All characters listed here are products of Gainax. This is a fanfic and thus it's given out for free and most likely doesn't follow much (if anything) in the story line...so suing me wouldn't accomplish much nor win you anything(Cause I'm penniless and you'd lose more then me in a court battle as stated before, I'm penniless). These characters are used without permission so there!
This is my first attempt at an eva fic so I can only hope that this isn't WAY too bad. I've started the fic somewhere after the 11th angel(Misato's a Major) and I've seen about a dozen different last names for Asuka. I've had a constant headache from all that, so in this fic she's Asuka Langley *SOHRYU* not Soryu, not Souryu(Oh that one peeved me off) and not what ever little pet names you've come up with her! With that said...
Enjoy!
DrunkDrake
A Calling Of Souls
Chapter 01 : The new enemy.
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A scream came across as Shinji sat there. A scream. A scream that was full of pain and failure. Failure. The scream seemed to reverberate through the orangish-blood flavoured LCL capsule Shinji sat in. It made Shinji's eyes open in stark realization that he was in EVA 01 and that someone else was in danger. It was odd, like waking half asleep and stumbling around trying to get to the bathroom in a drunken stake... No way to explain it as the seconds this all occurred it vanished with the scream.
"Asuka!" Misato screamed over the radio "Asuka, answer me! Asuka!"
"...ASUKA?!?" Shinji stuttered into the darkness surrounding his chair.
"Shinji?! Your alright?! Shinji is your EVA even functioning?!"
"I don't have a visual feed but everything seems functional...what happened to Asuka?!"
"She's pinned under some buildings and the Angel isn't relenting, can you do anything to help?!"
"Why can't I see Misato...What happened to Ayanami?! Where's she in this mess! The Angel get her too?!"
"You got sucker punched by the Angel...what ever that glop was it's still wrapped around your head and we still haven't received Rei! Unit 00 is still awaiting a pilot!" Misato said gritting her teeth.
"I'll see what I can do..." Shinji grits his teeth as he begins to see what he really can do. The controls seem abit sluggish and without the view it would be impossible to rip off the glop easily.
-From the Nerv control room 10 minutes ago-
Misato stood in her usual spot when it came to commanding the EVAs. Commander Ikari and his lap dog were no where to be seen when the Angel attacked. This left Major Katsuragi in charge with a stern faced Akagi viewing the flow of Data over Maya's terminal. Like most Angel attacks this one had no warning other then the recognition of a Blue pattern that was coming towards Tokyo-3. The Angel this time had a slight resemblance to the first Angel Shinji fought, the 3rd angel with the energy beams and the wrist blades. Except that this Angel was coloured black and it had 4 arms. The only Weapons that the Control room knew of was that each of the hands could detach from the arm and remain clutching an object and then in a matter of seconds the Angel regrew the lost appendage. It demonstrated this unique talent with a sucker punch to Unit 01's head and left it's hand there blocking eye sight, then the Angel continued to leave several other hands in key locations making it look like somebody stapled Unit 01 into the mountain. At this point Asuka had been loaded into Unit 02 and had launched to watch as the Angel was strangling Unit 01...Asuka seeing this only grinned as she saw the "invincible" Shinji defeated and knew it would be her turn.
"Asuka, distract the angel to let Shinji get out of there! Once Shinji is released get him to us and finish off the Angel" Misato relaying the orders watching as Shinji's life signs were beginning to borderline in a very bad direction.
