full metal evangelion
Tessa was bored a pretty normal state of affairs for a 16year old girl. Not that Captain Teletha
Testarossa was a normal teenager .She was the captain and chief designer of the Tuatha De
Danannn the most advanced submarine in the world .
It could and had done things no other submarine could ,And ,now due to politics she was a
convoy escort .All because Mithril needed to curry favor with the UN .Having turned down a
contract to reinforce the JSSDF forces defending Tokyo3 more due to an argument about
command and control issues than any other reason ,but,it meant that when the first Angel arrived
Mithril were not among the conventional forces in toyko3 and even though conventional forces were useless.
Their absence was being used against Mithril by its enemies in the UN .So here she was slowly
sailing across the pacific with the UN fleet .At the beck and call of an Admiral who Tessa decided
must be an ancestor of captain Blythe .
The TDD-1 had got more than one message sent over the fleets information
network inquiring about the hiring the mercenaries to frag him .Even commander Mardukas Tessa's
by book executive officer was starting to laugh at them .Epically as the TDD-1 was being used to
intercept any vessel which entered the exclusion zone around the fleet .First time they had surfaced
by a yacht it was amusing .It soon got boring Especially knowing a helicopter could do the job in
half the time and Mithril did not want them to launch their own .The Admiral just seemed to find it
amusing that he could order the infamous toy box around. at his whim. Tessa was glad she hadn't
had to meet him in person by all accounts he would not have taken her seriously at all which would
have infuriated her .Fortunately the TDD-1 had only joined the convoy after it had left the Suez
canal and as late coming mercenaries the admiral only wanted them to obey orders and wasn't
interested in meeting them. Tessa sipped her tea and was thankful for small mercies .Her boat was
running as efficient as always .Her only problem was the bored air crew and ground troops
.TDD-1s abilities were not fully known to the outside world and Mithril were not prepared to
reveal everything unless absolutely necessary. So apart from simulators they had little to do .
Tessa was just turning that problem over in her mind when the alert came .
"Unknown contact 20 miles closing fast ,Its big" a panicked sonar operator reported
"Very well maneuver to face it .Weapons control get a firing solution we will give it all
eight tubes ,deploy countermeasures and dive to 300m "
"Captain we haven't had clearance to fire from the fleet" Mardukas interrupted
"Mr Mardukas Its an angel we can argue rules of engagements with who ever lives through
this " Tessa replied .Fixing him with a hard stare. She knew what this fight might mean ,but,
she was damned if a angel was going to take her boat .Torpedoes launched the TDD-1 swung
around and dived down for the possible safety of depth covered by decoys .
Due to black technology the TDD-1 was invisible to radar and sonar .She could launch
torpedoes and the first thing an enemy would know was when they detonated .How the angel
sensed its prey was unknown though. What her sensors showed was the torpedo strike was non
effective and the angel was killing ships by simply ramming them .Blips just disappearing from
the screen as Tessa glowered this was no battle it was a massacre. Their only hope was if the eva
could fight in unwilling to go to periscope depth to communicate with the fleet they
would have to fight the monster without knowing what others were doing .
"Mr Mardukas I need an attack plan "She ordered . As she she looked at Her exec officer a change
seem to come over him .Gone was the fussy martinet who seemed to take pleasure in being
miserable here was the hunter he slowly took off his baseball cap and replaced it with the peak
facing backwards .If the first rule of land warfare is don't march on Moscow .The first law of
submarine warfare is don't fight Mardukas .Tessa let a small smile form on her lips if the Eva didn't
kill this angel they would .
Shinji was having a bad day .Of course any day he had to pilot an Eva against an Angel was bad
he had fought 3 of them and every battle had involved pain and suffering for himself and others
So meeting Asuka who loved her status of pilot was baffling to him .Now he was probably going
to die with her in the belly of the Angel when the power went out of the eva in less than 5 minutes
.The Angel had cut the umbilical cord and was swimming away from the fleet so Misatos plan
was useless .Shinji couldn't really summon up much regret that his life was about to end ,but, dying
while wearing a girls plug suit that did annoy him.
