Shin Tenkei Evangelion (Neon Revelation Evangelion)
by Jurai Knight (jurai-knight@home.com)

SPOILER WARNING!   Some of the scenes reveal information 
that may spoil the surprises in the later episodes.

Copyright Notice:   None of these characters are mine.   They all 
belong to Gainax (and AD Vision here in North America).   I only 
borrow them for the purpose of this fanfic.

Author Notes: Thoughts will be captioned by * on each end.   I 
tried to use dates as given in the Evangelion FAQ.   If they weren�t 
given, I made a guess as to time.   The Evangelion FAQ is at:   
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/6195/part.htm

I had this idea strike me a few days ago, and I decided to try 
writing it.   I hope you enjoy it.


Revelation 0:0 - Sailor on the Sea of Dirac

       For with God nothing shall be impossible.    Luke 1:37


*** JUNE 6, 2001

	Yui Ikari cuddles her newborn son to her chest.   She feels 
tired, yet content now that her struggles are complete.   His birth 
had not been easy, but the result was well worth it.   The nurse 
leaves the new parents alone for a short while.   Yui brushes some 
hair back from her face and smiles down at her son.

	Gendou Ikari looks down on the mother and child, and feels a 
strange sense of accomplishment at the birth of his son.   So much 
death had taken place at Second Impact.   He is unaccustomed to 
smiling, but a small smile appears at the corner of his mouth.   He 
leans over to touch the infant.

	�Your name will be Shinji, my son.�


*** NOVEMBER 1, 2001

	�It is time,� intones Gendou Ikari solemnly.   �Prepare to open 
the chamber.�

	�Are you sure about this, Gendou,� an equally solemn Yui 
asks.   �The Project may be a mistake.   I know you believe in it, 
especially after what happened at Second Impact, but....�

	�But what, Yui?�   Gendou does not take his eyes from the 
glass cylinder in front of them.

	�I just worry.   She is almost a daughter to me after all.�   Yui 
glances at the basket behind her where Shinji sleeps quietly.

	�She does have some of your genetic material in her, but it is 
much less than half of her coding.   Other people have contributed 
to this effort, along with samples of what we found in Antarctica.   
She is designed to be a tool for the uplifting of Mankind, nothing 
more.�   Gendou�s voice is solemn as he turns to face her, but his 
look verges on a smile.

	�At least that is what SEELE would have me say.   However, 
since you were a major contributor to her genetic code, perhaps she 
could be considered your daughter in a way.   That was why I 
decided to use the name you picked if Shinji had been born a girl.   
Perhaps she will even grow to look like you.�

	Yui leans against the warm glass of the cylinder.   She spreads 
her hand against the glass as she watches the tiny figure floating 
within.

	�Your name is Rei, little one.�   Yui gazes at the small life and 
smiles.


*** OCTOBER 18, 2004

	�Are you sure you feel up to doing this, Yui,� asks a worried 
Gendou.   He hadn�t slept well the night before, and it shows on 
his face.   Gehirn had been pressuring for live pilot 
synchronization test results, and Yui had volunteered.   He loved 
her more than he wanted to admit to himself sometimes, and it 
made him feel protective of her.   He couldn�t imagine what life 
would be like without her, which challenged the lone-wolf image 
he had always painted of himself.

	�I�ll be fine, Rokubungi-kun,� replies Yui with a smile.

	Gendou winces.   "I�ve asked you not to call me that anymore.   
I already took on your family name.   You know my old name 
always bothers me."

	�It is one of the few ways I have left to tease you, dear heart.   
You just give me that serious look to most other ways that I try.   
At least that one gives me more of a reaction.�   Yui smiles as she 
presses the button on the wrist of her plugsuit to activate it, causing 
it to shrink to fit her slim body.

	Yui kneels down and touches Shinji�s face with her gloved 
hand.   He doesn�t awake, since he tended to sleep as soundly as 
his father does.   She kisses him on the forehead as he scrunches 
his face up a little.

	Gendou stands over them, a proud look on his face.   Along 
with his dedication to his work, his wife and son were his world.   
Yui always laughed whenever he told her that.   She was even here 
at his request after all.   He mentally voices a prayer to whatever 
God was listening that nothing would ever harm his family.

	Doctor Naoko Akagi watched this touching little family scene 
with a mental sneer.   Since joining the Project she had developed 
more than a passing attraction to the solemn Gendou Ikari.   Her 
subtle attempts at attracting his attention had elicited nothing from 
him.   She turns away and busies herself at her console.

	Yui stands up from her son and heads toward the hatchway to 
the synchro test chamber.   She gives Gendou a reassuring smile as 
the hatch closes.   He struggles to feel reassured, but he would be 
strong for her.   The research had to go on, and this was the next 
hurdle to go through.   He confers with Doctor Kouzou Fuyutsuki 
as Yui enters the Entry Plug.