Pulling out the Pellet gun Asuka, grinned as she lined up with the distracted Angel and pulled the trigger. The gun rattled off a satisfying staccato of rounds that pounded into the Angel's side. The Angel turned to Asuka and this was when the true impact of the angel's strength came to light as the angel left it's hands straggling Unit 01 as it regrew them again and charged Asuka. Asuka continued to blast the angel as it charged unfazed by all the rounds flickering through it and around it. This is when it also became apparent this angel had uncanny regenerative abilities even for an Angel, as it could fix it's body shape in mere seconds. Asuka being the resourceful pilot she was stopped firing the gun and used it like a bat when the angel got close enough. The angel had been flung a few blocks and Asuka dropped the bent rifle, grabbed her Prog knife and leapt into the recovering Angel. This is when the angel's 3rd ability came to light. The angel had not used an AT field during the earlier sortie and it appears that it's AT field came into action now...It moved a building right into Unit 02's flight path. The resounding crash echoed across the city when Asuka's backside fell to the floor. Just as Asuka got back to her feet, the Angel had already closed the distance between them and grabbed Asuka lifting her into the air.
"4 arms against 2! That's not very fair now is it!" Asuka screamed in rage but she had enough state of mind at the time to help her recover
"Let's see you deal with a leg too!" The Eva kicked the Angel right in the face plate causing it to lose it's grip on the Eva. It's hands were still attached as expected but Asuka dusted them off and picked up her Prog Knife.
"This is really different then I expected!" She commented removing some of the hands.
"Nice moves, for an Angel though!" Misato commented out loud.
"Who asked you! I think the angel's just another Pervert!" With that Asuka charges the Angel again and once again the angel blocks with a near by building. Followed by the familiar sound of Asuka landing on her rear. The angel stood perhaps 1 block away and had a seemingly mocking look on it's face as Eva 02 rose again.
"Fell for the same trick again! Damn! What's with this thing and sucker punches!?" Growled Asuka. Misato hadn't missed the last 2 charges by Eva 2 and sent new orders and equipment
"Use the cannon, the angel regenerates too fast for small arms fire and has a fairly good strategy and knocking away Melee attackers..." as Misato said this the building next to Asuka opened and a high power energy Cannon was produced.
"Need I warn you to watch out where you aim that thing. It could knock out a few blocks with one miss Asuka"
"Yeah Yeah" Asuka said grabbing the cannon and taking aim. The 2 targeting brackets centred on the angel just in front of her unmoving it stood...She pulled the trigger loosing one shot away and having the recoil force her to readjust her stance as she blew herself a few steps back. Looking up she saw a building disintegrate in front of the angel. It had moved a building in the way.
"Misato, We Gotta find away to stop it from doing that!" Asuka commented taking aim again
"Unless you blast apart the whole city we have no good ideas for this...I've never seen and AT field do this..."
"Useless..."Asuka gritted her teeth and loosed 2 shots this time. However the angel had another building block the first shot and a second one to smash the Cannon in another direction as the second shoot was fired...right at Unit 01!!
"SHINJI!" The resounding explosion on the mountain caused unknown damage to the Eva as an avalanche covered up the top half of the Eva...However, Misato caught just enough of the view to see that the blast knocked off most of hands holding the Eva and that Unit 01's head armour was badly wrangled from the hit.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Shouted Asuka in a rage. She dropped the cannon seeming how it was really doing less then what she was doing before and she took the Prog Knife once more into her hand and started Forward.
"Asuka remember the last 2 times, you tried that?!"
"This time I'm not rushing in" Asuka was moving at a walking pace towards the Angel and as she walked she saw the building to her left suddenly dive towards her. She moved the Eva to duck just enough that the building soared across the street and knocking over that building. Once again Asuka was picked up by the angel.
"I'll have your head! RRRAAAAAAAA!!" She screamed swinging the Progressive knife at the Angel's head. The angel backed off enough that it was only a glancing blow and a chip of the face flew away. The angel closed in on Eva 02 and had both her arms held as the 4th one reached around for the power line attached to the EVA. Asuka couldn't do anything about it as she continued to arm wrestle it for control and she watched as the LCL container lit up with another panel this one was a timer, Eva had switched to internal power.
