This chapter is shorter then I hoped but It covered what I hoped to get across to you readers. I have gone over and corrected some errore thanks to dennisud.


Chapter 28 A Blind State Of Mind

"You were in here not but two hours ago. What' so important that you have to disturb me?" The Commander says in a deeply angered voice.

"It's about Shinji." Ritsuko says in a slightly worried voice. She has no idea how the Commander will take the bad news.

"Has he awaked?" The Commander asks.

"Yes he has but there's a problem." This news, being more important then his paperwork, gives Ritsuko the Commanders full attention. The Commander gives Ritsuko a nod and she carries on.

"When Shinji awoke he became disorientated and scared. He started preaching in a crazed manor on about how he became blind. It took Asuka and three doctors to subdue him. He is currently heavily medicated with sedatives that can't, for some unexplainable reason, put him to sleep; they just calm him down enough to be safe around. He locked up in the secure ward for mentally unstable patients."

"What's the cause of his mental instability?"

"Apart from years of neglect from his father? The thing we fear the most. I have done an hour of tests and everything comes down to mental contamination from the last Angel. What ever the Angel did has given him back some of his past. And what's strange is that Rei seems to be a part of it."

"How does Rei fit into his past? She was not created until after he was blinded and sent away."

"That what all her records show but after doing some background history I found records of five scientists that were working here at that time. They were later killed for no reason and their death covered up, not very well mind you."

Why would Ikari cover this up? It makes no sense that he would have created Rei until after his wife's death. What was he planning to use Ayanami for if not the means for bringing his wife back? The Commander thinks to himself.

"Doctor I want you to find all the information you can on Ayanami and look through all Ikari's personal files. There must some information or a lead to the information as to what he was planning to do with Ayanami. I also want you to do everything you can to get Shinji better and ready to pilot his Eva. Asuka has not had enough training to fight the Angels and Ayanami Eva has so far proven useless so the last thing we need is another Angel attacking and having no means to fight it." The Commander orders.

"Yes Sir!" Ritsuko bows and leaves the Commander to get back to his work.

Misato is waiting outside Shinji's room, looking through the window. She sees Shinji still awake even though the doctors have tried to knock him out with the strongest sedatives they have. Looking through the medical chart Misato sees many big words and confusing sentences that make no sense. The only words she could understand is contaminated, unstable, a danger and probably contagious. Things are not looking good for Shinji and what's worse is the press are now hounding Nerv for the Victory Celebration for the pilots. The celebration would be pointless if Shinji was not there.

Rei quietly walks up to the window, only her sniffing alerts Misato to her presence. Misato has as much information as Ritsuko on Shinji condition and Rei being part of the problem makes her uncomfortable. The things Shinji quietly mutters to himself are disturbing to no end. His mutterings are always on Rei, the Evas and his mother.

Rei steeps closer and places one hand on the window and stairs at Shinji. Rei doesn't like the changes that have occurred after Shinji's awakening. Shinji welcomed her with open arms when she needed someone but now he shuns and rejects her. Rei know that Shinji is not himself but it still hurts to have someone you love reject you. Now she has no one to lean on, no one that will offer support in theses hard times.

"Shinji. Get better quickly. I need you." Rei whispers to herself. Misato just manages to here what Rei says.

"I think you've done enough damage." Misato says bitterly.

"What?" Rei asks confused.

"Strange things always happen around you. You have strength enough to pick a woman up twice my size and weight. You have no past and treat everyone like they are dead. The Angel my have caused this but given time I think this was going to happen with you around. You have caused Shinji nothing but trouble since the day he met you!" Misato says almost in hysterics.

Rei starts to shake and tears form under her eyes, she is already upset because of the state Shinji is in and now Misato is blaming her for Shinji's misfortune. Rei's about to let here tears fall but Misato is suddenly, and violently, pushed against the window, her head hits the glass, cracking it. Misato's body falls heavily to the floor unconscious. Standing behind Misato's unconscious body is Asuka with a very pissed off expression on her face.

"She can really be a bitch! Having a go at my friends, she lucky I don't break her neck!" Asuka ends her little rant and looks at Rei who is shaking quite violently. Asuka quickly moves to Rei and encases her in a hug.

"Don't worry Rei, I'll keep you safe until Shinji gets better." Rei calms down a little and speaks into Asuka shoulder."

"Why do you help me?"

"We don't always see eye to eye but I have come to think of you as the sister I never had, not including my clones, they don't count." Rei returns the hug now that she feels a little better that someone other then Shinji does care for her.

"Will Shinji recover do you think?"

"He better! I can't look after you and defeat an Angel by myself."

"Don't worry about that. When My Eva is ready for combat I will be able to look after myself." Asuka gets out the hug, takes Rei's hand and starts leading her home. Misato is eventually found by a nurse making his rounds.


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