Evangelion Rewrite Chapter 2
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Evangelion Rewrite: Chapter 2 Welcome Shinji
Shinji bit hard into the duck tape in order to tear off a piece and patch up the damaged vehicle, whilst Misato attached battery packs to the car. The sun beat down upon Shinji's back, but he felt glad that he was finally able to make himself useful, so he worked silently.
After patching up the last of the smaller holes, Misato appeared behind him and said "We don't have enough time to fix up any of the larger holes, so jump in the car and we'll get going." Shinji obeyed this command, still watching Misato silently to get a full picture of what she was like.
In the car, Misato talked on the phone while Shinji coursed his hands over his switch blade. Flipping out the knife and then flipping in back in again, but he quickly put it away, back in his pocket, when he heard the click that signified that Misato had hung up. Shinji turned his head, even further away from her, but kept an eye on her from the rear view mirror on his side. She seemed to be panicking about something, which Shinji marked as strange, but she then began to look down her own top. So Shinji finally labelled her as a weird person and decided to probe her for more information. "Misato." He declared. Misato quickly answered him.
"Yes, Shinji?" She asked. Shinji made a mental note of the fact that she now seemed perfectly fine and even cheerful. "What do you do at Nerv?" He asked her.
"Oh, you know about Nerv do you?" She asked. But Shinji just remained silent and waited for a reply so she continued. "I'm a captain and a government official."
"So what? Do you go around picking up young children all the time? This doesn't tell me anything." He said intently hoping to press her.
"Hey now, you're not nearly as cute as you look." Misato said to him sternly.
"I'm still waiting for my reply, Misato?" Shinji told her, his eyes becoming more focused on hers. But Misato smiled and pulled on the car wheel, making the car spin 720 degrees, causing Shinji to break eye contact. "I guess you're one of those bratty kids." She declares calmly and unfazed. Shinji silently admits his first defeat and goes quiet again.
Having passed below sea level some time ago, Shinji decided it was time he tried questioning Misato again, this time in a more indirect manner. "I'll be meeting my father here, won't I?" He asked her. She smiled at him, 'again with damn smiling' Shinji thought, but he kept a poker face whilst waiting for her answer. "Yes, you will do Shinji." She said cheerfully and asked "Do you know what he does here?"
"No." Shinji answered in a heartbeat. "But I'd like to know your relationship with him?" He asked her whilst still wearing his poker face.
"My- my relationship!?" She asked finally discarding her smile. Shinji nodded. "Well, he's my boss. I don't have any other relationship with him than a professional one." Misato stated. He was about to ask her more questions, but Misato managed to ask him a question quicker. "Do you have an I.D card?" She asked.
"I burnt it." Shinji told her bluntly. "Along with everything else I owned." He decided not to tell her about his switch blade and the one remaining photo he had off her. "I see..." Misato said quietly, she wondered what to do about the situation at hand, but decided it wasn't worth making any extra trouble over. So she handed him a Nerv guidebook instead. "Here read this." She said. Shinji took it off of her hands, thanked her, rolled down the car window and threw it outside. Misato pulled a stunned face, but turned and gripped her steering wheel. 'There's no communicating with that kid.' She thought. Meanwhile Shinji cursed his luck, since he still hadn't managed to get any info out of her.
The scenery changed as they entered the Geo-Front. But Shinji just folded his arms and closed his eyes. "Are you not-" Misato began, but was cut off by Shinji
"No." So yet another awkward silence invaded the space around them both.
After having finally left the car Shinji stretched his legs a little and after a little travelling they found an elevator and decided to enter. "I'm beginning to think that you really are required to go around picking up children." Shinji said to Misato after finding a spot to lean against. Misato, however, ignored him, deciding that she'd just about had enough with him. Eventually though, the elevator doors opened and a blonde woman stared into the elevator. "Ritsuko" Misato spoke aloud. Shinji decided that this person had something over Misato from the way she reacted to this blonde woman's appearance and so watched her carefully when she entered the room. She wore a white coat and a swimsuit, which completely destroyed any reason for wearing the white coat. She spoke directly to Misato, ignoring Shinji. "You're wasting time Misato, we can't afford to lose anymore of it."
"Yes, yes." Misato said brushing the other woman off.
