Answer 1: Perhaps in the next story? The long awaited (happy) sequel?

Answer 2: Why not? Those who seek shall find…

Answer 3: How should I know? But I need that cabin later…

Disclaimer: --chirp, chirp--

Yann-kun: Heh? Where is he? The author is missing! Guess I have to say it. Evangelion and it's characters are none of our belongings. Anno-sama and Gainaxx make money with that. We CERTAINLY do not.

MyWay: Youkata… I was not forced to say that stuff again. I feel so relieved.

Yann-kun: Where the hell have you been?

MyWay: Well, first I was in a normal clinic, recovering from my downfall…

Yann-kun: Downfall!? My ass, you jumped!

MyWay: No one cares about the details. --coughs-- Then they put me into a psychiatry, I don't know why.

Yann-kun silent: I have a certain idea…

MyWay: --coughs-- I got out of that stupid jacket and tried to walk home, but a cop arrested me. Can you imagine?

Yann-kun: How wonder some. I actually can!

MyWay: I released myself for good behaviour and now I'm here.

Yann-kun: In some countries they call that 'Jail-break'!

MyWay: --grumbles-- shut up. Who's talking to you anyway? The readers want to read the story, so be quiet and watch the show.

Yann-kun: No one is really reading this stuff… Confess, you are paying people to send reviews!

MyWay: --looks shocked-- You have no proof! --fires mega laser beam on Yann-kun-- Who wants his ass toasted? No one? So, let's begin!

Yann-kun: No, wait! "this" is in speech and 'this' in thought; -:this:- is some doing while having a call; --this-- is some seamless doing in a sentence (or something like that...)

MyWay: GAH, be silent! --fires some more laser beams--

Chapter ten: An evening at home

Pen-pen, who just finished the installation of a high class shower cabin in only 67 seconds (Let's call the Guinness book guys!), walked down the hallway to refresh in his fridge. He was rather surprised to see someone standing in the doorway. Pen² used the elevator view (you start at the feet and go up from there! Usually to check out hot bunnies!!!) to examine the person.

'Standing in a puddle of water, most certainly wet like an ocean. Only one shoe… both socks dirty like Ritsuko's lungs… the lower part of the trouser torn, the upper has some blood stains on a very suspicious spot …the shirt has a giant red spot and one sleeve is also torn. Not to mention the blood there. One black eye and a bulge on the forehead. And the hairstyle is worst of all…'

After the use of all his creativity, Pen-Pen was able to confirm that Shinji Ikari was back home. 'That spine missing jerk again…'

Pen² continued his way back to his fridge.

"Tadaima…"

Shinji didn't really expect somebody to answer. He heard some loud music coming from Asuka's room. At first, he was tempted to knock and say hello, but a sudden pain occurring between his legs forced him to stop.

'Better not, another kick and I'll die or even worse, become impotent.', Shinji thought. 'Not that I had any plans for family either, but nobody knows what future brings…'

As he walked up to the kitchen, his stomach grumbled like ten foot tall bear.

'Guess I am hungry… It smells like someone has cooked not too long ago… Conclusion: We had guests here. Misato's food never smells good and Asuka's food is far too simple for such a good smell.'

He sniffed around, trying to find the source of the smell. As Shinji found it, he had to notice that the pan and everything else were as empty as his stomach.

"It was so obvious…"

Shinji checked the fridge, but except for beer, there was nothing inside. Shinji checked the other fridge, much to Pen² displeasure. There was no normal food inside, but still, there were sardines for the penguin.

An evil smile grew on Shinji's face.

"One of us will eat now, the other has to starve. I'm sorry my friend…"

Drooling, he came closer. Pen-Pen, who realized the severity of his situation, quickly pushed a red button no one has ever seen before. That caused the fridge door to close immediately. Much too Shinji's displeasure this time, because his hand already was half inside.

"AAAAARRRGGGHHHHH!!!", Shinji screamed in pain. After some moments of suffering, he tried to open the fridge, but it was locked.

"YOU... you, the greedy croc and the stinky dog… You are all on my personal list of endangered animals!", he threatened loud.

------ Asuka's room -------

Hikari, who just thought she had heard somebody scream, wanted to know certain things.

"Now, why aren't we helping Major Katsuragi and the others to find Shinji?", Hikari asked in a low voice.

"That jerk is fine...", Asuka said, not paying real attention to the question.

"Aren't you worried about him at all?"

Asuka's right eye made a dangerous twitch.

"No, he survives everything…"

"After all, he could be hurt!"

A vein on Asuka's forehead showed her pulse visible for everyone who would pay attention.

"He is Shinji, the invincible no-help-needing super pilot, he doesn't need any support from lowly creatures like us..."

"ASUKA!", Hikari shouted and stood up, her face red as tomato.

Asuka, who never showed any sign of fear in her life, failed to hide this time. Her friend was not as she used to. Her expression showed nothing of kindness of calmness anymore. Her glare showed pure anger.

