Authors notes on act 2 about Unit-00. They were able to repair Unit-00. Let's say
that the angels attack had weakened the Eva's chest, so that the explosion only
destroyed the chest. Unfortunately that still include the entry plug, but they were
able to salvage the Eva. On another note my best friend is going to hate me for
doing a brain episode.
Act 2; That witch I have never known.
Shinji never thought that an angel would reassure him. But at least this
angel wasn't trying to invade anybody's minds. It reminded him of the early ones. A
column with assorted sharp blades and spikes sticking out of it, with an core
imbedded in one side, its main means of attack was to spin and charge. Blue and
green lines spiraled up to the flat top of the angels body. The spikes and blades
were dark gray, and had a chaotic shapes and seemed to be scattered randomly over
its body. The plan to defeat it was that two Evas would distract it while the third
waited for an opining to snipe it. unfortunately Shinji had been paired with Rei for
the distraction, which was distracting him. His thoughts kept wandering to all the
strange things he had learned about her. He was suddenly jolted back to realty by
Asuka's yell.
"Watch out baka!"
Shinji narrowly avoided another of the angels charges.
"T-thanks."
"Wake up baka. This isn't the time to be in la la land."
"Do you have a clear shot yet?" asks Rei
"I won't have a shot until you can get the core turned towards me."
"Understood."
Unit-00 wedges its progressive lance in-between two of the angels
protrubences and began to twist the angel towards Asuka. Shinji, caching on
followed suit.
Asuka triumphantly yells "Got it!"
As the angels core exploded the angels blades and spikes shot out as
deadly shrapnel. Shinji and Rei didn't even have time to scream.
Ritsuko and Misato are walking in a medical ward in Nerv HQ.
"How are Rei and Shinji?" Asks a very worried Misato
"Not good. When the angel blew it shot chunks of metal into both Evas.
Since the pilots were still synchronizing..." Replied Ritsuko.
"It felt like they were being cut themselves."
Ritsuko nodded. "In addition metal from their entry plugs was broken free and they
were both lacerated pretty badly."
"How bad is it"
"Welllll.....We put them into an experimental procedure, so hopefully
they'll both be ready to resume duty in about a month or so."
"Experimental procedure? What experimental procedure?"
The door in front of them opens up. Inside the room is a glass bubble
with filled with lcl, connected to a great deal of machinery. Rei and Shinji are both
floating in the lcl, naked.
"The lcl bubble is designed to promote both physical and psychological
healing. Unfortunately its never been tested. Also it wasn't meant to be used on
more than one person at a time." Explains Ritsuko.
"So why are we risking it?"
"Because the commander wants them both on their feet as soon as
possible. And he has the legal authority to have whatever medical experiments
performed on them he wants."
Shinji is sitting on a train. The orange hue of the light gives the
impression that it is sunset.
"Not this again." Moans Shinji.
"You have been here before?"
Startled Shinji looks down the train and sees Rei seated on the train.
: "Um, yes. Normally after I lose consciousness in Eva."
"I see. This is the form you give the inside of your mind."
"This is how I envision my mind?"
"Yes. When your mind needs to retreat into itself this is the
construct it forms."
Suddenly the scenery shifts. Shinji is now on a shore. Rei is standing
hip deep in the water. Everything is in shades of orange.
: "This is how I envision my mind." States Rei
"But its so... Barren."
"..."
"Why is it so barren? Why?"
"It is my soul. It is all I have."
"I don't understand."
"Ones view of themselves is influenced by their interactions with others.
I have never had much interaction with others."
"You were given nothing."
The view returns to the train.
It's odd. This place is comfortable to me. Eva is comfortable to me as
well."
"Both are places where you feel protected. You seek the return to the
womb."
"No. I just don't want to be hated."
"You create a world where you are loved. That is your desire."
: "Rei, what do you desire?"
"My desire?"
"Yes. What is it you want?"
"Once I desired to return to nothingness. I desired the death of my
current self. Now..."
Shinji could swear Rei was blushing, but he passed it off as a trick of the
light.
"Now I desire to be desired. I wish to be cared for."
