Chapter 2 – Vulgar Display of Power
One the day after facing the angel and after hours of training with the Eva on a stressful simulation to learn how to use it, Shinji was alone was in a room, sitting on a chair. He was still a bit devastated by his first time in the Eva and the loss of his aunt and uncle, but keeping all his pain inside as best as he could while just looking down with a sad face. Outside, Misato was talking about the boy with Gendo.
- Major Katsuragi, you will take care of Shinji when he's off duty. – Said Gendo.
Surprised by the orders she got, Misato decided to formally confront the Commander to know the reason for that.
- Sir, I formally request permission to speak freely.
- I welcome it. – Granted Gendo with a smile on his face.
You are his dad. Why don't you take care of him, Commander Ikari? Ritsuko told me that… – Asked Misato.
- Whatever Ritsuko told you, it's none of your business. You'll do as I say. That's an order, Major. – Said Gendo, now facing her with a serious expression before turning around and going away.
After listening to her superior, Misato got a bit upset because of the way he talked to her and because of the order she would have to deal with, worried that she would fail since she knew how scared Shinji was and for the fact she really had no idea how to take care of a child. Anyway, she got in the room to talk to Shinji.
- Shinji, I received orders to take care of you here.
- Ms. Katsuragi, how? How am I still alive? – Asked Shinji in a low volume.
- What do you mean? – Asked Misato.
- How exactly did I get here? – Said Shinji.
- I'm the one who brought you here, Shinji. – Replied Misato.
- You should have left me to die.
- What? – Asked Misato, shocked for what she heard from the kid.
- I lost everything. My home, the ones I loved and now, I'm stuck here, alive and suffering. You just made me a prisoner of my own life. – Spoke Shinji.
Misato was just speechless, not being able to believe that a child could say something like that, she was also looking down and to the side, feeling guilty for his situation. Then, Makoto contacted her through her phone.
- Excuse me for a second. – Said Misato before she got her phone and left the room.
Being alone again, Shinji closed his eyes and put his arms around his body, covering himself with them, but then, he remembered that warm feeling he felt when that silhouette hugged him, still not understanding what happened, but strangely it made him feel a bit better in such a tough moment to the point of even making him smile. Outside, Misato answered Makoto's call.
- Major, can you please come to the Command Center? We got a bit of a problem here. There's a fighter jet outside claiming to be a guy from the UN. He seems really angry that we can't get him in. He's saying he's going to blast his way inside if we don't do what he says. – Said Hyuga, feeling really intimidated because of the one communicating with him outside NERV Headquarters.
- Keep this asshole busy. I'll be there in a minute. – Said Misato to Makoto before ending the call and opening the door of the room to talk to Shinji before she goes, with a caring and understanding tone, surprised by seeing Shinji smile after such a depressing talk. – Shinji, I gotta go, ok? I'll be back as soon as I'm done.
At the same time that Misato left, Rei came in to see Shinji. She saw him on a position of discomfort, but at the same time, smiling. Ayanami wondered why.
- Shinji. Your name is Shinji, right? – Asked Rei.
Yes. You left me those flowers when I woke up. Thank you… uh… - Said the boy, not being able to finish his sentence since he didn't know Rei's name.
- Rei. My name is Rei Ayanami. It's what gives me a sense of singularity along with all the characteristics that makes me an individual among all the people on this planet, a member of a collective that has a mind and will of its own, that is able to recognize the its own existence on this current point in space and time, being that such existence that was attributed with my name and also being what I am by noun and definition. Rei Ayanami. – Said Rei, being a bit convoluted since she was a bit nervous, recognizing that she talked a bit too much, looking to the side and blushed, being a bit embarrassed because of all her jibber jabber.
Not understanding why she spoke all those things and trying to muster what the hell she was talking about, with most of them flying right over the boy's head, he simply smiled back at her, not only to be nice, but also because somehow, Rei's presence gave him peace, like when he saw that shinny ghost like thing that hugged him in that void, replying:
- Nice to meet you, Rei.
As Shinji smiled, so did her, despite her embarrassment due to what she said and not knowing why since she doesn't act like that with anyone else. While the boy was with Ayanami, Misato rushed to the Command Center to talk with that man in the fighter jet that wanted to come to the Geofront. There, she took control of the radio to talk with the guy.
- Who the hell are you? – Asked Misato in a very angry way, upset because of the way the man was treating her subordinate.