He was pulled from his reverie by a shout from Asuka demanding he help her focus
their AT field to get the angels mouth to open .They tried and failed and then the miracle happened
the angel opened its mouth wide and the could see the core glowing red in the roof of the mouth
With a Savage scream Asuka drove the prog knife into the core of the angel and killed it .The
Angels corpse tilted tail down its mouth pointing upwards as if to give the Eva pilots one last
glance at the sun before it dragged them down to the deeps .As Shinji and Asuka stared out they
could see sunlight streaming through the sea and the black hulk of a submarine and lots of small
things rushing towards them trailing silvery wakes behind them .For a moment they stared at the
sight and then suddenly realized what the small objects rushing towards them were .
"Torpedoes" they both exclaimed Hurriedly wrapping the eva in an AT field they got a unique
view of torpedoes as they rushed past them into the center of the angel Expanding the AT field
behind them as the torpedoes exploded they surfed the blast wave towards the submarine reaching
its bow they scrambled to get on the top . As the submarine broke the surface huge clamshell doors
opened to reveal a flight deck .With the final seconds of power Asuka gently knelt the eva down on
it angling the head up so they could see the blue sky before the entry plug went dark.
"Well thats certainly the ugliest arm slave I have ever seen" declared Tessa looking at the eva
which was kneeling on her flight deck through a view screen on the bridge.
Her exclamation brought a little laughter from the bridge crew breaking the tension of the battles
aftermath .They had been prepared for a suicide attack firing torpedoes set to detonate in the angel
mouths and if that didn't work ramming it then the Evangelion had soared out of the Angel
somehowdeflecting the blast of the torpedoes detonation which would have damaged the sub at
this rangeand landing on their bow .The TDD-1 had surfaced as quickly as it
could without dislodging the evangelion which was now kneeling on their flight deck looking
in Tessa's Opinion incredibly ugly .
"Mr Mardukas we need to launch our helicopters for search&rescue .Get a damage control report
and contact Mithril high command Having the Eva there is going to upset Nerv and the UN and
probably the JSSDF .I doubt we can claim salvage ?"
This raised another laugh. The crew were beginning to relish the fact they had survived a close brush with death
and were starting to relax .
" You have the bridge Mr Mardukas "
" Where are you going captain? "
"I 'm going to greet our unexpected guests ,I'd hate to let NERV believe we are poor hosts " she
smiled sweetly and left .
Shinji climbed out of the entrance plug leaving Asuka still trying to argue below him .She had
demanded that they go through the check list for shut down before exiting the Eva. Shinji just
pulled the release handle. Asuka ranting was only stopped by the draining of the lcl from the entry
plug forcing her to retch up the liquid so she could breathe again .He left her fuming in the
chair stubbornly working through the checklist muttering something in German
which Shinji was glad he couldn't understand as it didn't sound pleasant even to his ignorant
ears. He looked out from the top of the plug surveying the submarine which had turned into an
aircraft carrier .Shinji was no expert but he was pretty sure this thing whatever you called
it was not a normal submarine. He saw an elevator just like one on the over the rainbow bring up
two
planes he recognized as jump jets .From his vantage point he could see the pilots they saw him and
waved he waved back. The jets took off simultaneously the noise was staggering they hovered
and then tilted their nose down towards him .He realized they were bowing towards him all he
could do was wave and smile suddenly thinking 'If I ever tell Kensuke about this he will explode'
He watched them as they flew away then started clambering down even though the Eva was
Kneeling it was still a fairly long climb fortunately Shinji was used it .As he reached the deck
He was meet by several crew members but any conversation was impossible as large helicopters
thundered over head.