"4 minutes 13 seconds of power left!" One of the techs bellowed. Asuka didn't know them all that well, but she knew that timer well. Life or death is spelt in it's fast count down to 0:00:00... She bellowed her anger at how powerless she was in it's grip and how she just couldn't stop these angels. Every time she fought she wouldn't be the one to win, not her, always Shinji, Rei or some other stupid thing that made her always seem so useless. She had her Eva fight, stomp, kick, punch until she was loose again from the iron grip of the angel.
"Time remaining 2 minutes 27 seconds!" the same tech yelled out again. The angel gave up it's hold on the buildings and engaged Asuka. Asuka gave a non-intelligible grunt as she arm wrestled with 2 of the arms in Melee as another one of them was pushing her head back and the last one was forcing her leg at an odd angle threatening to lose her balance. It was a lost cause in that fight for Asuka and she knew it. She knew it even worse when the Angel broke the left 3 fingers, Index, Middle and wisdom and threw her back across the road. Asuka held her hand that felt the pain of her EVA and let a slip cry out of her pain as she continued to fall back. Crashing against another building Eva 02 slowly rose again, showing that Asuka had recovered from the pain, and had picked up the Energy cannon that it dropped from just before.
"54 seconds!" came the voice again.
"Your mine!" Asuka said with a determined look in her eye and loosed another shoot. The blast would have been dead on but the Angel evaded at the last second leaving the shot heading for the far off Ocean.
"Damn you, Die!" She turned again and fired. The angel dodged again and threw one of it's fists at Asuka. The fist collided directly with the EVA's chin leaving a nasty fracture on the armour and the pilot was sent reeling. Asuka had accidently triggered the button and fired one shot right at her feet...The energy cannon's shot hit the ground and exploded. the surrounding buildings were flung away in heaps the cannon ripped apart it's own stock and the Eva in ground Zero rocked still standing in the disintegrating blast. "Time remaining 10 seconds!" Only enough time for Asuka to scream as the pain rolled over her she felt every plate rip away, she felt every surface of her body super heat and she felt the EVA's every pain...Shinji then woke...
"Asuka!" Misato screamed over the radio "Asuka, answer me! Asuka!"
"...ASUKA?!?" Shinji stuttered
"Shinji?! Your alright?! Shinji is your EVA even functioning?!"
"I don't have a visual feed but everything seems functional...what happened to Asuka?!"
"She's pinned under some buildings and the angel isn't relenting, can you do anything to help?!"
"Why can't I see Misato...What happened to Ayanami?! Where's she in this mess! The Angel get her too?!"
"You got sucker punched by the Angel...what ever that glop was it's still wrapped around your head and we still haven't received Rei! Unit 00 is still awaiting a pilot!" Misato said gritting her teeth.
"I'll see what I can do..." Shinji grits his teeth as he begins to see what he really can do. The controls seem a bit sluggish and without the view it would be impossible to rip off the glop easily.
As the Angel continues to bash the unpowered Eva with the defenceless pilot inside, Eva unit 01's arm can be seen breaking free of the rumble that covered it. It's arm motions are jerky but it swipes away all the earth and rock with a mere swipe of it's arms. It's beautiful purple armour with bright green stand outs was greatly torn and badly scratched. The horn on it's helmet was snapped at a half point and the angels hand still clung to the EVA's eyes. With it being free of it's rocky confines it stumbles a few streets down clutching the hand trying to rip it off. Inside the Plug Shinji was getting a live feed from one of the VTOL flyers circling the battlefield. The scene was horrifying...the sun had long since set and the city lights shone barely illuminating the Angel as it slowly ripped apart Eva 02's red armour. The Eva was helpless...Asuka was helpless...she was doomed...just being ground Zero in her own Cannon blast had severely ripped away the EVA's left armour along the leg and most of the arm. However the Angel was tearing into the Eva with it's bare claws...ripping apart the armour trying to find the pilot that had fought so valiantly. Shinji watched horrified as the Angel was ripping past the final layers of armour and Eva 02's blood was beginning to spray across the city. Shinji redoubled his efforts to rip off the hand on his armoured helmet as he watched the Angel tunnel deeper...