Shinji realized that Rei was indeed blushing.
"And I wish to care for another." She turns and looks Shinji in the eye. "I
have remembered something important I had to tell you. After the death of my
second self, I saw you. I saw you crying for me."
Now it was Shinji's turn to blush.
"Did you mean what you said? Do you truly care if I live or die?"
"Yes. I do care." Shinji looks Rei dead in the eyes. "I can't help but care
about you."
Ritsuko went over the test results again. Same outcome. It was
inconceivable that it could be happening, but the figures didn't lie.
The commanders not going to like this. Still if anything will get a rise
out of the bastard this will. she thought with a smile.
She entered Gendo's cavernous office and stood behind his desk.
"You have something to report?"
"Yes. This is an echeplagraph of the third and first children. As you can
see their brain waves are synchronizing. In all likely hood there is communication
going on. Their is some precedent, as they were able to synchronize with each
others Eva's during sync training. Also they were able to synchronize their
movements during the synchronization training for the seventh angel."
"I see. Is there any way to stop this communication?"
"Not without removing them from the lcl bubble. That is not a viable
option as it would kill them both."
"Very well. Leave them for now."
"Yes sir. If I may ask, how will this affect the scenario?"
"That is none of your concern. I suggest you concentrate on the repairs
to the Eva's."
"But what if this affects Rei's other duties?"
"Am I not making myself clear doctor? That is not your
concern."
"Understood." As she walks away Ritsuko thinks Damn bastard didn't
even twitch. Why do I even bother.
Rei is on the train sitting beside Shinji. She seems troubled.
"I do not understand. Why is it that you care for me? I have done nothing
to evoke such feelings? Asks Rei
"You've saved my life." Replies Shinji
"I was ordered too."
"Still... When I first came to Tokyo-03 I had a vision of you. When I saw
you later, I knew that I had to protect you. But your the one who always protects
me."
"Did you wish to protect me because I look like your mother?"
"No. You are you, not her."
Rei leans her head down on Shinji's shoulder. Shinji gets extremely
nervous but doesn't know how to react.
Smells like Ikari here. This is comfortable.
Rei puts a hand on Shinji's arm. Shinji decides to just relax and enjoy it.
Much later in their conjoined minds, Shinji and Rei are sitting on the
shore in Rei's mind, only now there are water lilies in the water. Shinji is laying
down and has his head resting on Rei's lap, looking at the water. Rei is caressing
Shinji's hair.
"Our bodies fit together so well. Is it because this place is a illusion?."
Shinji asks Rei
"This reality may be an illusion but that does not mean it is false. I have a
Question, Shinji... What is a mother like?"
"I remember my mother being a loving person. She was an
optimist, always believing that things would work out for the best. I remember that
she could calm my father with a look. But most of all I remember her being kind. I
guess I'm lucky that I had such a good mother. Why do you ask?"
"The closest thing I have to a parent is Lillith. DNA taken
from it and changed to be more human, and a soul drawn from its soul. I am a
creature whose origins are artificial. The feeling of being close to another is
something which I have never experienced before." Rei halts and looks up. "I do
not believe we will be in this world for much longer."
"Before we go Rei I have to apologize. I let my fears of your
origin make me turn away from you. I let the fear override what I already knew to
be true about your person. I did what I always say I mustn't. I ran away. Rei have to
tell you that-"
Rei silences him with a finger pressed to his lips.
"Words are unnecessary. We feel the same thing. Our souls
have touched, and now we are both separate and one."
"I guess what is meant to be will be."
Shinji opened his eyes as the lcl drained from the bubble. he breathed air
gasping as his lungs had become unused to it, Next to him Rei did the same. The
bubble opened up and medical technicians began to towel them off. Shortly the two
of them have recovered and are getting dressed when a siren goes off.
"Angel attack?!"
Rei nods, understanding what Shinji is thinking.
On the surface Asuka had already engaged the angel, but was having little
success. The angels body seemed to just be a translucent blue blob of goo with the
core floating in the middle. It was gigantic, far larger than the Eva that was battling
it. Actually other than its size it didn't look all that impressive. However it was
proving to as resistant to damage as the fourteenth angel. All of her shots were
simply bouncing off the tough outer membrane.