By the time his hearing had returned and his eyesight had cleared from the spray kicked up by
the downdraft of the helicopters the deck crew had been joined by two others .Shinji guessed they
were important by the attitude of the other crew members .Shinji was not in the military and
whatever
NERV was it was no means a conventional military unit ,but, as an Evangelin Pilot he had
met a lot of high ranking officers and observed peoples attitudes to them .So even if the Girl
wearing the uniform couldn't be much older than him it was obvious she was the boss .And Misato
would have something to say to him if he upset her even if Misatos attitude to top brass was not a
great model Misato being disappointed in him was worse than the teasing .So as she approached he
bowed as deeply
and respectably as he could and as he returned to standing .
"Thank you for rescuing the evangelion 02 " he said
at that point the blond captain smiled at him as she
held out her hand even as she Introduced herself all Shinji could think was 'she is beautiful'
Tessa had met Lt Belfangan on the way to the flight deck and he accompanied her on the walk
seeing the evangelion up close was shocking arm slaves she was used to but this thing was different
and not just because it was larger and it was covering nearly half the flight deck she couldn't tell
why but it gave her a vague sense of unease.
The pilot bowed deeply as she approached it was Shinji Ikari surely it should have been Asuka
langley Sorhju if her reports were right he was certainly wearing her suit and it looked a bit odd on
him "do not giggle " she told herself Mardukas would not be impressed if Mithrils first contact with
Nerv started in a fit of giggles .So she held her hand out and gave him her most welcoming smile
as they shook hands she felt his hand was covered in a layer of something sticky and the next
moment she could read his thoughts and they were 'She is beautiful '
'Thank you ' she thought back and blushed if Tessa blushed Shinji face looked like it was trying
to match the suit and the eva he let go of Tessa hand and jumped back as if he had had a shock
stammering a "sorry"
The other crew looked on trying to work out what was happening .
"Its OK must just be some static " she spoke out loud to reassure the crew 'Even as her mind was
racing whatever this was it wasn't like the resonance with a whispered .
'OK' he replied not knowing what else to say today just seemed to get weirder as it went on
considering what had already happened meeting a teenage mind reading submarine captain
was just something else to add to the list of things to freak out over .
so he just smiled towards her sheepishly
The awkward moment was interrupted by a shout from the top of the eva .
"Shinji you baka have you forgotten about me?" Asuka demanded
She then descended to the flight deck quickly in a dazzling display of gymnastic moves that would
have earned her a place in any gym team or lots of money as a pole dancer one observer would
remark later .And pay for it with a slap and live in fear that Asuka would learn of the comment .
Tessa clapped excitedly and the deck crew joined in as entrances went it was straight out of a movie
Asuka bowed like a gymnast and smiling lapped up the applause .Shinji looked stunned he hadn't
ever thought that climbing down from a eva could be made into a performance getting down with
out falling was enough for him .Asuka seemed to love everything about eva why she wasn't in
Toyko3 when the Angels attacked? It left him puzzled and angry with NERV and his father .
He was torn away from his thoughts by Asuka grabbing him
"Come on baka the Captains going to get us showers and clean clothes .Or do you like wearing
my plug suit ? Does it give you hentai thoughts pervert? "She teased
Something snapped in Shinji he had just had a beautiful girl read his mind which was an odd
sensation to say the least and then Asuka had up staged him with her super hero like entrance and
now she was teasing him again .Misato was older and out ranked him so he had to put up with it
Asuka may have trained longer but he had fought more angels so they equals of a sort and he did
not have to take it ,with courage he had no idea where it came from he calmly replied .
" I guess its your spare as it doesn't have so much padding at the front Misato said you were
always worried about appearing flat chested ". His hands cradling the part of the plug suit
designed for Asuka figure .
Asuka sputtered a "WHAT! " She could see Tessa trying not to laugh as was the tall Lt the deck
crew who could understand the joke were smiling .She was fuming but had to admit it was a
sharp comeback maybe the third child had depths after all .
" I don't need any padding not that you should study mine or any womens outside of a
dirty magazine pervert " she said haughtily and strode ahead .toward a doorway that lead into
the submarine .
Shinji followed Asuka and the Lt the captain was talking with her crew about securing the eva
or something Shinji English wasn't good enough to follow the conversation exactly looking at
Asukas figure from behind in her plug suit and it was
defiantly worth looking at he suddenly wondered what he looked like in his to others?
