Disclaimer: Neon Genesis: Evangelion is not my property. It belong to
GAINAX and all affiliates. I am not asking for any money for this
written work. It is permissible to copy, quote, distribute, or in any
other way reproduce the following texts only if they contain this
disclaimer and credit to the author, or I will strike you down with
great vengeance and furious anger.
*Intermission II*
"How does it feel, Shinji?"
"...Different."
"Is there anything wrong?"
"No...it's just...different."
Even though a casual observer might see his perception of change as
simply being in a different entry plug, Shinji could tell it was
something more...something deeper. The Evas were more than just
weapons...
"Commencing activation now."
Shinji could now hear something, though not with his ears - in his
head. It sounded like a million voices speaking in a large room -
there was something being said, but it was impossible to tell what.
An image flashed in his mind - him and Rei. Another, same coupling.
Another, same again. The images came to him faster, and now he thought
he could hear sounds that were linked to the images as well. But there
was something different in these images, different to the ones he held
in his own mind. Could these be...
Rei's?
The voices, images and sounds stopped, and in the second before Unit
Zero shut itself off, Shinji thought he heard Rei's voice whisper
softly to him in his head: "Shinji..."
Rei, in the changing room, tried to make sense of how the exact same
incident could have occurred in both Evas. There was a lot more to
them than met the eye...or the mind...
Rei, as she had in Unit One, heard a voice in her head: Shinji's
voice.
"I love you, Rei."
She looked up, and saw his shadow gazing at her through the partition.
"I love you too, Shinji," she thought, and knew that he had heard her.
Rei quietly smiled to herself. She and him were now possibly the
closest two humans on the planet.
Additional scenes; 'Seele, Throne Of Souls/Weaving A Story I'.
Rei sank into Misato's couch, tired out from repeated accuracy drills
at Nerv. She closed her eyes and exhaled deeply, her blue hair falling
into her face as she did so. In the quiet of the apartment, a noise
became apparent to her. Sounded like...
_Music,_ Rei thought, _A string instrument._
She got up and walked slowly to where she thought the sound was coming
from, which turned out to be the kitchen. Sitting on one of the
chairs, which had been pulled away from the table, was Shinji, his
hands moving over the string and bow of his cello, which Rei was
surprised at. She had never noticed a case in the apartment before,
and it was quite large.
She stood in the doorway, simply listening to Shinji play. His eyes
were closed, concentrating on his tune, ignoring everything else. As
he slowly began to wind down, Rei involuntarily began to clap her
hands, softly. Shinji's eyes opened, to see who had been watching him,
and then he smiled at Rei when he saw her.
Rei smiled back, wanting for this moment to stay forever.
Replacement scene; 'Lie And Silence/Those Women That Denied Others
Their Lips And Thus, Invited Their Kisses'.
Rei watched from a distance as Unit One slowly began to sink into the
shadow that had appeared under its feet. She began to move her Eva,
lumbering towards Shinji's Eva as his cries for help surrounded her in
the entry plug, almost foreseeing her effort would be futile.
Her Evangelion dove into the street, grabbing the purple Eva's hand
before it sank into the Twelfth Angel. As her hand gripped tighter,
Misato's voice came through Rei's radio, drowning out Shinji, but she
paid it no attention.
She felt the force that was dragging Shinji down suddenly intensify,
and as the giant purple hand slipped out of her Eva's grasp, Unit
Zero's hand making a metallic crunch when it snapped shut, Rei began
to hear Misato's subdued voice break the silence that hung over all
the Nerv staff.
"Rei...pull back...that's an order."
Asuka stared at the city, or where the city had been. From her vantage
on the building outside of the Angel's range, she could see clearly
the area that had fallen into the Sea of Dirac. Just like Unit One.
"It's his own fault for being so sure of himself," Asuka said to
herself.
She became aware of a sound coming from behind her. Was that...crying?
_Rei_ crying?
Asuka turned and saw she was right. Rei, leant up against the brick
box that housed the building's elevator, sobbing to herself.
_I should go talk to her,_ Asuka though, unsure of what sort of
response she would get.
"Rei...he didn't know," she said, walking over to Rei. "None of us
could of...it wasn't his fault..."
Rei suddenly stopped crying and jerked her head up to stare at Asuka,
tears still on her cheeks. Her red eyes bore into Asuka's, and for the
first time in her life, Asuka was genuinely scared of another human
being.
