Chapter 130: The Influence
A loud piercing static noise instantly blared in the bridge staff's ears at the NERV command center. Blinking in surprise and wincing, the things they were seeing suddenly stopped moving. When the white noise stopped, the objects vibrated violently. Each one started exploding randomly with immense force. So intense was each blast that even the gore that shot out evaporated instantly. From afar, it sounded as if an arsenal of shotguns firing off and bursting things apart.
The shockwave produced from each was enough to throw people off balance to the ground. However, one figure did not explode. At the Commander's level, the small boy that Yui was still holding had remained intact. Both Gendo and Kozo heard the explosions below and saw the commotion it caused. Fearing that the small child would do the same, they immediately took action.
"Yui! Get away from it!" Gendo stated.
"No! He came back to me! I won't let him go again!" she stated holding the child harder. Feeling its small hands touch her face, she opened her eyes and looked at it. The boy had a sad small smile on its face.
'I'm sorry mommy…I have to go back,' he stated softly giving gentle pats on her face.
"Go back!? Where!?" the scientist asked worried. Feeling four hands grip on her shoulders and arms, she resisted them from being pulled away.
'It's a scary place…but…I'll be okay.'
"NO! I WON'T LET HIM GO!" she shouted in protest and violently struggled.
'…Daddy?' the child asked looking at the Commander. Ignoring it, he saw Yui's face turn to him and glared at him.
"…respond…to…your…child…"
"Yui, that's-"
"I will…hurt you…if you don't," the scientist said threateningly as she barred her teeth at him.
"…" Gendo responded blinking. Not changing his neutral expression, he looked at the small boy that continued to have a sad small smile.
'…Daddy…I'm…sorry…' it apologized looking sad. Still be hugged by Dr. Ikari, the toddler extended its arms forward and presented the bouncy ball.
'…I'll be a good boy…'
"…" Gendo commented looking down at the ball. Feeling apprehensive, he slowly reached out and grabbed the ball. Feeling mildly surprised from being able to the grasp it, it also felt real. Looking up back at the child, the boy started crying a little.
'…I'm sorwie…I'm sorwie…I…'m…s…O…r…R…yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy#$!#$-'
The three watched as the tone of the child became distorted then glitchy. Without warning, it's skin ballooned and expanded rapidly. As if a needle poked him, the child erupted in a gory burst. Inners flung and sprayed the three commanders harshly.
"...!?" Yui reacted seeing the boy explode in her arms. Overloaded with emotional and mental suffering, she looked at her shaking hands. Seeing them dripping with blood, she screamed.
"What the hell happened!?" Misato stated out loud un-shielding herself. The figure that was approaching her suddenly exploded. Covering her face with her arms, she wasn't heavily splashed at with blood splatter. About to look at the others, something warm started coming out of nose.
"…!?" she said cupping a couple of fingers to her nose.
Pulling her hand away and examining the liquid, it was her own blood. Startled, all the crimson and body parts around her vanished. The only iron smelling liquid she witness was her own. Strangely, others were doing her same action of going toward their noses. Each one of them had a nosebleed. Looking over at the back-up pilots, her eyes widen in fright.
'…no…that can't be…how can they…' Misato thought feeling her nerves being pulled apart.
Both Rana and Rayne had their eyes closed; however, both of them had tears of blood falling down their face. Seeing both holding hands, the grip was intense as both were shaking hard. Hearing someone struggle to their feet from behind, the Major flinched and turned around. Seeing who it was, she immediately went to her. Helping Ritsuko slowly stand up, she had a nosebleed as well.
"Are you alright?"
"…no…" the scientist answered.
Getting up, she saw something and turned to the main screen. The cockpit and exterior feeds to the Angel battle came back on. The audio from them drew everyone's attention. A slow suction sounded and steadily got louder and louder.
Looking at what was the cause, the glowing white Angel was pulling away from Unit-03. The Eva continued to look down at it while having its left arm still in the dark halo. At the same time, the crew at the bridge saw that the protruding veins in Ayanami started to withdraw from her body. Looking at the Sixth Child, protruding veins only reached the middle of his arm. They too were recessing back out of his arm.
"Report!" Gendo barked. Everyone blinked then got to their stations while trying to clean up their nosebleed.
"Body-merging has ceased! Angel is retracting out of the Units it is connected to!" Makoto stated from his terminal.