And got a reply 'cute defiantly a cute butt' as a girls thoughts invaded his mind with a tinge of
laughter ..He jerked and almost stumbled turning round he saw Tessa her eyes dancing with
laughter smiling at him .Shinji forgot everything lost in her smile
it was like sunshine Asuka said something and dragged him into the door way and they descended
into the submarine but he wasn't listening still thinking about the captains smile.
They left the stairway to be met by two of the Lt comrades a tall German who looked more like a
model than a soldier to Shinji eyes he would admit that his knowledge of the military was pretty
shallow but he was pretty sure soldiers didn't normally have such long hair or look so well groomed. .What ever he said to.
Asuka in German made her smile and his companion scowl and punch his arm .She definatly fit the picture
of a soldier though in her physique and the way she held herself like Misato when she was in her
business mode Shinji could not see her as a slobby drunk though .They were introduced to one another
the tall German was Sgt Kurz Weber the Woman a Chinese American Known as Sgt Major Melissa
Mao. The lieutenant told them to take them to guest quarters via supply to get them some clothes and
then made his excuses to them and left .
" You're lucky kids any normal submarine you would be lucky to get a bunk and a clean coverall
at best ,but this is the TDD-1 Mithrils finest .We have a tendency to pick up passengers at short
notice so supply should find some clothes that might fit and we even have guest cabins .Though
often our surprise guests end up in the medical bay or the brig so this is a bit different from
routine . Mel explained smiling.
"Normally our guests don't swim a giant arm slave out of a fishes mouth and clamber onto the
TDD-1
themselves" . Added Kurz trying to add the impression that the battle with angel hadn't shaken
them at all .
"My Eva 02 is no mere arm slave1" interjected Asuka angrily"
" Its power and sophistication is beyond any normal arm slave even if you had a lambada drive the
AT field would simply destroy them their kids playthings compared to my EVA. In fact I used to
pilot a modified bundeswehr Jaeger when I was 7 as practice . She added arrogantly .
Mao and kurz were silenced by Asukas out burst not really sure how to handle a teenager who
seemed to be squaring up to fight them and seemed to have knowledge of the lambada drive which
was consided a secret to be mentioned on a need to know basis within Mithril .
Shinji was mortified these people had saved their lives and
offered them hospitality and Asuka wanted to fight them.
"What is Mithril ?" he asked trying to change the subject desperately.
Asuka looked at him pitifully "Dot you know anything baka ? Their a private military contractor
very secretive and not widely known ,I got briefed on them during my training "She added a bit
smugly to Shinji mind . It was quickly becoming apparent to him that Asuka liked to rub her
superiority over him at every opportunity ,but , for all her training she had been just as scared as he was in the evangelion.
" We prefer the term Mercenary actually " Said Mel smiling "We don't have to answer to
politicians so we don't have to use politically correct terms "
" Yeah we get paid to kill people and break things though we normally only work for the good
guys " Added Kurz
" Whys that asked Shinji ?"
"whys what ?" Kurz & Mel replied
" Why do you only work for the good guys ?"
" Cos you cant trust the bad guys to pay on time " Mel replied laughing
"We used to say we were on the side of the angels ,but, I guess that wouldn't really be appropriate
nowadays " She added .
Asuka laughed at that and Shinji smiled though he really couldn't see anything funny about the
angels .
They were led through the ship to the supply department .Where they were surprised to be quickly
sorted out uniforms and boots by a large jovial sailor who seemed to be able to get their sizes
right just by glancing at them.
"Don't bother Eddies been doing this so long he is never wrong " Mel told Asuka as she saw her
checking the labels "and he can do it without being a pervert " glaring at Kurz who seemed to be
checking out the undewear asuka had been given she added.
"Hey sis thats harsh " Kurz objected
" But Fair , Lets get you to the guest quarters you guys are starting to hum a bit " She added
wrinkling her nose
"Yeah whats with that ? you smell like you work in an abattoir" added Kurz .