"Damn you, come on! Asuka's in trouble come on! Come on!" Shinji screamed pulling the controls harder stealing another look at the screen Asuka's Eva is missing most of it's chest and the angel was gripping the entry plug that housed the pilot.
"Damn you, damn you heartless Angels! Leave us alone! Leave Asuka alone!" With that Eva 01 lost all radio signals and it's mouth ripped open the metal armour that kept it closed. It was berserk. It First leaped into the Angel even without it's sight and caused it to drop Asuka's entry pod as it flew into a sky scraper 4 blocks down. Again the berserker charged the angel but the angel deftly dodged and struck the Eva on it's back sending it stumbling across several blocks. The Eva still in berserker torn off it's own armoured Helmet throwing it aside allowing the smooth forehead to show with 2 very bright shining green eyes, both focusing on the Angel with deadly intent. The angel then used it's AT field and sent buildings crashing into the Eva, if it wasn't for the fact that the Eva grabbed each building and throw it back to the Angel. The Angel had no defense as it's own weapons were thrown back into itself. The Angel collapsed with sharp struts and broken windows sticking out of it. However the Eva was not finished as it saw that there was still life it that Angel's eyes... The Eva crouched and they leapt crushing the angel's face under it's massive shoes. The massive wave of blood from the angel's face covered a many of city blocks for many days.
"A10 nerve connections restored" a NERV tech stated
"Eva has gone silent" The female tech Maya stated flatly...Eva 01 hadn't gone berserk for months...many thought that they'd never see it again, it and it's sadistic fighting tactics. However It was back and it stared right back into the live feed from the VTOL giving the tech workers the impression that it was staring right at them. The Eva then began to walk towards the torn Unit 02, halting just in front of it.It's hollowed green eyes seemed to echo a hollow pain...one that's there and is ever changing and never resting as it stared down on Asuka's Eva. It then picked up the EVA and locked it into it's holding restraints as it was lowered back into NERV headquarters via the launching rails. As Eva 02 lowered itself, Eva 01 turned back and headed for the entry plug with Asuka in it. It has the grip imprints of the angels hand on it and it's emergency hatch was being opened by rescue crews as Eva 01 knelt in front of the battered plug.
"Shinji? Shinji you ok?" Misato asked when the radio was reset and sending Shinji's link up.
"Mi...Misato?...Is E...everything ok? Is Asuka?!"
"She's fine Shinji. Our recovery teams have already got her retrieved from the entry plug" Misato states with a rushing calm as she see's Shinji ok and with the reports of Asuka coming in it's obvious that everyone would be coming home...Looking at the battlefield though reveals...
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"Many buildings were destroyed on the north eastern city section. It's very likely that this is going to cost a bit more then NERV was meant to handle" Fuyutsuki said to Ikari as her stood in his usual spot slightly to the right and behind Ikari Gendo.
"This was not apart of what the sea scrolls told us..." Gendo stated. He sat in his office on his chair by the desk sitting in his usual manner. His elbows resting on both sides of his desk and his hands resting folded in front of his head blocking view of his mouth. His head was slightly hung as the unpredicted event was being broadcast by his many underlings over the com channels. Gendo's eye's could barely be seen through the glasses studying the patterns on the floor in the dark room.
"You said to expect things not found in the dead sea scrolls yourself" Fuyutsuki continued also listening in as the workers of NERV were studying the angels dead body and the remains of Tokyo-3 each one reporting in their findings. Thoughts came and went in his mind as this situation went by again and again in his head. It was so odd...it was almost an exact replay of the 3rd angels attack. Even the angel looked vaguely the same.
