Standard Disclaimer

Well I'm sure some of you are a little upset at how late this chapter is in its release. The answer to why chapters to my works have slowed is easy I am now employed. Its not a good job, but a job none-the-less. Being full-time however I've found myself with less energy and more ideas. So it's a mix of good and bad. I'm writing now so…that shows I've not stopped.

Hope you can bear with me until I get used to the shift in my time availability and can resume regular updates. Well you're not really interested in what I have to say, you want to read more mayhem. So lets get on with it.

Yes, lets ya slacker!-

What We Make Of It

Chapter 13 Rescue Mission

Or

Don't stand in their way if you want to live

Five minutes into the drive after the escaping tanker ship, Misato summed up the progress, "Damn it!" Had Kos-Mos or Asuka been thinking earlier the current situation would not have escalated to the near panic state the would-be rescuers were having. "Didn't you two think that knocking that angel in the water would have caused a tidal wave?"

In true Asuka fashion, that being one of not caring, she shrugged. "And your plan was any better? Go back, get suited up, come back and kill it?" To the demon that plan was every bit as stupid as letting Ritsuko play with a chemistry set using her body. Looking back at the still smoldering corpse of her latest and greatest kill, "Its not like we can't still see them."

Using her vision enhancements, Kos-Mos was able to still follow the evacuating vessel. "They are now riding the wave away from us at speeds we cannot match." She'd be mad at Asuka to, had she not helped the demon to kill the angel. In their defense, it did seem like a good idea at the time. "Why don't Souryu-kun and myself simply fly out there and kill them all?"

While Attim was all for killing a lot of people right now, it wasn't those on the ship. Not really being as cruel as she was seen by the other three women, in actuality Attim was very similar to Misato in her often playful nature, sadly she was just to damn pissed to show it. "Aren't you afraid you'll rust?" her tone dripping with ire.

Asuka preempted Kos-Mos's reply, "I don't do water, sorry. Fire and water don't mix, and I really don't want to save my vassal while fully drenched." Looking over the side of the boat with contempt for the pure liquid nature water had, which was why it WAS water, Asuka's face contorted in a sneer. "Can't we take out their rotor or engine or something, you people are supposed to be smart?"

Yes Kos-Mos had the full knowledge of all human creation stored in her memory banks, but without her visor, accessing it was a real pain, it meant contacting Shion and asking for the limiter to be released, so that wasn't going to happen. Being more none for her actions and not for her mind, Misato just looked at the shrinking boat on the horizon. "We left without getting any heavy weaponry. Only thing that could take out that ships ability to move would have to come from under the water."

Attim nodded in agreement, in their rush to save Shinji the four had forgotten about exactly HOW they were going to do it. Had the contacted Washu, who was now just learning about the plot to kidnap Shinji from the newly awaken Sasami, she would have easily ended the problem. They had not done that however, so it's not pertinent at the moment. "Can you two fly us over with you?" Attim asked, her tone bordering on desperation, a feeling the other girls had thought she lacked.

Kos-Mos just shook her head. "I will solve this problem myself." Diving overboard before the assembled could ask her how she intended to 'solve' anything. Using her massive power to swim under the sea avoiding the underwater swells and utilizing currents to catch up to the ship, Kos-Mos was very thankful that she didn't actually need to breath.

Standing on the ocean floor and seeing the underside of the hull that contained her beloved Master, Kos-Mos pulled out the big guns. So while Asuka was commenting on how 'The big battery operated toy is probably fish food by now,' Kos-Mos was summoning one of her best toys. Drawing them from a sub-dimension, where all her nice playthings dwelled when not in use, Kos-Mos's hands extended to accept in each hand tri-barreled gattling guns.

If she were human, her arms would have snapped upon the weight of the massive weaponry, even when supported by water. When she let loose the fury of bullets at the spinning blades of the ships rotor, a humans arms would have turned to jelly. Technology was a true marvel as Kos-Mos wasn't human but technology, and soon the escaping ship became a derelict and ceased to move. Swimming back to the boat and her comrades a single thought passed via her neural net, 'I'm just getting started!'

And so am I! That's just the first scene-

Thanking whatever deity hadn't turned its back on him, Shinji was grateful that when the ship stopped its forward momentum but his hadn't stopped, that they placed him facing the bow of the ship. That was because he fell backwards and not forwards, while he didn't think he was attractive, he still didn't want to die via massive blood loss from his face. "Wonder what's happening, hope those ladies are alright."

Making her self-visible for the first time since starting the kidnapping, the mastermind was a trifle shocked to hear such sentiment from the boy. 'Odd, I thought humans were all vile and selfish creatures, yet he is not. Maybe that is why the Princess has chosen him for her vassal.' Shaking off the momentary feeling of pity, she had a mission and she wouldn't let anything stop her. Standing over Shinji's prone body, "How are you doing boy?"

His vision swimming, Shinji couldn't get a good look at the woman above him. 'Its not Redman-san as the voice is off. Milly and Meryl are always together so it's not them. Shampoo doesn't have good enough Japanese.' And as Chibi-Moon didn't want to speak to Shinji didn't know of her. "Who are you Miss?"

Clicking her tongue and waving her finger, Shinji's captor wished to remain unknown to him. It would make it easier to do what she had to do. Lifting his chair off the ground and looking at him squarely in the eye. "Why should I tell you that my lil cutie?" Pinching his cheeks with more strength than would have made it playful, her smile was absolutely wicked.