"It's your fault!" Rei yelled, the tears still not out of her speech.
"What? Me? What do you-"
"You and your stupid rivalry! You urged him to do it!"
"Well, you didn't exactly try to talk him out of it," Asuka said,
feeling forced to defend her position.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Rei's voice was now cold and
calculating.
"The way you worship the ground Shinji walks on! It's disgusting,
watching you _moon_ over him!"
"At least I'm not a heartless bitch!"
"At least _I'm_ not a mindless doll!"
_Whap!_
The two pilots locked eyes for what seemed like an eternity to both of
them after Rei delivered a slap to Asuka's face. Asuka finally broke
the tension, walking past Rei, without lowering her eyes, and took the
elevator to the ground.
Replacement scenes from the Twelfth Angel's attack; 'Sickness Unto
Death, And.../The Splitting Of The Breast'
Shinji lay awake in the hospital, staring at the ceiling. He felt that
he must have memorised every little crack and dent in it by now. Not
that he didn't _not_ like being here; it was often very calming to be
away from Nerv, especially after an incident that would hospitalise
him, and just listen to the low clamour of people elsewhere in the
ward.
He could remember being inside the Eva, and it slowly getting colder
and the LCL slowly getting thicker. Then he had begun
hallucinating...he _thought_ he had begun hallucinating, and then he
woke up in the hospital bed. He figured that he had simply passed out
due to the fading life support, and had a weird dream brought on by
being sealed in his Eva for so long. He had dreamt of his mother...and
his Eva going wild. But was that only a dream?
Lost in his thoughts, he didn't notice Rei in the doorway, and only
realised she was in the room when she knelt down next to his bed.
"Rei..."
"Don't you ever go doing anything that stupid again." Her voice was
soft, and Shinji could hear the remnants of fear when she spoke.
"I won't, Rei," he said, and reached out to brush his hand over her
cheek. "I've got too much to lose, now."
Additional scene after the Twelfth Angel's defeat; 'Sickness Unto
Death, And.../The Splitting Of The Breast'
-Derek Zischke
ageless_strange@optusnet.com.au
"Do you suffer from long-term memory loss? I can't remember..."
-Chumbawhamba
GAINAX and all affiliates. I am not asking for any money for this
written work. It is permissible to copy, quote, distribute, or in any
other way reproduce the following texts only if they contain this
disclaimer and credit to the author, or I will strike you down with
great vengeance and furious anger.
*Intermission II*
"How does it feel, Shinji?"
"...Different."
"Is there anything wrong?"
"No...it's just...different."
Even though a casual observer might see his perception of change as
simply being in a different entry plug, Shinji could tell it was
something more...something deeper. The Evas were more than just
weapons...
"Commencing activation now."
Shinji could now hear something, though not with his ears - in his
head. It sounded like a million voices speaking in a large room -
there was something being said, but it was impossible to tell what.
An image flashed in his mind - him and Rei. Another, same coupling.
Another, same again. The images came to him faster, and now he thought
he could hear sounds that were linked to the images as well. But there
was something different in these images, different to the ones he held
in his own mind. Could these be...
Rei's?
The voices, images and sounds stopped, and in the second before Unit
Zero shut itself off, Shinji thought he heard Rei's voice whisper
softly to him in his head: "Shinji..."
Rei, in the changing room, tried to make sense of how the exact same
incident could have occurred in both Evas. There was a lot more to
them than met the eye...or the mind...
Rei, as she had in Unit One, heard a voice in her head: Shinji's
voice.
"I love you, Rei."
She looked up, and saw his shadow gazing at her through the partition.
"I love you too, Shinji," she thought, and knew that he had heard her.
Rei quietly smiled to herself. She and him were now possibly the
closest two humans on the planet.
Additional scenes; 'Seele, Throne Of Souls/Weaving A Story I'.
Rei sank into Misato's couch, tired out from repeated accuracy drills
at Nerv. She closed her eyes and exhaled deeply, her blue hair falling
into her face as she did so. In the quiet of the apartment, a noise
became apparent to her. Sounded like...
_Music,_ Rei thought, _A string instrument._
She got up and walked slowly to where she thought the sound was coming
from, which turned out to be the kitchen. Sitting on one of the
chairs, which had been pulled away from the table, was Shinji, his
hands moving over the string and bow of his cello, which Rei was
surprised at. She had never noticed a case in the apartment before,
and it was quite large.