"Yes, I did say that but...I had known of this possibility...but I hadn't believed that the angel would have come back again" Gendo stated. His mind was as thick as a black night. It hid all things that went in and out. Gendo never let anyone know exactly what he planned to do. However there was one was one thought that was understandable in his mind.
"Perhaps there really is something we should worry about, it's almost the eve" Gendo said.
"The eve?...but...that makes almost no sense...bad enough we're fighting angels, I couldn't possibly think of how to handle both sides..."
"Then start thinking" The voice came from in front of them as the black door opened revealing Doctor Akagi walking towards them. Her lab coat was spotlessly white and her blue shirt and black shorts also were seen from just under the coat. Her short blonde hair seemed to follow her like a cape framing her head. Her walk never betrayed any fear until most other workers and technicians that worked at NERV when facing Gendo.
"It's obvious that this is getting expensive. Repairs to the city alone will cost a lot more. I've never seen so much damage to the city before. The damage to unit 02 is very extensive, I believe that it will take a week to fix to operational standards" Ritsuko rambled off a list in her hands.
"But it will function again correct?"
"Yes" Ritsuko replied to Fuyutsuki
"And the pilot?"
"The pilot was unconscious upon extraction and was placed in the infirmary. The second child has yet to awaken but all physical damage is healed" Ritsuko said.
"Keep us informed, you are dismissed" Gendo said unmoving.
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"Pilot Ikari"
Shinji snapped out of his silent thinking as Ayanami Rei spoke to him.
"Ayanami?...Your here too?"
"Yes. I came to see what condition the second child is"
"Oh that's good. Where were you during the battle?"
"I was...occupied" Rei stated in her own emotionless way. Before an awkward silence came like most conversations with Rei, a nurse left the room Shinji was waking next to.
"Oh? You were waiting to see her?" The nurse said once noticing Shinji and Rei standing next to the door.
"Yes, can we see her now? Is she alright?" Shinji asked
"Yes, you may go in, she's all fixed up"
With that Shinji turned around and opened the door to the room the nurse just left. Upon entering Shinji saw how similar the hospital room Asuka resting was compared to the one that Shinji always seemed to end up in. The bed was in the middle of the room with the red head lying peacefully with her hair spread across the pillow. There seemed to be several machines on the other side of her that gave a constant low beep proving that regardless of the stained bandages along her left side she was alright. Rei entered the room behind Shinji and closed the door behind them. The noise of the closed door caused Asuka to turn her head in their direction.
"Hi Asuka! Your all right?" Shinji said taking a few steps towards the bed railings. Asuka only stared at the two. Rei stayed by the door watching.
"...Asuka?...hey Asuka?" Shinji said blinking over her as he watched she was staring at Rei. Shinji continued to blink at her holding his head just over her as she slowly turned back at him.
"S...Shi...Shinji?"
"Asuka!...what is it Asuka!?" Asuka blinked a few times staring blankly at him. Then she leapt at him capturing him in a hug.
"AHH! Asuka!?" Shinji stammered as he was gripped tightly. Then he slowly put his hands on her back and hugged her back. Asuka seemed to blink again noticing Rei watching.
"HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME, YOU ! HENTAI!!" She screamed standing on the bed she held her right foot down pinning Shinji's head to the pillow Asuka was resting on only moments ago. Rei seeing that Asuka was completely healed had left through the door, her light blue hair leaving a faint trail on Shinji's vision as he felt like he was blacking out from the pressure of Asuka's sock on his head. Once Rei left, Asuka let Shinji's head slip out of her stance as she stood over him on the bed with arms crossed and a predatory smile on her lips. Shinji backed off a step after recovering seeing her stance.
"So...your all better..." Shinji made the question sound like a statement as he rubbed his head. Her smile disappeared and it was replaced by a look of anxiety. Perhaps she was starting to feel self conscious standing on the hospital bed wearing only socks and a hospital gown... Indeed this was what she was thinking because she felt a breeze on her back and her face turned red as her old plug suit as the gown fluttered up. Shinji stood only rubbing his head watching her stand as he faintly heard the breeze pick up. A resounding Slap was heard at the reception desk down the hall. Shinji's rely was cut in half...