Trying his best not to wince in pain as the fingernails of the woman dug into his flesh, "I just wanted to know. I'm sorry if I offended you." It never came to Shinji's attention that he should be angry with the woman. He'd long since stopped caring about himself. Everything that happened to him, was supposed to, well all the bad, he didn't see the good. "Thank you for lifting me off the ground too."

'So this is the mighty human angel slayer,' the woman thought with must distrust. It didn't fly with her that such a timid and kind mortal could have done what she heard. 'Well seeing how I'm going to use him in my ploy, I guess I can tell him about myself.' Flexing her black wings out from her body, and flapping the two on her head. "You my dear little human can call me Morrigan."

His vision finally realizing that there weren't three of the woman but one, Shinji was able to finally see Morrigan clearly. Had he had a libido, Shinji would have found to woman very desirable. Her flowing green hair and her slinky form fitting red and black body suit pulling and pushing at parts of her body to maximize her assets. Unfortunately for the succubus, Shinji wasn't like the other men she had dealt with because he wasn't buying into her. "I'm pleased to meet you Morrigan-san. Can you tell me what's going to happen to me? The other ladies don't seem to know."

Irritated that he wasn't a drooling mass of flesh like the other men where that saw her, Morrigan chose to move on to phase two. Leaning closer to Shinji's face, nearly a breath away from him, the demoness clasped her hands around the boy. One was around his neck, the other his ear. "They don't know because I haven't told them yet. You see it was my plan to kidnap you. Sadly I don't have any plans for your release." The hand encasing Shinji's ear slowly tugged at the boy's head and exposed his neck.

The fear of death, which had been lulled to sleep in the sea of pleasant conversation and excellent food, had been revived in Shinji. It didn't come from the closeness of the woman, or her tone, which was very unpleasant it came from the two tiny sharpened teeth he saw growing in Morrigan's mouth. "You…you aren't going to release me?" Shinji asked in a near whisper as fear stole his breath. Being a permanent captive could result in many bad things, and they all flashed in Shinji's mind.

The emerald tresses swayed as Morrigan shook her head. "Sorry hun, but you're my trophy, and trophies don't speak." The moment the last syllable reverberated in Shinji's mind and his eyes shot to full size, Morrigan sank her fangs into his neck. 'I'll lock his mind away from his body and I'll have a nice decoration for when the Princess shows up.' Feasting upon Shinji's blood, Morrigan was away of something else. 'Oh sweet Satan! This blood…its…its beyond description!'

Morrigan would have drained Shinji completely had her silent companion not slashed her face with claws. "Morrigan! You can't kill the boy! Its not right!" Why Felecia had opted to join Morrigan was beyond the succubus's reason. They weren't friends, and had often fought one another, but Morrigan couldn't keep the pussycat down. Lifting Shinji's face up and looking into his eyes, which were now devoid of emotion, Felecia was saddened. "You went to far with this one, if I wasn't here he'd be dead, and then were would we be?"

"We'd not have a hostage I know," Morrigan drawled out in exasperation. She wanted more of his blood though. Never had she tasted such sweetness and power in a human, in anything else's blood. 'Truly he is a special mortal. Maybe I'll keep him around as my slave.' Watching Felecia unshackle the boy and heft him over her shoulder, "Come lets go to the my room, our guests should be arriving soon." The sudden sound of gunfire confirmed her suspicions. The party had started.

Yes Morrigan is a bitch and Felecia is another cat girl…so sue me-

Checking her ammo again, Misato cursed the rashness of the mission again. "Why don't they stay down?" the frantic captain yelled at her fellow combatants. The stealthy infiltration mission lasted a whole five minutes, then Kos-Mos's rather heavy footsteps, well the echo them, alerted the countless hoard of minions that they had been boarded. "We don't have time for this!" Misato yelled again as she shot a paper man, who after falling apart recollected himself and pressed on.

Attim was dealing with what the sailor Senshi knew to be a yoma, to her it was just a odd pink monstrosity that oozed with many bad sexuality jokes. "We'll never get to him at this rate. For every one of them we take down two replace it!" Her fist pulverized the face of her opponent sending the beast to the deck of the ship. Moments later the bloody face fused together and the monster began to get back to its feat.

Finding a partner in Asuka, Kos-Mos fired her R-Cannon into the hoard of minions. "They will overwhelm us in five point seven minutes if this continues. Are energy isn't limitless. They will tire us into defeat." Her cool and calm, ok her emotionless voice didn't mesh with the seriousness of their situation. Her cannon was draining her reserves very quickly, yet they had yet to even see the 'paper bitch' as she was now lovingly called.

Lost in a feeling of familiarity, Asuka wasn't so much as fighting as she was setting things on fire. It came naturally to her, so it wasn't that tiring. Wave upon wave of fire flowed from her hands, not even one of the more powerful demonic tricks she had, but it worked nicely on the paper men, not so much the yoma. 'Why do I feel a demonic power here? Did somebody else come from hell? It better not be Laharl again!' Asuka had enough of her siblings while dealing with Grenda, and Laharl was just a pain in the ass at times.

Sensing the tide of the battle turning against them, Misato called out to group together. With an ally at their back they wouldn't have to worry about sneak attacks from behind. 'I really hate thinking about an unprotected backside,' Misato thought dismissively and momentarily saw an image of Shinji in her mind. "Rally in the center people!" Her ammo was slowly draining and that was a bad thing.

For once not thinking Misato a total idiot, just a partial one, Attim and Kos-Mos agreed and drew in close on the deck. If worse came to worse the two elder women, and the almost human, would hold off the assault while Asuka went in for the rescue. But salvation came from a most unexpected source, a tiny cute and cuddly instrument of doom.

