After a one-week haitus from writing due to my having developed carpal
tunnel syndrom from writing so much, I'm once again back at it^_^
If you missed previous parts/chapter this series/fanfic, you can find it
on my webpage at http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/
Enjoy^_^
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
"This is bad," Shinji said, "This is really really bad. I don't care
how good a pilot she is but there's no way Asuka alone can defeat that
Angel,"
He snapped his fingers.
"I know, she can use the Lance of Longinus!" he said.
He started pulling his hair out.
"Oh man! How the heck will they know to use that?!"
<new stuff 12/5>
Shinji's current situation went from bad to worse as he and the girls
heard a loud bang coming from the front of the hotel as the door was
blown inward by use of breeching charges placed around the door.
"What the?" Misato said, she and Ritsuko looking toward the front.
Shinji looked toward the front entrance where he caught sight of a few
figures dressed in dark clothes entering the hotel via the shattered
front door. He immediately recognized the attire the figures were
wearing. It only took a split second for Shinji to react and realize that
their hotel room was being stormed by highly-trained soldiers in much the
same fashion as Misato's apartment back then.
"Oh no!" Shinji shouted, his body reacting before his mind could.
He couldn't believe he had been followed. He was very sure that he
hadn't been followed. The only person that could probably conceal
themselves from him while following him would probably be someone of
Ranma's skill. How was that possible?
Ritsuko! They followed Ritsuko!
Shinji reached in to his pocket and pulled out his remaining pocket
change from when he bought lunch. Without taking care to aim, he threw
his pocket with all his might in the general direction of the incoming
soldiers. The loose change struck the two front-most soldiers. Despite
being heavily protected with body armor, the two of them fell to the
ground like they had been shot several times.
It seems Shinji's makeshift projectiles had more piercing and
destructive power than several burst of bullets.
Without thinking, he picked up the nearby lamp and threw it at the next
incoming solider, hard. The lamp struck the solider right in the face,
the cloth ski mask he was wearing providing no form of protection. The
soldier's head cocked back at and awkward angle as he fell backwards
unconscious and crashed in to the last incoming solider, the two of them
falling to the floor.
Shinji, realizing that it would only be moments before the last solider
got back up to his feet and trained his firearm on his target of
opportunity, ran toward the man as he proceeded to get up and punched at
the man.
The man, highly trained the use of infiltration and firearms and
hand-to-hand combat as well, intercepted Shinji's incoming punch and
grabbed the young man's wrist.
Shinji's eyes widened as he suddenly found himself flipping through the
air, his attempted attack reversed on him.
On anyone else, they would've ended up slamming on the floor hard and
would've easily knocked had the wind out of them and would be left
momentarily disoriented.
Shinji, on the other hand, wasn't a regular person. He had become so
used to having his attacks reversed by Ranma and thrown around like a rag
doll that he felt perfectly comfortable being thrown through the air as
if he had his feet firmly on the floor.
He instinctively tucked his body in in mid-air and landed on his feet,
grabbing both hands on one of the forearms of his opponent. Momentarily
forgetting that he was not fighting Ranma, Shinji twisted the man's arm
hard and threw him in to the door to the bathroom upside down, sending
him crashing through it where he landed in the bathtub unconscious.
Shinji looked around, taking in his current situation. He noticed that
two of the soldiers were out cold and the other two were incapacitated,
too hurt to do anything. However, he didn't take any risks and kicked
away any firearms nearby those two soldiers currently writhing in pain.
With the situation now under control, he allowed himself the
opportunity to think again.
He breathed a sigh of relief. His heart was racing and he barely even
knew what had happened. He had no real idea what had just happened or how
he had managed to incapacitate four highly-trained soldiers in no more
than ten seconds. His life had been on the line and he could've easily
been shot or killed. It had been a life and death situation and his body
seemed to have reacted to such a situation even before his mind could. It
was an exhilarating and terrifying sensation he cared not to experience
ever again.
Knowing that he wasn't quite out of the clear yet, he cautiously
glanced out the front door and down the hallway. He immediately pulled
his head back in when he noticed two police officers a short distance
down the hall, taking cover by the door that lead to the stairway.
Luckily for him, he spotted them before they saw him. It would only be
a matter of time before those police officers begin to wonder what was
taking the infiltration team so long to give them the 'clear' signal. He
needed to get himself and the girls out of that hotel and fast.
He turned his attention toward Misato and Ritsuko.
Both of them were still in a state of confusion as to what was
happening.
