Neon Genesis Evangelion:
The End is the Beginning.

Chapter 1

An EDF Production.

Written by Helix and Rune.
aka Travis Carr and Jonathan Lloyd.


"The foundation of the Evangelion Defense Force could have been considered
as absolutely groundbreaking in the history of armed forces in human
civilization. At first, the need to use young children as pilots for the
Evangelion Force caused enormous amounts of resentment towards the EDF from
various sectors of society, but in times of great need, the force of
necessity could move mountains...."


The Beginning:  The history of the EDF.  30 AR.

...35 AR...  ...2135...

 The new recruits had finally settled in, dividing up dorm rooms amongst
themselves.  Ryan sighed as he entered the last unclaimed room, down at the
end of the cadets hall.  He looked around at his ample accomodations, two
bunkbeds lined up against each wall, and dressers at the base of each.
Apparently his room mates had not arrived yet, so he took to settling
himself in.  Time passed as Ryan unpacked his bags, pulling out a few music
CD's for the computer, a photo of his parents and brother that had been
taken off the coast of Florida, back before the days of the war.  Finally
done unpacking, Ryan lay back across his bed and looked at the ceiling,
considering his options.  Only half of the new recruits would be chosen as
combat pilots.  And only three quarters of them were likely to survive the
brutal training in the weeks to come, the other either washing out...  or
dying.
 Ryan finally walked to the door, figuring that he had gotten off lucky and
not gotten any room mates.  Well, sharing a room could be kind of fun, but
he knew that relations could wear thin after a time.  Especially when the
cadets were stuck in the same rooms all day, and all night as well.
 "All right scrubs, LISTEN UP!"  The seargent bellowed.  "My name is
SERGEANT Stickly.  And I dont want to hear Mr. Stickly, yo, or anything like
that directed my way.  Sir is for your fellow Eva commanders, so you can
call me Sarge, or Sargent.  Stick to it, do well, and I guarantee that we'll
get along well.  If not..."  Stickly cracked his knuckles meaningfully.
"All right, recruits, fall in!  Your going to your first lesson in 20
minuites.  Be settled in by then and out in the meeting area in 20 minutes."
 Ryan sighed, turing back into his room to enjoy the last few minuites of
non-military life left to him...

...

 The professor droned on, and on, and on...  Ryan caught himself just before
he nodded off.  This history class had been boring so far, with the studies
of ancent wars and tatics that had been outdated with the construction of
the Evangelions.  To Ryan, this had to be one of the most boring classes
yet.  And it had just started ten minuites ago.
 "Mr. Fusha, please answer the question."
 Ryan jearked up, blinking in surprise.  "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
 "Mr. Fusha, please, what was the name of the battle that Napoleon was
defeated at?"
 "Ummm...  waterslide?"  Ryan stammered.
 "Close Mr. Fusha.  It was called Waterloo.  Its nice to see that the
lintcatcher of a brain of yours can catch even these small facts."  The
professor nodded.  "Class, I can see that your bored..."  A hand shot up.
"Yes, Miss..."
 "Ikari.  Rei Langly Ikari.  Professor-sensi, just why ARE we having this
class?"  Ryan turned to see who was speaking.  The girl was standing in the
back, with her dark brown hair pulled into a pair of pigtails.  She had a
severe yet pretty face, which was doing its best to look bored out of its
mind.
 "Ah, yes...  Miss Ikari, this class is to teach you the value of history.
Combat in a Evangelion is certainly much different that combat in those
ancient days, but one must realize that even the most insignificant lessons
in history can be very important under the right circumstances."  the
professor looked at the sceptical Rei and continued.  "My job is to teach
you to think for yourselves.  And one day this information may become useful
to you, even if its usefulness is not immediately apparent.  And if you are
done, Miss Ikari, will you please SIT DOWN???"
 Rei dropped into her seat, and Ryan heard a whispered "Nice going sis."
before the professor resumed his lesson.

...

 Finally the most anticipated class of the day had arrived...  Evangelion
Orientation.  Always taught by one of the more senior pilots, it was also
the one that dropped the most cadets.  Apparently this class lasted four
HOURS, Ryan noted from his schedule.  "Hey," he shouted to a boy standing
next to him of the walkway.  "Why the heck is the Orientation class so
long?"
 The boy turned and glanced at Ryan.  "Ummm, apparently we do more than
learn about the Evas there.  We service the Evas, learn technical
information, as well as view some of the past engagements."  the boy raked
his dark brown hair out of his eyes.  "My dad told me about it a while
ago..."
 Ryan looked the boy over.  White shirt, jeans...  rather normal boy.
Strange, considering that most Eva pilots children were reputated to be
rather strange.  "So, was your dad a pilot?"
 "Yeah..."  was all that Ryan could hear before the lift emerged into the
cage area.  A vast cavern at the bottom of the compound, the cage was a lake
of the pink coolant that Ryan had seen earlier.  "Wait a second, why was
there coolant up above too?"
 One of the students responded.  "Why do you think, you baka?  They
obviously need a ready bay, for rearming and such.  So that bay is located
higher in the base."  Ryan had a moment to notice Rei Ikari before she
vanished into the crowd of students.
 Finally they came to a stop in front of one of the Evangelions.  Ryan gazed
up at the head of the massive android, towering at least three stories above
them.  Ryan let out a quiet "wow" as he examined the Eva, at a range that he
had never DREAMED.
 Finally a bullhorn sounded, and a voice came over the speaker.  "Greetings
cadets, my name is Lieutenant Commander Samuel Johnson, and I'll be guidng
you through this Eva Orientation class.  Now if you all step off the lift
onto the platform..."
 The class stepped foward onto the platform, and there was a collective gasp
as the Evangelion turned to face them.  It lifted an arm into the air,
giving the class a salute.  "This is the type 3 Evangelion Combat Android.
This particular model is designed for Hand to Hand combat with the enemy."
As he spoke, the Evangelion turned to face its back to them.  The entry plug
ejected, stopping just over the platform that the cadets stood on.  They
watched as the Lieutenant Commander stepped out of the entry plug, and
dropped nimbly to the deck.
 "All right recruits, time to get started.  First we're going to review the
parts of the Evangelion, as well as its weapon systems..."
 Ryan simply stared in shock as he looked at the man who was teaching the
class.  It couldn't be...
 "Big Brother?"

Jonathan Lloyd,
Rune, Master of Confusion and Being Lost in Time
Korin, Extreemly Confused Seiryuu Seishi