohol when you ate my birthday cake by yourself. Thanks Misato, it's nice to know you care." Shinji spat bitterly as he sat down which caught everyone and even himself by surprise, he had no clue where that came from but he had been having these strange urges lately, dark sinister urges.
"You forgot Shinji's birthday!" Ritsuko exclaimed
"What how was I supposed to know." Misato cried trying to defend herself
"You're his guardian, it's in the profile which also contains his birth certificate, medical history, his permanent record and psyche evaluations. The ones you assured us you had reviewed when you signed the forms when you accepted him as your charge." Ritsuko replied
"Yeah well…what about you, its not like you remembered either." Misato said in a last bit attempt to save face
"I gave you a card signed by myself Maya Aoba and Hyuga to give to him, his name was on the envelope for Christ's sake."
Before the argument could escalate the door opened and in walked Gendo and Fuyutsuki causing both women to clam up rather quick. Although no one could tell Gendo had his eyes fixed upon the boy he once abandoned as he turned to face him, if the commander of NERV was in the least taken a back by the scar visible on his sons face he hid it well. He wasn't sure why but form some reason Shinji reminded him of someone he'd seen a picture of a long time ago but he couldn't remember where.
"Is it ready?" He said
"Yes sir," Ritsuko replied she then turned to Maya "Start the simulation."
"Yes ma'am." The young tech replied and typed in some commands into a computer
"What your about to see is a simulation based upon surveillance footage as well as footage from a satellite in orbit, of the battles that took place about an hour ago." Ritsuko said and moments later the lights dimmed and the floor lit up creating a simulation of the café area of Tokyo 3 memorial park replaying Kilik, Seong Mi-na, Xianghua, Maxi's battle against Astaroth.
From her seat Maya shuddered as the battle replayed before her whilst the others watched transfixed by the action
"Whoa that's incredible." Aboa whispered to Hyuga
"I know, I thought that kind of move was only possible in video games." The glasses wearing man replied "This is incredible, these people put Asuka to shame."
The two men ignored the death glare said girl was giving them. The scene then changed to the school the pilots attended and Nightmare slaughtering the Lizardmen which then cut to the Azure knight and the servant of Aries battling one another right up to the explosion that exposed the geofront
'It can not be, I thought he was just a legend?' Kaji eyes widened as he watched the carnage before him.
Shinji however stared at the carnage before him, images of battlefields and dead bodies flashed before his eyes and felt his insides churning and the smell of blood filled his nostrils.
"Upon analysing the data we've collected I estimate whatever those creatures are they have powers that rival the Eva's." Ritsuko said
"But what are they, some kind of Angel?" Misato asked
"That I don't know, so far there's no indication that they are related to the Angels but I wouldn't rule anything out." The blond doctor replied.
Just then an alarm sounded
"What are we under attack" Asuka asked
"Not sure but I'm not willing to take any chances. Everyone go to battle stations." Misato said she then turned to the three pilots "Head to the locker rooms and change into your plus suits, I want you prepped and in your Eva's in ten minutes."
"Yes Ma'am." The three of them said and they left however at the back Shinji's thoughts were still on the strange images he'd seen.
"I see, I must say it is a most…unusual tale." Kilik said, he Maxi Seong Mi-na and Xianghua had listened to the tale that the five women before them had told
"So Soul Edge has chosen this boy to be its new host. Does that retched blade's evil know no bounds?" Xianghua muttered
"We'll help in any way we can but it will be most difficult, do you have any idea of how to exorcise Soul Edges vile spirit from his body?" Seong Mi-na asked
"I'm afraid not." Cassandra replied
"Soul Edges hold on him is strong but it's not like it was with Siegfried." Talim said "Maybe if we could get him to come here together we might be able to weaken the swords hold on him."
"Well it's an idea," Taki said offhandedly "But it's not without its flaws and there is quite a high probability that it can backfire on us."
