Chapter 8: Warrior
A/N: Got some action in this one. Hope everyone can take it. Also, my friend YoungBoch, with all the stuff that's going on with him right now, took some time out to proof read this for me. Thank you man. It means a lot to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion.
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
"Speaking in another language or flashback"
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Next
Morning
"JASON!" screamed a young girl from the bathroom. She had just gotten up and went into the bathroom to take a shower when she noticed something odd in the mirror.
"Huh? What?" came a startled response from the living room, specifically the couch.
"You fucking bastard!" she yelled as she stormed out of the bathroom looking for the source of the startled voice.
"What! What did I do?" he asked as she stood over him.
"Look at this! You fucked up my hair!" she yelled waving some hair that was a lot shorter than her mid-back length hair.
"I'm sorry, but it was either your hair or you. Which would you want?" he asked with a small voice.
"I would rather you hit me then cut my hair! It took me five years to get it where I wanted it!" she yelled glaring at him fiercely.
"Sorry," he replied very weakly.
"Well you better be!" she yelled glaring at him as she turned back toward the bathroom. "Damn it! Now I got to get it fucking cut!" she yelled into the air storming away.
'Man, I better get out of here while I still can,' Jason thought as he slowly got off of the couch and made his way out into the hall.
"What's going on in there? I heard Kinori yell from my room," Misato said walking up to Jason.
"Kinori just saw her hair…" Jason said as he took off for the cafeteria.
"Oh…" Misato muttered when he took off. When she started to walk back to her apartment Asuka and Shinji almost slapped her with their door.
"What happened?" Asuka asked when she saw Misato.
"Remember yesterday when you asked me if Kinori knew she was missing some hair?" Asuka nodded. "She didn't, she just found out."
"Oh… damn, Jason better run!" Asuka said as Misato pointed down the hall.
Asuka followed her finger and saw Jason running down the hall, taking a left a ways down. Shinji busted out laughing when he caught a glimpse of Jason's face.
Asuka and Misato both glared at him, he didn't notice till he calmed down.
"W-w-what?" he stuttered looking at the two girls.
"It takes years for girls to get their hair where they want it, you dumbass!" Misato yelled at Shinji.
Shinji tried to take a few steps back as he backed away slowly but ended up bumping into the wall. Being cornered by his guardian and girlfriend he slid to the floor looking at the two in horror. They kept glaring at him as the bent over getting closer to his face.
"Why don't you two back off? He doesn't know a thing about a woman's hair. Also you're both flashing him at the moment."
Shinji took a quick peak at Asuka as both girls looked over toward the older male. As the girls stood themselves up they glared at Shinji for another moment before walking back to their apartments.
"You might want to learn about things like that," Kaji stated smoothly as he offered Shinji a hand up.
"Yeah, thanks," he replied as he stood up.
Just then Jason's apartment door swung open. "Where is he?" Kinori asked with venom lacing every word that she said.
"Umm… I think he went that way," Shinji pointed in the opposite way that Jason had went.
"He is SO dead when I find him!" she spat as she stomped off.
"You know, if she finds out you lied, you're next on her list."
"Oh… shit…" Shinji stuttered as he slowly took off in the same direction as Jason picking up speed as he went.
"Good luck…" Kaji yelled to him as he took off. "He's going to need it, just like Jason," the ex-spy added as walked back to his apartment that he shared with Misato.
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Bridge
"Jason you can't hide under there forever."
"Yes, he can. And I'm joining him!" Shinji said frantically as he jumped under the edge of one of the platforms where Jason was hiding.
"Why are you hiding?" he asked as he looked back over the edge to Maya who was looking over at them.
"I told Kinori you went the other way. Kaji said that I'd be next if she found out I lied," Shinji explained with a very shaky voice.
"Oh… I have a feeling we're going to be here for a while," Jason said as he stood up quickly and looked over to Maya. "Hey you got any cards?"
"Yeah, here. You're going to need them," she said tossing the pack to Jason.
"Thanks," he replied as he sat back down. "You know how to play Gin?"
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Misato's place
After Misato had gone back into her apartment she went into the kitchen, looking for a beer. She was still a bit groggy but was awake enough to notice a beer can with peck marks all over it sitting on the table.
"Looks like Mr. Pen's already up," she said to no one as she picked up the can and opened it, gulping it down quickly.
"What, no morning beer yell?" Kaji asked from behind her, making her jump.
"Damn it! Don't do that. You know I hate it," she said glaring at him as he sat down across from her.
He smiled suavely back at her, waiting for his little companion to find her.
"What?" she asked, watching him wait patiently.