- My name is Kenzo. Look, I have a job to do there and I came all the way from America to Japan in a freaking fighter jet with my partner and you guys keep saying I can't come in since I forgot my I.D. at home in the United States!
- Sir, if you don't have an I.D., you'll have to go or we'll have no choice but to strike your jet with a missile. – Said Misato while she was rubbing her eyes with her fingers, annoyed by the way the man was talking to her.
Inside the jet, Kaji decided to talk to Misato since he recognized her voice and they both knew each other before, making it more appropriated for him to do the talking since his boss was really stressed because he was the one flying the thing all the way until they got to Tokyo 3 and not being able to calm down. He took a deep breath and started speaking in very smooth tone to Misato so she could recognize his voice:
- Hey, Katsuragi. Long time no see. Look, can I and my superior come in, please? It would be really nice to see how beautiful you became after all those years.
Misato blushed after hearing Kaji's voice. It's been a long time since they've seen each other, but she knew him. Katsuragi knew that Ryoji was a good guy since they worked together in the name of the United Nations. Trusting him, she said:
- Hyuga, let them in. I'll assume responsibility of their entrance here.
- But Major… - Tried to warn Hyuga about NERV's regulation.
- Please. – Said Misato, being right behind him and with a hand on one of his shoulders.
- Sure thing, Major. - Replied Makoto, sending the coordinates to Kenzo to land his jet, since he trusted his commanding officer and believed she knew what she was doing.
With the coordinates given to them and with the fighter on an elevator, they went down to the Geofront and once there, they both got out of their war vehicle, stretching out a bit because it was a really long flight. In the Command Center, Misato, Makoto, Maya and Shigeru were monitoring their coming for some time up until they met with Dr. Akagi. After a while, decided to talk a bit about who are those guys.
- Major, you know any of those two? Can we really trust them? – Asked Maya.
- Well, I know one of them and that we can trust this guy, Ryoji Kaji. We used to work together and… - Said Misato before being interrupted by Shigeru.
- Did you two used to date?
After hearing that, Misato blushed again and Hyuga started feeling insecure since he had a crush on the Major. Shigeru and Maya noticed her reaction towards the return of an ex-boyfriend and smiled and looked at her with their eyes semi-closed, now knowing this is actually the case because of Katsuragi's reaction. For a moment, the place was silent until Ritsuko showed up with Kaji and his superior. She guided them to the Command Center after finding the two when they lost themselves.
- Oh my, Misato. You never told me you had such a handsome boyfriend. – Said Ritsuko with a smirk on her face because she knew Misato would feel embarrassed due to the fact that Ryoji told this to the chief scientist on their way there, having found Akagi in a corridor since she was going to the place anyway.
- So she's the one you've been talking about so much, Number 1? She's even more beautiful than I tought. – Said Kenzo to Kaji, also smiling while rubbing his chin with his fingers.
Still embarrassed, Misato's face was really red, making her feel a bit angry for all that embarrassment and it jsut made Maya, Shigeru, Kaji and Ristsuko laugh. On Akagi's case, it was because she enjoyed the situation of seeing Misato like that over something so trivial. Then, Misato walked towards the chief scientist, trying her best to keep her cool, and asked her why she came there.
- Just what the hell do you want, Ritsuko?
Since she already had her fun, it was time to get serious. Ritsuko was analyzing the numbers from Shinji's simulation in the Eva and was there to show the results to Misato.
- Shinji's numbers are quite impressive. No wonder the Commander wanted him here.
- What do you mean? – Asked Misato.
- I mean that he will be really useful to our cause. – Said Ritsuko, being direct.
Katsuragi took the message on a different way from what Akagi was saying, believing that the scientist only saw Shinji as a mean to an end an since she thought was wrong to say something like that to a kid, the Major got a bit angry, still feeling guilty for what Shinji told her. Sensing a subtle increase on the tension, Anderson picked one of Ritsuko's papers.
- Let me see this, please. – Said Kenzo, just starring with a serious expression at the paper with Shinji's data, pretending to know what he was looking at.
- You have no idea what you're looking at, do you? – Asked Misato, seeing right through what the old man was doing.
- No I do not. – Spoke Kenzo after laughing a bit for this little act of his. – Anyway, did anyone of you see Commander Gendo Ikari or Vice Commander Kozo Fuyutsuki? I really need to talk to at least one of them.
