~So I would just like to give special mention about the series so far since it's so far receiving good views (Sort of) But I'm glad some readers are interested on a different take on Evangelion, with this case being a strong theme of Police force. But I still like to exaggerate and re arrange the events from the original series here as you know already. So please, enjoy.

~And again, Reviews are welcome here!

Case 04- Carving A jewel: Part 1

"Mountains...Heavy Mountains. Things that change over time. Sky... Blue Sky. What your eyes can't see. What your eyes can see. Sun... A unique object. Water...Something Comforting. Commander Ikari. Flowers... So many of the same...And so many unneeded. Sky...Red Sky. The color red. I hate the color red. Water flowing. Blood...The smell of blood. A woman who never bleeds. Man made from red soil. City... A human creation. Eva... A human creation. What is human? A creation of god? Is man a human creation? The things I possess are a life and soul. I am a vessel for a soul. Nature chamber, the throne for a soul. Who is this? This is me. Who am I? What am I? What am I? What am I? What am I? I am myself. This object is me. This is the me that can be seen, yet I feel as though I am not myself. Very Strange. I feel as if my body is melting. I can no longer see myself. My shape is fading. I feel the presence of someone who is not me. Is someone there, beyond this?"

"Ikari?" A flash of Shinji.

I know this person. Major Katsuragi." A flash of purple.

"Doctor Akagi." A flash of violence.

"Everyone. Classmates." A Flash of chalkboard.

"The Pilot of Chamber 02." A flash of red.

"Commander Ikari?" A flash of...?

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?

"Who are you?

"Rei?"

"!" Rei looked up from the nature chamber she resided in, as it was full of water.

"How does it feel?" Gendo asked over the intercom, which was in a large metallic chamber that the nature chambers were placed in.

"It...It smell like your son."

...And downtime.

"Shinji, Have you seen Asuka around?" Misato yelled from her bedroom while changing.

"N-No! It's the weekend, I'm not sure where she went Misato." Shinji got up from the couch and saw that Asuka's door remained partially open. "Does she leave often?"

"Well, she'll sneak out every now and then because of a boy or something, but no. She likes to hang out in here usually."

"A boy huh..." Shinji felt a bit focused on the fact that Asuka was popular with guys, even before he properly met her, she was sneaking a boy out of the house...He didn't particularly like this. "Hmm..." Shinji frowned, and Misato peeked from her doorway to catch on.

"Yeah... W-Wait! You have a crush on her don't you?!" Misato yelled seriously.

"W-WHAT!? I-I DO NOT!" Shinji blushed to a bright hue of red, and tried to defend himself.

"Of I think I've embarrassed you. Tee Hee! Well if it makes you feel any better, she seems to have taken a liking to you as I can see. She was all over you last night remember?! She was crying all over you once we found you, and even then I only got one turn! You were in the backseat god knows whatever!"

"S-SHE WAS JUST SLEEPING! She was tired from having to deal with me all day!" Shinji protested the fact that Asuka slept leaning on him, though it did seem INAPPROPRIATE...

"Yeah! Well how do you think it makes me feel having to be forced to see that?! I'm single you know! It's hard for me to ignore a MAN in my house!" Misato immediately closes her mouth quickly, and slowly turned her head towards Shinji, who was clueless to what she implied.

"Ignore a man in your house?" Shinji scratched the back of his head.

"PHEW... You're clueless at least..." Misato calmed down, though she welt worried about Asuka snagging him up before her. "AH you two are so clueless it'll never happen!" Misato waved her hand off to him while chuckling.

"What'll never happen?" Shinji was curious as to what the hell she was yammering about.

"Nothing!" She escaped to the kitchen to grab a beer, and she leaped to her room.

"Girls are weird..." He felt a something knock on the back of his head... A pair of knuckles.

"Who's weird?" Asuka said with Shinji turning around nervously.

"Well just girls I guess." He chuckled nervously.

"OH! AM I WEIRD?!" The red head started to form a fist as smoke was rising from her head.

"N-No... It's just- Oh never mind!" Shinji didn't bother to explain, so he sat down on the couch, and flicked the TV on. Asuka raised a brow as he ignored her, and she passed it off as just another door that opened into the house of Shinji Ikari.

"..."

"..."

"Don't you ever get tired of sleeping on this damn couch Shinji?" Asuka asked, breaking the long silence.

"Well not really. It's comfortable I mean. And as long as Misato doesn't care, then I'm happy sleeping anywhere."

"Now why's that?" She was a bit confused as to why.

"Why what?"