"Nothing…" Kaji replied as he watched Pen-Pen waddle up behind Misato with a cast on his wing.
"YOU FUCKING BROKE MY WING!" he warked quite loudly from behind her, scaring the shit out of her.
"Holy… Pen-Pen are you ok?" she asked as she recovered from being surprised by the avian.
"What the fuck does it look like? My fucking wing is broken in two places from when you stepped on it last night! You're fucking lucky I got knocked out by the table or you would be full of beak holes right now!" he warked angrily as he glared at her.
"I'm sorry Pen, I'm so sorry," Misato pleaded as she picked up the bird, making sure to be careful of the wing.
"You better be," he warked quietly as he relaxed in her arms. "You owe me a case of beer now," he added.
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The Ikari's apartment
Asuka was laying on her bed staring at the ceiling, thinking over her relationship with Shinji.
'Why does he stay with me? I still berate him even now and he still says with me. Why?' she thought turning on to her stomach.
'I know he loves me, but there are divorces all the time because the couple fights. Ok, we don't fight. I guess it's kind of one sided. I yell, he listens, but he almost seems to be happy to do it for me. Why? Does he love me that much?' she continued picturing him smiling at her kindly like he always does.
'Man, he's hot,' she thought, getting off topic. 'Why didn't I see this earlier? He loves me even though I can be a bitch… a lot,' she remembered how she used to act before the Third Impact.
'Why did I get so lucky? I've been a royal bitch and I get him. Why?' She continued to wonder for a bit before getting fed up with it. 'Ok, I'll just ask him when he gets back… wait, where is he?' she thought noticing that Shinji should be back by now from talking with Kaji.
She rolled off the bed and made her way to the door searching for the missing pilot. 'Where is he?'
She ventured out into the hall to see where her missing lover went but found nothing. She walked down to Misato's apartment and slowly rapped on the door, waiting for her guardian to open the door.
"Yeah, what ya need Asuka?" Misato asked as she opened the door while still holding Pen-Pen.
"Do you either of you know where Shinji's at?" she asked with a slightly concerned look and voice to match.
"He's hiding with Jason," Kaji replied walking up to the door.
"Why?" she asked, tilting her head a bit.
"He said the wrong thing to Kinori and I warned him that if she found out that Jason wouldn't be the only one to get a beating."
"Oh, do you know where he went?"
"I think both of them took off for the bridge," Kaji said looking down the hall.
"Ok, I'm gonna go get them. I don't think we need any bruised up pilots, now do we?" she said with a smirk.
"Yeah, and tell them they need them back here. We're moving in to the new house today and I'd like to get going here soon," Misato called to Asuka as she walked away, heading toward the bridge.
"Ok, I'll be sure to tell them," Asuka waved back.
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Some other Hall in NERV
"Where the fuck is that asshole?"
"What's got you pissed off… oh, I see," Maya asked as Kinori turned to her.
"Jason fucking cut my hair!" she almost yelled holding the bit that's shorter than all the rest.
"Did he mean to?" Maya asked, trying to calm down the girl.
"No, but he still did," Kinori rebounded with less energy.
"Did he say 'sorry'?"
"Well… yeah, but…"
"You know he didn't mean to do it. Actually, I bet it was from when he saved you, wasn't it?" Maya asked trying to show Kinori a certain point.
"Yeah…" Kinori muttered looking down at the ground shameful that she jumped the gun too quickly.
"Good. Ok, I know where Jason is hiding. Go to the bridge…" Maya told Kinori something else before going on her way again. Kinori took off running toward the bridge with an evil grin plastered on her face.
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The Bridge
"Gin, I win again," Shinji said laying down his cards. They had played several games and it turned out that Shinji knew how to play Gin and quite well.
"Damn… I didn't think you were this good. Man, you have an excellent poker face," Jason complained as he showed his own hand. He was only missing one card and Shinji used it. It had been that way since the start.
"Hi boys," Asuka greeted as she fell down on the ledge next to Jason and Shinji.
"Holy… damn Asuka, make some noise next time!" Jason said holding his heart.
"Hi Asuka," Shinji said calmly.
"Hi baka, so what you two up to?" she asked happily.
"Just playin' some cards. You wanna play?" Shinji asked.
"Nah, Misato wanted me to come get you two. We're moving into the house today and we're sorta gonna need your help. Just a little," Asuka emphasized by putting her index finger really close to her thumb.
"Cool, let's go then," Jason said standing up but forgot about the ledge and… BAM! "Ouch… damn I hate being tall at times," he complained holding his head.
The other two fell as they laughed their asses off.