Man, I never realized how effective the element of surprise works,
Shinji thought. It seems like infiltration teams really know how to use
the element of surprise because Misato and Ritsuko are still confused as
to what's going on.
"You okay?" Shinji asked, waving his hands toward them to get their
attention.
"Um, y-yeah," Misato said first, looking at the unconscious bodies,
"W-what happened?"
"No time to explain," Shinji said, heading up to the window, "We need
to get out of here. There are more just down the hall. It'll be a matter
of time before they come check up on their friends,"
Shinji looked out the window and noticed that there courtyard had two
police cars blocking off the entrance to the hotel parking lot and a
truck sitting in the middle of that parking lot. It was most likely how
the infiltration team was transported here.
"W-what are we going to do?" Ritsuko asked, instinctively touching at
the scar by her head where she had been struck by the butt of a weapon.
She didn't want to be hit again.
Shinji didn't bother to respond, deep in thought. He needed to figure
out a plan and fast.
The hotel room was located on the forth floor. He could jump down from
that height and not hurt himself but Misato and Ritsuko could not. He had
never held on to someone while trying to land safely so he had no real
idea if he could land correctly while carrying the two of them.
It also didn't help that there were several police officers gathered
about in the parking lot. They would easily spot him if they tried to
escape out of the window, the only window for their hotel room. If they
tried to escape down the hallway, the people waiting there would radio
for help.
"I don�t know what to do," Shinji said, turning toward Misato and
Ritsuko, hoping they could be of help, "Do any of you two have any idea
of how to get out of here?"
Misato and Ritsuko looked more at a loss than him.
Shinji gritted his teeth. He needed Ranma there to tell him what to do.
Ranma could easily think of something to get them out of such a sticky
situation. Heck, if Ranma was there, he would probably just use ki-blasts
to blow up police cars and the truck to cause a distraction, jump out of
the window with Misato and Ritsuko in his hands and escape while everyone
was in a state of disarray.
Unfortunately, Shinji didn't know how to use ki-blasts. There was no
way he could fight his way out of this situation. He needed to go about
it differently. He had no AT Field that could brush off bullets so he
could easily get hurt. He had found that out the hard way when he had
gotten shot in Misato's apartment.
Shinji's eyes widened as he noticed that there was a two-story building
nearby. Rather than jump down to the parking lot down below, he could
jump on to the rooftop of that building. The problem was that it was a
good distance away and he had no idea if he could jump that far while
carrying Misato and Ritsuko.
I hafta try, Shinji thought. That's the only option I've got. By the
time they notice what I've done, we will be a good distance away from
here. But first things, first, I need to protect Ritsuko and Misato.
Shinji went over to the two unconscious soldiers and removed their body
armor.
"Here, put these on. I dunno how useful they are, but they will
probably help out in case we get shot at," Shinji said, walking over and
handing the two of them their armor.
"What do you plan on doing?" Misato asked as she and Ritsuko did as
they were told.
"I really dunno," Shinji said, "I'm gonna try and carry the two of you
and jump over to the rooftop of that building nearby. You're putting on
the body armor just in case something bad happens and they open fire on
us,"
Ritsuko gulped.
"What about you?" Misato asked, "Aren't you going to put any on?"
Shinji shook his head, "No. It's best that I not. Man, I-I can't
believe I'm refusing bulletproof armor in a situation like this. I don't
wanna wear it because it'll restrict my movement,"
He had noticed how heavy the body armor was when he retrieved it for
Misato and Ritsuko and it had reminded him of that weighed vest he used
to wear. Sure, it wasn't anywhere near as heavy, but he knew it would
hinder his movements, as if carrying Misato and Ritsuko wouldn't already
hinder his movements enough.
He glanced over where he saw Misato picking up a handgun from where
Shinji had kicked it.
"W-what are you doing?" Shinji asked.
"What do you think?" Misato replied, finally managing to realize her
situation and wanting to do something about it, "It's obvious that we're
in trouble and we need to arm ourselves,"
She picked up the other gun and extended it toward Ritsuko whom
reluctantly took it. As to whether she would actually fire it, Misato had
no clue. She picked up another gun and extended it toward Shinji.
Shinji held up his hands, "N-no. I-I don't want it,"
"What? We need to arm ourselves," Misato said.
"I've never used a gun before," Shinji said, "I don't wanna start now,"
"Well, you're gonna hafta," Misato commented.
Shinji took the gun. He looked at it.
Misato was just about to show him how to grip the gun when she saw
Shinji snap the gun in half with his bare hands. Her eyes became wide
when she saw him do so. He had just broken a gun in half with his bare
hands!!!