"Hi-ka..."

"HOW CAN YOU SAY SUCH THINGS ABOUT IKARI-KUN?"

"Well, he's... he always...", Asuka got lost in her own words.

"WHAT?"

"OH COME ON, we're talking about Shinji. The one who defeats the angels... we are just little bugs to him..."

The loud sound of a slap ran through the room. Asuka stared at her friend with disbelief.

"You... you slapped me...", Asuka said in shock. She held her cheek with her hand.

"Ikari never thought about being superior. He doesn't think of himself as a hero. And you know that pretty well! --takes some deep breaths-- Why are you always implying that Ikari is doing so? Why do you create so much hatred and scorn against someone, who never did any harm to you, who always wants to help you!"

Hikari wasn't angry anymore, she was confused about Asuka's actions. Pure misunderstanding was written all over her face.

Asuka was out of words, which is a rare thing! But she knew, if she wanted to take control of this situation, she would have to do something quick.

"He's not helping at all. He's outperforming me as often as he can, so he just thinks of himself as the better pilot."

Hikari wanted to say something, but Asuka began to regain her countenance again.

"It is as I say! This issue is over now!", Asuka said determined.

So, only the music was to be heard in Asuka's room for some time.

------ kitchen -------

Shinji watched in awe as his fingers began to swell.

'Great, that's what I needed to make this day complete… No food and a penguin screwing my hand…'

Shinji, exhausted from this day, stretched and noticed something irritating.

'Goddamn… I stink like a bunch of dead skunks… I guess, a bath would do me some good.'

So, the angel-killing-list leading pilot walked over to the bathroom. As he opened the door, he had to rub his eyes.

"What the hell…?"

There, completely new, was a shower cabin and the bathtub was filled with water. In that mysterious water swam some fishes.

'Okay, the fishes are explainable, but who would install a shower cabin? The girls wouldn't for sure and we don't have that much money for hand workers.'

As he examined the bathtub, he checked the water temperature with a very complicated procedure. He put a finger into the water.

"Too cold for a bath anyway…"

Suddenly, he heard a movie's theme… he couldn't place a finger on it, but he knew that he has seen this movie… he lost himself in thinking.

At the non-Shinji corner of the bathtub, a thump sized flipper appeared. With amazing slow motion speed, it came closer to Shinji's finger.

"'Psycho'? Nope… 'Alien'? Nah… 'The Fly'? 'Lake Placid'? 'Tremors'? 'Sleepy Hollow'? 'Hell Raiser'? 'Stephen King's It'? 'Sleepless in Seattle'? Damn, I know it's a horror movie…"

(A/N: Now that I think about it, not a bad collection for an eleven year old boy, now is it?)

"I got it!", he said smiling. But that smile faded away in the blink of an eye.

He lifted his hand out of the water and watched irritated that a freaking fish was hanging on his index finger.

"'Jaws'… very funny indeed…"

With a very fast movement, he swung his arm and the fish flew against the wall and plumped into the water again. As Shinji looked at his finger, he noticed many tiny. Blood began to drop on the floor.

"I think, I've never lost that much blood in only one day… --shakes head in disbelief-- well, it's been one hell of a day."

As Shinji approached the shower, he noticed that it was not using faucet but a lever.

As he checked the surroundings, he saw himself in the mirror.

"God… That way I won't need any costume for Halloween… I really look like something death has brought with him in his suitcase…", he said and pulled some grimaces…

"Let's have a nice bath…. shower… whatever…"

The boy began to undress…

------ entrance ------

The door opened and the whole rescue team stepped in the apartment, no one saying a word. After Misato had grabbed her beer, they all seated themselves…

"300 lousy metres… I think this is a new record…", Toji said while shaking his head slightly.

"Yeah, too bad we had to push the car back here as well… Why didn't you notice that your alert lamp for the gas was on?"

"Dah… I was busy!"

###### flashback ######

"DAMN, I AM LATE…"

Misato drove through the city like a cat on fire. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the alert light.

'Beer or gas?'

She speeded up.

"The supermarket will close in about five minutes… I NEED MY BEER!!!"

With squealing tires, she shot around the corner and killed three people. At least, that's what those three people thought for an instant.

###### end of flashback ######

Misato scratched her head and a sweat drop appeared on her forehead.

'Damn'

Everyone backed up, as Asuka's room door opened.

"Did you find that jerk?", she asked in her 'good' mood…

Without waiting for an answer, she walked over to the fridge.

"Nope, our trip ended after only two blocks…"

"Find him, somebody has to do the shopping!", she said pissed as she saw the emptiness of the fridge. She went over to the other.

"Say, why didn't you help us finding him?", Toji asked while stretching.

"Aren't you worried about him at all?", Kensuke asked curiously.

"After all, he could be hurt!", Toji taught her.

Asuka, who stood with her back to the guys, began to turn around slowly. A fiery aura surrounding her.