Jason got up again but stayed ducked as he walked around the other two laughing teens. When he got back up onto the bridge he turned around to see Kinori looking at him with a wide evil grin. "Oh, shit. I'm dead," he whispered as he stood there.
"Nope, but you're going to wish you were," she said hugging him.
The other two teens, the ones that just finished laughing, got back up on the bridge to see that Kinori was hugging Jason. Shinji was startled for a second but relaxed when he saw the smile on her face.
"You're going to take me shopping. When you get your car that is," Kinori said just loud enough for Asuka to hear.
Shinji lost all color in his face when he heard the word shopping. 'Asuka's going to drag me along too, I can feel it,' he thought.
Just as Shinji predicted Asuka turned to him with an evil smile of her own. She soon put on her most innocent smile and looked at him with loving eyes. "Oooh Shiiinnjiiiii. Can you take me shopping?" she asked sweetly, but then turned to Jason. "And can you drive?" she asked in the same tone.
Both boys stood there thinking over the hell that shopping with these two would be. They both gulped before thinking of something.
"Hey doesn't Misato want us?" Jason asked looking at Asuka.
"Yeah, aren't we supposed to be moving into the new house today?" Shinji asked giving her a fake smile.
"Yeah, you're right," she said giving up… for now. "Let's go Kinori, we need to get our stuff packed so we can move," she said guiding the younger girl toward Misato's place, away from the boys.
They started to whisper stuff in-between each other, giggling amongst each other as the boys followed a safe distance away.
"Wonder what they're talking about?" Jason asked showing his inexperience about girls to Shinji.
"By the way they're glancing back at us and whispering, I'd say they're coming up with a way to get you and me to take them shopping," Shinji replied coolly.
"Oh, damn. I'm going to have to take lessons from you on female behavior," the taller one said with a chuckle. Shinji joined him and they both laughed for a bit before calming down.
"I got to get my license transferred over to here and get a car. I also need to get a bike. I need to feel the wind again," Jason added looking at the ceiling.
"Wait, get a bike? You mean motorcycle?" Shinji asked looking over at Jason quizzically.
"Yeah... Riding one of those is a rush. It's funner'en hell," he stated as he continued to stare at the ceiling.
They both followed the girls quietly until they reached the apartments. They all went into Misato's place.
"Hey what's up guys? Looks like Shinji and Jason are both alive so I'm guessing things are ok," Misato said as she and Kaji both smirked.
"We're just here to figure out how we're going to get stuff moved to the new house," Shinji stated as they all walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah, and before we make it to the new house you and me have a date with the license bureau," Jason said looking at Misato.
"Ok, ok. Well how about we go now, while these guys start getting stuff ready for the move?" Misato said standing up.
"Ight, so are we leaving now?"
"Yep, let's go," the two walked out of the apartment heading toward the parking lot.
Shinji and Asuka went to their apartment looking around for anything they need to take to the new house. Kinori grabbed her clothes from Jason's pad, and Kaji was helping Pen-Pen get all their beer together.
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A while later in Misato's car
"Hey can we stop at a car dealer? I want to get a car," Jason said looking over to his guardian.
"Sure, and I can get an insurance policy set up through NERV for you. We have it set off to the side for all the pilots when they get their licenses. I don't believe they didn't tell me you had a license. I would have had it set up for you by now," Misato said speeding through Tokyo 3.
"Cool, hey stop here," he said getting jerked forward as Misato slammed on the breaks and slid into a car dealer's parking lot.
When the car came to a rest the two passengers stepped out of the car. The taller one spotted a car and walked over to it.
"How may I help you?" some wide smiling guy asked as he walked up to Jason.
"Can you tell me how many miles this car has?" Jason said without even glancing at the car salesman.
"Only twelve miles," the salesman said looking over at Misato. "Trust me kid, you can't afford that car," he said turning back to Jason with a serious look, and tone.
Jason let out a small chuckle still not looking at the guy. "Are you sure? Ok then, tell me how much this costs."
"About five million yen, kid," the salesman stated gruffly.
"Buddy, you might want to lighten up to a customer. I'll take it," Jason said turning to the salesman for the first time.
"Yeah right, you're just a kid," the salesman laughed while Jason shot a look over to Misato.
"Like the kid said, you might want to treat a customer better," Misato stated slightly irritated with the salesman's behavior.
"Let's go inside and I'll show you I'm a customer," the 'kid' said looking right into the salesman's eyes.
"Ok, kid." The small group walked into the office building.
Jason pulled out his NERV ID card and laid it on the table as the man sat down. The man's eyes got really big when he saw the card.