Opting to conserve her energy, Kos-Mos switched to her R-Blade and while she was extracting the blade from a yoma she was the first to hear the sound. "Was that a meow?" asked Kos-Mos to her engaged compatriots. They didn't answer as a slew of lazar fire erupted on the deck of the ship, obliterating the majority of the foes. Ryo-oki had arrived and the cabbit was pissed.

Firing ionized death from her countless turrets the cabbit was joyfully following Washu's orders in the assault. Loving Sasami more than anything save a nice carrot, the cabbit was devastated to see the princess crying over the kidnapping of Shinji, who she rather liked as well being her new supplier of carrots. Meowing a ferocious warcry that sounded to cute to be threatening, the cabbit continued to fire indiscriminately. Over the crisp ocean air, Washu's voice bellowed. "You idiots! I could have put an end to this long ago had you TOLD ME about it!"

Having witnessed first hand the capabilities the flying warship had, Attim for a moment had to agree with Washu. Not meeting her first though, Attim hadn't thought such advancements in technology existed, they didn't on Earth but that didn't matter now. "To late for that, we move on!" To that cry Attim met with no resistance. Leaving Ryo-oki and Washu to tend to, that means kill, any stragglers who had the audacity to not be dead yet.

Ryo-oki is to cute to be feared, odd isn't it?-

Back in the relative safety of Nerv a small assembly had gathered in Shion's lab. The bridge crew had gathered to watch their captain fight. All of section two was there to watch their champion fight onward, they had nothing but respect for Attim. Shion was in attendance to give advice and watch for Shinji's safe recovery. And lastly in the back of the room, Rei and Sasami sat together, enemies in arms, hoping for the best and upset to be left behind.

Cheers went out of the room, which had been drawn into silence as the odds started to go bad, as the tiny scientist yelled at the others to get their asses in gear. Nobody really questioned why Shion had jacked into Kos-Mos's visual inputs, because that would mean they thought about it. To the majority of Nerv, a battle was something they would never take active part of they would just watch it. Makoto broke out the chips and soda, while Shigeru started playing his guitar in increase the sense of drama. It was a grand party for those not immediately in the line of fire.

"I could have helped them!" Sasami cried softly as she prayed for the safety of her guardian and pet. The whole fainting spell was embarrassing yes, but she chalked that up to shock. Rei wasn't quite as agreeing.

Yet to read anything new her old personality still was in effect. "What would you do, have a panic attack and hit something with a pot or pan?" The semi-smile on the pale girl's face was a façade. Had she been in the battle she would have been helpful, or so she thought, hoped. As much as she ridiculed Sasami about being too timid to do anything, she was just as bad. 'What if something has happened to him already? What if there are to late?'

"I could have turned into Pretty Sammy! I…could…I could have helped too…" Sasami's voice broken and stuttering betrayed her feelings of helplessness and fear. Watching the battle unfold was horrific to both blue haired girls. Silently and without even knowing it, the two girls' hands encased the others. They needed support and while they didn't really like the other, it was the only thing available at the time.

Rei was the first to notice how her hand wasn't empty. "If you tell anybody about this I will skin you, you know that right?" Sasami blushed softly at the realization, and at how Rei's hand clenched a little tighter. A look passed between the ruby red eyes and the soft pink eyes that spoke of the possibility of friendship between them. With a smile Sasami promised not to say a word about it. Then they returned to watching the monitor, both hoping for a happy outcome.

Sasami has that affect on people-

With their asses covered by what Misato could have sworn sounded like the adorable freak Sasami kept as a pet, the foursome ventured deep into the confines of the ship. "Its to quiet, where are the real kidnappers?" Misato asked as she checked her clip for the countless time.

Attim, who was in the lead, had to agree that something felt wrong. With so much of a force present as they arrived surely they hadn't saw the last of the opposition. "We just have to keep…" Attim's speech was cut short as a large ball on a stick slammed into the metal door she had just opened. The strike force was left in shock as the ball crumpled the enforced door like tinfoil.

Smirking at the shock on the would-be liberators faces Shampoo was looking for a good fight. "Shampoo no let you hags go forward. Shampoo stop you here!" Falling back into the hallway, Shampoo dropped into a defensive position. "Me no let you take boy, boy mine!"

"Hell no he is you purple haired freak!" Asuka yelled out from the back of the line. Trying to push past the other three and sink her fangs into the Amazon's neck, or failing that burn her to ash, Asuka was stopped by Attim's extended hand. "What the hell are you doing?" Asuka asked politely and with only a little fire escaping her lips.

Kos-Mos was holding back Misato who hadn't cared for the purple hair comment, looked at Attim questioningly. "If we all fight her we would win faster." It seemed logical enough, and in reality what could a human do to confront her energy weapons?

"We all can't move in the hallway, and I'm the most capable of fighting her," Attim said coolly as she sized up her opponent. Surely the stance the Amazon, Shampoo, had been a form of martial arts, and Attim wasn't about to lose in that category. "You fight me woman, and when I'm done with you, you'll be speaking proper Japanese."

Launching out of the doorway with speeds that only Kos-Mos could follow, Attim let loose all her fury on the Amazon. And it was a lot of fury. Think of a lot of fury, say your typical anime fans response to a fanfiction where his favorite character gets bashed. Multiply that fury by the fury the same fan has when the pairing in said fiction is in opposition to their wants. You'd be halfway to how furious Attim was. Shampoo lasted five minutes before she was tossed out a porthole and into the ocean.

