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The phone rang and rang before a message about how the person she was trying to reach wasn't available. I sighed, before hanging the pay phone back up on the receiver.
Stepping out of the booth, I took a second to look at my reflection in the glass, pale skin and blue eyes being slightly more noticeable compared to short brunette hair and a small stature. Overall I really wasn't anything special. I knew that of course, some days that got to me a little but most I was able to drown it out and focus on things like studying or little distractions.
Hence why it was so freakin mystifying why a UN run research and paramilitary organization like C&A requested me to come out here?
Taking a deep breath I looked around. Despite it's size, Circus City kinda seemed like a ghost town. Creepy...
I shake my head to try and get a grip and take a step forward-
CRASH
And was promptly launched forward by a shockwave from behind!
My mind blanked from panic, confusion and a bit of pain as I rolled over and looked up to see it
It was massive, a eye searing brightly colored combination of red and yellow just from what I could see as it slithered past like some sort of snake or worm.
I was hyperventilating, oh god what the fuck, what the actual fuck!
I-I couldn't move. This had to be a dream right? Some sort of crazy nightmare I'll wake up from any second now? Yeah...that had to be it....
Yet as I weakly felt myself smile, my eyes never leaving the massive thing before me, I wasn't waking up...
My car raced down the streets, I knew them like the back of my hand after all.
Fuck the pilot candidates not here yet but the Angel is! "Ok keep calm and focus Kinger.." I whispered to myself, one hand running through my quickly whitening blond hair. Age was a kind mistress to no one and all things considered I was getting off pretty light so far. Wait! There's no time to be thinking about that!
Dammit, I should have just let Commander Caine have her escorted to the city, then I wouldn't have to scramble like this but I didn't want the poor kid to feel shanghaied...
No. I closed my eyes for a split second and slowed the car to reorient myself.
I can think about that later. For now I've got a job to do and I need to focus on that!
Hey, isn't that-
I faintly hear the screeching of car tires behind me and turn my head to see a the car that made the noise throw open its door revealing a tall, slightly scrawny older man in a purple jacket with a white collar.
"Get in!"
I dont really need much more prompting, quickly standing up and finding my wrist grabbed as I was yanked into the passenger seat.
I barley closed the door as he started driving.
I take a few deep breaths as the man speaks up again.
"Phew, glad I found you in time!"
"A-and you are?" I ask looking at him as he seems to realize he hasn't said that yet and chuckled, scratching the back of his neck with his free hand. "Oh right! Well, I'm Captain Kinger from C&A, we were getting kinda antsy with how long you were taking and then the Angel attack hit and-"
"Angel?"
"Hm? Oh right you wouldn't know! Its what we're calling that big thing over there" he said pointing towards the massive abomination we were currently driving further and further away from thankfully. I was about to ask further-
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM
Everything went white...
"Pomni"
"Pomni"
"POMNI!"
"GAH!" I gasped as I shot up, Kinger was looking over me with a concerned expression.
"Oh thank goodness your alive!" He sighed while helping me sit up. "Who would have thought the military would drop an honest to goodness N2 bomb?! What were they..." he mumbles the last part before shaking his head and standing up "Anyways, can ya stand Pomni?"
"Y-yeah" I say and I can, my body aches but I think I'm fine. I look around at the fire and destruction before Kinger calls me over to help flip his car back over.
Soon enough we're back in and driving again.
"I REALLY am sorry you had to get mixed up in this kid" Kinger says as we drive.
I don't respond.
Eventually we come to our apparent destination.
"Welcome to the Geofront."
We get out and soon are making our way through a series of escalators and elevators to get through the maze like complex. Eventually we came across a man in a lab coat. He was pretty unremarkable, really his most distinguishing figure being that he wss bald.
"Ah, Kinger. I take it this is the third child?" He asked and Kinger nodded "Yeah. Where's the commander?"
And so I find myself dragged along before a man rushing forward to meet me. He was clad in a red suit and had stark white hair along with blue green heterochromia. He grinned wide and rushed forward getting in my face.