"Its the lcl the eva cockpit is liquid filled it cushions the pilot and helps the control system
it makes it so much more responsive than the arm slave system ,but ,the taste is horrible and it
feels even worse once it dries on you " Asuka explained grimacing as she played with her matted
hair .
" No matter at least hot water is something we are normally not short of lets get you squared away
into some more comfortable clothes "
" Yeah out of one fetish outfit into a whole new one "leered Kurz earning a wallop from Mel
leaving him collapsed on the floor complaining he was joking Sgt Maj Mao led the two
evangelion pilots onwards through the submarine .
Tessa was annoyed she knew she should be thankful the eva had saved her submarine
,Unfortunately it couldn't save her from the aftermath of the battle with it on the Tuatha De
Danaan Flight deck she couldn't submerge so there was no way to avoid a video conference with
Mithril high command , the UN the UN fleet, NERV and JSSDF and anyone else who could
justify being present .As much as she loved being a submarine
captain politics was something she loathed .There were no problems on the TDD-1 which needed
her attention .The arrival of the eva if unconventional had done little but cosmetic damage .The
search and rescue operation would be handled by the air wing who didn't need her help
The Harriers reconnaissance pods had surveyed the battle area and then it was just up to the flight
controllers to direct the helicopters to the survivors by all accounts there were very few and plenty
of other boats and helos involved ,but, she wouldn't let her crew remain idle when there were
people in the water .
She would rather do anything than take part in the conference espically as she had an
evangelion she could be investigating not to mention the pilot Shinji Ikari .Some how she could
read his mind it wasn't like resonating with another whispered this was different in many ways.
She could read direct thoughts and also get an subtle idea of his personality hints of sadness and
strength . And what thoughts! he thought she was beautiful her
smiled seem to stun him .Recalling the memory of Shinji thoughts made her feel all tingly inside
she had actually flirted with him! Tessa didn't flirt with anyone OK she had tried with Souske
but he had hardly noticed .Oh but Shinji would.
" Get a grip Tessa" She told herself angrily and out loud .Sure Shinji thought she was beautiful
,but, he had just survived a horrible battle he is younger than you and what even makes he thinks
he wants romance? Why not Someone saving her submarine deserved a reward didn't they?
Tessa was kind of shocked her boat had crew had just come through a life and death battle and
now she was acting like a love sick teenager! Ignoring the fact that she actually was a teenager
which she would have told anyone who asked her as irrelevant . She didn't have time or need
Those sort of thoughts .Maybe being
patronized by the UN would stop her thinking about easing that skin tight suit off his lithe young
body and stepping into a shower with him .
"Stop it" she cried out and shivered getting an odd look from a crewman she passed she blushed
and apologized
"just thinking out loud " she explained to the crewman as she felt her face turning crimson.
Its OK its the aftermath of battle its just mammal instincts taking over kill,eat, reproduce. You.
know you have been at sea a long time and he is the first boy who could be a mate you have seen
in a long time she told Tessa tried to justify her feelings unfortunately being a genius in
submarine design andconstruction pop psychology wasn't her strong suit and she didn't sound
very convincing to herself. Fortunately she arrived at the door of the conference room and thoughts
of intriguing young boys
had to be abandoned she took a deep breathe and prepared for the grilling as she walked in .
Shinji was as happy as he could be he had had a wonderful shower and was now dressed in
clean mens clothes .Who ever had stocked the guest cabins had put a wide selection of toiletries
he had used shower gel and shampoo and now could no longer smell or feel dry LCL on his skin or
hair .
Dressed in the fatigues he had been given he would have to thank Kensuke for a unwanted lesson
at the time on the proper way to wear them Pointless trivia he thought at the time but it would stop Asuka picking on him and he would hate to look silly in front of Tessa .Thinking about her
led to Shinji staring off into space which was how Kurz found him several minutes later when he
came to check on him.