"I mean sleeping anywhere? Would you mind if you slept in the kitchen Shinji?!" Asuka a little upset that he had no motive.

"Ehh... Well it's not like I could sleep in there. I meant I'm happy as long as there's somewhere welcome for me to sleep then I don't care. Anywhere can be paradise." Shinji smiled plainly, Frustrating Asuka.

"You're so lifeless! Is this how you act once you cool down?! You sound just like wondergirl!" The red head flapped her arms.

"Wonder...Girl?"

"The Great Rei Ayanami. I heard you two already met. You know the girl with blue hair, creepy eyes, pale skin. Misato said you guys met before you first got into the Eva."

"Ayanami... Rei. Oh her."

"GAH!"

"Yeah? Don't tell me..." Asuka peered close to his face, and saw him deep in thought. "Well if you think she's that cute, just ask her out." Asuka teased.

"It's not like that." Shinji frowned.

"Oh? Then what is it like hmm?" She peered closer.

"I just felt like... She didn't need to be in anymore pain than she had to go through. She was pretty banged up when I saw her. So it was either I leave, or I protect everyone... It was awful." Shinji leaned back into the couch, remembering how he had his leg broken.

"I've never fought anything, but I was pretty comfortable in MY Eva."

"W-WHAT?! You HAVE one of those? What do you mean YOUR Eva?" Shinji stuttered.

"We all have one. Yours is the that rabbit one. Unit 01, remember you had to sit in some chamber? Nobody told me what your nature was. What is it huh? What did your chamber fill up with?! I'm dying to know!" Asuka leaned over close to his face in anticipation, but Shinji scooted down a bit from her, feeling nervous from the close face contact.

"You mean that water I had to-"

"Water! You get the nature of water! Golly! Aren't you happy you get water? I heard that means you're calm like the waters, but when thrown off your balance, your unpredictable like the waves in an ocean storm! You'd never guess what mine is. Come on, if you get it right, I'll show you my 'Private' Training." Asuka rubbed her finger upon his nose, having Shinji fall off the couch.

"T-THATS FINE! You don't have to do that." Shinji stood tall.

"Ohhh? So do you know what it is?" She lay sprawled out on the couch looking at him.

"Fire. It's got to be..." Shinji grinned a bit with Asuka's mouth ajar. She slowly turned sitting up straight, and clapped her hands.

"Well that's correct ! That does please me to know that you truly recognize my personality! My passion burns hotter than any sun once I'm dedicated to it! And I'm known to be a blazed if you shake me the wrong way! Know what I'm sayin? Though you already know that." Asuka was really happy that he guessed correctly about her personality, so much so, she had a childish smile on her face talking to him.

"Though... you couldn't have guessed mine?" Shinji shyly asked.

"W-What do you mean?! You didn't ask me to guess, that's all!" Asuka waved both her hands in front of her face so he might have believed her.

"It's fine... I couldn't even guess myself to be honest. Strange though, who the hell knows what nature we are anyway? Who knows for sure right?"

"Commander Ikari. Your Father's the one who came up with the nature relations as he calls it, he knows what our personalities are like you know! In fact, why don't you ask him yourself, I mean you two never talk, so It'd be... Convenient!" She tried to talk him into talking to him, but he shrugged it off as just friendly advice.

"Nah, we never talk about anything... It'd be weird to ask."

"Why? Wondergirl always talks to him?" Asuka saw Shinji flinch, and completely forgot about the relationship he had with his father.

"!"

"Hey now, I didn't mean anything by it." Asuka's smile turned to that of a serious face.

"I know."

"..."

"Well... Actually-"

"I thought you two were getting along just dandy! What with the cuddling and what not from last night" The two teenagers looked at each other and blushed intensely looking away from each other covering their faces. "And now you two can't even look at each other! Look, Rei got of the hospital, and we just fixed her N2 Device, and Cards got re issued! So there's uhh... A lot to do today at NERV too..." Misato paused.

"When were you going to tell us?" Asuka looked at her with eye twitching in annoyance.

"Well... I uh just got the call... But Asuka I know you'll be happy!" Misato pleaded.

"Why? What's up?" Asuka eager to hear what she had to say.

"We're going to put the Eva's in use finally! We're starting Synchronization tests today!" Misato bravely raised her fist in anticipation of cheers.

"N-NO WAY! Did you hear that Shinji! They want to use the Eva's finally! Isn't that..." She looked towards him, and saw him in a cold sweat, leaning against the wall. "Hey... Isn't it great? Right?" She looked for a better answer.