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"what was that?" thought Kensuke carrying a box almost as big as he was. He wandered down the hospital hall checking the names. He had been thrilled when Misato had grabbed him and gave him a box for him to help her move. Misato said nothing other then to help her move a few things. Misato told him that, Shinji asked for that box from NERV HQ. Togi was also thrilled at being picked up by Misato but when she told them to drop it off for Shinji in the NERV infirmary, Togi's reaction was shock while Kensuke's was thrilling, followed by shock. Was Shinji hurt? Well Kensuke and Togi were about to find out. Following their tour guide then arrived at the hospital for NERV under the GeoFront and were just now checking with the reception desk as to where Shinji was. The current worker didn't have anyone under the name Shinji as a patient but brightened under his description and pointed to room 204 halfway up the hall. Giving their thanks Kensuke and Togi walk down the hall holding their boxes Shinji asked for. They had no idea what was in them because Misato had packed them before picking up Kensuke and Togi, they could only think that it was stuff to make Shinji's stay in the hospital all that much better. As they walked past the rooms lining the hall peeking into them, most were empty but as they drew up to 204 they heard moaning, screaming and a lot of crashing coming from behind it's doors.
"Hey Aida! I bet the 'second child' is in their right now expressing her thanks for being rescued" commented Togi as they walked through the door into a scene they didn't expect. Asuka was on top of Shinji alternating from strangling him to beating him against the nearest wall. Kensuke and Togi could only stare as Asuka carried on for about another minute. When she finally released Shinji against a wall he slid down almost stunned and Asuka took a step back. She then turned around and rambled off a victory chant in German, well that's what they thought it was. She then opened her eyes and saw Kensuke and Togi and she immediately got a very predatory look on her face as she grit her teeth.
"Oh great your here too. The 3 stooges! HMMF!" Asuka said turning her head away and crossing her arms. Until a thought crossed her mind.
"What are you doing in NERV anyway?!"
"We came to see Shinji!" Togi said
"We never thought you'd be here!" Kensuke said then to Togi "Perhaps we should have put some wondering into why Shinji's name wasn't on the list"
"After what just happened to him...perhaps he'll need a room after all" Togi said back to Kensuke.
"STOP WHISPERING!"
"Calm down, they only came cause I asked for them" Shinji said slowly standing up and using the wall as a support. Motioning Togi and Kensuke to leave the boxes by the door then leave they did just that. Asuka could only watch with a small bit of interest to what was happening. She turned around at laid back on the bed stretching out but gave Shinji a stare of death as she saw him catching a peek at her.
"Why are you even here 'third child'?"
"Well your gonna be here for a few days, so I thought I'd make the stay more pleasant!" He said beaming
"WHAT?! HEY YOU BETTER NOT BE THINKING WHAT I THINK YOUR THINKING...ARGH HENTAI!!" Said a red faced Asuka. Shinji paused for a moment and flushed red himself.
"Hey, no no no no! You got me all wrong!" Said Shinji as he pathetically attempted to defend from Asuka's growing anger. He motioned to the boxes left behind.
"I'm going over there for a moment" He returned tail and ran to the boxes by the door. Asuka's gaze boor onto his back. She was doing this mostly because she had nothing else to do, at least she'd be able to leave soon...
"Wait a minute! HOW LONG AM I STAYING!?" Asuka said stunned. This caused Shinji to turn back from his crouching position
"Ahhh...days really...The doctors didn't say when, just a generalize" Shinji said. Asuka only sat there in stunned silence before smiling and chuckling lightly.
"Ah Baka Shinji. Good one you almost had me..." Shinji replied only by turning around " Oh my god! Your not kidding!" She launched herself from the bed turning Shinji around and practically straggling him as she clasped his collar.
