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Things were going according to plan so far he thought, for now he had those old fool members of Seele wrap around his finger. As long as he kept 'feeding' them the usual crap about doing things their way, and following 'their' orders to the letter, then when the time comes he'll take their original plan for human instrumentality for his own version. At the moment he was strolling down the halls heading to his office with a blue haired girl named Rei by his side feeling good after his last chat with said old fools, Rei for her part was glad to spend some time talking with Commander Ikari. Although this time there wasn't much to talk about. To Gendo it always reminded him of the time he spent with his wife Yuri, talking, working in the lab together, strolling around, and eating out whenever the chance arose. Although his wife is gone now he can at least still see her face in- "Commander Ikari."

"Yes Rei?"

"Sorry, but I need to report to the hanger bay for my synch test."

"Very well, now go on before you're late."

"Yes sir."

As Rei took her leave, Gendo continued to his office where his Deputy Commander Kozo Fuyutsuki was waiting for him. "Well, you look like you're in a good mood today. I'm guessing the last meeting went well?"

"Let's just say 'we came to an agreement'."

"So I would assume everything's right on schedule."

"Of course, everything's going exactly as-"

*Beep** Beep* *Beep*

At that moment the Nerv's comlink went off, the upcoming call was coming from the Eva hanger bay. Already the rare smile that was previously on Gendos' face was gone, replaced once again with his usual scowl. He immediately responded to it. "What is it Dr. Akagi?" He answered in the usual monotone he's well known for.

"Uh commander, we seem to be having some trouble down here." Responded Risuko with some nervousness in her voice.

"Well whatever's the problem with Shinji now is captain Katsuragis' business."

"Its not Shinji per-say, but-"

"But what!" Commander Ikari now said getting more irritated by the minute. Misato at this point jumped into the conversation behind Risuko saying… "Commander there's someone here that wants to talk to you and Shinji."

"Captain Katsuragi! You know there's NOT supposed to be any civilians in the base UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES."

"Yes I know sir but-"

"No excuses!"

"Jeez, just as rude as ever, how about letting 'em finish a sentence for crying out loud." At that moment Gendo felt incredibly angry just from hearing that voice….that familier sounding voice, but just as the answer was coming to him the owner of said voice appeared on the monitor next to Misato. The look on Gendos' face could 'a scared the 'Angels' back to wherever they came from.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" He practically screamed slamming his open hands onto the table.

As Rei continued walking the hall to the hanger bay, she couldn't help but feel guilty. "Perhaps I should tell commander Ikari about the dream I had last night." She thought to herself, but something seemed to tell her not to for reasons she could not understand. It didn't make any sense to her, I know I should not keep such information from the commander she thought but then again what was the point. After all it was just an odd dream nothing worth wasting his time about. Just as she finished that thought she bumped straight into something and fell on her rear.

"Ah jeez, I'm sorry about that, are you all right?" The person she now realized she bumped into said with concern in his voice. Without missing a beat Rei picked herself up ignoring the extended hand offering help, and without saying a word or even looking at the person continued walking to her destination.

"Hey, hold on a moment."

She stopped. "Look I know I probably shouldn't be asking this after knocking you down an all, but can you help me? I'm trying to find the Nerv commanders room, do you know where that is?"

This was new to Rei, it wasn't often someone would ask for help like this of her. She didn't quite know how to respond to it at first, but then again she never did try talking with anyone else except the commander (and on the rare occasion Shinji). She then made her decision, and turned around.

"I can lead you there." At the moment she looked at the man she felt something weird about him, just by looking at him she could tell right away he wasn't part of Nerv, but at the same time not someone that intends to do any harm to her. It was almost like a feeling of-

"Thank you, I really appreciate the help."

She was almost surprised when her train of thought was interrupted. Instead of answering she walked off in the direction she was coming from, and only said "please follow me". So he did. As he was following the stranger thought he'd try to start a conversation. "I'm Marcus by the way; I don't think I caught your name."

"Because I did not give it to you." She said without even turning around.

"Oh, uh right. (Well that could 'a gone better)" he thought to himself at the last part.

"…..its Rei."

"Hmm?"

"…My name, its Rei Ayanami."

"…Rei Ayanami, that's a very nice name." Marcus said with a slight smile.

"What? Are you serious, HE's back?"

"Yes Fuyutsuki, unfortunately Marcus has returned."

"But I thought he died or-"

"No. He took off and has been missing until now."

"….."

"What?"

"You seem a bit upset. (More so then usual anyway.)" Kozo said but keeping the last part to himself.