"R-Right." Shinji gulped.

"It'll be okay. Besides, you're a hero Shinji." Misato noticed him in stress, so she figured she may as well try to praise him.

"Yeah, So where does Rei live? I just want to get this over with..." Shinji sighed.

"Well, outskirts of town where there's a lot of construction built upon the docks around there, but Commander chose that area for her to live. A bit cruel huh Shinji? S-Shinji?" Misato waited for a reply, but she noticed he wasn't behind the wall he was leaning on in the hallway that led to the front door.

"DAMN HIM! He's just going to think it's okay for him to show up unannounced at a girls house! Misato, I'm going after him!" Asuka yelled while running to her room, to put on her Tier one suit, and she was out the door quickly, but a loud yelp was heard from outside.

"You know... It's raining right?" Misato opened the main door for her, and she quickly waddled her way back in shivering.

"Baka Shinji already took an umbrella I see..."

"Look I'll drive you there, but then I've got to get to work alright?" The two walked quickly out from the sand garden out front and they calmly settled into the car waiting for the heater to start up.

"But wait, If you drop me off there, I'd just be waiting in the rain for who knows how long!" Asuka caught onto this little detail she forgot.

"I'm not dropping you off at Rei's! That's too out of the way for my route to work! When I meant drive you there, I meant to where he is. Poor girl, you'd be willing to wait for the 3rd Child?! That's so sweeeeeet! Awwwwww!" Misato teasingly made duck lips as if she was imitating her kissing someone.

"As if I'd ever wait for such a degenerate like him! Besides! I heard all the little sexual statements you make about yourself! Constantly flirting with someone underage! It's atrocious!" Asuka upset... AGAIN. Misato was quiet because she did not feel the need to argue with a girl before a hard days of work ahead of her. They were already set to go, and off they were on the straight road by the sandy beach and they weren't quiet for long along the ride.

"Asuka." Misato said clearly so she was able to hear through the rain pounding on her car roof.

"Yeah? What is it?"

"What's your deal with Rei? You're all officers... You all should get along. You're a team you know."

"Hmph, all the team needs is me, and Shinji will just be my backup. We don't need Rei. She's practically useless as a comrade. She's only there for orders. She'd kill us if she were ordered to..." Asuka tried not to sound too into the conversation, but she couldn't help but be truthful about her view of her.

"I just think you could... Well look, you're still suspended from police routes. Just try not to say anything to Rei, Commander Ikari has been pretty punishing lately. You know there's been an enrollment of 6 Tier one Pilots since Rei's enrollment last year. All of them have been fired except for her. Even yesterday, he expelled 37 students for spreading rumors about Shinji at the academy."

"But I thought they didn't like each other. Shinji said he hates his father, but then he doesn't... It's a complex I'm sure."

"That's right Asuka... Well here you go, he sees us, and he's stopped." Misato slowed the car and pulled up on a curb that ran along the beach.

"Thanks Misato, see you at work." Asuka hurriedly went for the car door, but she noticed it was locked, and turned around to see why Misato kept it for her to stay in the car. Shinji looked into the car from many feet away but couldn't see anything from the rain...

"Asuka... I know you haven't really had any friends, but please. Shinji's really sensitive so some enouragement would help him a lot. And I'm glad to see you two become such good friends in a day. But he needs more than a friend..." Misato grabbed her hand, and tears were swelling up. "You know what I mean right? I can't do it, I'm not relatable because I've been in different situations. But you can relate... Encourage him to do good, and he'll prevail. I'm sure he'd do the same for you if he called... C-Called for it." Misato was trying her hardest not to cry, but Asuka slowly understood why she was...

"It's fine... We'll be okay Misato. He doesn't hate you or anything just so you know... But We've got to go, see ya at work." Asuka quietly replied back feeling bad for her situation. And she stepped out of the car and walked under Shinji's umbrella with the two walking up steps that led to the ever not so popular Mono Rail for NERV officers and employees. Misato peeked through the rain at Shinji before she took off fast in her car to work...

...

"Asuka, did you two fight or something?" Shinji asked her finally after they made casual small talk, along with her usual complaints about something such as the seats on the monorail being too uncomfortable.

"Nah, she just feels guilty about yelling at you and hurting you that's all. She's sorry, but she doesn't have the guts to tell you right? She hasn't said anything since you got back last night. But you forgive her I'm sure." Asuka said sure of the situation.

"Well no I don't think she's a bad person... But I don't forgive her."

