Welcome back to the story! Let's find out what NERV's been up to while our protagonist was away.

Now let's get started on Chapter 3!

I do not own Evangelion nor RWBY.

Evangelion is owned by Gainax and RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth.

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CHAPTER 3: DID YOU MISS ME OR FORGET ME

A figure in a black unbuttoned jacket with a red undershirt and orange-tinted glasses sat in the dark in his office with his hands folded over his face, making a bridge across his mouth. He was surrounded by fifteen holograms of large ominous stone monoliths marked with the words "SEELE."

"Mr. Ikari," boomed the monolith marked SEELE 03. "With the loss of the Third Child, our plans have been significantly delayed."

"I am well aware of that," replied the man in a monotone but cold tone.

"No matter, this just puts a small dent to our plans," stated the monolith SEELE 01. "It will have no effect on the end goal which is Human Instrumentality. What is the status of the Dummy Plug system?"

"The construction of the dummy plugs have been completed and are being transported here as we speak," Ikari said to the president of the council.

"Good, this will compensate for the lost of the Third Child," the SEELE 08 monolith said. "But this doesn't mean you will be let off so easily next time commander."

"Remember Ikari, we are watching you more closely now," SEELE 01 bellowed. After that statement, all of the images of the monoliths faded, bringing about the conclusion of the council meeting with SEELE.

Meanwhile, the commander of NERV just sat there and stared. Emerging from the darkness of his office, a man with grey hair wearing a dark brown jacket appeared and stepped next to Ikari. "You do realize that we must now be more careful with our actions," stated the vice commander.

"I am fully aware of that Fuyutsuki. This was just a minor setback," stated the commander before he stood up and turned around to face a large window which showcased a massive underground geofront. "We already have a new replacement for the Third Child."

At the site of the 12th Angel's attack, Dr. Ritsuko Akagi and several other technicians investigated the remains of Leliel from their mobile command center, in order to understand the Angels more better and also to find new ways on how to fight them. All of a sudden, a beeping sound was heard from Maya's computer.

"Dr. Akagi!" stated the technician. "I'm picking up a strange reading at point LM-13!"

The doctor walked over to the lieutenant and viewed over shoulder. "That's strange," the blonde stated. "The Angel's dead. There should be no more anomalies in this sector."

The head scientist of NERV placed her hand on her chin and thought for a bit before responding. "Maya, come with me to investigate," she ordered. "Makoto. Shigeru. Call me if you pick up any more strange signals."

"Yes ma'am," the bridge bunnies responded with a nod. Lt. Ibuki then got up from her station, picked up her laptop, and walked with Dr. Akagi out of the vehicle and towards the unknown anomaly. Maya's computer beeped louder and more rapidly the closer they got to the point.

Once they reached the area, they were met with a large pitch-black puddle on the ground that wasn't covered in red cracks or shattered, surprising them. They both stared at the black mass before Ritsuko decided to break the silence. "Impossible," she muttered. She picked up a nearby pebble and threw it at the inky ground, only for the rock to phase through it.

"It's a Dirac Sea!" Maya gasped. "But how?"

Ritsuko paused for a moment before she explained her new theory. "When Unit 01 reemerged from Leliel, it returned without the pilot," she said. "Because an object from a different universe traveled through the Dirac Sea and never returned, the connection never broke and it forced the wormhole to stay open."

Immediately after she finished that statement, her phone started ringing. She pulled the phone out of here pocket answered,"Yes lieutenant?"

On the other side of the call, Makoto replied with,"I'm picking up Shinji's plug suit readings from your location. Is the pilot there?"

"No," the doctor responded. "But we may have found something more interesting. What's the pilot's status from the plug suit?"

"Shinji's heart rate seems to have slowed but other than that, all of our readings on him are nominal and he's perfectly healthy," said the technician.

"Thank you Makoto," after that sentence she closed her phone and ended the call.

'Look's like there's some good news for you today Misato," Ritsuko thought. She knew that the pilot's caretaker was devastated from Shinji's apparent death, but soon another thought came to her mind. 'But should I tell Misato or Commander Ikari first? It might be more beneficial for the scenario to alert the commandef immediately instead of Misato, that way we can control the Third Child more easier.'

The Sorrow of Losing the Object of One's Dependence - Shiro Sagisu

During the car ride back to the apartment, Misato was completely silent. Asuka was mostly silent too, but when she did talk, it was through inaudible whispers or grumbles. When they arrived back at home, Misato immediately went to her fridge and took out a Yebisu beer can. Meanwhile for Asuka, as soon as she entered the building, she went straight to her room and never came out.

Misato was about to drink the alcohol but when the her lips neared the opening in the can, she stopped and placed it onto the dining table and sat down. 'Even when you aren't here anymore, you can still somehow manage to keep the alcohol away from me,' she thought with a small smile, only for it to turn into a frown as liquid started forming in her eyes. She then covered her face with her arms and pushed her body onto the table as she started crying.

Asuka meanwhile just layed in her bed and attempted to go asleep, but to no avail thanks to the noice from the kitchen and her own thoughts. 'It was bound to happen eventually,' the redhead thought. 'Everyday we're always under constant threat of getting attacked by an Angel, and when we are attacked we're always the ones risking our lives to stop it despite how dangerous it is.'

In another part of her brain, another one of her thoughts was,'That baka deserved it! He believed that he was better than me! The Great Asuka Langley Sohryu! It was his own recklessness and cockiness which led to his own demise.'

She paused in her thoughts before thinking out loud,"But could that really happen to me too?"

In the kitchen, the sounds of weeping slowly died down as the purple-haired caretaker moved her head up from the puddle on the table she created. She stared at the Yebisu can for a moment before reaching out for it and drinking from it. While Misato drank, she thought,'How could I even be their caretaker? I can't even take care of myself."

When Misato finally finished the beer, the phone immediately started to ring. She stared at it for a second, thinking that it was just more bad news before she put the can down on the table and walked over to the phone. She picked up the phone and said,"Yeah?"

"Misato! I have news for you!" replied Ritsuko on the other side of the call.

"No, I've already had enough news for today," Misato stated with a low voice and depressive attitude

"No! It's not that!" Misato's old friend quickly responded.

This got the purple-haired girl curious. "Then what do you mean?" she asked with her voice more higher now.

"The Third Child! Shinji! He's alive!"

Author's Note: So that was the chapter. Sorry for it being so short but the next chapter will make up for it. Also, we're going back to the RWBY world where Shinji will meet up with a certain headmaster and his group. Make sure to leave a review if you have any questions or suggestions.