"Now, about the GTO," Jason said looking at the man irritably.
"Right I have the papers right here," he said scrambling to put them on the table.
Jason signed where it was needed and handed them back to the man. He swiped his ID card and paid for the car.
"Sorry to bother you but I need your guardian to sign here since you're under eighteen," the salesman spoke with a quiet voice.
Misato signed where she was required and handed the papers to the dealer.
"Ok, the car's your's. Do you want insurance on it?"
"No, I'll take care of that on my own, thanks though. Bye," Jason said as both he and Misato left the building.
Jason walked up to his new car. A black 2006 Pontiac GTO. "Hey Misato, can you get the insurance set up right now?" he asked as she looked at his new car.
"Yeah, all I need is the serial number of the car," she replied looking inside the car.
"Umm… I think it's on the papers, here right here," he said handing the title over to her.
"Ok, I'll call Maya, she'll get it set up," Misato said walking over to her car.
"Alright, let's see what the inside of this thing is like," the pilot said getting in the car. "Oh man… this is awesome!"
Misato talked with Maya about the insurance policy as Jason looked through his car, finding many nice things.
She hung up with the tech as she walked over to Jason who was looking around his car like it was new toy.
"Well, I'm going to take a wild guess that you like your new car," she said with a small smile.
Jason looked at her from the driver's seat. "What would you think if you got a new car? Duh, I like it!"
His commanding officer just giggled at his response. "Well your insurance is set up. Let's go show the guys your new car," she said tossing him the keys and walking back to her car.
"Hey, I bet I can beat you their," Jason yelled over to her.
"You think you can beat me? You've seen my driving," she replied looking back at him in surprise.
"True, but you haven't seen mine. I'm pretty good behind the wheel," he said with a big smile.
"Ok, I'll take that bet," she said getting into her car.
"Wait, a minute," he called pulling out his cell. He dialed a few numbers and called someone. "Hey... yeah, it's me... grab everybody, and get to the NERV parking lot... ok see you there... bye. Ok, let's go. We'll start at that light," he called out pointing at a light right outside of the parking light.
"Ok, let's go already," she replied impatiently.
Jason got into his car, put the keys in the ignition and turned the key. The car roared to life and rumbled with power, waiting to be unleashed.
"Oh, yeah. This is going to be great!" Jason called out in his car.
Misato pulled out of the parking lot first pulling up to the light. Jason followed after her and they both sat waiting for the light to change from red to green.
When the light finally turned green anyone for a four block radius could hear tires squealing as the two cars took off down the road, heading for NERV HQ.
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NERV HQ
The group was waiting outside like Jason asked wondering what was going on.
"Did he say why he wanted us to wait here for him?" the redhead asked her boyfriend.
"No, he didn't. But it's got to be important," he said staring down the road that went from the surface elevator to NERV.
"I hope he's not hurt," the youngest person whispered as she stood next to Shinji, waiting for them to get there.
A small rumbling could be heard off in the distance, as Jason got out of the elevator first, Misato following close behind.
Kaji, with his height, spotted the black GTO that Misato was chasing. "I think Jason and Misato are chasing some guy here to NERV. Get ready for a possible attack," he said pulling out a gun from his belt.
"Ok," Shinji pulled out a knife and Asuka pulled out her .9 mm that she kept from the store. Kinori and Maya backed up, since neither had weapons.
They watched as the two cars sped toward them going faster than 100 mph easily. The GTO was way out in front of Misato's sports car, as it slammed on the breaks and slid into the parking lot, coming to a rest just feet in front of the ex-spy and the two pilots.
Misato's car pulled in after the GTO and pulled up next to it. She got out and walked over to the guys.
"Why do you have weapons?" she asked looking at the guns and the knife quizzically.
"Who's in that car?" Kaji asked pointing at the GTO.
"Yeah, and why is Jason just sitting in your car?" Asuka added.
"What do you mean waiting in her car? I was waiting in my own," Jason said getting out of the GTO.
"What, when did you get that!" Kinori asked looking at him in deep surprise.
"Just now… Oh, and Misato. I think I won," he said smiling widely at Misato.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Where did you learn to drive like that?"
"What do you mean 'I won'?" Maya asked eyeing Jason.
"Me and Misato raced back here and I won," Jason replied smoothly. "And… Jack used to race when he was younger so he taught me when I asked him," he continued, answering Misato's question.
"Oh, cool."
"Well now we just need to get moved out to the new house and everything will be fine," Misato stated walking back into NERV. Jason followed her but everyone else looked over his new car.
