This is the first draft of the first chapter of an Evangelion fusion that 
I dreamt up last week. After thinking about it way to much for way 
too long, i decided to put fingers to keyboard and see what I could 
do to get this down in soe kind of readable form.

I won't say what series this is a fusion with at the present time, 
other than to say that I don't think anyone's ever tried it before. 
Also, I don't have a particular place in the Evangelion series where 
this takes place, and the angel described herein does not appear in 
the series, either.

C&C is humbly begged for. Anything at all - positive or negative. 
Even the "This is great! Write more" types will be accepted. 
However, if all you've got to say about it is "This sucks!" then 
please try to at least explain *why* it sucks  ^_^

(BTW - I know the tabs are missing. I'll fix that in the next draft)

And now, on with the show.....

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A Stitch In Time (tentative title)
A Neon Genesis Evangelion/Some other series fusion
Chapter 1

    *-*-*-*

Misato burst into the control center and quickly surveyed the 
situation with practiced eyes. The tactical display showed an 
unidentified target just beyond the outskirts of Tokyo-3. Color-
coded highlights indicated that the city above them was being 
evacuated. Aoba, Maya, and Makoto were typing away furiously at 
their consoles, lines of information scrolling through their displays 
faster than her eyes could follow. A quick glance over her shoulder 
confirmed that Commander Ikari and Vice-Commander Fuyutski 
were standing in their customary positions overlooking the 
controlled chaos of the command floor. 

She turned back to the tactical display. "Target status?"

Aoba replied without looking up from his own display. "The target 
appeared approximated ninety seconds ago. It hasn't moved since."

Misato frowned. "You mean it just appeared outside the city? Why 
didn't we detect it before then?"

"We don't know." Makoto replied. "It could have been some sort of 
stealth system. Something that prevented us from detecting its 
approach."

"But we can see it now." Misato pointed out.

"Yes, Major."

Maya looked up. "We're detecting anomalous energy readings from 
the target, Major. It could be some sort of modified AT field, but the 
Magi haven't been able to identify a definitive pattern yet."

"We must assume that the target is an angel," Gendo said calmly, 
"until proven otherwise."

"Right. Stand by to activate all defensive systems." Misato turned 
to Maya. "Eva status?"

"All Evas standing by." Maya turned, her expression grave. "But 
only unit zero is ready for launch."

"What?" Misato's eyes widened as a thought struck her. "Shinji 
and Asuka haven't arrived yet?"

Doctor Akagi entered the room. "Rei was scheduled for a 
harmonics test, but neither of the other Children needed to be here."

Misato mentally kicked herself for forgetting about that. "They're at 
school. Figure approximately five minutes for them to get here."

"Have a dummy plug standing by in case we need to activate unit 
one before the pilot arrives." Gendo ordered.

Misato hesitated briefly, then nodded. "We'll deploy unit zero to a 
position inside the city, where she can intercept the target if it 
begins moving." Silently she added "I just pray that Shinji and 
Asuka make it in time."

"Major! The target is entering the city!"

    *-*-*-*

As warning sirens blared their wailing cries, two children raced 
through the streets of Tokyo-3.

"Hurry up, baka-Shinji! We'll miss all the action!"

Shinji frowned. "I'm right behind you, Asuka."

Asuka flashed him a grin over her shoulder. "Which is exactly 
where you should be."

He bit back a reply to her comment, choosing instead to 
concentrate on keeping up with the racing redhead. A loud 
rumbling sound filled the air as the buildings around them began to 
decend into the geofront below. "Where's the entry point, 
anyways?"

Asuka stopped abruptly, and Shinji nearly ran into her. "What are 
you asking me for?"

Shinji gaped at her. "Wha... what? You said you knew where it is!"

She frowned, turning to look at him. Her face had taken on a light 
reddish hue. Shinji swallowed as her eyes narrowed. "Of course I 
know where it is! Dumpkopf!" She reached up and cuffed him on 
the side of the head. "I *always* know what I'm doing. And don't 
you..." her voice trailed away as her eyes fixed on something 
behind him. "Mien Gott."

Shinji blinked, then craned his head around. Standing 
approximately three hundred meters behind them was a large 
cylindrical object. It stood at least as tall as the highest building in 
Tokyo-3, and was at least three times the width. The surface of the 
cylinder seemed to be made up of highly polished golden-colored 
metal, but as Shinji looked closer he could see ripples and waves 
slowly making their way across the surface. The effect was almost 
hypnotic. "Is that.... is that an angel?"

Asuka smirked as the angel began to move. "Excellent."

Both children turned as a nearby building slid open, revealing the 
blue-and-white form of unit zero. The Eva stepped out of the 
elevator and brought a rifle to bear on the angel. At that moment 
the air around them was torn by a continuous peal of thunder as 
Tokyo-3's defensive batteries opened fire on the angel.

"Schist!" Asuka cursed. "C'mon, Shinji! I'm not going to let 
Wondergirl there get all the glory!"