"Body readings of the First Child are stabilizing though is unconscious. Sixth Child is stable with no contamination of the Angel and is unconscious as well. Third Child is still assimilated with Unit-03," Maya reported getting to her monitor after wiping her nose. In looking in the entry plugs of Ayanami and Kaworu, both were out cold. As a result, both of their Evas slowly fell to the ground.
[#$%#$WhErE#$#$ArE...YYYYOOOUUUUU$%*#$%GOINGFRIEND!] a vicious and morbid voice blared. It came from the comm-link established between Unit-01 and Unit-03.
[THEREISSOMUCHTOSHOWYOU!]
The dark blue war machine moved its right hand to hover above the Angel's end. Right when it released its hold of the Eva's torso, the Unit snatched the end in its hand. A loud suction pop was heard followed by the friction of a hand gripping over flesh murderously. Armisael released the other end of itself after retracting all the veins it spread through the First Child. Fearing the worst, it veered its free end toward the dark blue war machine.
'IF I DIE, YOU'LL COME WITH ME YOU ROTTING FILTH!' the Angel screamed in its mind still feeling the mind connection.
'#$#$...y...E...s...#$#$YyYeEeSssss...#$#$#YES! YES! YES!$%#$%'
'CONSUMEUS!' 'RAPEUS!' 'KILLUS!' 'DEVOURUS!' 'DESTROYUS!'
'#$%#$#$%#$YOURHATRED! YOURFEAR! YOURAGONY! YOURHORROR! YOURSCREAMS! YOUREMBODIMENT#$%!#$ITWILLBEALLOURSINTHEREDUTOPIA!'
As the Angel raced toward Unit-03, the war machine's eyes glowed brightly. At the last second before impact, Armisael slammed into a powerful AT-Field in front of the Eva. Feeling slightly stunned, it felt the Unit's AT-Field reconfiguring and began to push it back.
"Unit-03's AT-Field is changing shape," Maya stated from seeing a notification.
"Bring it up on the main screen," Misato ordered.
The bridge monitor inputted the command and loaded up a window. It was configured to view the AT-Fields of both Angels and Evas. In seeing both the Angel's and Unit-03's, the war machine's was massively large and more powerful. It was conforming around the glowing worm like creature and began straightening it out. Looking at the live feed, the Angel was frantically struggling to get free. Its end where the Unit gripped and held it at bay, was already bleeding from the Eva's fingers digging into its skin.
"What…what is the Unit doing?" Makoto asked seeing that at full length, the Angel was massively long.
Looking at the AT-Field window, Unit-03's force field had completely surrounded the Angel. At the end where the Unit gripped it, it let go before cocking its arm back. Making a knife hand gesture, it thrust its hand into the end. Piercing through with Angel and going elbow deep inside, blood leaked out in a gush. Letting out an audible groan from the massive creature, energy surges were popping up on all three technician's monitors.
"High concentration of energy building in Unit-03's right arm!" Maya stated.
"It's transferring into the Angel and left arm rapidly!" Makoto stated.
"Energy convergence in the cockpit!" Shigeru stated.
"Give me the video-link of Pilot Ikari!" Ritsuko shouted before Misato could. When the cockpit feed window appeared next to the exterior feed, everyone froze.
"What…what is that?" the Major asked blinking.
"Shinji!" Rana shouted looking at the screen in horror. Looking over at the back-up pilots, the female twin was kneeling on the ground while Rayne seemed to have passed out.
"That's impossible," Dr. Akagi stated seeing a spine slowly materializing. Once it was completed, other bones were slowly being constructed.
"Is…Is…Shinji being…"
"Reconstructed from scratch," Ritsuko muttered outloud that made everyone look at her with bewildered faces.
"His being what!?" the Major shoited in shock. "Is that even possible!?"
"I don't know…I don't know how that is possible...I'm not sure what to believe anymore," the scientist answered captivated from seeing that half of the entire skeletal structure was formed.
At the same time, the Angel slowly started to inflate. As the disturbing sounds of bones and cartilage snapping echoed in the loudspeakers, the sound of skin stretching accompanied it. As inners were being materialized, portions of the Angel started to rip open and bleed out. Hearing agonizing moans, it continued to balloon more and more. Seeing that the figure was male, muscle fibers started forming. At the same time, the skinned looking body was starting to move around in its seat. Blood had profusely tainted and tinted the inside of the entry plug.