"But there's a chance that it will not, by weakening Soul Edges hold we maybe able to reach the boy inside by offering what he has been denied his whole life." Sophitia said
"That is true, Shinji has been denied love his whole life and now he is surrounded by people who manipulate and abuse him for their own selfish desires which creates hatred and darkness in the boys heart which in turn feeds Soul Edge." Talim added
"However we must be very delicate about this," Ivy said "We just can't force him to come here and expect he'll willingly cooperate. We'll have to act at the appropriate time for this to work which means we'll have to keep an even closer eye on him."
"And it just so happens a position at Shinji's school has opened up." Cassandra pointed out
"But don't forget we must always be on our guard with Astaroth and Nightmare's formers servant Tira running around." Maxi pointed out. Just then an alarm sounded
"What is that?" Xianghua exclaimed
"Come, we must leave." Cassandra said
"Why, what's going on?" Kilik asked
"We'll tell you on the way." Taki replied as she and the others headed for the front door.
Forty minutes later all three Eva's were on the surface waiting for whatever it was they had to deal with this time.
Shinji sat there in his entry plug doing his best to block out Asuka complaining as well as Misato continuously stating the obvious 'Why don't those two just shut up…wait where did that come from?'
Just then something appeared, it looked like a ball the size of the Eva's head with an eye ball in the centre then strange brown fragments appeared circling the ball till it formed a human shape
-What is that, some kind of Angel?- he heard Misato gasp over the comm.
-I…I don't know, the pattern has changed.- Ritsuko replied.
Just then a large sword appeared in the creatures hand and it assumed a fighting pose which Shinji found familiar but he couldn't think where (AN: Its Siegfried's).
Shinji felt something strange wheeling within him the same thing he'd felt at school, everything around him disappeared swallowed by a dark void, a large red eye appeared before him and he felt the same way he had at school earlier a figurer with a disfigured right arm wearing blue armor appeared before him
"Surrender your will…" it said in a low hiss and Shinji felt his eyelids growing heavy
"No Shinji, you must fight it." a voice cried out a woman who looked very similar to Rei wearing a silver version of her plug suit appeared, however she was in her late twenties/early thirties had blue eyes and had rich auburn/brown hair.
The man in the armor glared at her "Stay out of this you worthless whore, he is mine. Don't forget you and your accursed bloodline has brought this upon him. Now BEGONE…"
Red lighting was emitted from the knight's hand causing the woman to scream in agony before she disappeared.
Back in the real world Asuka had engaged the strange creature in battle using her progressive sword, despite being a rather poor swordswoman the creature having no problem blocking every blow.
Something grabbed Unit 02 from behind and to everyone's surprise it was Unit 01
"Baka Shinji, what are you trying to pull?" Asuka demanded
-Shut your mouth snivelling cur.- came a rasping snarl from over the comm.
This shocked Asuka and had she looked at the vidscreen she would have seen nothing but static as well as two red eyes staring back at her.
Unit 01 then grabbed Unit 02's wrist and crushed it causing Asuka to cry out in pain and drop her sword, Unit 01 then lifted the red mecha and threw it into Unit 00 rendering both of them temporarily immobile, it then picked up the sword and turned its gaze to the giant creature.
Suddenly unit 01's right arm began swelling and burst from its armor revealing a gruesome looking three fingered claw, the plating on the back of its head cracked and long red hair emerged from it, the sword in its let hand grew larger and thicker and a purple eye appeared near the handle (AN: Its the version of Soul Edge Nightmare uses in SC III).
Meanwhile Sophitia Cassandra Ivy Talim Taki and their guests were running towards the small shrine that sat atop the mountain that Toji and Kensuke had gone to watch the battle between Unit 01 and the 4th Angel to watch the battle between the Evangelions and the creatures that posed as much as a threat to this era that Soul Edge had been in theirs.
However they soon discovered that someone had the same idea. Standing atop the summit was a certain blue haired figure dressed in trademark green outfit
"You!" Talim exclaimed,
Tira turned to look at the group who had just arrived "Well well look who it is, the wind priestess and her little friends have come to watch my master in action."