"WHAT?!" Asuka turned face to face with him, with her knees on the seats with herself slightly above him. "Why not?" Asuka waited for an answer impatiently.

"She didn't say sorry. Why? Am I supposed to forgive her without an apology from her first? That's just illogical." Shinji looked the other way trying to ignore her.

"Don't act so big and tall just cause you're off to Wondergirls house! Remember I'll be keeping my eye on you! Don't want to make myself look bad!"

"I never thought you were cynical..." Shinji sighed.

"?" Asuka thought a bit about his statement, and tried her hardest to not make a snide comment that might hurt his feelings.

"..."

"So why the hell did you storm out Shinji? Are you afraid to get into the Eva or something? Cause... Cause I can relate!" Asuka remembered what Misato told her that very second.

"Huh? But you were so excited to hear we'd get to use them weren't you?" Shinji looked confused, but interested.

"Well it's normal for everybody to be a bit scared to pilot it again, but you'll get used to it. Take it from me, someone who's only operated it 10 times. I was a bit skeptical maybe the first 3 times, but I've never fought anything with it, so I'm sorry you're first time was so sudden I hear. But understand, you saved the world in that battle. That's nothing to be humble about, so you can always try to boast a bit, trust me." Asuka elbowed him slightly.

"I've never boasted much... Guess I could try... But only when I-" He felt her hand slowly grasp around his own, and he was at peace, as if he felt her reasoning. She was trying to reach out to me.

"Well now, you're holding a girls hand...That's something to gloat about. Go on try it." She smiled slyly, though she was completely serious.

"I-I'm holding a girls hand... Right..." Shinji was breathing heavily trying to refrain from the constant series of thought going through his mind, but he calmed himself again. "It'd be weird to tell everybody that we're holding hands... But while we're alone... Might as well feel proud about it." Shinji held hers tightly, which made Asuka blush a little, but like Shinji she sat quietly and smiled proudly.

"We're partners Shinji." She gazed out the window with a proud smirk on her face. The two felt the train stop as they were lost in their own little worlds, and they were off to the docks where Rei was. Though Shinji let go of her hand once they were out of the train, Asuka went back to her usual self, and acted as if nothing happened.

"Her room is... T-There?" Shinji tried saying loudly as loud mechanisms slammed up and down in the background, though it sounded like it was just pumping stuff into the ground from far off in the distance where they couldn't see.

"Creepy... Room 6. I swear this place is abandoned." Asuka a bit shocked of where she lived exactly, she was not enthusiastic about seeing her room.

"Well lets hurry so we can all go to NERV and get this over with." Shinji went on ahead and emptied his backpack he carried with him, and had Rei's white dagger sheathe and NERV Police card in a Ziploc baggy. "Do you know what Rei's nature is Asuka? She has an Eva too doesn't she?"

"Never found out, won't know until today, Soooooo exciting..." Asuka said uninterested in what it was. Shinji ignored her poor attitude towards Rei,and was far behind Shinji who moved on ahead. "Hey! What the hell's your problem huh? I thought you'd be happy today! You've been awfully moody!" Asuka speeding up to match his speed.

"I'm not upset, I just feel nervous being out here too long. So I at least want to get this to Ayanami so we can all leave soon."

"Hmm?! Nervous out here?" Asuka looked around and saw plentiful of abandoned buildings and trashy looky dens placed beside alleyways where it looked like where bums live. "Hmm... Got ya." Finally they were at the door, but Shinji didn't even bother pushing the doorbell button seeing as how it was already broken. He knocked instead.

"H-Hello? It's us. Shinji Ikari, and . Uh... Are you here Rei?" Shinji got no reply. He was about to go in there, but Asuka stomped on his foot.

"It'd be so wrong of you to enter a girls home unannounced Shinji! Have you no shame?!" Asuka tapped her foot while staring at him angrily.

"Well how else are we going to get this to her? We can't just leave it out here, it might get stolen!" Shinji defended himself.

"Well that's right, but think about it, what do you have right now thats going to be helpful in every awkward situation you get yourself into? What's going to be there to help you out...hmm?" Asuka put on a calm face and whisked her hair in a proud manner and had a rather cute pose that looked like she was waiting for something nice.

"Hmm... You're being vague." Was all Shinji could say. "I don't really have too much to help me, but there's definitely things that do help me."

"T-Too vague! Alright then! WHO! WHO'S going to be there to help you! Huh?! Who's such a good friend that she'd go out of her way to try and make life a little easier on such a Dumkopf like you!" Asuka huffed and her palms were now formed into fists, with a scary angered face on.