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Jason's apartment
He checked through his small place for anything he might need to take. Section 2 had already come through and picked up his clothes and other stuff so all he needed to pick up was his sword and MP3 player. He grabbed said items and walked back out into the hallway. He started back toward the parking lot when Misato called out from behind him.
"Hey Jason, can you help me with this?" she asked carrying a box of something that looked heavy.
"Ight… what's in these? They're really heavy!" he said straining for a bit under the weight of the box briefly.
"Just beer," she replied calmly taking one out of the box.
"Oh man…" the rest of the trip was made in silence, whether it was comfortable or not couldn't be figured out.
When they reached to parking lot everyone turned to the American. After he put the box in Misato's car everyone started asking about his new car.
"Where did you find that?" Kaji asked looking at the car. "It's a 2006 in almost perfect condition," he continued.
"It was just sitting in a used car lot and it looked good so I bought it. It's only got twelve miles on it, so I bet a collector had it for a while," Jason replied.
"Probably…"
"So who's riding with who?" Asuka asked looking at the GTO.
"Well, I'm riding with Jason," Kinori tossed out like a school girl.
"Yeah, same here. This car looks awesome," Shinji added, surprising everyone.
"Well, I guess I'm riding with Jason too. Can't let Kinori be the only girl in there," Asuka stated calmly.
"That leaves me and the babe over here. I think I like it that way," Kaji stated looking Misato.
She giggled a bit. "Ok, let's get going. Since you haven't been out there yet Jason you're going to have to follow me," she said sticking her tongue out.
"Ight, let's go," the tall teen called getting into his car. Kinori joined him in the passenger side of the car and the lovers got in the back.
"Jason, aren't you on the wrong side?" Shinji asked.
"This car's from the States so no I'm on the right side, which is on the left," he said turning on the car.
It roared to life and backed out of the parking lot, waiting for Misato to pass him.
"Hey, we know the way so go on out, we can beat her," Asuka called out.
An evil grin snaked its way onto Jason's face as he revved the engine.
Shinji and Kinori shivered a bit, from the look on Jason's face. Luckily for Asuka she was right behind him so she couldn't see it.
Jason put the car in gear and put the pedal to the metal. Everyone in the car was pushed back into their seats as the car rocketed forward squealing its tires as it took off.
"Shit! I was hoping they wouldn't think of that! Damn it! I wanted to be the first one there," Misato complained as she watched the GTO scream down the road to the elevators.
Everyone besides Jason in his car was scared out of there mind, Jason on the other hand was having tons of fun.
As he reached the elevator he slowed the car down and docked it, letting everyone relax a bit.
"Having fun?" he said looking back at the other pilots who were scared out of their minds still.
The two of them looked at Jason with wide eyes and slowly shook their heads. Jason looked sad for a moment then turned to Kinori with a hopeful look.
"Did you like it?" he asked before noticing that she was completely white, and was gripping the door like she was about to die. "I'll take that as a no. Damn… I was hoping you guys would like that," he continued hanging his head low.
"It… would have… been… more enjoyable… if you… warned us… first," Shinji said slowly.
"Oh, well if it's ok with you I'm going to go as fast out to the house. I know Misato wants to beat us out there really bad, since I beat her to NERV," he explained. Everyone else relaxed a bit when they remembered that the road out to the house was almost completely straight.
"Ok, just let us tell you where it's at, kay?" Asuka asked regaining her composure.
"Ight," the American replied turning back toward the steering wheel.
When they reached the top the GTO took off again, accelerating really fast down the road. It made a sharp right turn, squealing its tires before getting on the road that would lead them out of Tokyo 3 and straight to their house.
Everyone in the GTO was relaxed as they cruised along at high speeds.
"Well, how do you like the car?" Jason tossed out into the car.
"It's nice, a lot better than Misato's," Asuka replied.
"Yeah, the leather interior's pretty good," Shinji added.
"Does this thing have a CD player in it?" Kinori asked looking at the dash.
"I don't know, I haven't checked that out yet. Looks like there's a CD player right here, but I don't have any CD's on me. All I have is my MP3 player," Jason said taking quick looks at the dash.
"No big deal, just stock this thing up sometime, ok?"
"Ight," he replied.
"Hey, we're here!" Shinji called out pointing at a house down the road.
"Damn, that's a nice place," Jason said as he started to slow the car down.
The GTO pulled into the driveway a parked in front of the garage and its passengers got out. The group walked over to the front door to find that it was locked.
"Shit! Now we got to wait on Misato. I should've known," Asuka shouted in anger.
"Why don't we check the back door, it might be unlocked," Jason suggested.
