(Chapter 1: Welcome to NERV NV)

"Mister president you don't have to do this, I can assure you these are all highly qualified NERV technicians. The IDs all check out with the second division's report, there are no imposters here." He said, struggling to keep up.

"Regardless, It's my duty to oversee all actions of national importance, UN designated or not." His small hands grasped something invisible. "I have to uphold my electoral promise and make sure they're sending their best. No drugs or rapists on my watch." He was almost yelling now as he stormed through the dimly lit halls. By his side was secretary of defense James Mattis. Two bodyguards trailed nervously behind him, making sure they remembered the way out of the mazelike complex.

Her brilliant red eyes stared straight ahead, unblinking. Gently shifting her weight from one foot to the other, she began to take in her surroundings. Rei Ayanami, she thought, as if affirming her own existence. Lined up on either side of her were NERV technicians in proper brown garb, none she recognised from the bridge. They were in a hangar, the aircraft that brought them in behind her and further ahead various aircraft were being maintenanced. Workers wearing navy blue uniforms milled about, more interested in the new arrivals from Tokyo-3, specifically her, than their given tasks.

I'm distracting them. She thought just as an orange man burst through the door with his hands waving in the air.

"JUST DISSAPEARED!" he yelled "AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO EMPLOY THESE SCREWUPS!" "Well sir, anyone who was remotely involved in the experiment surely… perished in the…" Trump let out a sigh. "Well does anyone have any idea what went wrong?" NERV's Nevada commander Holston squeaks out a "No clue sir". He lowers his hands. "Probably terrorists" he mutters. "Well it's more of an implosion so it's unlikely that sabotage had…"He trails off as the 45th president of the united states stares him down. He spins around to face the lineup.

"Well then, let's meet the new citizens then." He starts pacing up the line, inspecting each technician closely. "Why are they all so glum?" he whispers to Holston. "All their colleagues died, remember." He replied, slightly aggravated.

Their eyes meet, Trump's steely blue eyes locking with the crimson eyed girl. He eyes lingered for a while longer, before scanning up and down. Turning to Holston he asks "Who's the… oh yes the pilot. First child. Ayanami." His pace quickens to finish the inspection before turning to the commander once more. "I am satisfied with my inspection, they are now under your command, Holston." Trump and his ensemble turn to leave the way they came, with only the commander left to address the Tokyo-3 transfers.

"You will now be assigned housing inside the complex" he barks "In one hour make your way to hall D for debriefing and assignment. Dismissed." 6 workers wearing blue approach and escort the lineup to the housing blocks.

Rei stares at the floor as she's marched through the winding yellow halls, thinking of what has happened in only the past week. Nobody expected that testing the s2 engine in unit 01 would result in the complete annihilation of the geofront. Not Ritsuko, not even commander Ikari. Ikari, Gendo she thought. My reason for living. Passing through an enclosed breezeway on her way to the residences, he thoughts shift to the others who interacted with her. Sub-commander Fuyutsuki, gentle and wise. She thought. Dr. Akagi, not my favourite person but she was valuable to project E. And then, she thought of him. Shinji Ikari, he showed concern when I was injured, he was always so kind. She shook at the thought of his death. One of the technicians picked up on this and moved to comfort her, but held back remembering how inhuman the first child acted. Yes, there was nobody she could confide in now.

Stepping into the newly furnished, one room apartment she immediately felt very tired. Truth being she never could sleep well but the orders from commander Ikari kept her rested and with a sense of purpose. Before she could lie down on the freshly laundered bed, her escort called out from the hall "Remember hall D at 17:00, and you should probably change." He closed the door in front of him as he left. She was still wearing her gaudy white plugsuit, nothing like what the american pilots wore. I don't have other clothes. She thought before flopping onto her bed. And I am here to pilot, what else would I wear.

As she lay restlessly on the bed in her immaculate room she reminisced of the times the three pilots were together. Though they were not happy circumstances, she missed the feeling of other souls nearby. Even Soryu. The second had returned to Germany upon hearing that unit 02 was irreparably damaged in the blast. Though she claimed that without the machine she had no reason to be here, Misato believed it to be the loss off Shinji that pushed her over the edge. No less than 5 days afterword, she was administered to a mental institution in her hometown. Captain Katsuragi, why did she leave NERV? Rei had been told she also left for Germany, a decision likely made with Kaji in mind. Rei wished she knew just one person here.

Then she felt it. A soul finding its way deeper under the ground, far lower than any Nevada foundation reached.

Lilith.

(End of chapter 1)

Notes: Just a brief introduction to the primary characters, Rei and Donald Trump. Will romance bloom, is this really stupid. Probably. Characters yet to meet include the two american pilots, a new friend for Rei? Asuka returns? A surprise guest? Even I don't know. Please R/R.