"Well geez don't get so mad. I don't really have any friends so it's obviously you. You just made it sound like some sort of weapon was always going to be there to help!" Shinji saw it clear, though he was not sure as to why she had gotten so upset.

"Took you long enough! Now go wait downstairs! I'll step inside and leave this on her table somewhere!" Asuka kicked Shinji in the ass, and he was quickly on his way, nervously panting. Asuka didn't see him in sight, and thus she entered Rei's room and was not shocked to see bloody bandages lay around the room and with almost no decorations around besides the large amounts of medication. She stepped forward more and noticed some glasses upon what looked like a metallic dresser. She stepped forward and picked them up and saw that these were the Commander's own pair. She was upset by this discovery and felt even more bad for Shinji, and thus she was reluctant to crush them, but then she heard a door open slowly, and she turned to see a naked Rei emerge fresh from the shower. Though barely covered by a towel, Asuka started to move slowly from the dresser and was about to yell at her for being naked, but couldn't since she was coming at her so fast. "D-Don't get any ideas wondergirl!" Asuka leaned against the dresser with the glasses in her hands. Rei quickly snatched them from her hands and then went onto the table beside her bed, abd set them inside a glass case where they were placed neatly. Asuka slowly moved from the dresser, but once she was to the door, the embarrassment sunk in and she was running quickly out of the door to the stairs in a panic.

Shinji saw her fastened steps above a story and ran to the staircase to meet her, but he already saw her clumsily trip on the last flight of stairs close in front of Shinji, and blindly, Shinji caught her quickly and landed hard on his back, feeling like he fractured his shoulder from hitting the hard ground so fast at the wrong angle. He was staring right into Asuka's eyes and one of his hands was somewhere by her chest and once he noticed, he felt something soft and round. Asuka gave him a look of shock, and a bloody hue of red climbed all the way up her face as she blushed crazily.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screeched as she got off him quickly, kicking dust around him.

"It was an accident Asuka! If I didn't catch you! You'd probably gotten a serious injury!" Shinji tried to move from the ground, but he could hardly feel his right arm.

"A-Accident I'm sure! What kind of pervert catches a girl and then makes the right moment to move his hand to such a blocked off area!? Don't get too greedy just because I'm trying to help out Pervert!" She pointed her finger at him with an enraged face, but she slowly lost it when she saw him get up, and saw blood running down from a limp arm. Shinji looked to be in a bit of pain as he wasn't paying attention to Asuka's ranting. "You got that from the fall?" She walked over, rubbing his arm looking for the spot it was bleeding from. It was his shoulder and it felt disconnected. She noticed he didn't feel it. "We'll get you to the infirmary ok? Just hold out until then." She ripped a sleeve off from her suit and wrapped it around his neck all the way around so that it'd hold up his arm.

"I can't feel it. Is it bad?" Shinji said with little worry looking away from his arm.

"Of course it's bad! You broke it damn you! Catching a clumsy girl like me was stupid. Now how are you going to get in your Eva? Hopefully it heals fast." Asuka started rubbing his arm, aware that he didn't notice it.

"You're still looking forward to it... I wonder if Rei is looking forward to it."

"MMMMM." Asuka growled. "Just ask her..." She mumbled while walking on ahead back to the shuttle.

"Should I?" Shinji looked up to Rei's apartment and saw her make her way, trailing behind Asuka. And so he did too.

...

"Please be seated until the shuttle has passed through the garden. I repeat, please be seated until the shuttle has passed through the garden. The ride's Estimated time of arrival will be in 30 minutes." The train intercoms robotic calm voice told the 3 officers. Shinji couldn't help how Asuka kept sending deadly glares at Rei, and every now and then scooting closer to Shinji.

"Whats wrong? What made you run out of there Asuka? You're acting all weird." Shinji scooted barely creating more space between them.

"I'd rather not say..." The redhead took her eyes off Rei, trying to forget the awkward incident.

"Oh ok." Shinji was back to his quiet self again.

"..."

"..."

"Shinji, she had your fathers glasses in her room." Asuka whispered.

"R-Really?" He was interested in what she had to say.

"Yeah... I WAS going to break them, but she snagged them up from me rather rudely." She glanced at the back of the cart again.

"Rei. I wonder just how she..."

NERV ACADEMY GARDEN

"Hey! Big shot!" A jock in a black track jacket came running up with a nerd with a video camera following behind.

"It-It's you." Shinji said calmly, with no intention of hostility.

"HEY! What nerve you got coming here on the weekend! I bet you followed us here! What a creep!" Asuka placed herself in front of Shinji defensively.