They all walked around the back, the oldest one stopped when he saw the lake. The rest walked on around and checked the back door, finding that it was unlocked. Jason noticed that everyone was inside ran around and went in, looking at the house for the first time.
"Nice place," Jason whispered, remembering where his room was supposed to be. "Is our stuff already in our rooms?" he asked looking at the younger teens who were sitting at the table.
"Yeah, go check it out," Asuka tossed over to him.
He went up the stairs and walked up to his door, which was labeled 'Frost's Icy Pad'. He walked in to his room, looking at the punching bag in the corner, his bed to his right, and his PC to the left. He laid his sword down on his bed before noticing the hook on the wall, which he figured he could hang his sword on, which he did. He looked on his desk to see his laptop laying there and put his MP3 player next to it. He went back down stairs and sat with the rest of the group in the kitchen as they waited for Misato to get there.
"What's taking her so long? Even with Jason's driving she couldn't be that far behind," Asuka said looking at her boyfriend, expecting answers.
"I don't know, maybe we should call her," Shinji suggested.
They waited for a minute. "Well…" Asuka said gruffly.
"Oh, ok," he walked over to the cordless phone and called Misato's cell. "Hey… where… WHAT… we'll be there as soon as we can…" Shinji hung up and turned to the rest of the group. "We need to get to NERV now!"
Everyone got in the GTO and it roared to life, screaming down the road to NERV.
"What's going on?" Asuka asked.
"There's a huge meteorite headed for Tokyo 3 and it has a red blood pattern. The MAGI believe that it's the 'Evil' that the souls told us about," Shinji said looking over to Jason. "Can we go any faster?"
"Yeah, hold on," he said pushing the pedal all the way to the floor. "Kinori, how are you doing over there?"
"I'm fine, don't worry about me, you guys need to get to NERV," she said with a death grip on the door handle.
Jason pulled the car into the elevator just in time to hear the angel sirens go off. As they descended Shinji pulled out his cell phone.
"Hey, Misato… Yeah, we're in the elevator… any more news on the meteorite… damn… ok… see you soon… bye." Shinji hung up the phone and turned to Asuka. "It's the 'Evil', the MAGI confirmed it. We're going to be fighting in the Evas again," he said looking toward Jason.
"Great, just what we need. I just get a new car and we move into our new house and we get attacked. Just great!"
When they arrived at NERV the pilots ran toward their changing rooms, getting into their plug suits quickly, while Kinori ran to the bridge taking her position at her terminal.
When the pilots got into their Evas Misato opened up the comm. "Ok, all we have right now is that we want you to intercept the meteorite. Understood?" she was in Vice-Commander Mode now.
"Yes ma'am," Jason replied while Asuka and Shinji just nodded.
"Ok, this thing has a red blood pattern so he MAGI have classified it as the 'Evil' the souls told you about, so I want you all to be careful. We don't know if there's anything inside the meteorite."
"Alright, so who's getting sent up first?" Asuka asked.
"You're all getting set up at the same time," she said as all three Evas moved back toward the surface elevators.
"Alright let's kick some 'Evil' ass!" Jason exclaimed as they got into position to launch.
"Launch all Evas NOW!" Misato ordered.
All three Evas rocketed to the surface stopping with a sudden jerk reaching the said place.
All three Evas stepped off the launching pads and took a few steps before Maya came over the comm.
"It's going to land about ten kilometers outside of Tokyo 3 in the opposite direction of your house. Oh, and Jason, the sword for your Eva was installed. The handle for it is sticking out on the right side of the back of the Eva," Maya said sending a small diagram to Jason's display.
"Awesome," he replied willing his Eva to draw it out.
The three Evas moved outside of Tokyo 3 and moved toward the landing sight with Jason carrying his sword, and Shinji and Asuka were holding a pallet rifles.
They watched as a huge rock flew over Tokyo 3 and impacted the Earth exactly where Maya said it would land, sending dirt and debris into the air.
Jason took off ahead of the others and ran toward the meteorite.
'I'm going to destroy it before it can hurt anyone,' he thought as he jumped over some power cables, clearing them easily.
"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Asuka yelled at him through the comm.
"I'm going to take out this 'Evil' before it can attack. I'm not going to let it hurt anybody," Jason replied.
As Jason reached the meteorite he noticed it wasn't made of rock, but instead looked fleshy, like skin.
As he watched it unfolded to show half of a woman, the skin that unfolded laid on the ground connected to the woman at the hip like a skirt. When it looked up to him it gave him an evil grin before moving off the ground and impacting it, sending several shock waves out from itself.
