Subject: [FFML] Whack Pack: Beginnings [EVA][Strange][Dark, I suppose]
From: "Matthew Harrison" <musko_no_kaji@hotmail.com>
Date: 11/7/2000, 12:47 PM
To: ffml@fanfic.com

For those of you who read the original Whack Pack teaser, this is set before
it. Bits and pieces in it may seem strange, including the creation of at
least one person who isn't in the original series.



And, FYI, this takes place a little while after the arrival (and defeat) of
the 14th Angel (Zeruel).



Enjoy!



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Whack Pack: Beginnings



An NGE Fanfiction



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�Shinji?�



Misato stood outside the door, waiting for a response. Shinji could be a
moody sod at times, but the silence this time was... different.



Upset, and possibly frightened.



Very unusual for him.



There was a squeak from the room.



�Shinji? I�m coming in.�



Pushing the door open, she could see that he was curled up on the bed. Not a
good sign.



�What�s happened, Shinji?�



She sat beside him on the bed, and put an almost motherly arm around him.



�You can tell me.�



�Taira...�



The name Taira rang several bells in Misato�s head. Eventually, one of them
tolled.



�You mean Kaede Taira? The girl on the news?�



Shinji nodded.



And now Misato understood. The news had reported it earlier; the girl had
been quite pretty, and had been found beaten, raped and strangled that
morning.



�Ohh, Shinji... She was one of your classmates, wasn�t she? It must be
terrible for you.� And she hugged him to her.



Shinji looked even worse, not speaking. �I... I knew...�



�You knew her? I know. But shit happens, Shinji. It happens to us all.� She
pulled him slightly closer, and stroked his head.



�She was the first girl...�



�You loved her?� Now THIS was something she hadn�t expected�



�We... were unofficial. We�d... found time together.�



�Oh, I�m sorry.� She waited for his tears to come- but she knew as well as
anyone that there wee times when it was impossible to cry.



�Only for a week. But yesterday, she was called away by a couple of older
boys... Upperclassmen. She couldn�t refuse.�



Misato looked down at him. �What are you saying, Shinji?�



�They said they were going to go to Kodai park. That�s where her body was
found, right?�



�Their names, Shinji. I want them.�



*****



The following morning, Hikaru Hida and Miyamoto Subari were arrested on
suspicion of murder. Two days later, they were formally charged with the
murder of Kaede Taira, and the case went to court six weeks later.



*****



�How can they get off?�



�Shinji... the evidence against them is huge. They couldn�t have got away
without major influence. I just can�t believe that the judge did that.�



�Isn�t Hida�s father one of the men who was involved with JA?�



�Yeah, he runs Hida industries... He must be reprehensible for this.�



�Don�t you mean responsible?�



�I mean what I mean, Shinji! Now, NERV can make his life very difficult...
Let�s see...�



*****



The next couple of weeks for Shinji were pure hell. Hida and Subari kept
taunting him. They�d made no bones about having had sex with Kaede; in fact,
they boasted to him about how tight she was. Obviously, they�d say, he was
�Not man enough to do the deed�.



Shinji, though, with a little help from Kensuke, had pieced it all together.
Hida industries ad lost a lot of money on the Jet Alone fiasco. Shinji was
an EVA pilot. Mr. Hida was in financial problems.



Disturb a pilot and reduce his efficiency. Try to get things so that JA is
practically necessary.



So JA gets built, and then another, and another...



Hida�s father had still enough money and pull to get his son- at least- off.



The two could then keep going at Shinji.



This was intolerable.



*****



�Morning, limpdick.�



Hida sat at the desk next to him.



�I dreamt about banging Kaede again last night. I made her scream, you know?
She loved it. Shame she died that night...� He sighed. �We could have made
such a wonderful couple...�



Just then, Subari called over. �Yo, Hikaru! We got a Party on Friday!�



�Yeah? Where at?�



�Moroki�s! It�ll be great!�



Hida wandered away, and Kensuke came over. �Don�t let them get to you, man.�



�I can�t help it.� Shinji sniffed, and brushed away a tear.



That night he did a lot of research.



*****



�Kensuke? Could you do a hack for me?�



�Yeah... Anything you want, man! But, only if...�



�Yeah, yeah, I�ll talk to Misato about piloting for you. I can�t promise
anything, though...�



And he passed Kensuke a list of filenames and passwords.



*****



Shinji waited. Almost three.