"Cmon, blow up all ready." She tossed away her empty guns, but before
she could grab more weapons the angel formed tendrils and grabbed her Eva.
"AHHH! Pervert angel!"
The angel pulled unit-02 into the blue goo that formed its body, ignoring
Asuka's struggles...
"Asuka! Are you OK?" Screams Misato.
"I'm fine. But this is really gross!"
"Can you get to the angels core?"
"I'm trying, but the angel keeps pushing me away when I get to close to it.
And I can't get out either."
Suddenly Maya breaks in "Sir! Units one and zero are powering up!"
"What! Shinji, Rei what are you doing!"
Shinji's face appears in a corner of the monitor "Asuka can't beat this
angel alone. Please let us fight Misato!"
"Send them." Orders Gendo
"Launch Evas!"
The moment the Evas came to a stop the angel grabbed them, and yanked
them in just as it had unit-02.
"Nice going dunkophs! Now the angels got all of us!" Yells Asuka.
"Misato, can you reel us out using the Eva's umbilical?" Asks Shinji
"Its no good. We just pull the umbilical taut. Anymore and they snap."
"Major, give my umbilical some slack. "Requests Rei. The tension lets
off Unit-00's umbilical and Rei pulls some more in. "Now reel it in again." The
cable that is still outside the angel goes taut, but the cable inside remains slack. "It
would appear that the Angels membrane can only allow matter into the angels
body."
"So if we put enough pressure on the angel from inside it should pop."
Says Shinji grasping Rei's plan.
"But to do that we're going to need to be as far away from each other as
possible. And that means we'd have to cut our umbilical." Points out Asuka.
"But we can't get out of the angel if we don't try."
The children activate their prog knifes and run in different directions.
When they reach the membrane the prog knifes they struggle to cut through.
They all think as one "Break, Break, Break"
The angel becomes stretched in several directions. It tries to sweep the
children back in, but the Eva's feet are pushing into the ground with such force that
the angels membrane is being pushed down. After several anxious minutes the
membrane tears simoutaniusly on all three knifes, and blue goo spills everywhere.
Units 00 and 02 fall silent, their batteries exhausted. Unit-01 goes forward and
jams its prog knife into the angels core, destroying it. Then Shinji slumps down in
exhaustion.
Shinji is laying on his bed. It is late at night but he is having no success
sleeping.
We beat the angel, and nobody got hurt this time. So why do I still feel
so sad. Sigh. It's because Rei's not here. Asuka's spending the night with Hikari,
and Misato's sleeping off a case of beer. I really don't have any reason not to go.
Shinji gets up and goes to leave the apartment. He opens the door to see
Rei.
"Shinji... I had to see you. I do not understand why, but I no longer wish
to be away from you."
"I don't want to be away from you either."
They both move to Shinjis room and sit on his bed. They begin to kiss,
and Rei slips a hand into Shinjis shirt.
"Rei!?"
"Sshh." She places a finger to his lips. "We have already shared so
much. I wish for this joining as well. Please?"
Shinji nods and returns to Rei's embrace. He fumbles with her shirt
buttons, and Rei pulls back to remove the offending garments. And any other
clothes that might get in the way. Shinji freezes up stunned by Rei's perfection, but
then remembers to remove his own clothes. Rei lays down and embraces Shinji.
As they snuggle together Shinji notes some thing.
"We really do fit together well."
Rei just holds Shinji tighter, and for a long time all they did was hold
each other. Then they united their bodies fully.
Some time later, following a extremely pleasurable and tender
experience, the two lovers lay holding each other. Shinji is laying on his side,
holding Rei around the waist, and Rei is holding his hands.
"I know you told me that the words are unnecessary, but still... I love you
Rei."
"I know. I love you too."
The two fell asleep in that position.
End Act 2
Well I wrote my first lime scene. Nothing to graphic. I just felt that
after a month of being mentally joined the two of them would get pretty close. I
also hope that I did a decent job coming up with new angels.