"Your actions will be jugded be the Seelee commission, Ikari. What happened yesterday cannot be ignored, if our Children didn't intervene, the Third Impact would have been initiated."

The voice, trasmitted through radio recording, echoed in the dark room.

In such room were red and black slates, disposed in a circle. In the middle, a single man, burdening the judgment of the faceless executives. Gendo Ikari, director of NERV in Japan, was being judged by his own allies.

"Director Ikari, we shouldn't remind you of how this story is supposed to end. The Human Instrumentality Project is not something that can fail. We know how strenuous it must be fighting the Angels, but remember, NERV's primary objective is not their annihilation."

One after another, the slated lighten to talk to Gendo,that stood silently.

" As of now, we decided to leave both our Children, Kaworu, and its Evangelion on NERV HQ. That should help you in the fight with the last Angels."

That was the last sentence to came out of the Seelee executives, that laid in silence, awaiting for a response from the NERV director.

" The script of the Dead Sea Scrolls is still being followed, Human Instrumentality Project will be executed as planned"

After that phrase, the slated disappeared and the room lighten up in dim red revealing another human inside it, previously shrouded by darkness.

"They really don't trust us uh?" claimed Fuyutsuki

"It's expected, they want to tighten the leash around us. Their Children will keep an eye on NERV movements"

"So, what do you intend to do ?"

"For now, nothing. With Unit - 01 being awakened we have an advantage, but we need to consider carefully when to use that advantage."

"What about the Seelee children? Should we let him fight?"

"We don't have much choice in that regard. But still…"

Gendo stopped talking and thought for a moment. He couldn't imagine a situation in which the Seelee boy would betray NERV before the last Angel attacks. But there was something else's in his mind.

"Can we revitalize that girl?"

Fuyustuki was surprised by Gendo's sudden question, he never really cared about Asuka, and actually voted to isolate her and study her body's behaviour after the Angel contact.

"You want Asuka to return to Unit - 02?"

"Yes, we can control the Seelee boy, at least until the last angel arrives. But that girl, the american one, I cannot trust her. She knows too much. She knew how to trigger their berserk mode, so I suppose she also knows what they actually are, and what purpose do they serve."

"And what will you do with her?"

"We'll keep an eye on her and never let her ride an Evangelion."

"Interesting, I never thought you would think so highly of a mere student"

A mere student, those words haunted Gendo. How could that "mere student" know so much about Evangelions? Maybe it was all speculation on his part, and she only assisted in the EVA construction, but something felt off about her.

"Student you say? Something about that word just suits her"

After giving the order to revitalize Asuka to Fuyutsuki, Gendo was left alone in his office, and as always, he stood still, sit in his usual place, cutting the world off his mind, failing to cope with reality, and hiding his true intention to the world.

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"This is familiar, yet different. Truly a new world built on the scraps of the others. Maybe here I can finally find it, the key to his happiness. Or maybe it will all fall into oblivion, like countless other Evangelions. That is not something I can decide. The actors can only do what they were born to. My only weapon is my performance. So let's start dancing once again. Another world, another reality, another theater another show. How many stars will we gain? Will their light be enough to let us live? Every time it's exciting, but the suspence tires me. The revue has only begun, the first steps are always safe and familiar, but when will we end up this time?"

Kaworu sit in the room provided by the NERV HQ , the window beside him, his eyes fixated on the black sky. A golden trail passed over the moon, then in the distance fleeting lights started to appear.

"So will you keep us company? Will you see me to Destiny's Station?"