"Is this the boy?" She asked Misato. Almost ignoring the fact that Shinji was standing there. So Shinji took the opportunity to make himself known. "So, there's somebody at Nerv who's as lacking in manners as I am. Well that makes things easy, I can speak on the same level with somebody like you." After saying this he shot Ritsuko a fierce stare and she directly opposed him. Misato chuckled nervously, "he's just like his dad isn't he?" She asked not really looking for an answer, but just trying to calm down the static confrontation inside the elevator.
After more travelling and a boat ride Ritsuko announced that they had finally reached their location. Shinji got off the boat and waited on a metal platform, but the lights cut off suddenly and before Shinji's eyes had a chance to readjust the lights snapped back on and Shinji stared at a robotic face. He took a step back, but dug his heels into the platform so that he didn't give away his shock. "Now if only I hadn't thrown away that book Misato give me." He said mockingly. Ritsuko beamed proudly and began her speech. "This is-"
"I couldn't give a damn what this is." Shinji said, cutting Ritsuko off.
"Is that so?" A voice spoke out. Shinji looked up and saw the face of his father and before anybody had a chance to react, he took out his switch blade, flicked out the blade and threw it directly at his father. The blade shot forward like an arrow and it looked like it was going to make it's target. But the knife bounced off a re-enforced glass without so much as a scratch. Ritsuko opened her mouth like a fish and Misato stood stunned, she had no idea that Shinji was prepared to kill his own father. But Ikari senior just directed his gaze towards Shinji, who was gritting his teeth and clenching his fists so hard that his nails dug into the skin and let tiny drops of blood out. "Father." He forced out as something that sounded more akin to the growling of an animal. His father smiled. "We are moving out." He said.
"Wait, you don't mean that we're using this Eva? Rei can't pilot it yet" Misato shouted to Ritsuko. "We're using Shinji as the Eva pilot for 01" Ritsuko told Misato. However, Shinji started chuckling. The next thing he decided to say, he said with venom. "Don't act so high and mighty, it looks more like you people are running out of options and what happens if I don't want to pilot this thing?"
"If you're not going to pilot it, then leave!" This shout came from his father and Shinji just looked up at him and smiled. "I was going to kill you today, but clearly you'd rather hide like a coward and bark orders like a dog, but it just so happens that I don't have to kill you. There's a large and grotesque monster outside and if it flattens you, I'll consider it my new best friend. Why would I want to fight something that could do me such a big favour. Goodbye father, with luck you'll be able to feel something before you it kills you.." When Shinji said all of this, he stuck his hand into the air and gave it a slight wave as he walked towards what seemed to be the nearest exit. Misato didn't know how to respond, so she bit into her lip. His father barked some more orders at whatever was to his right and a blue haired girl covered in bandages and nasty looking injuries was wheeled in a bed frame towards the Eva. Shinji didn't fully turn to face her, but he shouted out "Good luck with that thing, maybe the creature outside will take pity on you!" After shouting this, Shinji kept on walking but Misato blocked him off. "How can you be so heartless!?" She cried. Shinji shrugged and kept on walking towards her. A large explosion occurred and the entire compound shook. Shinji watched the girl fall from her bed. But turned towards Misato and signalled for her to move, she raised her hand to slap him but another explosion shook everything around them and rubble fell threatening kill them both. Shinji pushed Misato out of the way with a roundhouse kick and braced himself for impact. But he never felt any pain and looking up he saw a giant robotic hand which was joined to the face that had appeared before him earlier. "You saved me" He said to it. "You must want me alive then. Okay, I'll fight with you, but don't expect anything to come of it." Shinji walked over to the bed frame that was now leaning on it's side. He picked it up and pushed it over to the girl had been on top of it. "Get up, you were so determined to risk your life before, so you can stop being helpless and help yourself instead of others for a change." He said to her. She struggled to her feet and climbed back into the bed, she looked for him, but he was gone again.
Ritsuko sat on the ground in confusion "It shouldn't have been able to move." She whispered to herself. "It had no pilot."
"Pathetic." Shinji said to her. "Vain glory is a sin you know."
"You can hardly speak, coming back just to gloat." She told him bitterly.
"And now you're trying to belittle a fifteen year old. You're full of yourself. But that's why it's going to be fun working with you." Shinji's reply startled Ritsuko.
"Are you trying to say that you'll pilot it?" She asked.
"Hurry up before I changed my mind." Shinji said with scorn in his voice. He walked back into the center of the platform and looked up at his father. With a smile, he raised his thumb, bit into it and ripped off the skin. Then he smeared the blood on his other hand, afterwards, he held the hand up and showed the image he had created with his blood on his hand. A forked symbol that looked like fire.