After a couple of minutes of watching and listening to the two live feeds, the crew could see that it was the Third Child being constructed. The Angel's skin had ripped open in many places as it had inflated to four times its mass. Looking like a plumped bloody worm, it was still alive moaning and groaning in suffering. When it appeared that the last muscles and organs were formed, the disturbed crew saw and heard the male pilot growling in immense pain and hatred. He gripped the controls intensely as he glared with dark magenta eyes.
[…Iiiiiii…] his voice came through sounding in agony and angry with deep breaths.
[Iiiiiiii…dddoonnn'ttttt…] Shinji groaned twisting upon himself while clenching his teeth. Skin started to grow over his exposed body as he sounded more enraged.
[I!#$I#$%#$IDON'T!IDON'TAPPRECIATE!IDON'TAPPRECIATETHATMEMORY!] he shouted viciously. Taking a quick breath, he released a deep balled savage scream. His entire body shook as he kept getting louder and more intense.
In response to his action, Unit-03 inhaled and released a monstrous roar looking at the elongated and morbidly inflated Angel. In a violent surge of energy, Armisael exploded. Its gore showered everywhere far and wide. A mild tint of its blood misted the sky briefly before dissipating.
"…" everyone in the command center commented staring in a mixture of shock, horror, disturbed, and bewilderment.
All that was heard from the comm-link was the Third Child. He was haggardly breathing while having a downcast face. Even looking at the video feed made people cringe from how crimson tainted and tinted the screen was. Locked in place and standing at their stations, an uncomfortable silence passes by. The only object that moved was Unit-03.
It retracted its left arm out from the dark halo. Once completely out, the black ring faded away. Seeing it power down, the comm-link to the Unit turned off. Hearing someone move from above, the sound of someone sitting down in a chair was heard. Only Misato turned around to look up. The rare sight of the Commander taking off his shades and rubbing his face did not surprise her.
"Major," he stated as he held his head.
"Y-Yes sir?"
"Retrieve the Units."
"Yes sir."
"That is all for now," Gendo mentioned. Putting his shade back on, he stood up and turned around. Hearing a female whimper up on the command deck, it slowly faded away as three pairs of footsteps walked away up there.
"Major? What are the orders?" Makoto asked as calmly as possible.
"…" Misato responded turning around to face the technicians. Looking Dr. Akagi, she was actively writing stuff on her clipboard. Blinking, she looked back at them.
"Call up the recovery teams for all three Units. Send medics with the recovery team for all pilots. Also send two security personnel with the team for the Third Child as a precaution."
All three bridge monitors nodded and executed the orders. About to address her friend, there were footsteps coming toward her. Turning, it was Rana in which her face looked stained with crimson. Despite what just happened, a flashback of what she learned after the Sakura Palace incident came back to her. Despite trying not to react, she flinched from seeing her.
"Y-Yes?"
"Pilot Hymity passed out."
"From what?"
"I can only assume it was from shock of the Angel battle and blood loss."
"…possibly…we will get a medic team to recover her."
"May I go with the recovery team to recover Shinji?"
"Do you know what is going on with him?"
"…" Rana replied looking a little impatient. "He isn't himself at the moment."
"In what sense?"
"A mind merge," Ritsuko commented turning a page over and continuing to write things down.
"A…mind merge?" Misato asked turning around. "You mean…all of them merged as-?"
"Yes Major," Dr. Akagi replied. Stopping her writing of notes and looking up at her, her face was a mixture of looking intrigued and very disturbed.
"A mind merge of the Angel, the Pilots, and the Evas…that is also including Unit-01."
"…" Ayanami said slowly waking up to see a blank ceiling. Blinking a couple of times, her eyes wondered around. Recognizing the room to be a hospital room, she assumed that it was NERV's medical facility. Sitting up a little, she tried to recall what happened during the Angel attack.
'I can recall the events prior to the Angel attack…then during,' she thought with a blink.
'When the merge happened…something happened that was different…it wasn't like what the second voice stated.'
'There was no sense of wholeness…despite there was more than one person connected. Instead of a merge…each held their own presence.'
'Then…Ikari…and I,' she thought immediately feeling her face turn warmer a bit.
'Despite it being only through the subconscious…the sensations felt realistic…however…I do not know if the real act will feel the same way,' the First Child pondered feeling her body heat a little. Shaking her head from side to side, the images still came back to her mind.
'…no…I cannot ask of this,' Rei thought shaking her head again.
Lying back down, she tried to get rid of the event. However as she closed her eyes and turned to the side, the impulse was present. Stronger than normal, she recognized the desire to feel the sensations again. Remembering how conducting the act with him took away all sense of agony and worry, it warmed her all over.