"…"

"Do you want to talk about-"

"No."

*knock* *knock*

"Come in." From that very moment Gendo knew things were going to be hell for him, just letting this man into his office seemed to give him an ulcer. Well he thought might as well hear what the hell he has to say, maybe if I'm lucky he'll say he's dying of a slow and painful disease or something along those lines. The man in question strolled into the room and stood halfway from the door to Gendos' desk, he seemed to be checking around the room for something. "Their aren't any sentries or automated guns ready to fire at my command here." At this info the green haired man calmed down some.

"Oh, well now I'm a little disappointed, I mean I wasn't expecting a parade or anything, but not even a last minute attempt on my life? That's not like you."

"I'm afraid we didn't have time to set one up."

"Whatever you say, Gendo. Hey Kozo, good to see your still hanging around the place." Marcus said waving at the addressed man.

"Hello Marcus, good to see you too." Fuyutsuki got a dirty look from the commander.

"So…" Gendo said now addressing the hated man in front of him. "Marcus, what brings you back?"

"Before I get to that I must tell you two something." There was an uneasy silence in the room.

"Gendo….. I am dying of an almost incurable space disease that only someone who truly hates me can cure." He said with a serious face except for the fact that he's lips kept trying to break into a grin. Which Gendo quickly picked up on. He responded by pulling out a hidden handgun in his desk and firing away.

"Misato, what the hell are you doing?"

"I'm trying to find out what just happened back there. What, your not curious yourself Risuko?" Not to long ago Misato was caught off guard by this 'Marcus' guy, then she was thrown for a loop when the commander of all people blew a gasket just at the sight of him. But the most confusing of all was when commander Ikari told him to meet with him in his office, and moments after Marcus left Misato followed him to get to the bottom of this with Risuko in tow.

"Of course I do, but I'm usually smart about these kinds of things."

Misato gave her a pouty face saying "You're no fun."

"Where's the fun in getting in trouble with the commander over something like this?" Risuko said now getting upset the closer they got to Gendos' office.

"Come on, don't you think its odd how the commander just up and blew his top like that, and then told him to meet him in his office without letting either of us help lead him there."

"What I find odd is the fact that the security division didn't come to arrest him or try anything on him yet."

"That is odd. I can't even get in contact with them on the phone line, but I got one to top that."

"Oh, and what's that?"

"Why is Rei helping him?"

When Risuko heard this she actually stopped in place with a confused look on her face. "…Misato, could you repeat that? I don't think I heard you right. Did you say 'Rei was helping him'?"

"I know how you feel, but I saw the whole thing."

"WHAT, when?"

"It was at that last corner we stopped at, you where busy telling me this was a bad idea or something. I really wasn't paying any attention to it."

"Oh, so you were tuning me out? Is that it?" The now upset scientist said.

"No I was too busy being shocked by the fact Rei was even talking to a complete stranger, and helping him like that."

"…..Ok you got a point."

They remained quiet the rest of the way, keeping their distance from this green haired stranger until he made it inside Gendos' office. "Well, I guess that's it, come on Misato we gotta go get Rei ready for her synch tests."

"Oh no were not going, not just yet. Besides couldn't you get Maya to cover for you?"

"That's an abuse of my position CAPTAIN Katsuragi, and such misuse of my position would be wrong on all degrees. Besides Maya's already covering for me."

"…..then what was all that 'abuse of power talk' all about then?"

"She did it as a FAVOR to me."

"Now why didn't I think of that?"

They began to tiptoe to the door slowly and quietly trying not to make too loud a noise. When they got to the door they put their ears as close to the door as possible without drawing attention.

"Great I can't hear a thing." Risuko whispered.

"Good thing I've had a lot of practice in this." Misato whispered back.

"What, since when?"

"Shhh! I can't hear them."

"Well could you at least tell me what their saying?"

Misato nodded, and listened carefully giving Risuko the details to the best of her ability. Risuko decided to step back a bit to let Misato work.

"So….Marcus what brings you back? Before I get to that I must tell you two something."

"Wow, you're really good at that."

"Gendo, I am frying on an almond taste disease that only barnone who truly mates me can cure."

"….I take back what I said. That didn't make any scene whatsoever. "

"So I need more work on-"

Suddenly she heard a small clicking sound that almost sounded like-

"Risuko get down!" She almost screamed out tackling her friend to the ground when the sound of gunfire filled the room and hallway as the bullets broke passed the door and into the adjacent wall. Once the bullets stopped flying Misato helped Risuko get up off the floor.

"That was too close. Risuko are you ok?"