The hack he�d wanted was for a certain locker to be unlocked at three
o�clock the next day; he was going to remove a couple of items and then
leave. It would be tricky...



But he had a plan, and it was daring.



Daring for him, anyway.



*****



Shinji slipped in through a window at the back of the club. Out through the
toilets, and onto the balcony. The gun and silencer were heavy in his
jacket, and would soon be necessary.



There they were, below him.



He bought a drink, and walked back to the balcony edge.



Damn. They�d moved.



They'd moved along a bit. Still on the ground floor.



Splash.



Shinji watched as the two furious boys looked up, dripping, their eyes
stinging. He gave them a cheery wave (faked, of course) and waited as they
pushed their way up to the balcony. As they turned the top of the stairs, he
headed into the gents.



Empty. Perfect.



The music was still loud in here, but it was nowhere near deafening. The
club went for old-style techno, and was pulsing out 'Sandstorm' like there
was no tomorrow.



"You weren't invited, you little shit."



"Really, Hida? And was Taira 'invited'? I know it was you."



Hida growled, and cracked his knuckles. Subari grinned.



"We're going to give you such a beating, you little bastard."



"I think not." Shinji pulled the pistol from his pocket and squeezed the
trigger once.



For a long moment noone moved. Then Hida looked down at the spreading stain
on his shirt, and then dropped to his knees.



Subari was pale. "You... you..."



Shinji's voice was cold, colder than either Rei or his father. In himself,
he felt his head swimming; a brief moment of technical ecstasy as he spoke,
and looked through the wisp of smoke rising from the silencer. "I gave him
what he deserved."



And then he shot Subari in the gut as well.



Both of them were on the floor, and both were quietly sobbing. The
hollowpoints Shinji had loaded had made rather a mess- the floor was growing
red.



From nowhere, Shinji again found words. "I am the instrument of vengeance

for that which the courts failed in their duty to do. I am the avenging soul
of Kaede."



He squatted down in front of them, and they tried to look at him.



"I am the last thing you'll ever see."



And Shinji put one more round into each of their heads.



*****



Shinji knelt on the ground behind the club, his stomach heaving. It was
amazing, he thought, that so much could come out of an empty stomach. He'd
only felt sick after seeing the brain tissue when the skulls had erupted as
the bullet spread on impact.



And now here he was, vomiting like a geyser.



Slowly, shakily, he stood, wiping his mouth with the back of his sleeve. All
he had to do was take off the rubber gloves and the clothes, change into the
set in the bag, and trigger the flare. That would destroy the evidence.



Just as he finished changing, there was the sound of slow clapping from
behind him.



"Well done, Shinji."



Shinji froze.



"Doctor Akagi spotted your hack. I noted the event, and guessed what you
were going to do. I came because I was worried you were going to kill
yourself afterwards."



"F-father?"



"I was also going to give you a quick getaway."



"You knew what I was going to do?"



"You were going to kill the two boys who killed your... friend. I realised
that much. I had a few people watch you more than normal, and follow you."



"You did...?"



"Yes. And I saw what happened in there on the security cameras in the club.
Truly ingenious, Shinji.  Now trigger that flare and let us go."



"Security cameras... I suppose I'm going to go to prison?"



A ghost of a smile came to Gendou Ikari's face. "No. It is all stored on
computer here- and there is now a virus in their system. Very good idea to
use caseless ammunition, too. Noone saw what happened, and you are home
free, so to speak. A brief detour to my apartment, and you can shower-
remove the powder stains."



"I didn't think of that."



"I did. Now come along. Someone will have found the bodies by now."



They walked to the car, slowly. It was an unmarked, fairly nondescript blue
convertible.



"One more thing, Shinji."



"Father?"



Gendou handed him a thick brown envelope. �Seven hundred and fifty thousand
Yen. You�ve just done me a great service, Shinji. Now mister Hida will think
twice about getting Jet Alone back into service��



Shinji, speechless, lay back and thought about that, riffling through the
money.



He could, to quote a certain brownhaired extortionist, see a business
potential here.



Hmmm.



-----



-End-



All C&C welcome. I own very few of the characters, and if you don't know who
they are, then watch EVA and decide for yourself.



Author's Notes:



Well... It was this or a Pokemon story featuring Will Smith (Titled 'Getting
Jiggly With It'). I Have more parts in the works, so keep an eye out. Thanks
for reading!



*****



What am I doing here

half asleep

and the rest of me

still in bed

making coffee

with tea bags...?



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