Chapter 3: Comatose

Asuka woke up in a hospital room. It seemed familiar to her, like she'd been here before, but it seemed wrong. She just sat there for awhile, trying to figure out what exactly was bothering her about this hospital room, besides the fact that she hated hospitals. She reached for the remote to cal for a nurse, but she couldn't reach it. Looking down at the bed, she realized she'd been handcuffed to it.

' What the fuck is going on?' she thought ' Why am I handcuffed to the bed?'

As if to answer her question Commander Gendo Ikari entered the room.

" Finally awake I see." He said with a very uncharacteristic grin. It wasn't a cheerful, happy to see you awake grin. It was more of an evil sadistic grin. Walking over to her bed he drew a needle from the jacket pocket and injected her in the arm with it.

" Hey what the hell are you…" she drifted off into silence.

" That's better." Gendo said " Now, I'm going to ask you a few questions. You will answer each truthfully. Mainly because you have no choice." He laughed a bit. The sound sent chills down Asuka's spine.

" If your wondering what I injected you with, it was sodium penethol, other wise known as truth serum."

Asuka's eyes widened fearfully. Who was this man? And what did he want? He certainly wasn't the same Commander she knew. The commander she knew was an ass and certainly one cold individual, but he wasn't a sadistic and overly cruel man.

" Lets start with something simple. What is your name?"

" Asuka Langley Sohryu" she mumbled

" Good, What is the designation of the Evangelion you pilot?"

" Unit 2" She again mumbled

" Very good. Now then, to business. Where are you from?"

" Originally from Berlin Germany. I am currently stationed…."

" No, no you misunderstand me, I meant Where and When are you from?"

" Where and when?" she asked confused. None of this was making sense to her, and the truth serum wasn't helping either as it had made her feel really drowsy.

" Yes"

" I'm form earth, the year is 2015."

" Hmm, just I suspected." said Gendo.

" Where am I?" she asked confused at his behavior.

" Oh your still on earth and the year is 2015." he said " However this is not where you belong."

She was quite as she looked at the man in front of her, noticing his uniform for the first time.

" Oh God." she whispered.

Gendo was wearing a grey uniform with a red arm band. Suddenly the door opened and in walked Shinji and Asuka. Both were garbed the same as the Commander. She gasped. Shinji had a gun pointed at her, grinning sardonically. The other 'Asuka' was doing the same.

" take her to holding cell number three." the commander said.

" Yes sir." they replied and saluted the commander.

Commander Ikari left and Shinji and 'Asuka' uncuffed her and began dragging her to the door. She began to feel the effects of the serum wearing off. She squinted as sunlight assaulted her eyes. After they had adjusted, she looked around, horrified by what she saw. It was Tokyo-3, but drastically different.

The sky was blood red, and in the distance Evangelions stood at the walls of the city. The ocean had turned entirely to LCL, and a shimmering light hovered above the ocean. Something about the light seemed malevolent. Suddenly out of the light, and MP Evangelion appeared. Dragging what looked like Unit 01 and Unit 02 behind it. It threw the two destroyed EVA's on to a pile.

" Hmmm." mused Shinji

" Another universe has been subjugated." Said 'Asuka'

" the Commanders plans are going exactly as he said they would."

'Asuka' laughed " Yes and soon, all universes will be under our control, and we will be the only one left."

Suddenly the ground rumbled and the two let go of Asuka. Asuka, seeing she was released, began to run. The other two gave chase, pulling there firearms. Asuka turned her head, only to see 'Asuka' taking aim at her. She quickly darted down a nearby ally.

No sooner had she stepped into the ally when she heard two slugs impact on the ally wall, showering her with bits of brick and mortar. ' This is not good.' Asuka thought.

Misato's apartment 0100 hours.

Shinji bolt straight up in bed shaking and sweaty. He rolled over on his side and vomited over the edge of the bed. ' Something's wrong with Asuka' he thought. Shinji got up quickly and threw a pair of jeans and a t-shirt on. He was half way out the door when Misato stumbled out of her room.

" Where you going'?" she mumbled

" To the Hospital, something's wrong with Asuka, I can feel it."

Misato stood there for a moment, then sprinted back into her room. Shinji heard drawers open and slam and more than a couple things get thrown. Two minutes later Misato stood in front of him, fully dressed.

" Okay lets go."

Hospital

Asuka sprinted up a deserted street and dashed down another alley way. She heard

At least three more bullets impact around her. 'shit' she thought, 'they're getting really close, and I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.'

The shooting stopped. Asuka stopped for minute. ' Maybe I lost them.' A bullet whizzed over her head and hit the lamp post behind her. " then again, maybe not." she muttered and resumed running.

Hospital room

Shinji and Misato entered Asuka's room. Only to see doctors working frantically as she convulsed on the bed, her brainwaves going insane.

Asuka's mind

She turned down a another alley way, only to find a dead end. Asuka stopped looking for another way out, there wasn't one. The evil Shinji and Asuka closed on her.

" Given up have we?" Asked Shinji smiling that same sardonic smile.

" Yea" mimicked ' Asuka' " Given up have we?"

Asuka looked straight a head as the two leveled their guns at her.

" We're going to enjoy this." They said in unison.

Asuka looked the other shinji in the eye, silently pleading with him not to do it. The other

Shinji smiled, and pulled the trigger.

A Vastly bright light burned around Asuka, and she had the feeling of flying quickly forward while simultaneously falling. In the light she heard a voice

" To die is not your destiny, Second Child."

A/N: so what did every one think of that chapter? I think it went well. I'm going to try for at least a thousand or more words per chapter. Let me know if you have ideas id love to hear them. Please review, ( constructive criticism welcomed) I want to get take your suggestions and make my writing better. Thanks! J