The now cat vowed to find the black haired woman, kiss her, and then kill her most horribly. But now she had to swim back to China and receive special training from Cologne. 'Horrid lady to fast for Shampoo…Master need train more!' Back on the ship and totally amazed at the prowess Attim had just demonstrated, the crew headed further into the bowels of the ship, and soon found themselves in the holding compartments.

"You went easy on us didn't you?" Misato asked the panting and very tired looking Attim as they walked. The show she had just witnessed could have only proven her point. But something about Attim screamed the woman wasn't in any condition for another fight worried her. 'How much did that fight take out of her?'

As her subordinates back at Nerv were rubbing Attim's abilities in the faces of the bridge crew, Attim leaned heavily on Misato's shoulder for support. "I shouldn't have fought so hard. I…well lets just say I don't have a lot of stamina." What she meant was the more she fought, and the harder she fought, the sooner she would die. The other three lapsed into a silence almost reading Attim's mind. Misato smiled and said the next battle was hers.

Winner and still champion Attim M-Zak-

In the deepest bowels of the tanks, a succubus sat with her companion. Her thoughts were many, but most related to the reason behind the young Ikari's kidnapping. "Felicia, why are you here again?" Morrigan asked with a hint of lazy wonder in her voice.

Curled up on an oversized pillow in the modified captains quarters, the cat girl stretched briefly before nestling into the pillow again. "Just curious is all. Can't have you running around on Earth unsupervised now can we?" The cat girl turned nun, that wanted to be a star said happily as she gazed at Morrigan. Never let it be said the two liked each other. And the true reason Felicia had journeyed from hell with Morrigan was simple. Satan had asked her nicely to watch over Morrigan, and his daughter.

Wondering briefly if she could set the sparse white hair covering Felicia's otherwise naked body on fire before the cat could put herself out, Morrigan's thought wafted. "Then why won't you let me have more of his blood?" Morrigan asked as a feeling of need crept into her. The young Ikari's blood was the most wonderful thing she had ever tasted. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to feast upon him. Yet from his blood, something had started to change in Morrigan that she hadn't realized.

"He's only human, if you drink to much he'll die. He's lost in his own mind right now thanks to you." Looking over in the corner where Shinji sat motionless and appearing dead, Felecia felt torn. Sure he was a human, but he was a cute and kind one, a rare breed. 'All this because Morrigan has an inferiority complex.' Shaking her head slowly, Felicia started to puzzle of how this was going to end. "They got past Shampoo already, and our golems."

The matter of fact way the damn cat had offhandedly remarked about the approaching group wasn't really something Morrigan liked. "Who cares? The others can stop them. And if they don't well just kill him before their eyes." Felicia could fancy she heard a moment's hesitation in Morrigan's voice. "I don't have a problem with a zombie trophy anyway."

Felicia's tail shot out firm and ridged as the full evil in Morrigan's intent was realized. Debating on how far to let the demoness go before stopping her, Felicia saw the door to the cabin open in a flurry of paper cards. Yomiko had been eavesdropping. "I can't let you do that!" Storming into her boss's room after only just meeting the woman, Yomiko couldn't let the green haired lady kill the well-read boy. Throwing a handful of paper stars at Morrigan, Yomiko was fully prepared to dispatch her employer.

Deflecting the deadly wood pulp with her wings, Morrigan licked her lips and grinned. "You think you can stop me Miss Paper?" Thrashing her wings and sending the assailants attack back at Yomiko, Morrigan stood up at full height and laughed. Redman tried to dodge the bevy of attacks and saved herself from a quick death at her own hand. "You couldn't hope to stop me," had Morrigan's voice had physical properties, it would have frozen the room. The last thing Yomiko saw before unconsciousness stole over her was Morrigan summoning a large cannon type devise and a blast of spiritual energy flying at her.

Guess our heroines won't have to fight Yomiko-

While Felicia tended to Yomiko to insure the Paper hadn't been burnt, Misato opened the door to the next compartment. The empty cargo room had two occupants, and from what Misato could tell, they weren't there to offer them refreshments. "I suggest you two get out of our way." Following Misato into the room, the four spread out and stood abreast to one another and looked at the opposition.

Milly turned to Meryl, "They aren't men like we thought are they Meryl?" Having expected a rescue party, the two had fully been waiting for a squad of heavily armed men to be their opponents. In which case they would have taken them out without hesitation.

"Sorry Miss Hotpants, its our job to insure you don't get any further. So I suggest," Meryl tossed Misato, who she guessed was the leader a white box. "You take these donuts as a parting gift and turn around." Sensing the upcoming battle growing in her soul, Meryl sighed in exasperation. 'Why don't we ever have accurate information?"

Opening the box to find the delicious glazed treats Misato took one threw it in the air and shot it even more full of holes. "Now unless you want that to be your head, get the HELL out of our way. We're not leaving without Shinji." A nod came from the others at her sides. Only death would stop them now, and with Asuka with them, death might not have stopped them either.

Meryl looked over at Milly, who looked like she really didn't want to be there, and said regrettably. "We don't have a choice. Lets do this and get out of here." And so the battle began, Milly ran right, followed by Asuka, while Meryl ran left with Misato in pursuit. Kos-Mos held on to the still weakened Attim and hoped. Cursing her over abundance of power. If she were to shoot even once and miss in the underwater hull, she'd put a hole in the ship and drown everybody.