She stood in the doorway, simply listening to Shinji play. His eyes
were closed, concentrating on his tune, ignoring everything else. As
he slowly began to wind down, Rei involuntarily began to clap her
hands, softly. Shinji's eyes opened, to see who had been watching him,
and then he smiled at Rei when he saw her.
Rei smiled back, wanting for this moment to stay forever.
Replacement scene; 'Lie And Silence/Those Women That Denied Others
Their Lips And Thus, Invited Their Kisses'.
Rei watched from a distance as Unit One slowly began to sink into the
shadow that had appeared under its feet. She began to move her Eva,
lumbering towards Shinji's Eva as his cries for help surrounded her in
the entry plug, almost foreseeing her effort would be futile.
Her Evangelion dove into the street, grabbing the purple Eva's hand
before it sank into the Twelfth Angel. As her hand gripped tighter,
Misato's voice came through Rei's radio, drowning out Shinji, but she
paid it no attention.
She felt the force that was dragging Shinji down suddenly intensify,
and as the giant purple hand slipped out of her Eva's grasp, Unit
Zero's hand making a metallic crunch when it snapped shut, Rei began
to hear Misato's subdued voice break the silence that hung over all
the Nerv staff.
"Rei...pull back...that's an order."
Asuka stared at the city, or where the city had been. From her vantage
on the building outside of the Angel's range, she could see clearly
the area that had fallen into the Sea of Dirac. Just like Unit One.
"It's his own fault for being so sure of himself," Asuka said to
herself.
She became aware of a sound coming from behind her. Was that...crying?
_Rei_ crying?
Asuka turned and saw she was right. Rei, leant up against the brick
box that housed the building's elevator, sobbing to herself.
_I should go talk to her,_ Asuka though, unsure of what sort of
response she would get.
"Rei...he didn't know," she said, walking over to Rei. "None of us
could of...it wasn't his fault..."
Rei suddenly stopped crying and jerked her head up to stare at Asuka,
tears still on her cheeks. Her red eyes bore into Asuka's, and for the
first time in her life, Asuka was genuinely scared of another human
being.
"It's your fault!" Rei yelled, the tears still not out of her speech.
"What? Me? What do you-"
"You and your stupid rivalry! You urged him to do it!"
"Well, you didn't exactly try to talk him out of it," Asuka said,
feeling forced to defend her position.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Rei's voice was now cold and
calculating.
"The way you worship the ground Shinji walks on! It's disgusting,
watching you _moon_ over him!"
"At least I'm not a heartless bitch!"
"At least _I'm_ not a mindless doll!"
_Whap!_
The two pilots locked eyes for what seemed like an eternity to both of
them after Rei delivered a slap to Asuka's face. Asuka finally broke
the tension, walking past Rei, without lowering her eyes, and took the
elevator to the ground.
Replacement scenes from the Twelfth Angel's attack; 'Sickness Unto
Death, And.../The Splitting Of The Breast'
Shinji lay awake in the hospital, staring at the ceiling. He felt that
he must have memorised every little crack and dent in it by now. Not
that he didn't _not_ like being here; it was often very calming to be
away from Nerv, especially after an incident that would hospitalise
him, and just listen to the low clamour of people elsewhere in the
ward.
He could remember being inside the Eva, and it slowly getting colder
and the LCL slowly getting thicker. Then he had begun
hallucinating...he _thought_ he had begun hallucinating, and then he
woke up in the hospital bed. He figured that he had simply passed out
due to the fading life support, and had a weird dream brought on by
being sealed in his Eva for so long. He had dreamt of his mother...and
his Eva going wild. But was that only a dream?
Lost in his thoughts, he didn't notice Rei in the doorway, and only
realised she was in the room when she knelt down next to his bed.
"Rei..."
"Don't you ever go doing anything that stupid again." Her voice was
soft, and Shinji could hear the remnants of fear when she spoke.
"I won't, Rei," he said, and reached out to brush his hand over her
cheek. "I've got too much to lose, now."
Additional scene after the Twelfth Angel's defeat; 'Sickness Unto
Death, And.../The Splitting Of The Breast'
-Derek Zischke
ageless_strange@optusnet.com.au
"Do you suffer from long-term memory loss? I can't remember..."
-Chumbawhamba