From Cold to Warm

By Chungdoo

Chapter 21

As Rei and Arael approached the sole church Rei could only feel what could be described anticipation as she approached the building that imprisoned her love.

"What do you suggest we do?" Rei asked

"I will distract the people there, you should be able to get in and find Shinji" Arael responded, looking completely calm for his part.

As Rei and Arael reached their destination they paused to gaze at the small church that held the pilot of unit 01 hostage. The church could have easily passed for a tiny one or two room house and the only sign that it was a church was the crest that was attached to a pole on the roof. The church had two windows and the entire building was painted white. When the angel's reached the door Rei found her heart beating as if it were in overdrive.

"Do not worry, few people here are Christians. It will be an easy task to sneak under and retrieve him." Arael said confidently

Rei nodded as she slowly opened the doors to the church.

Phase 4: In Progress

Kaworu laughed to himself as he approached unit 01's holding area.

"Gendo Ikari is so blinded by love that he doesn't see that his plan to rescue his wife was doomed to fail from the beginning. If I were not here, his wife would never get out."

Kaworu slowly reached out his hand until it made contact with the purple mecha. He began to will his powers to concentrate on the soul trapped inside the object his hand had just came into contact with. Slowly he began the process of pulling her out of the grasps of unit 01 and bringing her back to the real world.

Location: Tokyo 3's church of the lord

With so little people inside the tiny church, Rei had little problem finding the stairwell that led into the room of the cells. Rei had actually expected to find long, twisting hallways that would take hours to search through. Or even a number of different rooms that each contained a certain number of cells. But instead Rei found that the single, short hallway which was only illuminated by a few candles along the walls, led right to a single room that contained 6 cells.

"Shinji" Rei called from her position by the entrance to the room.

No answer

Moving quickly, Rei began to search the cells, There were 3 cells on each end and Rei decided to star with the left and work her way down. After searching through the first cell Rei wished she had brought a light. The cells were pitch black and the three candles that were lit in each cell did nothing to help her see.

Suddenly Rei remembered that she could use their bond to find him. Rei quickly cleared her mind and focused on Shinji, only her love. Soon the amount of light in the room made no difference as Rei was able to determine the cell that kept her love. The farthest one on the right. But something was wrong. When she had communicated with Shinji through their link and hour ago his life force was bright and Rei had no problem sensing him. But now, his life force was dim, it was barley even there at all just a little flicker.

Rei quickly moved to the cell on the right. And when Rei could finally see Shinji she gasped. Shinji was bruised all over his body, his blood was visible on both his hands and face. After seeing that, Rei was pissed.

'How dare they do this to him! They don't even know him!!'

Rei focused all of her powers on the metal bars blocking her entrance into the cell. Rei raised her hand up slowly and then quickly moved the hand to the right. The metal door was pulled out of its current location and was thrown to the opposite wall.

Rei quickly ran into the cell and bended down next to the rooms only occupant. After checking him over, she was relieved to find that he was not dead, but he was close. Rei held im protectively as she placed a soft kiss on his blood stained lips.

"Shinji Ikari, It's time for another punishment!" a voice said happily as the owner of the voice quickly approached.

'PUNISHMENT!!' Rei thought outraged.

Once the man who the voice belonged to entered the cell, Rei used her powers to push the man up against the wall.

"How DARE you!"Rei yelled, pushing the man closer to the wall.

Rei increased pressure on the man before he could respond. Rei was so mad that she did not want to hear the mans voice. Rei gently released her hold on Shinji and moved parallel to the man.

"Please don't kill me."the man pleaded, but because of Rei's hold on him his pleas came out in a whisper.

Rei said nothing as she continued to increase pressure to the man. She was debating whether or not to kill the man. What would Shinji think of her?

Rei continued to ponder the mans fate but came to a halt when she heard Shinji lightly moan in pain before slipping back into unconscious. Rei's face immediately turned from one of anger to one of concern as she slowly walked back to where Shinji lay and gently placed her hand on his cheek.

With her mind made up Rei walked over to the man.

"You are very lucky." she told him.

Before the man could ask why Rei used her angelic powers and soon the man fell to the floor...unconscious

Location: Unit 01's Eva Cage

Kaworu focused all his power on finishing the job. Yui Ikari was almost out of the Eva and so Kaworu could not loose focus because if he did Yui Ikari would slide back inside unit 01, or worse.

Soon he could feel Yui almost brake free of unit 01's clutches, so he focused harder and used every inch of his powers until he heard a clank. Kaworu instantly pulled back some of his powers, in fear that the young angel had messed up and killed the woman. But he quickly sensed that she was no longer in Unit 01. Once Kaworu broke connection with the giant mecha he saw her. Yui Ikari was lying on the floor in a pool of LCL, much like her son before her.

Phase 4: End.

Authors note:

Hi everyone, I'm sorry about the fact that this chapter is probably short. My laptop has been currently...abducted by a certain parental figure so I have to use a notebook to write the chapters and type them up and post them online when I can. This is the first chapter I have ever written down on paper first. It's kind of weird. Ok well this time I promise, this story is almost over, it's all drawing to a conclusion and yes a lemon I have not forgotten about that! Alright well as always please respond, I love hearing from my readers!!