Fic: [Evangelion] Demon City Tokyo
Title: Demon City Tokyo
Series: Evangelion, Silent Mobius
Type: Alternate Universe
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5676230/9/
Nine
Information gathering in the city of Tokyo was a complicated business. The demon hunters at NERV were now the city's primary employer, more or less, and the people living in the city were fiercely loyal. If you so much as criticized NERV word quickly got around, and you could end up with 'accidents' happening around you. Not that Yui Ikari ordered anything to happen, of course. That was the beauty of the situation. People needed NERV so bad that they would willingly take action against threats to the company on their own.
That's why, when Rally Cheyenne was hired by the Japanese government as a consultant to look into Tokyo and the ongoing demon problem, she opened up a dive bar. She had her staff pose as the operators and used the bar to get a feel for what was really going on in Tokyo, underneath the surface. Alcohol loosened lips, everyone knew that, and in good company people were more likely to say interesting things.
Lebia Maverick walked into Rally's office in a tower not far from NERV, the cool blond dressed in a casual business suit. She was tall, thin and quite attractive, but everyone agreed she was also totally inapproachable. "Ma'am," she nodded respectfully, "here's this week's report."
Rally took the files from her, flipping through the pages. "Hmm, Kozo needs to be more careful what he says when drinking," she noted. Kozo Fuyutsuki was the principal of Tokyo's last, declining, high school, but once upon a time he had been a rising star in science, a professor in a leading university. Or so he claimed.
"His story checks out," Lebia confirmed smugly. "He was indeed Yui Ikari's professor, right up until the first wave of demon attacks."
"And that's when he first starts hitting the bottle seriously," Rally mused. "Do we know why?" she asked thoughtfully.
"I can't confirm it, but there are implications he's tied up with the original, demon summoning cabal. Along with Yui and her missing husband, Gendo," Lebia smiled coldly. "Sadly, Yui's academic records and other data are buried very deep. I've had no luck finding any of it."
"Yes, sadly we can't prove any of this," Rally cautioned her.
"Yes, ma'am," Lebia conceded.
Rally sat back thoughtfully. "Are we having any luck getting into NERV itself?" she asked as she looked out the window at the increasingly run down city.
"Mr. Suzuhara is not happy with his current position and his childrens' health," Lebia told her, "but he's quite loyal, considering Yui is helping cover the medical bills. We've also made contact with other staffers, but we need to be cautious."
"Hmm." Rally nodded.
"We've also had several visits from Mari Illustrious Makinami," Lebia started to say, her voice getting just a little eager.
"No," Rally held up a hand before she could continue, "it's too dangerous to try to pump her. She's too close to Ikari and her stumbling over our operation is rather suspicious."
"You think she's a plant?' Lebia asked with a frown.
"I don't know if I'd go that far," Rally admitted, "but her accidentally stumbling over our facility is quite a coincidence."
Lebia nodded, "True enough."
"Has Ryoji Kaji responded through any of the message drops?" Rally changed the subject, bringing up the Japanese agent who was supposed to be infiltrating NERV.
"No," Lebia shook her head, "and he's quite overdue to send something out."
Rally puffed out a sigh. "I guess Yui must have caught him," she mused. "Do you think they're holding him somewhere, or if he's been sanctioned?" she asked coldly.
"Do you really think Yui is capable of that?" Lebia had to ask.
"Oh, certainly," Rally answered calmly, "after all, we still don't know what really happened to Gendo or the original Kaworu." She flipped through the pages on her desk as she decided, "I think we're going to have to assume he's gone, at least for now." Changing the subject she asked, "How are the weapons tests going?"
"We acquired a sample of some of the swords NERV is using to kill the demons," Lebia said, "a chip from one of Asuka's swords, actually. We've got a lab running a full spectral analysis, but so far it looks like a standard steel alloy."
Rally grunted. She had hoped there was something exotic about the weapons NERV was using. Her rational, scientific mind had a hard time griping the concept that seemingly extraterrestrial creatures could only be killed with swords and bladed weapons. It just seemed wrong somehow. Especially considering how resistant to standard guns they were...
Speaking of that Rally asked, "How's our other project going?"
"Kiddy and Nami successfully captured one of the creatures in the slums," Lebia said, "we carted it off before NERV could find it. They're weapon testing various arms against it, trying to determine what works and doesn't."
"Good," Rally nodded, "we need to be prepared to present a viable alternative to NERV and their approach to demon hunting. If we can do that, we might even take their jobs away..."
