# Neo genezis evangelion 1. chapter 2-1

Аноним Kim_Sergey

Waking up in the NERV hospital. A conversation with Gendo Ikari.

Chapter 2.1 hospital

Silence.

I toss and turn restlessly after waking up.

...Блин, what a dream I had!.. The plot just swings - as if I got into the anime "Evangelion", into the body of the main character and even fought with a giant alien robot... And he won after all! I've rarely had such beautiful and interesting dreams...

Okay, it's time to wake up, so as not to be late for practice...

I open my eyes. I realize that I'm lying on a hard bed...

Not on my bed.

A pungent hospital smell hits my nose. Recent memories flash through my mind - a minibus, a jeep on the wrong side, a blow... Am I in the hospital after the accident? How long have I been here, I wonder? Although... Why are there hieroglyphs everywhere, and why do I understand them? Here, for example, is the "exit"...

Блин, it wasn't a dream!!! What on earth is this!..

I look up at the sky in desperation...

An unfamiliar ceiling, I think, and I start giggling hysterically. I guess I'm already one hundred percent Shinji, even if I'm starting to think like him. Oh, damn it!.. My body aches all over...

Still laughing like a madman, I lift myself up heavily and sit up on the bed. My whole body aches, as if after a good workout, my forehead is bandaged, and I'm wearing a hospital gown instead of my usual clothes.

"Okay, let's not let this be a dream. But," I say resolutely to myself. "I am me. And I'm going to do something else that's going to make all these Angels and demons feel hot... And I'm not going to register in the infirmary! I hate hospitals!"

I carefully lower my bare feet to the cool floor, walk over to the door, open it, and step out into the hallway.

"Hey! Is anyone alive?"

Silence...

Thoughtfully, I walk up to the window pane, peering at the view outside the window - all the same wooded hills.

Suddenly, from somewhere around the corner, a hospital gurney appears, equipped with all sorts of fancy hospital equipment. A pretty young nurse rolls her.

"Uh... Hello! Can I..."

The nurse shushes me irritably, and only then do I see who is lying on the gurney. I'm speechless.

A girl of about fourteen or fifteen. Hospital gown. Bandaged torso, right arm and head. There is a blindfold on his right eye.

And the eye, by the way, is red. And short ash-pearl hair, coupled with unnaturally pale skin...

There is no doubt that this is Ayanami Rei, the most mysterious and incomprehensible character in this world.

I meet her eyes for a brief moment, and.. nothing. Zero reaction to me.

The nurse continues on her way, the gurney turns the corner. Silence falls again.

***

The emergency room of a hospital located somewhere in the middle levels of the command pyramid of the headquarters. I'm sitting on a chair. My head still hurts a little - it turns out I have some kind of deep scratch there.

The hated hospital smell is everywhere, even from clothes. After my stay at the LSL, it was washed and boiled here, which actually didn't make me particularly happy - it would have been better if they had given me a new one...

"Hello, Shinji!" Katsuragi's joyful voice reached me.

"Misato!.." I jumped up.

I was genuinely glad to see her - I liked her as a person from the very first meeting.

Katsuragi came up to me and asked excitedly:

"Are you okay?"

How long have you been asking me about this?!! "Are you okay? Всё правой!"

"In full. I wish I could eat something..."

The girl winced.

"I wouldn't mind a snack either..."

Блин! This is Katsuragi, and she doesn't have anything but instant noodles at home!!! ahh!!!

It's also Japan, which means there's only seafood and rice around. No sausage, bread and pasta!

You never know that all sorts of Angels are attacking here, how can I live with that?..

"Okay, Shinji, let's go."

"Dejectedly," I followed the captain.

"Why are you hanging your nose?"

"Just like that..."

...We're waiting for the elevator. Oh! And here he is, my dear!..

The elevator doors open, and Gendo stands inside. Shinji would have turned away and ignored him, but I'm not him. And I quickly crushed Shinjin's weak attempts at protest.

"Hello, Father," I stepped into the elevator, Misato following me.

Gendo nodded at me silently.

So, now you will need to try to start implementing your ideas... But to do this, I need to talk to Gendo, and given the odiousness of this character, I was frankly timid right now...

Ugh. Deep exhale, finally decide... Forward.

I gathered my courage and started talking to "father" (or is it already possible without quotation marks?).

"Father, can I talk to you?.."

He looked at me like I was a talking stool.

"I'm listening to you."

...So, now the main thing is not to get too arrogant...

"Father, I'm a NERV employee now, right?"

A slight nod is confirmation. I cheered up a bit.

"And so... Do I have a rank and a uniform? Well, it would be nice to have a salary, at least some..."

I can feel the waves of surprise coming from Misato on my back. And what? I really want a uniform and a rank - I didn't get into the army (and I didn't really want to), but I've always been interested in military subjects. Well, you have to provide yourself with pocket money, after all, to take a girl to the cinema there, to eat something normal... Damn, I need to buy a normal player for myself, otherwise it's always buggy in black in this cassette...

...Meanwhile, Dad now looked at me not just as a talking stool, but as a stool reciting all of Blok and Pasternak by heart. Damn, I guess I'm straying too much from the described psychotype... Okay, let's hope they decide that I just lost my mind a little bit in the fight....

"You already have a rank, you'll get a uniform. There will be money, too," I was finally honored with an answer.

So, now let's try to get a little cocky.

"Can I also have a personal weapon? For a successfully completed task, so to speak?"

Gendo glared at her from under his chameleon glasses. Just as his floor approached, the elevator doors opened, and he got out, saying something like "Let's see."

"Thank you, Father! Goodbye!" I shouted at his back. Politeness is first and foremost...

Pleased and proud of myself, I turned to Katsuragi.

"Shinji, you're a jerk..." To say that Misato was surprised was an understatement.

"What's the big deal?" I blink my eyes innocently. "I've always dreamed of this! Save the world, be a military man and have a real gun under your pillow!.."

"A maniac," the girl summed up and laughed. "No, it's more like just a kid. I bet a couple cans of Ibiza that you'll be asking to go to the shooting range with everyone..."

"Can I?" I asked with sincere greed. Oh, let's shoot!..

Katsuragi realized that she had let it slip.