	�Don�t worry so much, Gendou,� Kouzou says.   �We will 
monitor everything closely.�

	Everything had proceeded well through first stage 
synchronization.   Yui had been smiling as she reported her 
impressions of the physical sensations.

	"The first stage of synchronization is successful," declares 
Naoko.

	"Well done, Doctor Akagi," Gendou acknowledges.   "How are 
your readings, Doctor Fuyutsuki?"

	"We appear to be holding at acceptable levels of 
contamination," replies Kouzou.   "We are still within safety 
margins.   Shall we proceed to second stage?�

	�Yes,� replies Gendou.   His concerns were evaporating.   He 
folds his hands in front of his chin as he studies his own readouts.

	�Beginning second stage of synchronization,� declares Naoko.

	Gendou and Kouzou were concentrating on their consoles, so 
they don�t notice the surprised look that crosses Yui�s face.   Naoko 
notices, but says nothing.   Her console still gives readings within 
safety parameters.

	�How are you doing, Yui,� asks Gendou as he looks up from 
his console.

	�Things feel a little strange, �Yui smiles weakly in reply, �but 
it�s nothing I can�t handle.�

	�Second stage of synchronization is achieved,� declares 
Naoko.   �We are ready to proceed to third stage at your orders, 
Gendou-kun.�

	Gendou takes his eyes off Yui�s face on the screen to glare at 
Doctor Akagi.   Kouzou notices a spike on his contamination 
levels, and turns to face him.

	�Gendou!   I�m getting a surge in contamination levels!   
Perhaps we should abort the test.�   Doctor Fuyutsuki prepares to 
abort.

	"Abort now?�   Naoko locks eyes with Gendou.   �Don�t be 
ridiculous!   We don't have enough data yet, and we are still within 
the established safety parameters.   Yui can take more, and we 
need this research!"

	Gendou is about to give the order to abort when alarms begin 
blaring from all the consoles.   In mounting horror, he stabs at the 
Emergency Pilot Eject button on his console.   Nothing happens.

	�Contamination levels are climbing!�   Doctor Fuyutsuki 
struggles to shut down the test from his console, but all commands 
are being ignored.   �We�re losing her!�

	In those brief moments, Gendou could only stare at the image 
from the Entry Plug in a sort of fascination.   Yui had fainted, her 
few screams long since past.   Before losing consciousness, she 
gave one last struggle to move, lifting a hand to the camera as if to 
ask for help.

	A moment later she was gone.   Her empty plug suit floated in 
the LCL.

	They tried to bring her back.   All attempts ended in failure.

	Gendou Ikari was never the same after that day.   His work 
became his obsession.   His normally reserved demeanor deepened 
into a coldness.   His young son Shinji, frightened and confused at 
the loss of his mother, ran away for a short time.   Angered by 
what he saw as Shinji�s weakness, Gendou sent Shinji away to 
foster care.

	The times that they would see each other over the coming 
years were few.


*** NOVEMBER 20, 2015

	Leriel, the Twelfth Angel had consumed Unit-01 in a Sea of 
Dirac.

	Shinji floated in a quiet darkness.   They had attempted to reel 
him back in using his power cable, but that attempt had failed.   
The power cable had broken free of Unit-01, and his battery 
backup had been forced to kick in.   Unable to break free, he had 
settled in to wait to be rescued.   It was proving to be a long wait.

	The LCL was getting harder to breathe.

	*Asuka wanted to prove herself the best.   Now I guess she�ll 
get her chance.   They never needed me in the first place.   She and 
Rei were trained for this.   I... I was just convenient for my father.*

	His eyes were beginning to play tricks on him in the darkness.   
He saw brief flickers of color and light.   It almost looked like faint 
fireflies zooming back and forth in the darkness.

	*Oh, God... I wish...*

	�Wish what?�   A soft voice spoke to him from out of the 
darkness.

	Shinji blinked.   *Great.   Now I�m hearing things.*   The 
weight of the stagnant LCL was like a blanket covering him.   He 
couldn�t talk, but his hallucination seemed to hear his thoughts 
fine.

	�What do you wish, Shinji Ikari?�   That same still, small 
voice spoke to him from out of the darkness.

	*What do I wish?   I wish my mother hadn�t died.   I wish my 
father hadn�t abandoned me.*

	�That would make you happy?�   The voice seemed to be 
coming from next to his right shoulder.

	*I guess....*   He had always assumed that would be what 
would make him happy.   To have had a normal family life 
growing up, and a father who cared about him.   The LCL was 
getting really foul.   He started to feel sleepy.