Tessa was quietly furious only her professionalism stopped her storming back to her bridge and
firing every missile the had TDD-1 at the other members of the video conference .The UN admira
l had been condescending as she had expected though he had passed on thanks for the helicopters
even though the numbers of survivors was pitiful. She could tell Mithril was mad at her and
returning to merdia island would be unpleasant Her surfacing the TDD-1 in front of the UN fleet
wouldprobably result in a full board of inquiry if not a court martial though even her enemies
could probably not make charges stick they had saved the day after all. The JSSDF Representative
was unhelpful and unpleasant and made it quite plain that only because they had the eva was he
allowing mercenaries into his country .Tessa held her tongue longing to point out they had operated
all over japan with either government knowledge or not .All this she had expected and as much as
she might liked to fire missiles at the annoying men .It was that bastard Gendo Ikari that made her
wish for nuclear tipped trident missiles "N2 mines are for eco cry babies and japs" as some old
timeboomer captain had told her once."If your going to cause that much destruction might as well
throw in the fallout for free " he had added and Tessa tended to agree . Gendo deserved to be
irradiated .While demanding no one touch or examine the evangelion and the sub make all haste to
get it too tokyo2 he had not asked once about the pilots and Shinji was his only son!He had barely
seen interested when Tessa had told him they were fine. She had agreed to no examining the
evangelion even though she knew her techs were swarming over it as they spoke photographing
everything and taking samples as well and also to letting a Captain Katsuragi on to her boat Shinji
commanding officer . The intelligenceabout NERV had nothing good to say about commander
Ikari and now she could see why.
'Don t worry you wouldn't have to see much of your father in law if you didn't want to Shinji
is not keen on him either' a little voice in her mind whispered She jerked up right at that
thought 'where the hell had that come from?' she had just met him and her sub conscious was
marrying her off already !
"I must be mad "
" Captain"Commander Mardukas looked concerned
" Sorry just speaking out loud ,We help kill the angel, rescue the eva and do we get any thanks?
And to top it all that bastard Gendo cant spare a thought for Shinji ." "His only Son ." Tessa added
hoping Mardukas hadn't picked up on the emphasis she had placed on Shinji .
" Nerv seems an odd organization supposedly Eva pilots are very rare yet he seems to treat them
like cannon fodder Maybe when captain Katsuragi arrives I can have a chat with her and find out
how they function "Mardukas
replied Tessa restrained herself she could have lept for joy Mardukas hadn't relaised his captain
had feelings for Shinji
' feelings ha you luuuuvvvvvvree him' the little voice inside her mind mocked her
" And I will try to talk to Shinji as I think he will talk to me Asuka seems more aware of security
issues "
" If you think thats a good idea " Mardukas suddenly had an image of Tessa playing a teenage
Mata Harri which made him very uncomfortable. Steering for calmer waters he decided to change
the subject ."About the end of mission party captain ? Will we still hold it ?"
"I am in two minds the fleet has suffered grievous losses ,but, our crew have been wound pretty
tight over this cruise and this afternoons excitement cant have helped .What ever Nerv demand
the tide is dropping and we wont be able to dock at Tokyo 2 harbor till mid morning tomorrow
at the earliest . High command want us to head to merida island as soon as the evas off loaded
I think if the crew let their hair down tonight they wont be so disappointed about shore leave"
"I think your right captain " Our submariners may have worked well and are pretty pleased with themselves ,but, the troops and the air wing are going a little stir crazy "
" We will still hold it in the hangar us much as I would like to celebrate on the flight deck
I think it would be polite not to be observed and the evas just too ugly to party round"
" I agree, I will inform the crew they will be pleased "
Tessa smiled the end of tour party was now a tradition on the TDD-1 sometimes it was a sober
affair sometimes a riotous celebration depending on the results of the previous operations .
"I will go to the bridge and then meet Captain Katsuragi of Nerv in my ready room When she
arrives "
" Very good Captain" replied Mardukas as he left .