- Well, Commander Ikari and Vice Commander Fuyutsuki are busy dealing with some bureaucratic issues, Mr. Anderson. – Said Ritsuko, giving them an alibi to what they were actually doing.
- Oh, I see. And please, call me Kenzo. – Told the man in a nice way, also being a bit suspicious about what Gendo and his second in command were really doing at the moment.
Meanwhile, Shinji and Rei were still having a nice chat inside that same room.
- So, you are the pilot that came here before me, right? – Asked Shinji.
- No, I am not. I was born here. This is where my life began. I never lived outside the Geofront. – Answered Rei.
Shinji was astonished to know this little fact from his colleague and the he questioned:
- What do you mean?
- Didn't anyone tell you? We won't be able to go outside the Geofront until we finish our job with the angels. - Answered Ayanami.
Seeing himself as a literal prisoner, Shinji stood up and started running away. Rei went right after him to try to stop the boy from fleeing. During his attempt of escaping, Ikari bumped onto Kenzo that was just touring the place after knowing the people in NERV's Command Center, being aware of the details of the situation and just, coincidentally, got in the boy's way. Such collision made the kid fall with his butt on the floor and feel a bit of pain physical pain since he slammed against a tough guy, despite Kenzo's old age. Seeing the kid on the ground, Anderson offered a hand to help him get up with Rei catching on to the boy right after.
- Whoa. Where's the party, kiddo? – Said Kenzo.
Shinji accepted Kenzo's help to get back on his feet, and after that, noticed that his revolver was showing. Ikari stepped back, being intimidated by the firearm.
- Relax. I'm not going to shoot you. The last thing I would do now is to hurt an Eva pilot. – Said Kenzo, noticing Ikari was afraid of his revolver.
- He was trying to run away. – Declared Rei.
- Was he? Well, I don't blame him. – Spoke Kenzo as he looked into the eyes of the Third Child.
- Yes! I was! Why do you care?! You all just seem to see me as a pawn to fight the angels! – Exclaimed Shinji.
- Shinji… – Said Rei before being interrupted by the old man.
- Well, let me take a wild guess. You fear death, but at the same time you hate the fact that you are alive. You think that you are worthless and believe everybody sees you that way especially because you think this is actually the truth, that to them, you are only a tool and that it is your only choice on what you can be since you feel worthless and to be considered anything would give you some comfort, as meaningless as it may be, right? – Said Kenzo.
Shinji just kept looking at Kenzo, astonished by words he heard from the man.
- Miss Sato talked about you. She's worried about you, about both of you. And look, they don't see any of you like this. You are Rei and Shinji, right? You represent hope to us. You are important to the survival of us all and in retribution we'll do our best to keep you two alive as well. I can assure you. I would even risk my life as a payback to both of you. – Told Kenzo.
- But still, this just too much for me. – Revealed Shinji, angling his face downwards as he began to shed tears.
Thinking that she listened to enough of all that, Rei decides to stop just watching and decided to act. She touched Shinji by the shoulder and made him turn around to face her, looking at him fiercely.
- Look Shinji, we are all condemned by time, forced to embark on a voyage with no return towards the future. I know you wish for things to come back as they were before, but this is not possible. What's done is done. Also, where would you go to after leaving the Geofront?. – Said Ayanami, looking worried at the the boy.
Shinji just took a pause and turned around to face her, revealing to his colleague was weeping and struggling to hold back his feelings, then just making another question to her.
- But why? Why do you care?
With Ayanami also taking a small pause, she quickly thinking for a response, extending her hands towards his head and giving it to him as she touching him by his cheeks and using her thumbs to wipe his tears off while saying:
- Because we are in this together. Not only you and me, but also everyone else in NERV. Please, stay with us.
- Count me in at this, kiddo. My name is Kenzo Anderson. I came all the way from America to make sure the angels are destroyed and to safeguard the well-being of the pilots. Please, take this into consideration. On the face of annihilation, you may find purpose, meaning and value by risking it to save others so then you can save yourself. Also, like your colleague said, we are together in this. As dangerous as it may be, we got your back. – Spoke Kenzo, putting his one of his hands on one of Shinji's shoulders while smiling, hoping conquer both his trust and Rei's.