When these shock waves hit Jason he was thrown to the ground stunned. The woman slowly hovered off the ground, when it saw that he was incapacitated and started to spin its 'skirt'. As it did this the skirt became extremely hard and sharp.
Jason had no time to react when he started to get up as the woman started to move toward him, her 'skirt' spinning faster and faster as she got closer. He could see the blade on the end of the skirt as it ripped through a small building.
Something in the woman's eyes held Jason there, not allowing him to move as she got closer and closer to him.
"Cut the neural connections, now!" Misato ordered. She knew that Jason wouldn't like it but she didn't have a choice since he wasn't moving out of the way.
In Jason's Eva everything went blank. "What the hell?" he asked as a loud ripping sound echoed in his plug. The woman had just started to cut into his armor when they shut the connection off, letting the Eva fall back to the ground. The woman hovered over him, leaving him there since he was no longer a threat. As she floated over he saw the red orb that was its core at the base of the body of the woman.
When he finally realized what happened he exploded. "Son of a fucking bitch! God fucking damn it! My first fucking time out, I get my ass kicked like I was a fucking rag doll. God damn it!" he yelled in English slamming his fists down on the butterfly handles.
"Jason relax, there's nothing you could do," Misato spoke through the comm. trying to get him to calm down.
"Damn it," he swore under his breath, still pissed.
Misato turned her attention back toward the other two pilots.
They were watching the woman advance on them. They both slowly took steps backwards, keeping a good distance from her.
"Why are you backing away?" rang a very seductive voice in Shinji's head.
"What the… who the hell are you?" Shinji said startled.
"I'm Macha, and I want you," she added again in a very seductive voice.
"What?" he replied with less energy. 'What's gong on? I feel drawn toward the voice. It's soothing,' he thought.
"I want you, and only you," she said with an even more seductive voice.
Unit 01 stood still as Macha seduced Shinji.
"Shinji?" Asuka asked when she noticed Unit 01 stop moving.
She could tell something was wrong, when he stared blankly ahead, not even looking at the comm.
"Shinji's psychograph is ecstatic! The 'Evil' is invading his mind!" Kinori yelled out.
"Oh shit! Asuka attack the woman thing! Cut this link it has with Shinji!" Misato yelled through the comm.
Asuka turned her head back from the comm. and looked right at Macha. "You bitch! Leave my Shinji alone!" she yelled as she thrusted Unit 02 toward Macha.
It looked at her with its black eyes and let out an ear-piercing scream, momentarily stopping Asuka's charge. In that brief moment Macha slammed herself on the ground, sending shockwaves through the ground in all directions.
Asuka saw this and jumped over the waves as they reached her, Unit 01 on the other hand toppled over when the waves crashed into its armor.
The infuriated German watched as Unit 01 lay there motionless, Shinji copying it.
When she looked back at the woman thing known as Macha, she had to jump back as it was about to cut her in half, like it attempted to with Jason.
As she floated backward she drew out her prog knives from there holding places in her shoulders.
"Asuka, hey its core is on its bottom!" Jason yelled over the comm. He was still watching the battle, but he was also still very pissed.
"Oh great! How the hell am I supposed to get to that!" Asuka yelled over the comm.
Misato looked like she went into deep thought for a moment as Asuka jumped back again, avoiding another attempt by Macha to cut her in half.
"Hurry up! I don't have all fucking day, Misato!" the red head yelled as Misato got an idea.
She turned to the bridge and looked to the commander. "Do we have another N2 mine?"
"Yes, but only one, I doubt the UN wanted us to have anymore than that," he replied.
"Alright by my order I want the N2 mine shipped up to Asuka. I'm taking full responsibility for this," she added.
The bridge hurriedly got the mine sent up to Asuka.
"Asuka get this under the woman and detonate it," Misato said as Asuka picked it up.
"Alright, this better fucking work," she replied grabbing it and turning back to Macha.
Asuka started running toward the woman holding the mine. Macha saw this and extended her AT field, cutting her connection with Shinji.
"Huh? What the just happened? Where am I?" he said noticing he was in his plug. "Misato, what happened?"
"Get up and help Asuka, she needs you to help her get through the woman's AT field!" she replied.
Shinji looked outside of the Eva and watched as Asuka struggled with the barrier the woman put up. He stood himself up quickly and extended his own helping neutralize some of Macha's field. As ran up next to Asuka he drew out his prog knife and cut open the field letting Asuka inside.
Macha backed away as Asuka shot inside of her field, her body shaking and convulsing with fear.