"AHHAH URGG AHAAHDF" Shinji screamed/gurgled as he was shaken to the point where a milkshake would look unbeaten compared to him. Asuka could only ramble off questions, most were lost to Shinji as he felt like dough. But one question did seem more understandable.
"Why am I having to put up with this!? This is a disgrace I knew they'd get rid of me if I was useless!" Asuka had rambled on a lot more things but this stuck in Shinji's head for a long time, though he may not realize it. Shinji finally got enough control of himself to mumble a few words, Asuka having noticed Shinji was saying something stopped and listened.
"...been here earlier but after hearing how long they planned to have you here, I wanted to do you a favour" at this is pointed to the boxes "Those are some of your things" Asuka slightly dumb founded staring at Shinji then the boxes and Shinji again. A slight grin spread across her lips again, another one that could curdle milk.
"Rummaging through my things were you? See anything you liked in my room?" Shinji reacted like he was hit by a sucker punch from his Eva and spread flat against the wall.
"I GOT MISATO TO GO IN YOUR ROOM, I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME!" Shinji stated. Asuka lost the smile and gave Shinji 100% pure Asuka smile, one that could make a dead man walk a mile just to see it.
"I trust you that much Shinji" A look passed through her eyes "So what did you do just now looking through these boxes?" Shinji again flattened himself against the all and held up his SDAT pointing at it.
"I asked Misato to put it on top of one of them!"
"Fine If that's your excuse...why did you come here. I can't be that important to you" With that Asuka winked at him and elbowed him gently. Shinji only gave an annoyed glance back before taking his SDAT with him to the connecting room. A connecting room?! Asuka left her curiosity for what was in the boxes and took a peek through the door. It lead to another Hospital bed and a bathroom connecting between them. This was odd really. She'd never been in a hospital for too long mostly due to her...She shook off the that train of thought as Shinji said something.
"I'm placed in the connecting room. One of those 2 boxes should have clothing for you" Asuka then realized how much she really didn't like these hospital gowns either. She turned back to them and opened one. Inside was a few of her CD's, some VHS/DVD tapes books and Mangas even...HER TEDDY BEAR! This she hugged before setting it aside and continuing her search through the box. This box was just entertainment and time waster things so she checked the other one. This one had her clothing in it plus a few other things, red curtains, some bed sheets her pillow and alarm clock.
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"So we quarantined them to watch for any oddities of their behaviour?" Misato said.
"Yes, that wasn't an angel they fought up there...it was something...else" Ritsuko said leaning over a computer terminal. The images she saw were reflected off her glasses as she scrolled down through all the data being collected from the 'angel's corpse.
"Not an angel? How's that possible! I thought big, dumb and ugly were characteristic's shared only between angels and EVAs!!" Misato said. How is it that there is something that could threaten us like this. We knew there we only 17 angels to begin with but what were these things!? She wanted this answered. If only she wasn't going to get it yet.
"So what are they?"
"It's impossible to say for now. Even my best guess isn't a very good one" Misato seeing Ritsuko so off balance, made her feel that her friend really didn't know what was threatening them. It was anyone's guess really.
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*Hot air Zone detected avert eyes to avoid idiocy*
Ok so that's done. This is my first EVA fic. I actually got a few more chapters then this one, but this is just sort of a pet project of mine. Something to challenge me(Perhaps I bit off a bit too much eh?) and I've obviously made a few mistakes along the way... It's a fact of life that I can't avoid *Sigh*. I would LOVE to have reviews...and I guess flames would be good too(What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger...*"IF"* it doesn't kill you)
This is my first attempt at an eva fic so I can only hope that this isn't WAY too bad. I've started the fic somewhere after the 11th angel(Misato's a Major) and I've seen about a dozen different last names for Asuka. I've had a constant headache from all that, so in this fic she's Asuka Langley *SOHRYU* not Soryu, not Souryu(Oh that one peeved me off) and not what ever little pet names you've come up with her! With that said...