'Uh oh… poor boys… gonna die so young…'

Asuka turned her head around fast and threw Toji a death-glare in his eyes. Toji, who jerked back, held his heart with both his hands, a horrified look on his face. Then, he slowly slid down the chair sideways.

"One down, --looking over to Kensuke-- one to go!"

Kensuke, who realized that death was just around the corner, crouched under the table with amazing speed.

Asuka snorted aloud and was about to retreat to her room of dominance, when Hikari realized that her chance to talk about the subject from earlier was now or never.

"Katsuragi-san, is Ikari-kun really that mean to Asuka while they are in their robots?", Hikari asked loud and blocked the way back into Asuka's room.

Then, silence…

Misato's face became red and redder… and after ten seconds, she couldn't hold back anymore. She laughed like there was no tomorrow.

"HAAHAAHAA… SHINJI THE MEAN…. HUUUHUUHUUIII…. That's like 'the nice commander'! MUAHAHAHA…", she laughed and sounded like a chicken high on laughing gas.

Misato held her chest tight and fell off the chair next to Toji, who was still paralyzed. Her laughter did not stop.

"I'll take that as a 'no'…"

Asuka had to smile inwards herself, just because the sheer thought of Commander Ikari being nice and friendly was way too weird.

"So, why are you saying that Ikari is mean?"

"You can be quite persistent, you know?", the red-haired pilot said silent.

"Don't you see? He's only trying to help you."

"Oh yeah…. And when did he ever help me?", Asuka asked bored.

"He saved you back at mount Asama. Without him, you'd be toast!", Kensuke said half loud from under the table.

Asuka turned her head slowly and threw some death-glares through the table.

"He was ordered to, that's not help!"

Misato's laughter died down. With tears of joy in her eyes, she stood up.

"That's new to me!"

"What do you mean, Katsuragi-san?", Hikari asked confused.

"He received orders, but not to save her!"

###### flashback ######

"The cable will tear any second!", Maya said in hectic.

"PULL HER UP!"

"We can't Shinji, not fast enough!"

EVA-01 stormed to the edge of the volcano, looking down into the lava.

"Shinji, don't even think about it. We can't risk loosing both Units!"

"YOU WANT TO LET HER DIE?"

"Shinji, this is an order! You must not enter the magma!"

Shinji looked through the video intercom into Misato's eyes.

"Make me obey.", he demanded calmly.

Having said that, he jumped into the volcano, not wasting one more second for thinking.

###### end of flashback ######

"This was not my order!", Misato said in defence as everyone looked at her with horror other their faces.

"Then, who else could have given that order, if not you?", Asuka asked annoyed.

"Commander Ikari.", Rei said. (A/N: Confess, you all forgot that she was still there, right? I just remembered she was there ;)

A moment of real silence, broken by the cough of Toji; his heart attack is over.

"Why don't we all have a nice discussion to keep peace between us all?", Misato asked in an infantile way.

"Fine with me!", Asuka said even more infantile.

"Freaky…", Kensuke whispered to Toji.

"Scary!", Toji whispered back.

So, absurd as it may sound, but they all sat down and began to talk. The discussion did not contain any sense, but it was a discussion. A good first step!

Kensuke was the only one who noticed the sound of the shower. First, it was not anything special to him, but he began to wonder. He held five fingers of his hand up and looked around. After confirming the presence of somebody, he took one finger down. So, there he was, all fingers down.

"Say, who is using the shower if not one of us?"

Everyone looked at him in disbelief.

"Pen-Pen, he's taking more baths than all of us together."

At right that moment, Pen² got out of his fridge, eating a sardine.

"Say, you don't have two penguins in your apartment, do you?", Toji asked dumply.

Misato, took a close look at her beer.

"Well, sometimes I am not that sure myself…", she admitted flatly.

"Sure, if I was as drunk as you are sometimes, I could not count freaky birds in my messy apartment as well.", Asuka said half aloud from the side.

Everyone looked up as they heard a scream, coming from the bathroom…

Yeah, suspense in the end… that's the way aha aha I like it aha aha… okay, I stop singing…

I know, over a month and only that bunch of crap… I am really sorry! But if I don't update anything, somebody might throw a thousand gangrene causing chainsaws after me…

And I know, I am treating Shinji to nice recently, but hey, I begin to feel bad for him!

Say, have we ten statements, "please oyakata-sama, bring us the morning"? I can't remember that clearly… I should stop smoking that weed from the basement… I see yellow shoes kickin' a pink cow…

Yann-kun: Come on, don't be that harsh with yourself! It was a nice chapter after all, wasn't it?

MyWay: Have you been drinking?

Yann-kun: That was no suitable answer to my question!

MyWay: I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you: FIRE --dances around Yann-kun, singing--

Yann-kun: You promised to stop singing! --pulls electric guitar and slaps MyWay with it --Rock And Roooooooll!

MyWay: It's moments like this when I get the best ideas for my stories!

Yann-kun: Yay, and it still wasn't a suitable answer to my question.... never mind...