"Oh Asuka, N-No! I just called Shinji's phone, Misato answered and..."

"W-Wait? Misato has my phone?"

Elsewhere...

"Let me get this straight... You have his phone... Correct?"

"Yup."

"And then you told the person who beat him up where he is?" Ritsuko asked with disbelief in her voice.

"Yes doctor!"

"What... What are you up to?!"

"Oh come on! They're at the garden! If Toji tries anything, he might as well be shot on site!" Misato said childishly.

Back to the Garden...

"Well anyway... You just oughta send me a good hit ma way! Come on! It was wrong of me to hit you like that! I shouldn't have! You were just trying to protect everyone!" Toji stood tall and this had Asuka's mouth Ajar. Though Shinji went on ahead to see what he meant exactly.

"Y-You mean punch you?"

"Of course! It wasn't fair what I did! You've gotta do it so we can be square!"

"..."

"..."

"..." Everybody in the group was quiet, but Asuka backed behind Shinji's ear.

"Well go on. If he wants you to do it so bad then do it! If you don't I will!" Asuka whispered sharply after pinching his ear to retreat back to his side.

"Well for what it's worth, I did throw a textbook at you. So really, it's ok." Shinji made his point, and waited to see Toji's reaction.

"F-Fine... But please! If you're going into the Base, could you tell my sister that I'm glad she was saved by you?" Toji said honestly, and only brought a smirk from everybody in the group.

"Sure." And So Asuka and Shinji left for the elevator just past the garden that would lead to base just miles above their heads.

"Say Shinji."

"What Asuka." Shinji said plainly, expecting to be berated by her.

"Aren't you going to Ask wondergirl about your father?"

Track 26...

She's just gotten to the escalator I'm sure... you go on ahead. I'll be behind a bit so you can talk." The elevators doors opened slowly to a huge wide room with dozens of escalators on both sides leading up and down. Asuka pushed him to the one all the way onto the left, which had Shinji look back at her in surprise. "Don't be nervous! Just... listen to your music!" And so Asuka waved him off until she was out of sight. Shinji looked down from his position, and stepped down many a steps until he was just a mere 10 steps away from her. There was silence for a while until Shinji calmed himself, and counted to 3, finally able to ask his question.

"Rei, do you like to pilot the Eva?"

"Yes." She replied coldly.

"But why Rei? That must have been how you gained those injuries right?"

"Do you not trust in the Eva? It is your fathers work."

"As if I could ever trust him. That's so ridiculous, What reason do I have to trust him? All the times since I been here, the only time he's needed me is whenever I'm put in danger!" Shinji shouted, but heard Rei sigh. She turned around and saw a menacing scowl on her face as if she hate something sour.

"You're spoiled aren't you?! You're not even happy that your father acknowledges you! Commander Ikari shouldn't even have to waste his time glancing at you! If you don't trust in your father then why are you here?! You're practically worthless is that why? You have no other use in life?!" Rei's words hit Shinji hard as he slumped down the steps of the escalator with a void filling his eyes as they looked glassy. "But to think you don't trust your father... You really are worthless! You're father told me about you..."

"!" Shinji looked up with a saddened expression from where he was sitting now.

"Garbage... That's what he calls you? Isn't that your name? He says that garbage is annoying. That garbage is of no use to me..." And Rei stepped off the escalator that had it's stop near a lounge with vending machines, and a waiting area up ahead with benches and glass, sort of like the area near the hospital. Shinji felt the escalator grab onto the botom of his pant legs as the steps reclined into the escalator, but Shinji half heartedly snagged them out, barely ripping off the bottom of his right pant leg, and his ankle was visible. He stepped over to the benches and looked toward the windows, seeing only water, and gold light shining through the top of it. He heard calm footsteps and knew 'SHE' was going to be curious as to what happened. She sat down next to him quietly instead of yelling at him.

"Asuka? Am I really garbage?" Shinji asked plainly.

"W-What the hell makes you say that?! No you're not garbage! You're stupid though! You're stupid enough to believe that you're garbage! Why do you think you're garbage huh?! Did that little bitch say something?! I'LL KICK HER ASS!" Asuka rolled up her sleeve and started flexing her arm in anger.

"My father calls me that." Shinji looked to her with pink eyes.

"No he doesn't... Liar." She calmed down, and sat next to him again. "I don't think I want to ask what she said to you since it will only make me more mad, but I promise if you tell me... the least I'll do is yell at her. I promise." Asuka looked to him for confirmation, but he only left her behind to walk to the elevator to the main control room. "Is it even worth asking him?" Asuka grew angrier, and went back to the escalator to go back home.