Shinji took a moment to watch unit zero as it faced off against the 
angel. As his eyes darted back and forth between them, be 
suddenly became aware of something. "Asuka?"

"What?"

He swallowed. "We're.... um.... we're between the angel and Rei."

Asuka frowned. "What?"

"We're between the angel," Shinji pointed at the approaching 
cylindrical angel, "and Rei," he pointed at unit zero.

Asuka swore in German. "Let's find the damned entry point!"

    *-*-*-*

"Rei, do what you can to keep the target out of the city." Misato 
explained. "Do not engage in close combat. Wait for units one and 
two."

"Understood." Rei replied calmly. "How long until they arrive?"

Misato paused. "Four minutes." I hope.

"Understood."

Misato nodded to herself. "How's the target?"

"AT field detected, Major." Maya reported. "Pattern is blue. I 
repeat, pattern is blue."

"Now we know for sure." Ritsuko commented.

Misato snorted. "As if there was any doubt."

"All defensive systems engaging the target. No discernable 
damage." Aoba paused, checking his display. "Target is changing 
course! It's heading directly for unit zero!"

"Damn! Rei, engage the target from long range until we determine 
what it's capabilities are! Don't let it get too close to you!"

"Understood."

"The target's AT field is expanding." Maya reported. She motioned 
to Ritsuko. "Sempai... these readings..."

Ritsuko examined Maya's display for a moment. "What the..."

Misato ignored the pair. "Rei, Expand your own AT field and try to 
use it to keep the angel at a distance."

Makoto spun around. "Major! You'd better take a look at this!"

"What is it?" Misato asked, stepping over to him. In response, he 
keyed up an external camera view. Two people could be seen 
running between the angel and unit zero. Misato grimmaced. "We 
don't have time to worry about two civilians who didn't get to the 
shelters in time." Even as she said it, something about the pair 
caught her eye. Perhaps it was the red hair of the one in front, or 
the school uniforms they were wearing. Misato frowned. Red hair? 
School uniforms?

Misato stood straight up. "Damn! Rei, belay that order!"

"It's too late!" Aoba shouted. "Unit zero's AT field is expanding!"

    *-*-*-*

The angel's AT field washed over Asuka and Shinji like a sonic 
boom, tossing the two hapless children to their knees as dust and 
debris rose in a cloud around them. Both of them gasped as the air 
was forced from their lungs by the concussion. Asuka, clutching 
her head and wheezing for breath, climbed back to her feet just as 
unit zero's AT field smashed into the angel's field.

The air around Asuka and Shinji erupted in a multicolor light show 
as the world seemed to dissolve into a chaotic blur. Neither of them 
had time to scream before they were engulfed in a blinding white 
light.

    *-*-*-*

Misato blinked against the blinding flash that erupted between the 
angel and unit zero. "What's happening?" she cried out.

"We don't know!" Aoba replied, typing furiously at his console. 
"Energy readings are off the scale!"

"Unit zero's AT field has interacted with the angel's AT field, Major!" 
Maya shouted. "We're showing severe spacial distortions at the 
point of contact!"

Misato gasped. "Another sea of Dirac?"

Ritsuko shook her head. "No. This is something new."

The glare from the exterior cameras began to fade. "Mobilize all 
search and rescue teams. Finding the Second and Third Children 
is our top priority!" She spun to face Commander Ikari. "Permission 
to deploy unit one with the dummy plug."

Gendo sighed. "Granted."

Fuyutski leaned close. "Ikari, what will we do now?"

"Adapt as best we can."

"But if Rei should happen to be our last surviving pilot..."

Gendo glanced at him. "Then our situation has become extremely 
serious."

Below them, Misato looked back to the exterior displays. "Rei, do 
you see Shinji or Asuka?"

There was a pause. "Negative. There is no sign of either of them."

"What about the angel?" She asked Aoba.

He checked his monitors. "The target has stopped moving, but it's 
AT field is still active."

Rei was talking again. "Major Katsuragi. I have examined the last 
known location of pilots Ikari and Sohryu. There is no sign of 
them." Misato thought she detected a slight tremor in the girl's 
voice. "They're gone."

Misato felt bile rise in her throat. "Are they dead?"

"I'm afraid that that's a very real possibility." Ritsuko commented 
as her fingers flew across Maya's keyboard. "The results of AT field 
interaction upon the human body is, unfortunately, very well 
documented."

Misato visibly paled. "But Rei said there were no b..." she paused, 
"bodies."

Maya checked a nearby console. "The Magi predict a seventy-five 
point five percent chance that the First and Second Children are 
dead." She drew in a shuddering breath. "Estimated chance of 
survival is two point six three five percent."

Ritsuko frowned as data began scrolling across Maya's display. 
"There may be another possibility." she said slowly. She glanced 
at Misato. "It may not be so much a matter of where they are, but 
rather, of *when* they are."

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End Chapter 1