"I'm fine, but what was that all about, I mean what did he say to get the commander angry enough to shoot him?"

"I don't know, but at least with the bullet holes we can see inside now."

Meanwhile inside the room the two were looking into, Gendo was still in the same position he was when he fired his handgun. The man on the receiving end turned out to be unharmed, with the exception of a bleeding cut on his cheek from a bullet that grazed him.

"SIR MARUS! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" Nana panicked over the communicator.

He whispered back "I'm fine, but make sure the security doesn't come here anytime soon, I really don't want to needlessly beat the hell out of them."

"Ok, but please be more carful."

"Don't worry; I've got the best protection."

Gendo took notice of his little conversation deciding to acting on it later, but for now there was one nuisance to deal with. "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT MAKING JOKES LIKE THAT!"

Marcus couldn't help but let out a small laugh. "You're right, but then again you're the only one I though for sure would get a laugh out of it."

"As much as I would like that to happen, I'd prefer to do the deed myself if at all possible."

"So shooting at me is the second best thing for you then?"

"Correct."

"Hmm, you haven't changed as much as I thought, but enough of that. lets get down to business."

"Very well then."

"Hey Risuko, what do you think their talking about?"

"How should I know! You're the one who's suppose to be good at this."

"Calm down, I just want to make sure you're hearing what I'm hearing."

"And what ARE you hearing Misato."

"Well it sounds like something to do with something called a keyblade or something like that, but that doesn't make any sense."

"Wait, what was that Misato?"

"Uh, what are you two doing?"

Caught by surprise, both Misato & Risuko thought they were busted by a passing guard. But to their surprise it turned out to be-

"Shinji? What're you doing here?" Misato said out of surprise.

"Well my sync test is over and Rei's test probably started, I thought I'd wait in the locker room for anything else I'd have to do when I saw you two sneaking off and I guess curiosity got me to follow you."

"Curiosity almost got us killed just now." Risuko retorted not so much at Shinji, but at the only other person in the hallway.

"What, I heard it in time didn't I!"

"Shhh, are you trying to get us caught."

Misato quickly covered her mouth, thinking they were busted already she decided to look inside using the bullet holes again. To her surprise they didn't seem to notice, or didn't care there was someone by the door listening.

"Well looks like we're in the clear." Almost immediately after she said that-

"THERE'S NO WAY I'M ALLOWING THAT!"

The three 'sneaks' were startled from the sudden outburst, and peeked inside to see what the commotion was all about.

"Gendo just listen to-"

"Did you lose your mind back in that whatever space-thing you call it!"

"The lanes in between?"

"WHATEVER! I'M NOT LETTING YOU ANYWHERE NEAR REI!"

"And what about your son?"

"Irrelevant, Captain Katsuragi is taking care of him now."

"…I take back what I said earlier, YOU'VE BECOME AN EVEN BIGGER PRICK THEN BEFORE! I mean not even caring for your son, I realize it was hard loosing Yui-"

"DON'T YOU EVER SAY HER NAME IN FRONT OF ME, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!"

"SINCE WHEN GENDO, WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY!... I'VE KNOWN HER LONGER THEN EITHER OF YOU TWO!... So don't tell me I have no right, a friend always has a right.

Gendo remained silent, not really up for continuing this without opening up more old wounds, especially his own.

"Listen, how about this, we'll continue this conversation later, its been a long trip and I'm tired."

"…."

"What?"

"If you're planning on monitoring us, forget it."

"Actually I'd prefer to observe your Eva pilots in action."

"For what purpose?"

"To evaluate their fighting skills. I may be able help improve their combat capabilities if I can get a general idea how they fight this enemy of yours."

"….Very well then. But if you interfere in anyway I'll personally put you in your well deserved grave."

"As much as I'd like to see you try, I'll abide by your rules for now."

"Agreed. KATSURAGI AND DOCTOR AKAGI! REPORT IN HERE NOW!"

Marcus could already tell the two mentioned women where already freaked out from being discovered without even looking at them. When the door opened he expected the two women, however he didn't expect to see two women and a young teen with them.

"Well, it appears everyone is here already. As mad as I should be for you three listening in this actually makes the explaining the situation even easier. "

Ignoring the look of daggers Gendo was giving his two subordinates, and walked up to Shinji with a smile reaching his hand out to shake and said…

"Hello Shinji, I'm Marcus."

End of chapter 3

Note: Sorry for taking so long with this chapter. I got sidetracked some with the new game releases last month. LBP2 & Dead Space 2 are a blast, anyway thank you for reading.