	�If you could grant that wish to Shinji Ikari at the cost of this 
life, would you?�   The voice had switched to his other shoulder.

	*What are you talking about?   Who are you?*

	�Answer the question, Shinji Ikari.   Would you grant the life 
you wish for to Shinji Ikari at the cost of this life?�

	*I don�t understand.   _I�m_ Shinji Ikari.   How can I grant a 
wish to myself?*

	�It can be done.   I offer a way, but only if you wish it.�

	*YES!   All right?!   I would give anything to have had a 
different life growing up!   Are you happy now?*

	The fireflies had begun to multiply.   Shinji felt like he was 
dying; it was so hard to breathe now.   It was so hard to keep his 
eyes open.

	Outside, the Sea of Dirac ripples for several moments.   It 
begins to shrink.

	�I�m getting some sort of reading!�   Ritsuko Akagi tries to 
make sense of her scans.   �Something�s happening to the Angel!�

	�Be more specific, Doctor Akagi,� intones a solemn Gendou.

	�There�s some form of quantum level reaction going on in the 
Sea of Dirac.   It�s beginning to throw off quantum gravity surges.�   
Ritsuko couldn�t believe her results.   They made no sense.

	The Sea of Dirac suddenly implodes.   A flash of light washes 
across Tokyo-3, and out across the Earth.

	This branch of probability collapses back into the quantum 
foam.   The world changes.


*** OCTOBER 18, 2004

	�Second stage of synchronization is achieved,� declares 
Naoko.   �We are ready to proceed to third stage at your orders, 
Gendou-kun.�

	Gendou takes his eyes off Yui�s face on the screen to glare at 
Doctor Akagi.   Kouzou notices a spike on his contamination 
levels, and turns to face him.

	�Gendou!   I�m getting a surge in contamination levels!   
Perhaps we should abort the test.�   Doctor Fuyutsuki prepares to 
abort.

	"Abort now?�   Naoko locks eyes with Gendou.   �Don�t be 
ridiculous!   We don't have enough data yet, and we are still within 
the established safety parameters.   Yui can take more, and we 
need this research!"

	Gendou is about to give the order to abort when alarms begin 
blaring from all the consoles.   In mounting horror, he stabs at the 
Emergency Pilot Eject button on his console.   Nothing happens.

	�Contamination levels are climbing!�   Doctor Fuyutsuki 
struggles to shut down the test from his console, but all commands 
are being ignored.   �We�re losing her!�

	In those brief moments, Gendou could only stare at the image 
from the Entry Plug in a sort of fascination.   Yui had fainted, her 
few screams long since past.   Before losing consciousness, she 
gave one last struggle to move, lifting a hand to the camera as if to 
ask for help.

	Then, a miracle happens.

	�Wait a moment!�   Doctor Fuyutsuki stares at his 
instruments.   �The contamination levels are dropping.   Things 
are moving back into acceptable safety limits.�

	Gendou forces himself to sit back down.   He folds his hands 
in front of his chin and tries to remain calm.   Next to him, Shinji 
begins to cry in a sniffling way.   Gendou ignores him.

	�What is Yui�s.... What is the status of the pilot?�   He has 
regained full control of his emotions again.

	�Her patterns are stabilizing.�   Naoko kept her voice 
professional.   Inside, she had experienced a brief hope that Yui 
would die.   That hope was dashed.   �Brainwaves are nominal.   
The danger appears to be over.�

	�De-synchronization is complete,� intones a grateful Doctor 
Fuyutsuki.   �We have regained full control of all systems.   Now 
ejecting Entry Plug.�

	Gendou was the first one through the hatchway.   The others 
were not too far behind.   The steam was still rising off of the Entry 
Plug.

	Ignoring the heat burning his hands, he manually opens the 
Plug.   Yui�s unconscious body tumbles into his arms.   She coughs 
weakly a few moments before opening her eyes.

	�I thought I�d lost you,� Gendou tries hard to keep his voice 
calm.

	�I think you almost did,� Yui replies in a weak voice.   �I felt 
like I was... fading somehow, at the end.   I don�t know what 
happened, but it felt like something... shoved me back.�

	Gendou hugs her, and a few tears escape his control.   Behind 
them, Doctor Fuyutsuki smiles, but Doctor Akagi has a slight 
frown on her face.

	Forgotten in the excitement, young Shinji sniffles some more.   
Something important had happened, but right now he just wanted 
his mother.


To be continued�

Author Endnote: When I first saw the episode with the 12th Angel, 
I was curious as to what a �Sea of Dirac� could refer to.   Doing 
some research, I discovered that Paul Dirac shared the 1933 Nobel 
Prize in physics for his work in quantum mechanics.   Some of his 
work points to the possibility of sending a signal back through 
time.   That concept gave me a starting point for this story.