Neon Genesis Evangelion: Aftermath.
Chapter 2: Another day
Shinji woke up and smiled as the sun shone on his face. He looked at his clock to see it was nearly noon, already. Today was Sunday, which meant he wasn't obliged to go the HQ to pass synch test, nor to go back to Tokyo-4 to build something. The young man listened carefully to the sound coming from the kitchen. Or more precisely, to the lack of sound coming from it. Misato was probably at work, as she was the new commander of the Nerv, and Asuka had told him yesterday that she would spend the day with Hikari, shopping. So, Shinji was alone at home with Pen-Pen.
With a smile, he got up and walked his way to the bathroom. After taking a quick shower, Shinji dressed up and began looking for something to eat in the fridge. It was a bit strange to think that the Second and Third Children were still living with Misato. Shinji was now 19, but he didn't want to leave. He had a good reason but nobody knew about it, even his best friends, Toji and Kensuke. Well, especially them.
Shinji cooked some fishes for himself and Pen-Pen, knowing that the warm water penguin would show up as soon as he smelt the fishes. As to prove him right, Pen-Pen appeared out of his fridge and took his place next to Shinji.
"It's nearly ready Pen. Just one more minute."
Pen-Pen walked toward his plate and waited here for Shinji to serve him. Smiling, the Third Child crouched down and made slide two fish in Pen-Pen's plate, before sitting on a chair and eating his own. After that, Shinji did a bit of cleaning before heading out.
It was a beautiful spring day. Since the Third Impact, the seasons seemed to have returned and Shinji was happy to look at the flowers on the trees. Shinji walked quietly to the Nerv. There, he went down straight to the Evas. There were now eight units, but only seven pilots. During their battle against the White Evas, Asuka and the Eva 02 had been severely harmed. Asuka had stayed three weeks in a deep coma and the Nerv had been obliged to nearly entirely reconstruct the red Eva. Nobody, safe from himself and the Angels, knew how the Eva 01 had come back to Earth from its trip in space. The Eva 03 had been reconstructed for Toji, following the initial plans. The Eva 00 had never been activated again, as she seemed to reject all the new pilots the Nerv had tried to give her. And after two years, four new units were created. Kensuke and Hikari were the first new pilots. Then came Harry Parker, an American boy with black hair and eyes, and Alexander Rasputin, a Russian with long blond, almost white, hair and bright blue eyes. They were assigned to pilot the 07 and 08 units.
And now, Shinji was sitting on the shoulder of his Eva, looking at the others and thinking about the Seele. No one had heard about them since the Third Impact. But Shinji knew they were still out there. As was his father and Fuyutsuki. And he was sure Misato was thinking so as well. After all, all those who had been killed just by the Impact, or just before it, had been brought back from the dead when Shinji had decided to save the world. He knew for sure that they were still living, just waiting for the right time to strike again.
The Instrumentality had failed. The world hadn't changed a bit after the Third Impact. There were always suffering and pain. But the humanity had conserved something important: their free will. It was God's gift and no one should take that from them.
"What are you doing down there?"
Shinji looked up to see Ritsuko Akagi standing behind the pane of the command centre.
"I was thinking."
Ritsuko smiled a bit and waved him to go down from his Eva and to join her. Shinji smiled and let himself sliding down along the arm of the unit 01. Whistling, the young man walked his way to the command centre. As he stepped inside, Ritsuko turned her eyes from her computer to him.
"I think you think too much."
"That's what Misato told me," smiled Shinji, "but I love to be there with the Evas."
"I think it began with the Third Impact."
Shinji only nodded. He knew that, for most of the people, the Third Impact was a two days missing in their lives. For those who worked in the Nerv, it was the most terrifying day in their lives and another missing. The Nerv personnel had died in this first day. Everyone, safe from him, Asuka and the girl with the black and white Eva, had died this day. And everyone had been reborn the following one. Only Shinji knew exactly how. The Nerv knew it was thanks to him if they were alive, but he had tell to no one what he had seen this second day.
"Well. I have some works to do. It's a too beautiful day to spend it inside, Shinji."