"…" she said feeling her lips wet a little. Her fingers gripped the bed sheets and wondered where the Third Child was.
"Gah!" Kaworu stated after sitting up quickly. Breathing a little hastily, he scanned where he was. Not concentrating too hard, he assessed that he was in a medical facility. Holding his head with his hands, he tried processing the massive overload of information from the mind merge.
'It will take a while to process all this information…what was that individual?' he thought thinking about the evil oddity. 'Something about it reminded me of the Third Child and not so much of the female twin.'
"…" the Sixth Child said. Sighing, he slowly lied back down on his hospital bed. Staring up at the ceiling, he continued to ponder.
'Where did that individual come from? Was it from the Third Child? What is it after? How can a mere lilim obtain that much control?'
'Let alone that…these…feelings,' he thought looking down at his chest. Slowly placing a hand over it, he felt it beating. When focusing on the images that he saw during the mind merge, more of his body became affected.
'I've…never felt this way before,' Kaworu thought removing his hand a looking at it. '…its…intoxicating…'
"I wonder how many questions I can ask him regarding this," he said out loud with a small smile.
Strangely, thinking about the male pilot did not seem frustrating anymore. Instead, there was a small anxious part of him that wanted to find him. Ignoring the other imagery that he saw during the mind merge, the feelings and sensations that Rei experienced started to become more and more enticing. He wanted to experience the same level of sensations and feelings.
After a few hours went by, doctors came in and checked up on the Eva pilots in the medical facility. Seeing that all of them seemed physically find, the staff conducted screenings of their psyche. When the tests were completed and escorted back to their rooms, a majority of them were told to rest for the remainder of the day. Not too long after the doctors departed, both Rei and Kaworu felt something getting closer toward their location. Curious at the familiarity, both got out of their beds and walked over to their doors. Looking through their door window, they saw that it was the Fifth Child being escorted by doctors. Feeling disappointed, both walked back to their beds.
Outside of the medical facility, Rana was sitting on the curb of the small parking lot. Moving gravel around under her shoes, she stared at nothing in particular. Thinking about when the recovery team went to the Eva pilots, Rei and Kaworu were still passed out. Moving toward Shinji, he stepped out in his usual stoic demeanor and seemed like his normal impassive self. Upon examining the cockpit, there was no blood inside. The LCL that drained was still its natural color.
'What is it scheming?' she thought staring at something on the ground.
Picking up a small pebble, she tossed it into the middle of the small parking lot. Hearing glass doors behind her slide open, footsteps were heard coming out. Looking back, she immediately stood up and went to the individual. Giving him a hug, he paused for a second before giving a soft hug back.
"Hi Shinji. Are you okay?" she asked taking a step back.
"Greetings Miss Rana. Based on what the medical team has stated, I am relatively normal. How are you?"
"I feel relieved to see you are okay. Why were you in the medical for so long if you tested normal?"
"I checked on Mr. Suzuhara and gave him an update on what happened."
"How did he react?"
"He apologized for his emergency. Of the Angel attack, he stated that it sounded…trippy."
"…" she said nodding in agreement. "Is his sister doing okay?"
"Yes. The emergency she had was only temporary."
"That's good…how have the others been?"
"The only one I have checked up with is Miss Rayne. However at the time, she was asleep after doing many mental screenings from the medical staff. Doctors say that she is doing fine and just needs rest."
"She seemed to be really affected from…what happened."
"I can imagine...given what did happen Miss Rana," he said with a slow blink. Looking down at his watch, he looked back at her.
"If Miss Horaki is successful in being escorted, we can go with her to visit the others."
"She's coming to visit today?" Rana asked surprised.
"As a Class Representative, yes. However, it is not a long visit."
"How did you manage that?"
"There is a visitation form that requires signatures to be proved valid. Once completed with a reason for visit, a civilian may enter the NERV base."
"Who provided you with that information?"
"Mr. Kaji provided the paperwork. He also helped with the signatures due to his security clearance."
"How nice of him."
"Indeed," Shinji agreed then felt the sensation of the dark clone nearby.
'Yeeesssssss…hEiSaNiCe#$%#$CoN.'
'Greetings sir. How are you?'
'IAMHAVINGFUN!' it shouted then exploded. Sounds of heavy liquid splattering everywhere came loudly.
'…I…see…' the Third Child thought blinking.