Command Center

"The Eva's are ready to be put in use, but in order to pilot them, we must first know how to be proficient with an evolving being, and we must also learn to be cautious while piloting in case of any injuries to come to the pilot since signs of permanent damage keep coming back into our records. Shinji." Ritsuko walked down to the first floor where the Magi were on, along with Rei Ayanami, and no staff whatsoever.

"Y-Yes." He was confused on the little details that Ritsuko added in, to make the Eva sound even more dangerous then they were.

"You're element is Water, And Rei's is Natural Earth. Best co-operation would be with opposite signatures since we are running a partner system, but seeing as how Rukira has been K.I.A. you will all be moved in accordance in a group of 3 units. But today we will just be running tests on the Eva's. Though Asuka's seemed to forget that she can still participate in training, so she is not expelled. Please, go the locker rooms and prepare ghost masks. Asuka has been notified to return. Once she has arrived, Rei will direct you all to the Chamber room."

Lockers...

"So glad we can still wear our officer suits while in the chamber!" Asuka yelled while going into her locker for her ghost mask. "I mean look at the blueprints for the original suits! They said we'd need to wear them for better synchronization with the Eva's, but really, what's the point. We're naked in there anyway." Asuka handed Shinji a plain white sheet of paper with multiple sketching's of embarrassing skin tight plastic suits.

"Seriously?" Shinji was in disbelief, and face palmed from the sight.

"Bet you'd be all sorts of fascinated with me wearing something so revealing ehh Shinji?" Asuka teased, while giggling walking away back to her locker.

"Yeah, yeah... Let me see your mask now." Shinji held his behind him to show Asuka.

"So curious, though mine is... a bit creepy." Asuka took hers out and there in her hands was a black mask with square eye holes, a boxy ox head, and with the beak of a crow was the face. It did creep Shinji out a bit...

"Well I like it... It's very-"

"We must head into the chamber room. Follow me." Rei interrupted Though Asuka held back from a fierce reply. The two followed out from the locker room into the dark rusty metallic chamber, now with 3 glass chambers now together. Each one had numbers a top with it going from the left to right saying: 00, 01, 02.

"Shinji, you will be seating Chamber and Unit 1., but under orders from commander, he has requested to see if you are compatible with Rei's unit and Chamber since your signature is close to hers. Don't be nervous, this will help you in experience in the end. Rei, you will be doing the same in Chamber 1, Asuka, you know what to do." Ritsuko announced over the intercom as they all went seated into their chambers.

"I wonder where Misato is, I haven't seen her all day." Shinji announced to Asuka who was just about to shut her chamber door.

"She is here, she's just...doing stuff." Asuka lied to him.

"Ohh..." The power behind the walls started up, and Shinji suddenly felt stiff as he felt suffocated by tons of leaves and branches filling his chamber, but it was practically the same as last time, but only now his whole body felt fuzzy as he seemed to be morphing into a sphere. He could hear water running beside him, and he could barely catch a glimpse of Asuka turning into a ball of ash as he clothes were still in perfect condition. Though at the last second, he could have sworn he heard someone yelling over the intercom. And the last thing he saw before being transported were a group of men in red hazmat suits.

...

Shinji could hear the sound of what sounded like rubber stretching, but all he could see was blackness, and the murmurs of somebody crying and an unbelievable force around his neck. He didn't know where he was, but he could have sworn he was on an operating table under a blinding light with some woman towering over him. He blinked his eyes rapidly in fear as his breathing continued to slow. The pressure around his neck tightened and he could hear the woman there saying something over her cries.

"Y-You little bitch! You're- You're just as needless as me! D-Did you know that? DID YOU?!"

Shinji blinked his eyes again and felt like he was back in a physical body and he looked to be staring at the dock station in Nerv with all he could hear was dozens of voices asking if he was alright. Though he couldn't say anything.

"S-SHINJI! SAY SOMETHING!" He heard Asuka say. But he suddenly felt an enormous pressure against his mind as it felt like something was trying to creep in...