Shinji bit hard into the duck tape in order to tear off a piece and patch up the damaged vehicle, whilst Misato attached battery packs to the car. The sun beat down upon Shinji's back, but he felt glad that he was finally able to make himself useful, so he worked silently.
After patching up the last of the smaller holes, Misato appeared behind him and said "We don't have enough time to fix up any of the larger holes, so jump in the car and we'll get going." Shinji obeyed this command, still watching Misato silently to get a full picture of what she was like.
In the car, Misato talked on the phone while Shinji coursed his hands over his switch blade. Flipping out the knife and then flipping in back in again, but he quickly put it away, back in his pocket, when he heard the click that signified that Misato had hung up. Shinji turned his head, even further away from her, but kept an eye on her from the rear view mirror on his side. She seemed to be panicking about something, which Shinji marked as strange, but she then began to look down her own top. So Shinji finally labelled her as a weird person and decided to probe her for more information. "Misato." He declared. Misato quickly answered him.
"Yes, Shinji?" She asked. Shinji made a mental note of the fact that she now seemed perfectly fine and even cheerful. "What do you do at Nerv?" He asked her.
"Oh, you know about Nerv do you?" She asked. But Shinji just remained silent and waited for a reply so she continued. "I'm a captain and a government official."
"So what? Do you go around picking up young children all the time? This doesn't tell me anything." He said intently hoping to press her.
"Hey now, you're not nearly as cute as you look." Misato said to him sternly.
"I'm still waiting for my reply, Misato?" Shinji told her, his eyes becoming more focused on hers. But Misato smiled and pulled on the car wheel, making the car spin 720 degrees, causing Shinji to break eye contact. "I guess you're one of those bratty kids." She declares calmly and unfazed. Shinji silently admits his first defeat and goes quiet again.
Having passed below sea level some time ago, Shinji decided it was time he tried questioning Misato again, this time in a more indirect manner. "I'll be meeting my father here, won't I?" He asked her. She smiled at him, 'again with damn smiling' Shinji thought, but he kept a poker face whilst waiting for her answer. "Yes, you will do Shinji." She said cheerfully and asked "Do you know what he does here?"
"No." Shinji answered in a heartbeat. "But I'd like to know your relationship with him?" He asked her whilst still wearing his poker face.
"My- my relationship!?" She asked finally discarding her smile. Shinji nodded. "Well, he's my boss. I don't have any other relationship with him than a professional one." Misato stated. He was about to ask her more questions, but Misato managed to ask him a question quicker. "Do you have an I.D card?" She asked.
"I burnt it." Shinji told her bluntly. "Along with everything else I owned." He decided not to tell her about his switch blade and the one remaining photo he had off her. "I see..." Misato said quietly, she wondered what to do about the situation at hand, but decided it wasn't worth making any extra trouble over. So she handed him a Nerv guidebook instead. "Here read this." She said. Shinji took it off of her hands, thanked her, rolled down the car window and threw it outside. Misato pulled a stunned face, but turned and gripped her steering wheel. 'There's no communicating with that kid.' She thought. Meanwhile Shinji cursed his luck, since he still hadn't managed to get any info out of her.
The scenery changed as they entered the Geo-Front. But Shinji just folded his arms and closed his eyes. "Are you not-" Misato began, but was cut off by Shinji
"No." So yet another awkward silence invaded the space around them both.
After having finally left the car Shinji stretched his legs a little and after a little travelling they found an elevator and decided to enter. "I'm beginning to think that you really are required to go around picking up children." Shinji said to Misato after finding a spot to lean against. Misato, however, ignored him, deciding that she'd just about had enough with him. Eventually though, the elevator doors opened and a blonde woman stared into the elevator. "Ritsuko" Misato spoke aloud. Shinji decided that this person had something over Misato from the way she reacted to this blonde woman's appearance and so watched her carefully when she entered the room. She wore a white coat and a swimsuit, which completely destroyed any reason for wearing the white coat. She spoke directly to Misato, ignoring Shinji. "You're wasting time Misato, we can't afford to lose anymore of it."
"Yes, yes." Misato said brushing the other woman off.
"Is this the boy?" She asked Misato. Almost ignoring the fact that Shinji was standing there. So Shinji took the opportunity to make himself known. "So, there's somebody at Nerv who's as lacking in manners as I am. Well that makes things easy, I can speak on the same level with somebody like you." After saying this he shot Ritsuko a fierce stare and she directly opposed him. Misato chuckled nervously, "he's just like his dad isn't he?" She asked not really looking for an answer, but just trying to calm down the static confrontation inside the elevator.