He ignored the sight of everything in a five foot radius being covered with carnage. He also didn't react to the sensation of being splattered and dripping with both crimson and black blood all over him. After some minutes passed, both saw a security car driving up to where they were. Stopping in a parking lot space, two security personnel came out. Coming out of the passenger seat was the Class Rep from their homeroom class at school. Both headed toward her as she waved at them.
"Greetings Miss Horaki. Welcome," Shinji said with a small bow.
"Hi you two," Hikari said with a smile of relief.
"Hi. Glad you were able to visit," Rana mentioned with a smile.
"Me too. Everything was pre-arranged so all I had to do was get papers ready and get ready myself."
"If you are ready Miss Horaki, please follow me."
Nodding her head, the Third Child turned around and walked to the sliding doors. Rana and the Class Rep followed him followed by the two security personnel. Traveling to the admin desk for room locations, they first went to the Second Child's room.
"How has Asuka been doing?" Hikari asked anxious. She was carrying a large vanilla envelope of school work along with a packaged box.
"Doctors say she is doing better. The peace and quiet has helped to," Rana piped in. Turning the corner and going down a hallway, the redhead's room was nearby.
"Go ahead and knock Miss Horaki. We shall wait out here for you," Shinji stated with a head nod. Seeing the Class Rep nod, she knocked and entered after hearing the Second Child's voice. Upon entering and closing the door, Asuka's voice sounded surprised and more upbeat.
"They will have a lot of catching up to do," Rana commented smiling.
"Indeed," the male pilot agreed. Turning to the security personnel that were on either side of the door, both looked back at him.
"Excuse me gentlemen. Would it be alright for Miss Rana and myself to visit the other pilots while Miss Horaki is talking with Pilot Souryu?"
"That's fine Pilot Ikari. Just to let you know, she has only 10 minutes here. After that, we have to escort her out and bring her to the surface," one of the security officers replied.
"Very well sir. We will be back within that time frame. Excuse us," Shinji mentioned with a small bow. Turning around, both he and Rana walked down the hallway.
"Are we visiting both Ayanami and Nagisa?"
"Yes."
"Just as a courtesy call, right?"
"To my knowledge Miss Rana, yes."
Reaching the First Child's room, there didn't appear to be medical staffers inside. Knocking, both heard a quiet reply. Opening the door, both stepped in and closed the door behind them. As Shinji bowed a little, Rana blinked in surprise to see Ayanami sit up quickly. Thinking it was fear from the mind merge, the First Child's expression was not that of fright.
"Evening Miss Ayanami. How are you feeling?" Shinji asked.
"I'm…doing better Ikari," Rei said feeling the corners of her mouth turn up a little.
"You seem like you have the energy of being better," Rana stated. Both walked closer to be at the First Child's bedside.
"Are you hurt anywhere?"
"No," Ayanami answered shaking her head side to side. "I am…more than adequate."
"That is good to hear Miss Ayanami," he responded. Both saw her look at him pleasantly before looking down. Staring at her bed sheets, her cheeks became a little red.
'…that's…new,' Rana thought narrowing her eyes. 'Something must have happened…and I bet that creep did something!'
"When will you be released?" she asked to change the atmosphere.
"The doctors say tomorrow morning...if nothing changes."
"That's good to hear. My apologizes for we are going to cut this visit short. We are escorting our Class Rep before she has to be taken back to the surface."
"…I see…" Rei stated. Despite feeling disappointed and a little annoyed at the female twin, she did not show it. Looking at the Third Child, he gave a small bow toward her.
"We shall see you tomorrow then Miss—" he began when he felt arms go around his neck. Blinking, the First Child gave him a hug and placed her face against his.
"…" she stated taking a calming breath in and out. After a second or two of a pause, she felt him return the hug gently. Holding each other for a couple of seconds, he let go. Begrudgingly, she let go of him as well.
"Yes…I will see you…tomorrow," Ayanami said with a small smile on her face.
'…definitely something happened…' Rana thought narrowing her eyes and frowning a little. Seeing him nod to the First Child, both left the room. While walking to the next room, she thought about asking him what happened. Holding her tongue, the female twin changed her mind and would wait. Reaching the next room, they knocked. Hearing a familiar voice answer, they opened the door and entered.
"Ikari…Rana," Kaworu said sitting up sounding pleasantly surprised. He saw both close his door after entering.
"Evening Mr. Kaworu. How are you feeling?"