"S-Something is in my mind... Ayanami?" He paused as his voice echoed as he saw a thousand glances of the world through his point of view of Rei. He sat on a still image of a younger looking version of her as it crept closer into his mind as he panicked. "Ayanami... R-REI! IT'S REI!" Shinji blacked out, and as did Rei. The size of all three units were surprisingly more large then last time, now looking to be walking giants, this did not stop both the two machines that were once operated by Shinji and Rei as the monsters caught glances, Unit 00 was a black figure much like a skeleton, and with that the head of a cyclops with long tentacle like stiff arms. Asuka's Eva, a thin figure with red tinted wings on the back and with the same head much like her mask, her box like eyes grew red as she saw Unit 00 rammed straight for Unit 01. Asuka dodged, and the two became to get into a beast like squabble with Asuka frightened by the event and could only back away in the corner while her Eva howled like a raspy metallic wolf.

"DAMN IT ALL! Shut down All 3 Eva's immediately! They might cause each other permanent dam-" Misato was interrupted from her view of the docking bay up high in a room with protective glass by A piece of armor plating that came flying off of Unit 00 that just so happened to hit the protective glass. the fight down in the docking bay wasn't over as Unit 01 kept beating the top of the other Eva's head until a blood geyser erupted from its forehead as the Unit 01 howled victorious. Everyone was frightened by the sight as the two robots went dead limp. The entire docking area where the Eva's fought were covered in blood, and only Gendo could mutter a word.

"Obviously we're dealing with animals here. Extract all three pilots and never conduct this experiment again until we have the necessary equipment to restrain these beasts..." Gendo said coldly, while looking at the monitor that only had a small glimpse of the scene that took place.

The Next Morning

"This Day in Rinbo Tokyo is just so gloomy! Heavy Rain and for the rest of the week, there's going to be high chances of fog! W-What do you have to say about this York?"

"Well to be honest, we've always experienced so much summer like weather for years now since the meteor devastated us back in 2000, But-"

Some radio talk show host was being played throughout the hospital as Shinji arose from the covers of his hospital sheets.

"But what York?"

"Unfamiliar Weather..."

"I hate this..." Shinji sighed as he went back to sleep to forget the troubles that happened.

...

"They behave just like wild animals now don't they Commander? Were you always reluctant to perform this test Sir?" The blonde Doctor asked Gendo as they stared down at the bloody launch site where the fight took place. Both Eva's had been set in a meditating position with giant stone crosses in their mouths with what looked to be like black head wraps wrapped from their chin to the top of the head to keep the crosses in the mouth, also covering the eyes.

"With beings like these, the teens will have no choice but to get used to it. This was all because we done the sin of mixing signatures. We must now atone with the officers. We will try again once all repairs have been set. But we will not conduct 'this' again. Understand?" The Commander had a sad face on as he looked at both the Eva's eyes narrowing at each other.

"Repairs might take a month with something as serious as this. Unit 00: The cyclops, might not be in work until then since it sustained massive trauma to the brain, but we can always make do with others. And Unit 01: The Rabbit, might have to remain in cryostasis. He was the one who charged so suddenly. But... perhaps the cyclops provoked it. Rei was unconscious too as it happened right?"

"Both the officers became unconscious . All to much of a coincidence...Damn you..." The commander rasped the edge of the glass room with his hands bleeding from the shards stabbing his palms, the Unit 01 dropped the stone cross out of it's mouth as Gendo could only gasp.

"W-What is it?" Ritsuko ran to his side, and saw the wraps coming off of Unit 01.

"She's trying to defy me?" Gendo looked down even more as he whispered these words, and could only see a slight grin come from the Eva as it took all of it's attention on Gendo.

"Yui."

Hospital

"So..." Asuka fidgeted in her seat as she sat a few feet away from Shinji's bed.

"So?" Shinji was weird-ed out from her quiet and what seemed to be uncomfortable interaction with him.

"You don't remember anything?" Asuka sat still, gripping her seat tight.

"No not really." Shinji barely remembered what he saw in the Eva, but felt uncomfortable talking about it.

"Really? The last thing you said was- 'IT'S REI!' Asuka interpreted with a sorrowful voice.

"Oh...Maybe another time. I'd rather not think about it." Shinji remained distant from the topic, but was eager to ask what happened since he has been out.

"Wonder girl is in the hospital too... I'd like to have knocked her a couple teeth loose, but her Eva's in a bad condition... it was...hard to watch what happened in there." She held her palm over her mouth, with a serious face on.

"I felt enraged to see her in my Eva for some reason... So upset, but then I blacked out."

"You what?" Asuka curious for him to finish his tale.

"I saw images of something... I don't know how to explain it really. Like I was in some memory in her Eva... I was scared. I saw men in hazmat suits run in and I could hear them panicking for a split second. And then, I felt physically different as if I shifted bodies... Father really is so cruel." Shinji sighed.