After more travelling and a boat ride Ritsuko announced that they had finally reached their location. Shinji got off the boat and waited on a metal platform, but the lights cut off suddenly and before Shinji's eyes had a chance to readjust the lights snapped back on and Shinji stared at a robotic face. He took a step back, but dug his heels into the platform so that he didn't give away his shock. "Now if only I hadn't thrown away that book Misato give me." He said mockingly. Ritsuko beamed proudly and began her speech. "This is-"
"I couldn't give a damn what this is." Shinji said, cutting Ritsuko off.
"Is that so?" A voice spoke out. Shinji looked up and saw the face of his father and before anybody had a chance to react, he took out his switch blade, flicked out the blade and threw it directly at his father. The blade shot forward like an arrow and it looked like it was going to make it's target. But the knife bounced off a re-enforced glass without so much as a scratch. Ritsuko opened her mouth like a fish and Misato stood stunned, she had no idea that Shinji was prepared to kill his own father. But Ikari senior just directed his gaze towards Shinji, who was gritting his teeth and clenching his fists so hard that his nails dug into the skin and let tiny drops of blood out. "Father." He forced out as something that sounded more akin to the growling of an animal. His father smiled. "We are moving out." He said.
"Wait, you don't mean that we're using this Eva? Rei can't pilot it yet" Misato shouted to Ritsuko. "We're using Shinji as the Eva pilot for 01" Ritsuko told Misato. However, Shinji started chuckling. The next thing he decided to say, he said with venom. "Don't act so high and mighty, it looks more like you people are running out of options and what happens if I don't want to pilot this thing?"
"If you're not going to pilot it, then leave!" This shout came from his father and Shinji just looked up at him and smiled. "I was going to kill you today, but clearly you'd rather hide like a coward and bark orders like a dog, but it just so happens that I don't have to kill you. There's a large and grotesque monster outside and if it flattens you, I'll consider it my new best friend. Why would I want to fight something that could do me such a big favour. Goodbye father, with luck you'll be able to feel something before you it kills you.." When Shinji said all of this, he stuck his hand into the air and gave it a slight wave as he walked towards what seemed to be the nearest exit. Misato didn't know how to respond, so she bit into her lip. His father barked some more orders at whatever was to his right and a blue haired girl covered in bandages and nasty looking injuries was wheeled in a bed frame towards the Eva. Shinji didn't fully turn to face her, but he shouted out "Good luck with that thing, maybe the creature outside will take pity on you!" After shouting this, Shinji kept on walking but Misato blocked him off. "How can you be so heartless!?" She cried. Shinji shrugged and kept on walking towards her. A large explosion occurred and the entire compound shook. Shinji watched the girl fall from her bed. But turned towards Misato and signalled for her to move, she raised her hand to slap him but another explosion shook everything around them and rubble fell threatening kill them both. Shinji pushed Misato out of the way with a roundhouse kick and braced himself for impact. But he never felt any pain and looking up he saw a giant robotic hand which was joined to the face that had appeared before him earlier. "You saved me" He said to it. "You must want me alive then. Okay, I'll fight with you, but don't expect anything to come of it." Shinji walked over to the bed frame that was now leaning on it's side. He picked it up and pushed it over to the girl had been on top of it. "Get up, you were so determined to risk your life before, so you can stop being helpless and help yourself instead of others for a change." He said to her. She struggled to her feet and climbed back into the bed, she looked for him, but he was gone again.
Ritsuko sat on the ground in confusion "It shouldn't have been able to move." She whispered to herself. "It had no pilot."
"Pathetic." Shinji said to her. "Vain glory is a sin you know."
"You can hardly speak, coming back just to gloat." She told him bitterly.
"And now you're trying to belittle a fifteen year old. You're full of yourself. But that's why it's going to be fun working with you." Shinji's reply startled Ritsuko.
"Are you trying to say that you'll pilot it?" She asked.
"Hurry up before I changed my mind." Shinji said with scorn in his voice. He walked back into the center of the platform and looked up at his father. With a smile, he raised his thumb, bit into it and ripped off the skin. Then he smeared the blood on his other hand, afterwards, he held the hand up and showed the image he had created with his blood on his hand. A forked symbol that looked like fire.