"What do you think you can do to me?" Asuka said confidently to the towering form of Milly. Hunching over and looking Milly in the eye, Asuka was in full intimidation mode. "You believe you can even think of hurting me?" To prove her point Asuka slammed her fist into the steel floor and left a massive dent. Standing up straight, Asuka's extended palm began to glow with unholy fire. "I don't think you can," the light in her palm reflecting off her horns would have sent chills down even the sturdiest of men.

As Asuka spoke, Milly smiled pleasantly at her, if she heard the vulgar and vile things Asuka was saying, she didn't show it. Taking aim at the demon princess, Milly fired. Striking Asuka directly in the chest, Milly was relieved to see Asuka lying on the ground. "Sorry, but I can't lose. I'm afraid you'd do scary things to that boy if you 'save' him." Milly could easily see Asuka traumatizing the captive for life. Not as if kidnapping wasn't a very traumatizing thing.

Her vision swam as she gazed angrily at the ceiling. 'Didn't she know she was supposed to let me finish my speech before attacking?' It always happened in all those shows she watched back in hell, so why didn't it really happen? Had television lied to her? The light above her head slowly stopped being three lights and regrouped into one. Her fists wrapped around the metal 'X' that was still pressed against her chest. Slowly getting back to her feet, Asuka saw the look of shock on Milly's face. "You're going to pay for that."

So while Asuka started hurling fireballs and jumping off walls try to as she frankly put it, 'Carve your insides out and make your throat a tie,' Misato aimed her sidearm at her own opponent. "Listen little man, the boy is very important to me, and if you think I'm going to let you keep him. You're the dumbest man on the planet," Misato ended her dialogue by drawing a bullet into the chamber of her weapon.

For a moment Meryl just stared at Misato in shock. Sure she wasn't overflowing with femininity, nor did she have the fullest bust line, but she was hardly manly in appearance. "BITCH! I'm a woman!" Meryl finalized her sentence by drawing one of her many derringers and firing at Misato's skull. 'Doubt she'd die if I shot her in the brain, she doesn't have one!'

The surprise of learning that the shorthaired man was really a woman was what saved Misato's life. She had hunched over in shock as the bullet flew over her head and implanted itself in the wall behind her. "But you're so…so…flat and so overbearing, what else could you be but a man?" Misato said mockingly as she started to fire her own weapon.

Firing back insults as well as bullets, the two women quickly ran out of ammo, as well as immature comments. Holding her empty service weapon out, attempting to bluff her opponent, Misato hated herself for her apparent failure in Shinji's rescue. 'If I was like those others…I wouldn't be so reliant on my gun. If I was like them I could be of more help…but I'm not. I'm just a human. How can a human compete with them!'

"Just going to point that thing at me now? Did your brain stop working finally?" Meryl jibbed as she held her own last two empty derringers at Misato. If she could get the other woman to back down and leave, she'd not have lost the dual. "If you want to crawl home and give up, I'll let you. It'd be a crime against humanity to kill such a stupid person." Meryl felt bad about saying such cruel things, even in anger, but she was at a loss with her ammo spent.

Battling her own insecurities as well, Meryl's comment throbbed in Misato's mind. Sure she wasn't the most intelligent person. She wasn't the most attractive, and she didn't have special powers like seemingly everybody else. But she could see Shinji in her mind, and he didn't care about things like that. 'The hell with this woman, if I'm going to die I'm going to die fighting for him!' Welling up her anger and frustration in a scream, Misato threw her empty sidearm at the stunned Meryl. The heavy metal weapon bounced off Meryl's face and took all thought from the woman's mind.

In a fluke of nature, Meryl's unconscious body fell backward and hit Milly. The moment of distraction was all Asuka needed to end her own battle. While the larger woman had kept Asuka at bay with her stun gun, the moment Milly turned to see how Meryl was Asuka charged in. Using her horns as a weapon, Asuka slammed her head into the taller woman's stomach and stole the breath from Milly. Hunching over, her eyes glazed over in shock and pain, Milly was out. The two friends lay on the floor by each other with Asuka standing over her fallen foe. "I'd kill you, but I have somebody to save right now."

Misato recollected her projectile and gave Asuka thumbs up, another two down. Attim actually smiled at them, "Not to bad, remind me not to let you spar with Shinji Asuka." Patting the demoness on the back, they headed to the doorway at the end of the corridor. They were reaching the end of the ship and that meant they would find Shinji.

So Asuka fights dirty, did you expect any less?-

She could hear the sounds of gunfire from her guard position. With each loud bang and shrill yell, she could feel fear gnawing at her mind. But if she didn't hold her place, if she didn't keep that boy, Shinji, from going back to Tokyo-3, despite what Milly said, she might not exist. Chibi-Moon loved her mother, even though she might not act like it, she loved both her older and younger mother dearly. 'I don't want to die,' no that was wrong, if she failed to keep Usagi and Mamoru together, she wouldn't be alive to die.

The sounds of battle subsided anticipation and fear crawled up Chibi-Moon's body. If Milly and Meryl won, then she would be safe, if they failed she'd have to stop them. Chibi-Moon made it a point not to see or talk to Shinji, as with each of her fellow kidnappers stories, she reasoned he was far from a bad guy. By not meeting him, she could go along with the plan. "I'm sorry Ikari-san, but I want to exist," tears started filling her pink eyes as she thought that only in the boys death could she live.

A creaking door broke her from her worries, the duo had failed and now her life, her existence was in jeopardy. Many couldn't understand her, a child with an adults mind. Forced to undergo far to many hardships than a child should. It made her cold, hard to understand, and very easy to hate. But deep down Chibi-Moon was a scared child. "Stop in the name of the new moon!" Her battle cry rang out from her trembling lips as she saw the approaching people.