The pilot smiled and left the complex. Once outside, he headed back home. He was welcome by shouts.
"Get out of here, baka!"
"Hey, stop that, we're here to see Shinji, not to be insulted by you, red head!"
Shinji smiled again and entered the kitchen to see Asuka and Toji fighting, as usual. Hikari was trying to calm them down but Kensuke, Harry and Alexander were just watching, enjoying the show.
"What are you doing, both of you? Misato will be mad at us if you repaint the apartment with your bloods."
The three spectators burst out in laughing, as Asuka and Toji stopped their fight almost instantly. Asuka growled something in German that Shinji knew better than to translate, before heading to her room. With a quick kiss on Toji's lips, Hikari followed her.
"How do you do that?" asked Alexander, smiling to Shinji.
"You mean, stopping their fights with only some words? Well, I think it comes with the experience. I've done that for some years now."
"She started it!" growled Toji.
The four young men laughed at these childish words. Shinji took a deep breath to calm himself down before speaking again.
"So, what do you want from me guys?"
"Well, we were wondering if you could give us some more tips about piloting." Harry said almost shyly.
"No problem!" said Shinji, sitting on a chair.
Since Kensuke had become the Fifth Child, Misato had decided that Shinji and Asuka had to help the new pilots, as they had lots of experience. So they had been made lieutenants and had began to teach to the others how to pilot. So, Shinji spent his afternoon talking with his teammates about strategy, synch rates and other stuff that have nothing to do with piloting, like girls and sports.
When Misato came back from work, she decided that every pilot stayed for dinner. It was more a tradition than a real decision. For more than three years, every pilot came to Misato's place to have the Sunday's dinner. Sometimes, Ritsuko, Maya, Shigeru and or Makoto came as well. Shinji stood up and prepared the dinner. As usual, Misato offered beers to everyone. As usual, the pilots said it was illegal but drank them. And as usual, everybody squeezed in the rooms for the night.
But, Shinji would have changed this against nothing. Probably because he knew that these days of happiness could be shattered when the Seele would decide it was time for coming back.
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Chapter 2: Another day
Shinji woke up and smiled as the sun shone on his face. He looked at his clock to see it was nearly noon, already. Today was Sunday, which meant he wasn't obliged to go the HQ to pass synch test, nor to go back to Tokyo-4 to build something. The young man listened carefully to the sound coming from the kitchen. Or more precisely, to the lack of sound coming from it. Misato was probably at work, as she was the new commander of the Nerv, and Asuka had told him yesterday that she would spend the day with Hikari, shopping. So, Shinji was alone at home with Pen-Pen.
With a smile, he got up and walked his way to the bathroom. After taking a quick shower, Shinji dressed up and began looking for something to eat in the fridge. It was a bit strange to think that the Second and Third Children were still living with Misato. Shinji was now 19, but he didn't want to leave. He had a good reason but nobody knew about it, even his best friends, Toji and Kensuke. Well, especially them.
Shinji cooked some fishes for himself and Pen-Pen, knowing that the warm water penguin would show up as soon as he smelt the fishes. As to prove him right, Pen-Pen appeared out of his fridge and took his place next to Shinji.
"It's nearly ready Pen. Just one more minute."
Pen-Pen walked toward his plate and waited here for Shinji to serve him. Smiling, the Third Child crouched down and made slide two fish in Pen-Pen's plate, before sitting on a chair and eating his own. After that, Shinji did a bit of cleaning before heading out.
It was a beautiful spring day. Since the Third Impact, the seasons seemed to have returned and Shinji was happy to look at the flowers on the trees. Shinji walked quietly to the Nerv. There, he went down straight to the Evas. There were now eight units, but only seven pilots. During their battle against the White Evas, Asuka and the Eva 02 had been severely harmed. Asuka had stayed three weeks in a deep coma and the Nerv had been obliged to nearly entirely reconstruct the red Eva. Nobody, safe from himself and the Angels, knew how the Eva 01 had come back to Earth from its trip in space. The Eva 03 had been reconstructed for Toji, following the initial plans. The Eva 00 had never been activated again, as she seemed to reject all the new pilots the Nerv had tried to give her. And after two years, four new units were created. Kensuke and Hikari were the first new pilots. Then came Harry Parker, an American boy with black hair and eyes, and Alexander Rasputin, a Russian with long blond, almost white, hair and bright blue eyes. They were assigned to pilot the 07 and 08 units.