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Meanwhile, in a very secure research lab, Kiddy Phenil was calmly shooting a shambling demon, her pistol blasting holes in it that quickly closed up. "Well, damn," the green haired woman scowled, lowering the gun.
Mana Isozaki made a note on her clipboard as the blue haired woman said, "Standard police issue, ineffective."
"Eep," Nami muttered, the younger woman stepping backward as the thing threw itself violently at the protective barrier, rattling the thick impact resistant glass.
"Don't worry," Mana told her, "the barrier is rated to withstand powerful impacts." She looked at Kiddy, "Do you want to move up to the Magnum?"
"Worth a try," Kiddy agreed as she picked up the heavier grade pistol. She loaded it then took the safety off before stepping into the shooting booth.
"If you use the 'Do you feel lucky, punk' line, I'm going to have to hurt you," Mana added.
"Aww," Kiddy pouted while Nami looked confused, clearly not getting the reference.
Mana watched as Kiddy hefted the heavy gun, taking aim at the shambling creature. She pulled the trigger, the weapon bucking, and the bang made her wince and Nami jump. But the higher calibre bullet blew a satisfying hole in the demon, even as the flesh stitched itself together.
"Damn," Kiddy exclaimed, "that slowed it down a bit."
"It's still healing though," Nami noted.
"But it did significant damage," Kiddy grinned. "Imagine if I had been using a machine gun! Wonder why NERV never used them?"
"NERV reported it tested various weapons on the demons and determined the swords were best," Mana noted as Kiddy shot the thing a few more times, recording the healing times.
"Right," Kiddy said skeptically.
Nami took the 'devil's advocate' position as she suggested, "Things were very crazy when the demon attacks first started, you know. Political leaders all over died, things were chaotic... maybe they never got the change to use much more than police specials against the attackers?"
"Yeah, maybe," Kiddy conceded reluctantly as she finished up closing the firing booth.
"All right, we'll move on," Mana said, even though she privately agreed with Kiddy. Either NERV hadn't properly tested all weapons against the demons, or they suppressed the data they discovered. "There is one reason swords might be preferred, however," she noted aloud.
"Huh?" Kiddy looked at her in curiosity.
Mana smiled slightly, "Swords don't run out of ammunition."
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Yui Ikari scowled as she looked over the report leaked from the Japanese Diet, on the hiring of a consultant to investigate NERV. Why hadn't she heard about this sooner? Hell, she should have been able to completely nip this in the bud.
She shook her head, Yui sitting back in her chair. There was no time to be annoyed with her government contacts and their failure to notify her. It was more important to consider what the consultants might learn and possibly use against her.
What happened to Gendo was buried so deep there was no chance they could discover it. Lilith's existence too was something she had gone to great lengths to conceal, for obvious reasons. Yui felt certain that neither would become a problem. Hopefully.
The decision to use Youkai as 'hounds' to find the demons, as well as equipping her Hunters with bladed weapons would come under question, Yui knew. Still, she firmly believed it was the best choice to make. In their encounters with demons the police and regular army had all faired incredibly badly. People simply no longer trusted men with guns to save them.
It came down to building a mythology really. Or tapping into a old one. People WANTED to believe in young heroes taking up arms to save them, why else were there so many fictions about it? So Yui gave them what they wanted, and in the process helped people all over the world recover from the panic and terror that followed the first horrible wave of demon attacks.
'I very nearly saved the world,' Yui thought resentfully, 'and is this the thanks I get?'
The coincidence that Mayumi Yamagishi arrived here just before this investigation started bothered Yui, too. She had a complete background check, and Yui knew that Mayumi was clean. Yet her coming here now... it looked odd. She made a mental not to ask Ritsuko to do some digging into the reporter again, just in case.
Yui also found herself regretting eliminating Ryoji Kaji as quickly as she had. It now looked like he was at least connected to this new group, and possibly had been digging in NERV on their behalf. When Yui caught him he had been under the cover of a 'special inspector' while under that he had been a Japanese salaryman, too curious for his own good. Yui hadn't realized there might be three levels of deception involved.
'I wonder if Lilith adsorbed information from Ryoji Kaji when she ate him?' Yui wondered, knowing it was nearly time to see the demon once again. And there was the question of if she could trust anything Lilith told her. The demoness loved to lie, almost as much as she liked manipulating Yui.
With a sigh Yui shut off her computer and locked up the physical files. It was late, and it was time to go home. Her problems could wait until tomorrow...