Then, the alarm was sounded. Rei then grabbed Shinji by his hand and tried to draw him to a room where they could put on their plugsuits and their headsets, but the boy refused, still having problems with his duty as a pilot, just standing still while looking away from Ayanami. Seeing that she didn't convince him and she also didn't want to tell him what to do, the girl went to suit up for the coming battle. Not getting what was going on, Kenzo felt bad since neither his words nor Ayanami's reached him. For that and with other priorities in mind, he thought it was best to leave the boy alone, coming back to the Command Center. Once there, he found everyone ready to get the Evangelions up at Tokyo 3.
- Number 1, what did I miss? – Asked Kenzo to Kaji that was there all that time.
- Well Mr. Anderson, UN forces did their best to fight the angel that is coming here, but they didn't stand a chance. The monster's getting closer by the minute. – Revealed Kaji, being strangely calm for such a moment.
- Are the pilots ready? – Asked Misato.
- Rei seems to be in place, but not Shinji. – Informed Shigeru.
- Forget about him. – Said Rei.
- But Rei… - Spoke the Major, not being able to finish here sentence.
- Shinji's just not coming. Simple as that. – Said Ayanami, being a bit cold and sad since Shinji couldn't correspond her trust towards him.
- Ok. Shigeru, launch Unit 00. Time is of the essence. – Spoke Katsuragi, knowing that any of the Evas had to get in action as quickly as possible.
With the order given, Rei's Evangelion was launched to the surface, being close to a beach, with crystalline waters. Once there, they sent to her an automatic riffle as well. Ayanami picked it up and then began to look for the enemy, for the surprise of everyone it was just an angel that was smaller than Unit 00. Anyway, she started shooting at the thing, but it repelled the bullets with its A.T. Field and then a light came from its eyes while looking at the mecha. Rei rolled to the side because she knew it would cause an explosion and when she aimed her weapon at the monster, another creature appeared behind her, sending another wave of explosion that stroke her Evangelion on the back, making her drop the weapon and also feeling the impact of that blast since her mind was connected to the Eva. With an opening, the angels quickly ran towards Ayanami's direction. Thinking fast, she evaded the attack by jumping, but then, both of them looked at her direction and sent another blast. She tried protecting herself with an A.T. Field, but the impact of their attack propelled Unit 00 in a way that made it land head first when gravity pushed it back to the ground, making the pilot feel like if a sledgehammer just stroke her skull. With their enemy vulnerable, the monsters started running on her direction and began beating the crap out the Eva, with her feeling every single hit, making her scream in pain and every single one, also being incapable to retaliate. The people at the Command Center were hearing all of Rei's screaming, making everybody there worried.
- Unit 00 and pilot experiencing serious damage! – Said Shigeru.
- Synchronization, droping! Eva 00 coming closer to total shut down! – Said Maya.
- If this goes on, Rei will die by the hands of these things and her Eva will be destroyed! – Said Ritsuko, worried.
- Just where the heck is Shinji?! – Asked Misato.
- Help! Help! Anyone! Help! – Screamed Ayanami while grunting, being in an almost unbearable state of pain.
- If only the boy could listen to the girl's cry for help. – Said Kenzo, still uneasy for her situation, not being comfortable with seeing a child suffering like this.
- Major, may I give you a suggestion? – Asked Kaji, hearing his superior and noticing his uneasiness.
- The other pilot is still somewhere inside the Geofront. Make the transmission between us and the Eva audible in the whole Geofront. Wherever the Third Child may be, and by knowing my boss as well as I do, I believe he'll hear everything. – Proposed Ryoji.
Since any idea was welcome in such a grim situation, Misato, despite believing that it wasn't right to convince Shinji to fight through guilt, she looked at Makoto and said, loud and clear:
- Make it so!
Then, Shinji, who was sitting on park bench, heard Rei's cry for help on where he was hiding. For a moment, he was reluctant to go help her, but her voice, being so loud, it sounded really familiar to him, just like when he faced Unit 01 for the first time, but with that same feeling of familiarity, with every sound triggered by Rei's suffering in such a potentially life-ending situation was making Ikari sense, in his heart, an uncomfortable sensation with every hit Ayanami was taking, feeling he should do something he to put a stop to such an incommodious ache. Despite being afraid of doing so due to his memories of his first experience in Unit 01. Gathering all his courage, Shinji repeated:
- I mustn't run away. I mustn't run away. I mustn't run away. I mustn't run away!