Dread and hopelessness followed. Kos-Mos alone looked as if she could tear her down. 'And she's not alone, three others are with her…how can I stop them!' She didn't know how, but for her life she had to succeed. She remembered begging the other Senshi to help her, but they said Shinji was a nice boy, Usagi's eyes even got wistful when Chibi-Moon mentioned him. 'He's corrupted them.'

Misato turned to the others as the high-pitched yell resounded in the small room. It was bigger than the hallway but smaller than the cargo room, the new room allowed for all four of the rescuers to enter and see the young child. "What are you doing here?" Misato asked confused. They'd been fighting very capable people, yet here at what seemed the end of the line was a child.

"PINK-SUGAR HEART ATTACK!" the pink haired Senshi yelled as she held out her wand. The attack didn't even reach the four who looked on with a combination of pity and relief. Yelling her attack out again Chibi-Moon's eyes welled with tears, she was going to die because she was to weak, to young to face such foes.

Cracking her knuckles Asuka eyed the young brave warrior up like a cat does a mouse. "Who wants this one? I'm in the mood for a little relief," flexing her growing claws before the frightened eyes of Chibi-Moon, Attim was torn. The modified human didn't want to harm a child, but the child had sided with the other kidnappers. Kos-Mos had long ago deemed Chibi-Moon not a threat and was about to walk past her. Misato just gawked at how eager Asuka seemed to tear into the flesh of the child.

Chibi-Moon managed to eep out a small demand that they stop and leave, but her fear had stolen any sense of authority she tried to give. Moments later, as Asuka's grin widened and she approached her pray, a very powerful voice called out from behind them. "STOP RIGHT THERE!"

The full power of the voice and caused everybody to stop at once and look at the approaching woman, followed closely by four others. "W…who are you?" Attim asked, sensing the power radiating from all of them. It didn't take a genius to notice that all six, if they included the young child, were wearing the same getup, that of sailor suits adorn with big bows and tiaras.

"The champion of Justice! I will right wrong and triumph over evil. I AM SAILOR MOON!" the blond girl's voice full of conviction and strength it moved the four women. The pose on the other hand, looked out of place and slightly perverted. In the young voice, Misato felt a sudden kindred spirit, as if she had heard the voice before but couldn't place it.

Running past Asuka and into Usagi's waiting arms, Chibi-Moon cried. "Sailor Moon, I…I can explain everything!" Held protectively in her mother's arms the young child felt content and safe. "I…I helped them kidnap him to stay alive…if he lives I'll cease to exist!" Her words were muffled as she pressed her face into Usagi's chest and cried.

Everybody just looked at Chibi-Moon with pregnant confusion. What the hell is she talking about the rescuers thought, while the Sailor Senshi had a small idea. Rubbing Chibi-Moon's head and scooping her into her arms, Usagi wiped Chibi-Moon's eyes and talked as soothingly as possible. "Are you worried that since Mamoru and I broke up you'll not be born?"

Misato, after hearing that had officially checked into her own private world where such concepts made sense. 'How can she worry about being born if she's hear! Its not like she's from the future or anything!' Similar thoughts were in Attim's head and Kos-Mos's neural net, but they were like Misato and couldn't figure it out. Asuka, in the presence of 'Champions of Justice' had the urge to fight them in the name of her demonic heritage, but quelled the urge Shinji came first.

Usagi hugged Chibi-Moon tightly as the young child nodded and admitted her fears. "Silly child, we can use artificial insemination or some other means when the time for your birth arrives. Come lets go" Walking out of the room as swiftly as they entered, the Sailor Senshi never once stopped to question who had been kidnapped. Because if they knew it was Shinji, they'd have smashed Chibi-Moon's head against the wall as a punishment. Hey they all were already in love with him, Rei and Makoto, or in the process of falling for him, Usagi, Ami, and Minako.

"Ok, that was strange," Misato finally said after five minutes of silence. Looking past where Chibi-Moon had been standing was the last door. The door behind which Shinji was being held captive. "Whose ready to end this and go home?" Misato asked gruffly as she reached for the door handle, Asuka's hand quickly drew Misato away from the door as it was blew away from its hinge in a blast of white flame, "Oh what the hell now!" Misato yelled as Asuka tossed her away from the carnage.

Sensing the demonic energy growing Asuka rushed into the spacious captains quarters. "I should have known it was you!" A growing sensation behind her, Asuka's hand flew backward and a wall of flame erupted in the doorway sealing the others outside. Asuka's eyes narrowed as she realized who was behind her vassal's abduction. "Morrigan, what demon did you have to sleep with to get to earth?"

Sitting on an altered version of the captain's chair, which now looked like a mini thrown, Morrigan rested her finger on her chin. "I don't want to talk about that, princess. After all the fun you've been having, can you really complain?" The succubus leaned forward and rested her chin on her palm. 'The bitch wants to fight me alone does she?' It was the only reason Morrigan could think for Asuka blocking the entrance.

"Where's my vassal, where is Shinji Morrigan?" Asuka's anger grew slowly and steadily causing flames to lick and jump from her body. Sensing movement at her side, Asuka shot an arrow of flame at the movement Felicia fell back in shock. "Damn it! Daddy's little watchcat is here too?"

Morrigan's eyes lanced Felicia, "Daddy! You work for Satan? Damn it Felicia! I thought you were on my side!" Well Morrigan's trust was misguided who knew demons could lie right? Offering Morrigan a weak shrug, Felecia said Satan had sent her to watch over Asuka and she just tagged along for the ride with Morrigan. "No matter, your vassal is now my trophy, willing to abide my every command."