Confused by this the party of eight looked out over the city and were blown away by what they saw, Evangelion Unit 01 possesing fetchers similar to Siegfried when he was possessed by Soul Edge and wielding a weapon that looked quite similar to the cursed sword, whilst its opponent was Charade only much much MUCH larger then the last time they had encountered him
"By the gods." Sophitia gasped
"That's right, come watch the future unfold." Tira said an evil grin on her face.
Back at NERV HQ everyone was in a panic "What the hell is going on, what has happened to Unit 01?" Misato demanded
"I…I don't know, we did a complete diagnostic on unit 01 this morning in preparation for today's tests and it came back clean." Ritsuko replied her eyes fixed on the screen that showed the monstrous creature that had been Unit 01"It was clean, we found no sign of contamination from the 12th Angel and no signs of sabotage."
"Ma'am, Unit 01 is giving off the same wave pattern as the creature." Maya cried out
"What!" both Ritsuko and Misato exclaimed.
Above them from his perch sat Gendo and despite his normal cold demeanour on the inside his find was racing however as right now he could find no way to turn this to his advantage
'Neither this nor this battle was predicted in the Dead Sea Scrolls, if this continues then the whole scenario could fall apart.'
"Well this is a rather interesting development." Fuyutsuki said
"In deed." His former student replied.
A voice caused Asuka to come to "What?"
–I said: would you please get off me.- looking at her vid screen she saw Rei staring back at her, a ticked off look on her face (or rather it was what passed as a ticked off look, Rei's facial expressions were so subtle very few could tell the difference), muttering Asuka moved her Unit 02 move off of Unit 00
'Stupid Baka, trying to show me up again. I swear when we get home I'll beat him so hard…' it was then the fuming red head caught sight of what had once been Unit 01 it sword clashing with the creatures "Mien Gott."
Rei had also gotten a glimpse of the mutated Eva 'Ikari…'
"You wretch." Nightmare snarled as he blocked another attack by Charade then unleashed a kick to the creatures mid section sending his opponent into the air and flying for half a mile before crashing to the ground a cry was then heard over the comm. that made the two pilots and everyone on the bridges blood run cold
"I want to hear... your anguish!"
Nightmare then activated his soul charge Charade then got up and swung its sword again which Nightmare blocked his sword juiced up with soul charge it caused Charade's sword to shatter
"I shall show you... the end of days!"
Nightmares body began glowing with power and an explosion of energy erupted from his body destroying everything in a 4 block radius and sent Charade crashing to the ground once more
"Know your place, there will be no next time!"
Nightmare walked towards Charade and grabbed the orb with the eye in the centre of its body with his gruesome claw "Now, give me... give me your soul!"
Charades body began glowing with energy which travelled up Nightmares arm before absorbing it the fragments that had made up Charades body turned ash grey and fell away from the body shattering upon contact with the ground. Nightmare felt the energy flowing through him, unlike most of the souls he'd absorbed whilst in this city this one would keep him sustained for awhile.
He then dropped the grey orb which caused a small explosion upon impact levelling several buildings Nightmare however ever didn't seem to notice. Then suddenly he began to feel a great pain inside his head and his world began fading into blackness a voice echoed saying "Give him back to me…"
'No! You conceited wretched human!' however he could not seem to fight against it and after a few minutes everything faded into darkness.
Minutes later in the Eva cage the maintenance crews were removing the entry plugs from the Eva's and a medical crew with a gurney was hurrying towards Unit 01's entry plug although minus a certain lavender haired drunkard major who had been ordered to remain on the bridge. The engineers pried open the entry plug and were shocked by the sight that greeted them.
Shinji was lying there in the pilot's seat his plug suit virtually destroyed (except for a very convenient area) and his whole body was pale.
Getting over their initial shock the med team lifted the boy out of the plug and onto the gurney and hurried him off to the medical unit as quickly as they could not noticing the red aura that appeared around his body momentarily.