Shinji broke the gun in to many little pieces, eventually breaking it
so that only the magazine remained. He pocketed the magazine.
"What didja do that for?" Misato asked, very confused.
"I can throw the bullets," Shinji said matter-of-factly, "I've never
shot a gun before, but I know how to throw things really accurately. This
is just as good,"
"If you needed the bullets, you could've just clicked on the tiny latch
that would've released the magazine," Misato commented.
Shinji gave a meek smile, blushing slightly, "Oh,"
"What are we going to do?" Ritsuko asked.
Both girls gave out a yelp as they found themselves being picked up in
Shinji's arms.
"W-what are you doing?" Misato was the first to ask.
Shinji didn't bother to answer as took several deep breaths, steeling
himself for what he was about to do.
"Here goes nothing," he said.
Using his feet to break the window, Shinji, both girls in his arms,
hopped on to the window sill and jumped with all his might toward nearby
rooftop.
Both girls screamed as they found themselves flying through the air.
However, before they knew it, they found themselves tumbling on the
rooftop of the building Shinji had jump toward. When they came to a
tumbling halt, they were partially disoriented at what had happened but
relatively okay, thanks to the body armor that was protecting them.
Looking around, they realized Shinji was not on the rooftop with them.
Little did they know that Shinji had been unable to jump the distance and
bailed out at the last second, basically throwing them on to the rooftop
while he ended hitting the side of the building and falling down to the
ground below.
Misato ran over toward the edge of the rooftop, by the side facing the
hotel, and glance over the side. Looking down, she saw Shinji ducking
behind a dumpster, taking cover from the several guns trained on him. The
police officers that were in the parking lot that had saw what had
happened were shouting toward him to surrender and come out with his
hands up.
Shinji looked up where he saw Misato glancing down at him.
"What are you doing? Take cover!" Shinji waved her off.
Misato was momentarily distracted as her attention was toward the
distant horizon where she caught sight of the attacking Angel, a blue
cube-like object that looked like it was tilted on one of its points.
When a bullet whizzed by her head, she immediately realized she was
being fired upon and ducked back to take cover. It seems like the police
officers were also given the orders to shoot on sight.
Shinji glanced where Misato had been looking and was able to see the
Angel pretty well from his vantage point. It was currently hovering
somewhere by the heart of Tokyo-3 and was unopposed. That meant Unit-02
was had not yet been deployed to fight the Angel.
Shinji's lips became a thin line as he thought about what was going to
happen. He was pinned down by several police officers, more of them
already on their way after having been called in for backup. It would
only be a short time before Unit-02 would emerge from one of the release
bays where, if things occur in similar fashion to what had happened on
his world, she would be hit in the chest with a particle beam and
immediately taken out of the battle even before she had begun to fight.
"Damn, Asuka's going to go through what I went through," Shinji said to
himself, feeling defenseless, "I need to get to her to warn her but I
can't because Misato and Ritsuko and I are pinned down,"
At that moment, the Angel shot out a massive particle beam. The beam
ripped through and melted entire buildings as it rocketed across Tokyo-3
where it struck the area where all those police officers had been
situated.
The explosion had been so massive that everything within a hundred
meter radius of the impact zone was consumed in the blast.
Shinji's eyes widened as he saw the massive column of fire expand at an
exponential rate and eventually consume him and Misato and Ritsuko.
Instinctively, he brought his arms in front of him, knowing that it would
do no good.
He had no idea what was going to happen, but he knew it was definitely
something very painful and most likely fatal.
Several blocks were incinerated in an instant in a massive
mushroom-like cloud of smoke and fire. When the explosion subsided, all
that was left behind was a giant crater a hundred meters in radius.
Standing in the middle of the crater were Shinji and Misato and
Ritsuko.
They were confused and unscathed.
Shinji was the first to compose himself.
"W-what the heck just happened?"
<all ive got so far...>
Asuka: (Narrows eyes)Isn't in rather convenient? You have me pop up in
this chapter early, erasing the need to bring in Kaji in to the story.
OneShot: I managed to have him not show up in my 'Just Won't Die' series
at all, so why should I start now?
Asuka: Because, I don't want to be in love with Shinji. I want Kaji
around instead.
OneShot: Hm, why do you bring that up? I never indicated that you ever
was in love with Shinji. Do you know something I don't know?
Asuka: (Blushing)Oh, n-nevermind.
OneShot: ...............
-OneShot
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/index.html
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