"That's right bitch, this is what you get for fucking with my Shinji's head!" she yelled as she slid under Macha and placed the bomb. She quickly rolled out from under the woman and extended her Eva's AT field, helping to protect her from some of the explosion.
Macha watched as a bright light shown from under her skirt in fear as the explosion engulfed her, completely eradicating her.
The three pilots sat in their plugs with their eyes covered waiting for the explosion to stop. As it died down they all looked upon the scene to see nothing, not even ashes where Macha used to be.
"Red blood pattern gone. The 'Evil' is gone," Kinori stated calmly.
"No…" Asuka replied, the others agreeing with her.
"… This is just the beginning," Shinji finished.
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A few hours later in the Katsuragi house
Everyone was in their rooms, getting ready for bed. Asuka and Shinji were both laying on theirs staring at the ceiling.
"It's started again," Asuka said emotionlessly.
"Yeah, it has," Shinji replied in the same manner.
"What are we going to do?" she asked her voice slightly showing some of her worry.
"We're going to do what we did before, we're going to fight," Shinji replied hugging her close to him.
The two lay their basking in each others body heat, as they fell into a deep comfortable sleep.
In Misato's room, Misato and Kaji were in bed but nowhere near sleep. Use your imagination on what was going on there.
Kinori herself was in bed but couldn't sleep. Jason hadn't been himself since the Eva fight and she didn't like it. He had been really quiet, and on the drive back he stayed at the speed limit. What really got to her though was the look in his eyes. She couldn't place it. It looked like he was empty, void of emotion.
She laid there for another moment before getting up, leaving her room, and stood in front of the door, getting ready to knock.
"Come on in, Kinori," she heard called from the inside when her hand was mere centimeters away from the door.
She stood there startled for a bit, before stepping inside. "Jason…"
"What's up Kinori?" Jason asked from his bed. She noticed that his room was in ok condition, but his punching bag, which was in the corner, was in the middle of the space on his floor next to his bed.
"I was wondering if you were ok. You haven't been acting yourself," she explained as she sat down on his bed next to where he was laying.
"I'm just a little down right now, but nothing big," he replied lying on his back with his head in his hands looking at the ceiling.
"Well, can you tell me what's go you down?" she said looking into his eyes.
"It's just that I got knocked out so quickly today. I figured this would be a cinch, but I got knocked out. I was stupid, and… I don't feel too good about it," he tried to explain only glancing at Kinori.
"Oh… Is there anyway I can help?" she asked looking at her hands which were in her lap.
"I don't know, but the next time I go out, I'm going to be smarter about it," he replied looking at her. It was then that he remembered something. "Did they get the hyper-drives installed?" he continued changing the subject.
"Yeah, you guys start your training tomorrow," she said looking at him. 'What's going on in that head of your's?' she thought.
"Oh, ok… When are you going to tell Asuka and Shinji about this?" the male asked with a small smirk.
"I was going to let Misato do it today, but since the attack she's been indisposed, so I'm going to tell them tomorrow morning."
"Ok, make sure you wake me up before you do it, I want to see their reactions," he replied happier.
"Sure, well I'm going to go to bed, so good night Jason," she said getting up from the bed.
"Good night Kinori," he replied as he watched her leave his room.
'I better get over this quick. I don't have time to worry about the past,' he thought as he lay there on his back trying to sleep. Soon the darkness claimed him and he fell into another dreamless sleep.
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A few hours later
Jason woke up to some one making some sounds in the hallway outside his doorway. He waited for the sound to leave but instead it opened his door. He realized it was Kinori as she slowly walked into his room.
"Kinori what's wrong!" he asked when he noticed her teary eyes.
She was quiet until she was a few feet from the bed; she then threw herself at his bed and landed next to Jason. She broke down and started to cry her heart out as Jason immediately grabbed her in a very close hug.
"Everything's fine," he cooed to her trying to get her to stop crying. All she did was cry harder as she wrapped her arms around Jason and hugged him tightly.
All the American could do was hold her as she cried. He didn't know what he could say to her.
After a while of crying she calmed, but Jason noticed that her breathing became calm and rhythmic. When he looked down he noticed that she was asleep with a peaceful smile on her face. He just couldn't bring himself to move her off of him, so he covered her up, laid back and tried to go to sleep again. He knew if the others saw him like this he would get scolded but he didn't care, Kinori's well being was more important.
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A/N: First off, Jason will not be pairing up with Kinori, just so you guys know. Any way the first of the 'Evil' warriors attacked. When will the next one attack? What about SEELE? Also more training for the pilots… damn they got to be busy. Keep it frosty people. Frost out.