To be continued...
Series: Evangelion, Silent Mobius
Type: Alternate Universe
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5676230/9/
Nine
Information gathering in the city of Tokyo was a complicated business. The demon hunters at NERV were now the city's primary employer, more or less, and the people living in the city were fiercely loyal. If you so much as criticized NERV word quickly got around, and you could end up with 'accidents' happening around you. Not that Yui Ikari ordered anything to happen, of course. That was the beauty of the situation. People needed NERV so bad that they would willingly take action against threats to the company on their own.
That's why, when Rally Cheyenne was hired by the Japanese government as a consultant to look into Tokyo and the ongoing demon problem, she opened up a dive bar. She had her staff pose as the operators and used the bar to get a feel for what was really going on in Tokyo, underneath the surface. Alcohol loosened lips, everyone knew that, and in good company people were more likely to say interesting things.
Lebia Maverick walked into Rally's office in a tower not far from NERV, the cool blond dressed in a casual business suit. She was tall, thin and quite attractive, but everyone agreed she was also totally inapproachable. "Ma'am," she nodded respectfully, "here's this week's report."
Rally took the files from her, flipping through the pages. "Hmm, Kozo needs to be more careful what he says when drinking," she noted. Kozo Fuyutsuki was the principal of Tokyo's last, declining, high school, but once upon a time he had been a rising star in science, a professor in a leading university. Or so he claimed.
"His story checks out," Lebia confirmed smugly. "He was indeed Yui Ikari's professor, right up until the first wave of demon attacks."
"And that's when he first starts hitting the bottle seriously," Rally mused. "Do we know why?" she asked thoughtfully.
"I can't confirm it, but there are implications he's tied up with the original, demon summoning cabal. Along with Yui and her missing husband, Gendo," Lebia smiled coldly. "Sadly, Yui's academic records and other data are buried very deep. I've had no luck finding any of it."
"Yes, sadly we can't prove any of this," Rally cautioned her.
"Yes, ma'am," Lebia conceded.
Rally sat back thoughtfully. "Are we having any luck getting into NERV itself?" she asked as she looked out the window at the increasingly run down city.
"Mr. Suzuhara is not happy with his current position and his childrens' health," Lebia told her, "but he's quite loyal, considering Yui is helping cover the medical bills. We've also made contact with other staffers, but we need to be cautious."
"Hmm." Rally nodded.
"We've also had several visits from Mari Illustrious Makinami," Lebia started to say, her voice getting just a little eager.
"No," Rally held up a hand before she could continue, "it's too dangerous to try to pump her. She's too close to Ikari and her stumbling over our operation is rather suspicious."
"You think she's a plant?' Lebia asked with a frown.
"I don't know if I'd go that far," Rally admitted, "but her accidentally stumbling over our facility is quite a coincidence."
Lebia nodded, "True enough."
"Has Ryoji Kaji responded through any of the message drops?" Rally changed the subject, bringing up the Japanese agent who was supposed to be infiltrating NERV.
"No," Lebia shook her head, "and he's quite overdue to send something out."
Rally puffed out a sigh. "I guess Yui must have caught him," she mused. "Do you think they're holding him somewhere, or if he's been sanctioned?" she asked coldly.
"Do you really think Yui is capable of that?" Lebia had to ask.
"Oh, certainly," Rally answered calmly, "after all, we still don't know what really happened to Gendo or the original Kaworu." She flipped through the pages on her desk as she decided, "I think we're going to have to assume he's gone, at least for now." Changing the subject she asked, "How are the weapons tests going?"
"We acquired a sample of some of the swords NERV is using to kill the demons," Lebia said, "a chip from one of Asuka's swords, actually. We've got a lab running a full spectral analysis, but so far it looks like a standard steel alloy."
Rally grunted. She had hoped there was something exotic about the weapons NERV was using. Her rational, scientific mind had a hard time griping the concept that seemingly extraterrestrial creatures could only be killed with swords and bladed weapons. It just seemed wrong somehow. Especially considering how resistant to standard guns they were...
Speaking of that Rally asked, "How's our other project going?"
"Kiddy and Nami successfully captured one of the creatures in the slums," Lebia said, "we carted it off before NERV could find it. They're weapon testing various arms against it, trying to determine what works and doesn't."
"Good," Rally nodded, "we need to be prepared to present a viable alternative to NERV and their approach to demon hunting. If we can do that, we might even take their jobs away..."