"Wowie our new recruits finally here? Perfect!" He shouted grabbing me by the shoulder while turning his head to face the other two adults "Alright thanks for the hard work fellas, get the Eva ready!"
"Ev-wha-" My question was cut off as I suddenly found myself dragged along by the apparent commander further into the base.
"SO sorry for the messy situation superstar but things have been a TAD chaotic around here recently with the attack and all!" He talked fast and loud, I barley followed as we walked further and further.
"I know you must be FULL of questions so allow me to explain! The creature attacking outside is known as an Angel, a super dangerous alien creature that intends to end the world!"
"WHAT?!"
He ignores me and keeps talking "And so it is our duty here at C&A to stop them! And our main weapon in this fight? Why~"
He pulls me further until we enter a massive room in which stands a massive blue, yellow and red...robot? With large eyes staring right at me and two metallic horns jutting out of the back of its head.
"The Evangelion units! These massive machines are the finest science has to offer in angel stopping tech and you will be piloting it!" He declares pointing at me.
"Huh?" I let out in a weak voice as the world seemed to go sideways.
"Yes indeed! It would seem our friends over at the Marduk institute have run the test and we believe you should be compatible-"
"W-wait!" I scramble a couple steps back "I-ive never even SEEN this thing before and now you want me to use it to fight a giant monster?! I-I I can't!"
Caine actually seems to pause for a moment and I feel the faintest traces of hope...
"Ah, well I'd prefer a more can do attitude, we do have alternatives!" He declared before looking over to some higher railing where a short looking bald man gave a salute as Caine called "Sub commander Bubble? Have them bring in the backup!"
"WHAT?!" Kinger's voice shot through as the man ran up to us "Y-you can't do that! In the state she's in-"
What he was saying fades away from my notice as I see a girl about my age on a stretcher wheeled in. She had red hair, one arm in a cast and an eyepatch over one eye.
"Wellll, if she wont pilot someone has to and Agatha's the only one we have on hand!" Caine's voice drifts back into my conscious as I stare at the girl.
She opens one eye weakly and gives a shaky smile "N-no worries. It won't be easy but I can-ah!" She flinched and fell back to the stretcher while Kinger rushed to her side
I just... stood there. Shaking in place for I dont even know how ling before looking down and whispering
"I'll do it"
It felt...weird.
The cockpit of the Evangelion was...not uncomfortable but not exactly pleasant and when it suddenly filled with liquid I was told to breathe? Yeah, it was weird.
Soon enough the Eva was shot up to the surface and Kinger instructed me on how to walk forward.
It was then that I got a truly good look at the 'angel'.
It was a massive red worm-like being with yellow spots and two blue stripes. The stripes ran down the length of it's body and create two openings that resembled zipper like mouths with sharp teeth. Both ends of the body sported multiple eyes of varying sizes that featured white pupils and black irises.
Seeing the abomination again I froze as it let out q horrifying roar and lunged forward crashing into the Eva as I felt like I'd just been barreled into by a pro athlete going full force!
"Gah!"
"Pomni!" Kinger's voice called out desperately over the intercom but before I could respond the Angel bit into the Eva with its razor-sharp maw and my world was reduced to pain
"GGAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The girl's screams of agony echoed through the command center and Kinger felt like he was going to be sick.
Pomni wasn't remotely ready for the Eva's sensation feedback and it showed. He contemplated begging Caine to cut the connection but...he knew that was a hopeless endeavor...
He forced himself to look back at the screen showing Pomni and Eva 06 being mauled by the Angel when suddenly-
BAM
It got launched off with a powerful kick from the Eva!
"The readings from the Unit 06 they're-" whatever the technician was about to say was cut off as the Eva's jaw snapped open revealing jagged teeth before racing forward on all fours and pouncing on top of the downed opponents and clawing at and ripping into it with its hands and previously mentioned teeth.
And as it did so it let out a horrifying cross between a roar and a laugh...
"RRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!"