After that, Shinji went running to his Eva, just to stop a little to pick his headset and he found it. He later rushed the entry plug and put his headset on, contacting the Command Center right afterwards, still feeling a bit shaken.
- Misato, Ritsuko! Please, let me go up there. Somebody needs my help on the surface. – Told the Third Child.
After hearing the kid, being happy to see that he finally came, Misato said, while holding the cross shaped pendant of her necklace:
- Everybody, you know what to do.
Makoto, Shigeru and Maya did their thing and got Shinji on the battlefield. There, he charged towards the angels that were still beating up Unit 00, screaming like a warrior that was about to strike the enemy. He jumped and kicked both angels with his Eva's feet, one for each, making both of them avert from Rei a little bit, giving her some room to get up with the help of the boy. For a brief moment, they looked at each other, smiling to one another, then attacking the monsters with no mercy, somehow, doing the exact thing, pulling their knifes from their Evangelions' shoulders, being able to cut it a bit and throw some punches and kicks on the monsters, showing signs that with the same numbers at both sides, the children had a good chance of winning. Seeming to have weakened their opponents, Ikari and Ayanami went for the final blow, aiming to destroy the angels' cores with their progressive knives, holding their respective weapons with both their hands to properly kill the creatures, with the people at the Command Center thinking that that was it, something unexpected happened. On the las moment, the angels fused into one entity and it stopped the Evas by letting the blades of their weapons go through its hands to be able to grab the Evas'. It was Israfel. Shinji and Rei were feeling the pain of having their fists being crushed, then, ir raised both their units and slammed them to the ground. Afterwards, it got on them, began pulling the power cables from the backs of both the mechas, giving the pilots the feeling of getting part their spines being ripped off, making the kids scream in pain, being stomped right after, increasing that feeling on their backbones. Back at the Geofront, Kenzo couldn't handle the uneasiness any longer, especially when he heard from Maya:
- Power cables unplugged. Internal batteries activated! 10 minutes until they shut down!
- Ok, that is it! Miss Sato, guide me to my jet. – Said Anderson.
- Excuse me? – Asked Katsuragi.
- Do as I fucking say! I have an idea! – Exclaimed Kenzo with a tone that he was dead serious.
Misato, then went running out of the Command Center with Kenzo, guiding him towards his aircraft. She didn't know what he could do, but at such a situation any help they could get was welcome. After reaching his jet and getting inside of it, Katsuragi activated the elevator to get the old man to the surface and to then lift off, wondering what he had in mind . Right before taking off, Anderson contacted the Kaji and everyone in the underground watching the battle through the same frequency of which they were using to communicate with the pilots.
- Number 1, NERV guys, I'm going use a special apparatus to get rid of this monstrosity. On my mark, everybody, protect your eyes. Also, send me the coordinates of the fight.
- Of course, Mr. Anderson. – Said Ryoji through the communication channel that Kenzo stablished from his jet.
Kenzo's saying made them all wonder as well what he would do and when Misato rushed back to the Command Center, she was also like that and then, looked at Kaji, panting due to all the running that she did. Her presence was making him feel a bit nervous, somehow.
The old American flew at maximum speed to reach the battlefield as fast as he could. Once there, spotting them all from a high point, he came diving from the sky while shooting on the back of the angel with his jet's machine guns to call its attention and he succeeded. Israfel turned around and tried to grab the fighter, but Anderson moved up a little bit, evading being crushed by the angel, now flying right above the creature's arm, then shooting a couple of missiles on its face right before rising again. That gave to Shinji and Rei the opportunity to get on their feet again and both punching the angel for him to step back a bit.
- Hey kids! If you thought I wasn't serious when I made that promise, here I am! Listen to me. Rei, go away and then come back running when I tell you to do so. We have to make this monster go as far away as possible. Shinji, when you have the chance, give this thing an upper cut it'll never forget! – Said Kenzo on the same radio frequency that the children and the guys from NERV talking through.
Just having a few more minutes to fight, they decided to do as Kenzo said. Rei, with her Eva, which was the most damaged between the two, distanced herself from the battlefield, waiting for the time to return, while then Anderson kept shooting it with bullets and missiles, while doing some crazy stunts to avoid being killed, with Shinji punching and kicking it, taking turns on their attacks with one giving an opening for the other so the boy could have his chance to throw that uppercut. He noticed that the angel was on the water and with one the Unit 01's feet, Ikari threw some it on the monster, making it get wet to then, pick the power plugs on the sand.