"I'm doing well. Thanks for asking," he answered giving a friendly smile to both. "Is this a social call?"
"Kind of. Just visiting to see how you and Ayanami were doing after the Angel battle," Rana replied with a neutral face as both walked toward his bedside.
"That is kind of you," the Sixth Child stated sounding pleased. "I take it that both of you are okay after the Angel battle, yes?"
"Relatively speaking sir, yes."
"I'm fine…relatively speaking."
"That is good to hear," he mentioned then looked at the Third Child. Instead of saying anything, a smile stayed on his face. Shinji only blinked as he stoically stared back.
"Is it correct to assume that you will be released tomorrow Mr. Kaworu?"
"Yes. How did you guess?"
"Ayanami stated that she was going to be released tomorrow as well."
"I see."
"Our apologizes for ending this visit short Mr. Kaworu. We are escorting Miss Horaki after her visit with Miss Souryu."
"That's alright. I'm…happy you two came to visit me," the Sixth Child responded with a pleasant smile on his face.
'He actually seems more mellow now' Rana thought with a sigh of relief.
"I know that I am not your friend…but as a fellow pilot and colleague…may I ask a request?"
"Go ahead," Shinji stated without blinking.
"…" Kaworu said opening his arms to him. "Would it be alright to have a parting hug?"
"…" both Shinji and Rana responded blinking a couple of times.
'SOMETHING DEFINITELY HAPPENED!' the female twin yelled in her mind. Fearing of something happening, she stepped in front of the Third Child.
"If you are fine with me, I will give you a parting hug," she said with a neutral face. Expecting his face to sour, he only blinked.
"I am."
"…" she commented stepping closer and leaning toward him. Giving a gentle hug to each other for a couple of seconds, both let go.
"Thank you. I appreciate it. I will see you two tomorrow then," Kaworu said with mild redness on his cheeks.
"Indeed. Good day sir," Shinji replied with a small bow. When both left the room, they headed back to Asuka's room.
'Something happened,' Rana thought gnawing a little on her thumb nail. 'Something happened…something happened…something happened.'
Reaching outside of the Second Child's room, one of the security officers had knocked and opened the door. After a couple of seconds, the Class Rep came out without the large envelope. The two guards nodded to the twins as they nodded back.
"We shall escort you out now. Please follow me," one of the two stated. Walking as a group, they left the medical facility.
"How did talking with Asuka go?" Rana asked.
"She seems to be doing well! She asked me what was going on outside here and at school. She stated that she might get released in a couple of weeks if everything goes well."
"That is good to hear," Shinji replied. The group passed through the sliding doors and walked toward the security vehicle. Stopping and turning to the Class Rep, the two officers approached them.
"Do you two need a ride to your homes as well?"
"…yeah! That would be great!" Rana stated smiling.
"If you are offering sir, we will gladly accept," the Third Child agreed bowing.
"Sure. Hop in," the guard stated and gestured into the car. After all got in, the three teens continued their conversation in the backseat while going to the surface.
"When I was talking with Asuka, she stated that she had a nosebleed earlier. I thought that was a strange coincidence because I had a nosebleed as well. In fact, my entire family at home had nosebleeds around the same time," Hikari stated looking at the two.
"…that does sound…like an odd phenomena," Shinji stated looking back at the Class Rep.
'…oh no…' the female twin thought hiding her anxiety. '…that's what it meant…'
"I wonder if anyone else had a nosebleed at the same time too," the Class Rep stated.
'#$%#$yyyeeeesssss#$#$#$%#'
"…" the Third Child responded blinking and looking out the car window.
"W-Who knows!?" Rana stated with a small laugh. "With all the superstitious stuff out there and the attack of creatures called Angels, it could be anything."
"That's true," Hikari said. Turning her attention to her car window, she watched the Geo-Front slowly get smaller as they went up.
"…" the female twin commented. Moving her hand toward him, she pulled a little on his sleeve. Seeing his head turn toward her and blinking, he leaned toward her.
"Yes Miss Rana?" he spoke quietly.
"What happened during that…merging?" she whispered back.
' #$#$#$AHAHAaaaaa! AREYOUCURIOUS!?'
"…!?" Rana said flinching from hearing the dark clone in her head.
'N-N-no…n-not really,' she thought nervously. Despite giving a replied answer to it, a feeling that it will terrorize her came. Even though it gave a deep chuckle at her and didn't do anything else, she felt alarmed and tense throughout the entire ride home.