Stomping her foot, and sending shockwaves so far down into the earth's core that it caused an earthquake in California, Asuka didn't believe it. Morrigan's jealousy of Asuka's power had gone to far. It started out simply enough back in hell where Asuka had been better and ramming the pineapple up Hitler's butt, and now it ended here. "I don't believe you, bring him out!"

"With pleasure," Morrigan drawled as she rang a bell at her side. Silently and almost automatically, Shinji's pale body walked out from the darkened corner and knelt at Morrigan's side. "See how obedient he is? Such a cute little puppy he is." Morrigan ran a finger across Shinji's cheek. "I've sent his soul deep into the back of his mind. And I've been waiting for you to arrive to consummate our bond as master and slave."

Having known Shinji only a short while, but knowing so surely that he was to be her loyal vassal, Asuka was two seconds away from breaking off Morrigan's wings and beating her to death with them. "I would suggest you don't. I would very much suggest you let him go, now!" The flames at the door dying down low enough for the others to see into the room. They had heard all of the dialogue and all felt hate so great that it could have destroyed Morrigan in an instant if given the smallest power.

Patting Shinji's cheek and sending him back to his corner, Morrigan laughed. "Or what princess? You'll fight me? Try and kill me? You know I've more brute strength than you, and with my puppy under my control, will you risk it?" Another laugh erupted from Morrigan's body. Now even Felicia was growing upset, Morrigan had gone to far. "You do want to fight me alone don't you? That's why you're keeping your little friends outside."

That was when Asuka's face broke into a very dark smile. "You think I was keeping them out so I could fight you? No, that's not what I was doing." Asuka looked at the doorway and right into Kos-Mos's eyes. "I was keeping her out so I could talk to you and find out what you did and why."

Following Asuka's gaze and seeing Kos-Mos, Morrigan was perplexed. "What are you talking about little girl? I don't see anything that's a threat. But no matter, I'll add their souls to my growing collection anyway after I've finished with you."

Asuka's laugh filled the room, deafening the would be usurper. "Bitch, that 'thing' out there is what I'm holding back, and you know what, to hell with it. Kos-Mos get her!" Lowering her wall of flame, Asuka walked towards the Misato and Attim. "Don't say I never did anything nice ok?"

Kos-Mos only nodded to Asuka before turning to Morrigan, "Bitch, when I'm done with you, you won't even have a soul." Kos-Mos's eyes turned a fierce blue as she charged the succubus with her R-Scythe formed. Morrigan had only a brief second to realize the battle was started before the blade slammed into her wing shield.

Outside the battle, well it wasn't so much of a battle as it was a beat down. Shion back at Nerv made the comment that Kos-Mos had not only opened a can of whoop-ass but was also slamming a case of it down Morrigan's throat. Asuka was quick and to the point with the other two women. "We have to get my vassal out of there. Morrigan might try and kill him before she loses. I'd do it but I'm to weak."

Looking into the room as Kos-Mos slammed Morrigan's head into the floor and telling the succubus that it's was going to taste better than her fist was going to, Misato asked. "How do we break him out of it? We can't risk dragging him like that out of the room. We have to snap him out of it!" The look of emptiness in Shinji's eyes hurt all three to see.

"A strong emotional surge should do it, it works back in hell. But what we do is show them a loved one being castrated…but positive emotion should work too." Asuka said with a knowing look. "But we have to get to him without Morrigan of Felicia seeing us! Its impossible!"

Having her chance, Attim looked at Misato. "I'm going to get him, get ready to go." Suddenly and much to Misato and Asuka's disbelieve Attim started stripping. Standing before the women totally nude, Attim could guess their questions, which were if you don't know were 'why the hell are you getting naked?' Using her mind to start the process, Attim's body slowly faded from view. "Thermoptic camouflage. It's from Section-9 but only works if you're nude. It doesn't make clothing invisible."

Thinking the Section-9 agents were perverts, Misato looked at where she thought Attim was. "What are you going to do for an emotional stimulus?" Had Misato been able to see Attim, she would have seen the blush forming on her face. "Attim? You still here?"

She wasn't. Thinking about how to cause an emotional charge in Shinji, Attim was going to get her believed only chance to physically show her love for the boy. Racing across the room, now smeared with a lot of blood and more than one large dent, Attim reached Shinji's side. Looking into his empty eyes, Attim whispered softly into his ear. "My love," then she kissed him softly on the lips.

Shinji's eyes widened quickly as he felt but couldn't see something touching him. Then he felt his body being hoisted in the air and two firm yet soft things touching his back. The shock of the events so great that he couldn't question anything, his mind was too weak. "And stay down!" Kos-Mos roared over the fallen and very badly beaten Morrigan.

Back at Nerv Ritsuko was pale with fear at the beating she had seen Kos-Mos administer. 'I wonder if the hull can handle that amount of damage?' the blond thought as the smashing sound was heard over the intercom, her question was answered, it couldn't.

Racing as fast as possible out of the death trap that the ship had become, nobody saw Felicia picking up Morrigan and teleporting back to hell. Shinji only continued to feel the heat and pressure on his back as he, to him, was flying out of the ship. Soon back on the speedboat, all five finally relaxed. Misato and Kos-Mos shared a knowing look as Attim failed to turn off the camouflage. 'She doesn't want him to know she exists.'