- Misato, when I touch the angel with the power plugs, send to them as much energy as possible. – Said Shinji.
Shinji did as he said, jumping towards Israfel as it was distracted by Kenzo's jet which maneged to hit its core with a missile, stunning it for a second, followed by Unit 01 touching the being with the tip of the umbilical cords while in midair. Seeing that, Misato shouted:
- Now!
After receiving the command, Makoto, Maya and Shigeru passed as much electricity as possible through the cables, frying the angel. Moments after, with Unit 01 on the ground before the angel, Shinji gave to Israfel a hell of an uppercut, so strong it even broke some parts of his Evangelion's arm he used for doing so, trying to resist the pain for least until the angel started going upwards, screaming because of that horrible sensation of feeling of getting multiple fractures on his arm right at that moment.
- Rei! Come! Send this son of a bitch as far away as you can! – Said Kenzo.
With a few seconds left to finish the job, Rei came running back to the beach, hopping on the top of the buildings that were on her way, getting higher and higher till she made a final jump as high as Unit 00 was capable of, when the angel was falling back to the ground, the pilot got her mecha into a position of a flying kick with one of its legs as stretched out as possible while the other one wasn't, being in mid-air, screaming:
- Inazuma…
Then Unit 00 struck the angel at full force with one of the legs of the Eva to the point of breaking one of them in multiple parts just like one of Unit 01's arms, but Rei wasn't done. Enduring all that pain while grunting, Ayanami stretched out the other leg, giving it another kick, also resulting in multiple fractures due to its force and doubling her pain, sending the angel far away into the horizon, finishing her sentence and stop moving forwards right after that second blow while being effected by the pain she was feeling.
- Double Kick!
The second strike sent the angel to a great distance towards the ocean before Rei went falling back to the sand and not being able to move due to the fact that both Units 00 and 01 got no more power left, but Kenzo was still there and he still got his trump. the man was aiming at the estimated area where Israfel was going fall, having targeted the thing as he was breathing heavily and kept with one of his hands on his chest, saying before taking the shot:
- Tell Lucifer that I said "hi".
He shot his last missile and sent the warning he mentioned before.
- Everybody, cover your eyes!
And so did everyone. Afterwards, Kenzo turned his jet around and something surprising happened after Israfel fell on the orange surface of the Pacific and close by, so did missile, instantly going off. They heard a really loud explosion and even felt a small tremor in the Geofront in contrast with the stronger shock wave on the beach felt by Shinji and Rei. It was a nuclear explosion of 15 megatons. When the flash was gone, the people at Command Center saw the residual cloud of the blast on their monitors from the place, having the shape of a cross instead of a mushroom. Minutes later, the old man spoke as he returned:
- Miss Sato, I'm coming back to the elevator. – Said Kenzo, still with the heavy breathing, which had Kaji worried.
- Shigeru, send a team to rescue Shinji, Rei and the Evas. I'm going to go thank Mr. Anderson for his help. – Ordered Misato, really happy that the angel was really destroyed.
Back at the Geofront, Kenzo was able to come back and come out of his fighter jet and saw Kaji and Misato there waiting for him. The Major was quite happy for him being able to pull that crazy plan of his off, but his subordinate was apprehensive. When Katsuragi looked at Ryoji and noticed that, her expression of happiness was gone because of his apparent preoccupation, wondering the reason for that while the elevator bringing Anderson's aircraft was coming down until it stopped. When Kenzo got out, he took a few steps on their direction, still having difficulties to breath properly, keeping his hands on his chest, right on the region where his heart in located before fainting. Both of them rushed to Anderson's aid, rolling him to the side so he could have his face upwards.
- I knew this could happen. – Said Kaji while opening some buttons his suit black suit so he could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the old man by thouching his chest below his clothing.
- What? – Asked Katsuragi, being shocked for what's going on.
- The old man has a weak heart. It stopped beating. Help me, Katsuragi, please! – Begged Kaji in dispair.
Then, acknowledging the urgency of the situation, Misato started doing a mouth to mouth resuscitation while her former boyfriend was also trying to keep his boss alive by performing CPR, with him screaming from the top his lungs, being as loud as he could:
- Somebody get him a doctor, now!