Misato's day had probably been the worst since the start of the Angel war .She had been
shocked when the umbilical cable had been severed and the Eva was believed lost . She had seen
the huge eruption of water that signaled the death of the Angel .Believing Shinji and Asuka dead
she had howled and cried .Only when Kensuke excited shout of "He is over their! " had she
looked through her tears to see an Eva kneeling on the deck of a strange submarine .She had let
out a yell of joy and hugged Kensuke till he had nearly been smothered not that he was
complaining .She had then had to wait and wait while communications were established and was
outraged when the Submarine said it was far to busy to receive her .She had arranged for Kensuke
and Toji to be flown back to Tokyo3 and then had to wait and finally after several hours a
Mithril transport helicopter arrived for her and she took the short flight to the TDD-1 .
She had heard of Mithril though its existence was not common knowledge to civilians she had
even thought of applying before NERV had contacted her .She had always admired them until
now seeing them as the good guys now she thought they were arrogant and couldn't wait to give
the captain a piece of her mind it didn't help her mood that crew of the helicopter seemed so
pleased with helicopter landed directly on the elevator and descended into a large
hanger a crewman appeared and led her off the chopper and she was immediately saluted by two young smiling soldiers .She returned it briskly
and then realized it was Shinji and Asuka dressed in Olive green fatigues and flight jackets and
peaked caps .She couldn't remember the last time she had seen Asuka hide her hair and A12 clips
so not immediately recognizing them was understandably .
"Told you baka she wouldn't recognize us .You were totally fooled weren't you , Eeep!"Asukas
crowing was interrupted by Misato grabbing her and Shinji in a hug so tight that the breathe was
squeezed out of them .
"I thought you were both gone for ever "
"What me and the invincible baka takes more than being swallowed by an Angel to slow us
Down , though if the submarine had not turned up when it did might haven taken a while
to bring the eva back we would be OK " Asuka explained
" Shinji looked on non plussed his version of the battle was one of fear and horror and
trying to cling to the submarine hoping they would get to the surface without being swept
away or loosing power it had been a close thing .
"How are Toji and Kensuke? " he asked
" Fine on their way home on a Nerv chopper the captain would only allow me to come
aboard. It looks like we are spending the night here due to JSSDF kicking up a fuss .About letting
this Sub into harbour the tide has changed while they argued and now you have to wait till
morning. Sorry guys " Misato replied she was surprised at Asuka smiling .
" Hey thats OK the guest cabins here are a lot better than the carrier they got power showers like
you find in a hotel and no water rationing so it doesn't cut out after 5 minutes everything so clean
and its quiet you can hear yourself think . Kaji and I should have traveled on this where is
he ?"Asuka looked around
" He flew back to Nerv during the battle he said it was important he get something there"Misato
replied the tinge of disgust she put in her reply was lost on Asuka .
" How do you like it Shinji ?"
"They treated us well and have been very kind "
" I 'm glad you're OK I'll catch up with you guys later have to report to the captain hope he
not a stuck up as the admiral on the rainbow really had enough of these nautical types "Misato fumed
"Tessa not like that at all she is very friendly " Shinji replied quickly and then instantly
regretted it as Misato pounced striking a pose which made Shinji blush scarlet and in her
most seductive voice "And I thought Shinji-kun only had eyes more me" She left to Shinjis
plaintive "Misato!" echoing around the hanger .
He recovered from Misatos teasing only to face a smiling Asuka who was smiling like a cat
that had got the cream "So Baka you like the captain do you? she is so out of your league!"
Shinji cringed waiting for the teasing to begin "She was nice to us thats all " he tried to defend
Himself he just sounded weak even to him and still Asuka didn't start just smiled .
"Oh I could tease you 3rd ,but ,Misato is so much better at it and when she finds out your
Tessa is so young she will have so much ammunition you will be begging for death by the end "
"I'd feel sorry for you if you weren't such a disgusting little pervert " She seemed to brighten
up at that remark
" Come on 3rd lets see where the galley is on here. I fancy some ice cream and its traditional for
the condemned to have a good meal before their execution" Chortling to herself at her own joke
she led Shinji away who thinking about Misatos teasing didn't have much taste for ice cream.
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