They would keep Attim a secret for now, having saved Shinji's life she earned that much. Seeing the shock still on Shinji's face, Misato wrapped the boy in a fierce hug, and was soon followed by Asuka and Kos-Mos. When he started crying softly and thanking them for risking their lives for him, they hugged him tighter and knew that they would have come alone if needed. When they arrived back at Nerv, Shinji was greeted by his fiancé who smiled, cried harder than he had and hugged him again.

Sadly for the boy, his shock riddled mind hadn't connected the dots of feelings the women had shown for him. To him, it was only relief that a pilot was alive, and he really wanted to go to sleep. This ordeal was done, for now.

And it's a happy ending, but the story isn't over-

Author Notes

No this isn't the last chapter of WW if that's what your thinking. This thing is just to much fun to write. Its odd, its weird, and totally off base, but hell, if you like it, I like it, then whose to complain. Back to more funny stuff for the next few chapters, this arc had more seriousness to it because, if its always non-stop jokes, its not as funny I think.

If you mix in a little seriousness it makes the funny…more funny, I don't know. Oh and again thank you all for 'reporting' about Mercaba, she's a friend of mine and if you want to read that type of story based off of my story, go for it. Later people!

Ja Mata

Zentrodie (zentrodie at secondimpact dot come)

Omake

Updated battle lines!

Those wanting a Harem: deinku, VCR, Jon Cook (w/o Asuka), mc2rpg, Positron(for now), Hank, Finalfantasyxii, chan,ken, kins of Ireland, Mordamir, Kman, Valtiel, Epsilon, ShadowCascade, EchoGarrote, Vic, Frank the Bunny (Don't chain me up!), NateGold, Gord, Slake-Sama, Zemzaba, TheWickerMan, Dark Anomaly, Bobby, (Unknown mass), Masumune, Variable Creatue, Tyson, Drake Smith, Rusty Knight, Bonta-Kun ,Production, Messiah3, WingOmega, DarkStarlkerFan (and wait), Crono10, Aladeth, Vic, Idiot564, ChronoTravel, Blood of Odin, Kman,Razial the Damned, Warden, Zang-Sama, Jizzle the uncontrollable Jazzle, NefCanuck, ChronoTravel, Andrew Joshua, JWM Talon Total: 48

Those siding with Kos-Mos: Xeo, Konos the Grey, ScienceMonkey, Nicknack, DarkChuchuo, Sybian Machine, Final Max, Crrot, Sol bandus, Pandomine, Vaurnut, NickNack, Soulless, Sleepy Kitty, Deus, renzokuken-sama, James Ray Edwards, KevinEc, Alpha Draconis1, a fan3, Science Monkey, Darklion74, Serpent Spy, Soulless, Jin Kazemeijin, Kyubi, CheeseKing, Typhon, "The Man in the Pallid Mask," Cyber Angel One, Sideris, Anomaly27, Slayer6, SickToTheGore, Tempest Destiny, Le Bete Noir, Urtv 17, Ordinary Joe, Sideris, Absu7, B52, SilentAssasinMecha, Hokage-Sama Total: 43

Those siding with Rei: Otaku-Dman, Vibious, SoulFire, Macavity the Mystery Cat, Dark Machine, Philg, NickNack, Azurewind, Redmage2k, Rei-aka-Ayanami-chan, jennyjennie, rgreat, Katfum, Oni-Otaku, wiseman, Crimson Arrow, Player0, GoldmonX, Mak, Pert-kun, The Mad Shoe, Mattman65, Herder of cats, DeathScyth, Seraphy, TheCrawlingChaos Total: 26

Those siding with Asuka: Kusinagi, Nova10, Vibious, Final Max, Kuracao, Redshadow64, xXx, Supereva0102, Asuka-fan, SOMEBODY, Supereva01, Knighsshadow, WarpWizard, Dude, Dragon's death, Uniden, A/S Fan X 2, Edhunne, Old Foo, Deathaanimefan32l, Sledge Total: 22

Those siding with Blue haired girlsOrganized Kaos, Trikster , Kima Prideflame, Nick McC, Shinzaku, M.E.S.S, Total: 7

Those siding with Sasami: Doggystyle, razzor15, Vaurnut, Golden Kitsune, Omrianh Total: 5

Those siding with Mana: Steve Vader, Chewy, Player 0 Total: 3

Those siding with Yui Ikari: Education, Imaginary404 total: 2

Those siding with Shion Uzuki: Remenants, Final Max Total : 2

Those siding with Misato: Kippenberger, JVR Total: 2

Those siding with Hikari: Amathyst Wind Total: 1

Those siding with Aisha Clan Clan: Bloody Angel X Total: 1

It took a long time but finally Kos-Mos has been overcome by the sear overwhelming numbers of the harem, will she stay defeated, or will she return to the top! Only time and your vote can tell. In a surprise move, the harem's surge came mostly from deserters from the Asuka front, leaving the red head even more at the mercy of her blue haired rival.

Sasami is slowly making her way up the chart, and Aisha and Attim are waiting in the wings for a surge in arms. From this stance we now see why Kos-Mos stole the show this chapter and was rewarded with the right to deliver the beat down to reclaim Shinji.

But now that she is no longer in the lead a shift will occur in the events. And what is this? The Sailor Senshi? I see the Senshi on the horizon, but wait…there are more than five of them? Yes that's right, soon, very soon the Outer Senshi will appear!

Wave your chibi banners proudly and fight for your character! Only you the reader can tell me with your votes, who to focus on and who falls into obscurity! I mean…Hikari really isn't getting a lot of scenes now is she?

Good luck and God speed to all of you!