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Meanwhile, in a very secure research lab, Kiddy Phenil was calmly shooting a shambling demon, her pistol blasting holes in it that quickly closed up. "Well, damn," the green haired woman scowled, lowering the gun.
Mana Isozaki made a note on her clipboard as the blue haired woman said, "Standard police issue, ineffective."
"Eep," Nami muttered, the younger woman stepping backward as the thing threw itself violently at the protective barrier, rattling the thick impact resistant glass.
"Don't worry," Mana told her, "the barrier is rated to withstand powerful impacts." She looked at Kiddy, "Do you want to move up to the Magnum?"
"Worth a try," Kiddy agreed as she picked up the heavier grade pistol. She loaded it then took the safety off before stepping into the shooting booth.
"If you use the 'Do you feel lucky, punk' line, I'm going to have to hurt you," Mana added.
"Aww," Kiddy pouted while Nami looked confused, clearly not getting the reference.
Mana watched as Kiddy hefted the heavy gun, taking aim at the shambling creature. She pulled the trigger, the weapon bucking, and the bang made her wince and Nami jump. But the higher calibre bullet blew a satisfying hole in the demon, even as the flesh stitched itself together.
"Damn," Kiddy exclaimed, "that slowed it down a bit."
"It's still healing though," Nami noted.
"But it did significant damage," Kiddy grinned. "Imagine if I had been using a machine gun! Wonder why NERV never used them?"
"NERV reported it tested various weapons on the demons and determined the swords were best," Mana noted as Kiddy shot the thing a few more times, recording the healing times.
"Right," Kiddy said skeptically.
Nami took the 'devil's advocate' position as she suggested, "Things were very crazy when the demon attacks first started, you know. Political leaders all over died, things were chaotic... maybe they never got the change to use much more than police specials against the attackers?"
"Yeah, maybe," Kiddy conceded reluctantly as she finished up closing the firing booth.
"All right, we'll move on," Mana said, even though she privately agreed with Kiddy. Either NERV hadn't properly tested all weapons against the demons, or they suppressed the data they discovered. "There is one reason swords might be preferred, however," she noted aloud.
"Huh?" Kiddy looked at her in curiosity.
Mana smiled slightly, "Swords don't run out of ammunition."
0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Yui Ikari scowled as she looked over the report leaked from the Japanese Diet, on the hiring of a consultant to investigate NERV. Why hadn't she heard about this sooner? Hell, she should have been able to completely nip this in the bud.
She shook her head, Yui sitting back in her chair. There was no time to be annoyed with her government contacts and their failure to notify her. It was more important to consider what the consultants might learn and possibly use against her.
What happened to Gendo was buried so deep there was no chance they could discover it. Lilith's existence too was something she had gone to great lengths to conceal, for obvious reasons. Yui felt certain that neither would become a problem. Hopefully.
The decision to use Youkai as 'hounds' to find the demons, as well as equipping her Hunters with bladed weapons would come under question, Yui knew. Still, she firmly believed it was the best choice to make. In their encounters with demons the police and regular army had all faired incredibly badly. People simply no longer trusted men with guns to save them.
It came down to building a mythology really. Or tapping into a old one. People WANTED to believe in young heroes taking up arms to save them, why else were there so many fictions about it? So Yui gave them what they wanted, and in the process helped people all over the world recover from the panic and terror that followed the first horrible wave of demon attacks.
'I very nearly saved the world,' Yui thought resentfully, 'and is this the thanks I get?'
The coincidence that Mayumi Yamagishi arrived here just before this investigation started bothered Yui, too. She had a complete background check, and Yui knew that Mayumi was clean. Yet her coming here now... it looked odd. She made a mental not to ask Ritsuko to do some digging into the reporter again, just in case.
Yui also found herself regretting eliminating Ryoji Kaji as quickly as she had. It now looked like he was at least connected to this new group, and possibly had been digging in NERV on their behalf. When Yui caught him he had been under the cover of a 'special inspector' while under that he had been a Japanese salaryman, too curious for his own good. Yui hadn't realized there might be three levels of deception involved.
'I wonder if Lilith adsorbed information from Ryoji Kaji when she ate him?' Yui wondered, knowing it was nearly time to see the demon once again. And there was the question of if she could trust anything Lilith told her. The demoness loved to lie, almost as much as she liked manipulating Yui.
With a sigh Yui shut off her computer and locked up the physical files. It was late, and it was time to go home. Her problems could wait until tomorrow...
To be continued...