And now, Shinji was sitting on the shoulder of his Eva, looking at the others and thinking about the Seele. No one had heard about them since the Third Impact. But Shinji knew they were still out there. As was his father and Fuyutsuki. And he was sure Misato was thinking so as well. After all, all those who had been killed just by the Impact, or just before it, had been brought back from the dead when Shinji had decided to save the world. He knew for sure that they were still living, just waiting for the right time to strike again.
The Instrumentality had failed. The world hadn't changed a bit after the Third Impact. There were always suffering and pain. But the humanity had conserved something important: their free will. It was God's gift and no one should take that from them.
"What are you doing down there?"
Shinji looked up to see Ritsuko Akagi standing behind the pane of the command centre.
"I was thinking."
Ritsuko smiled a bit and waved him to go down from his Eva and to join her. Shinji smiled and let himself sliding down along the arm of the unit 01. Whistling, the young man walked his way to the command centre. As he stepped inside, Ritsuko turned her eyes from her computer to him.
"I think you think too much."
"That's what Misato told me," smiled Shinji, "but I love to be there with the Evas."
"I think it began with the Third Impact."
Shinji only nodded. He knew that, for most of the people, the Third Impact was a two days missing in their lives. For those who worked in the Nerv, it was the most terrifying day in their lives and another missing. The Nerv personnel had died in this first day. Everyone, safe from him, Asuka and the girl with the black and white Eva, had died this day. And everyone had been reborn the following one. Only Shinji knew exactly how. The Nerv knew it was thanks to him if they were alive, but he had tell to no one what he had seen this second day.
"Well. I have some works to do. It's a too beautiful day to spend it inside, Shinji."
The pilot smiled and left the complex. Once outside, he headed back home. He was welcome by shouts.
"Get out of here, baka!"
"Hey, stop that, we're here to see Shinji, not to be insulted by you, red head!"
Shinji smiled again and entered the kitchen to see Asuka and Toji fighting, as usual. Hikari was trying to calm them down but Kensuke, Harry and Alexander were just watching, enjoying the show.
"What are you doing, both of you? Misato will be mad at us if you repaint the apartment with your bloods."
The three spectators burst out in laughing, as Asuka and Toji stopped their fight almost instantly. Asuka growled something in German that Shinji knew better than to translate, before heading to her room. With a quick kiss on Toji's lips, Hikari followed her.
"How do you do that?" asked Alexander, smiling to Shinji.
"You mean, stopping their fights with only some words? Well, I think it comes with the experience. I've done that for some years now."
"She started it!" growled Toji.
The four young men laughed at these childish words. Shinji took a deep breath to calm himself down before speaking again.
"So, what do you want from me guys?"
"Well, we were wondering if you could give us some more tips about piloting." Harry said almost shyly.
"No problem!" said Shinji, sitting on a chair.
Since Kensuke had become the Fifth Child, Misato had decided that Shinji and Asuka had to help the new pilots, as they had lots of experience. So they had been made lieutenants and had began to teach to the others how to pilot. So, Shinji spent his afternoon talking with his teammates about strategy, synch rates and other stuff that have nothing to do with piloting, like girls and sports.
When Misato came back from work, she decided that every pilot stayed for dinner. It was more a tradition than a real decision. For more than three years, every pilot came to Misato's place to have the Sunday's dinner. Sometimes, Ritsuko, Maya, Shigeru and or Makoto came as well. Shinji stood up and prepared the dinner. As usual, Misato offered beers to everyone. As usual, the pilots said it was illegal but drank them. And as usual, everybody squeezed in the rooms for the night.
But, Shinji would have changed this against nothing. Probably because he knew that these days of happiness could be shattered when the Seele would decide it was time for coming back.
*~*~*~*
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In the next chapter, action begins with the coming back of.