Enjoy!
DrunkDrake
A Calling Of Souls
Chapter 01 : The new enemy.
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A scream came across as Shinji sat there. A scream. A scream that was full of pain and failure. Failure. The scream seemed to reverberate through the orangish-blood flavoured LCL capsule Shinji sat in. It made Shinji's eyes open in stark realization that he was in EVA 01 and that someone else was in danger. It was odd, like waking half asleep and stumbling around trying to get to the bathroom in a drunken stake... No way to explain it as the seconds this all occurred it vanished with the scream.
"Asuka!" Misato screamed over the radio "Asuka, answer me! Asuka!"
"...ASUKA?!?" Shinji stuttered into the darkness surrounding his chair.
"Shinji?! Your alright?! Shinji is your EVA even functioning?!"
"I don't have a visual feed but everything seems functional...what happened to Asuka?!"
"She's pinned under some buildings and the Angel isn't relenting, can you do anything to help?!"
"Why can't I see Misato...What happened to Ayanami?! Where's she in this mess! The Angel get her too?!"
"You got sucker punched by the Angel...what ever that glop was it's still wrapped around your head and we still haven't received Rei! Unit 00 is still awaiting a pilot!" Misato said gritting her teeth.
"I'll see what I can do..." Shinji grits his teeth as he begins to see what he really can do. The controls seem abit sluggish and without the view it would be impossible to rip off the glop easily.
-From the Nerv control room 10 minutes ago-
Misato stood in her usual spot when it came to commanding the EVAs. Commander Ikari and his lap dog were no where to be seen when the Angel attacked. This left Major Katsuragi in charge with a stern faced Akagi viewing the flow of Data over Maya's terminal. Like most Angel attacks this one had no warning other then the recognition of a Blue pattern that was coming towards Tokyo-3. The Angel this time had a slight resemblance to the first Angel Shinji fought, the 3rd angel with the energy beams and the wrist blades. Except that this Angel was coloured black and it had 4 arms. The only Weapons that the Control room knew of was that each of the hands could detach from the arm and remain clutching an object and then in a matter of seconds the Angel regrew the lost appendage. It demonstrated this unique talent with a sucker punch to Unit 01's head and left it's hand there blocking eye sight, then the Angel continued to leave several other hands in key locations making it look like somebody stapled Unit 01 into the mountain. At this point Asuka had been loaded into Unit 02 and had launched to watch as the Angel was strangling Unit 01...Asuka seeing this only grinned as she saw the "invincible" Shinji defeated and knew it would be her turn.
"Asuka, distract the angel to let Shinji get out of there! Once Shinji is released get him to us and finish off the Angel" Misato relaying the orders watching as Shinji's life signs were beginning to borderline in a very bad direction.
Pulling out the Pellet gun Asuka, grinned as she lined up with the distracted Angel and pulled the trigger. The gun rattled off a satisfying staccato of rounds that pounded into the Angel's side. The Angel turned to Asuka and this was when the true impact of the angel's strength came to light as the angel left it's hands straggling Unit 01 as it regrew them again and charged Asuka. Asuka continued to blast the angel as it charged unfazed by all the rounds flickering through it and around it. This is when it also became apparent this angel had uncanny regenerative abilities even for an Angel, as it could fix it's body shape in mere seconds. Asuka being the resourceful pilot she was stopped firing the gun and used it like a bat when the angel got close enough. The angel had been flung a few blocks and Asuka dropped the bent rifle, grabbed her Prog knife and leapt into the recovering Angel. This is when the angel's 3rd ability came to light. The angel had not used an AT field during the earlier sortie and it appears that it's AT field came into action now...It moved a building right into Unit 02's flight path. The resounding crash echoed across the city when Asuka's backside fell to the floor. Just as Asuka got back to her feet, the Angel had already closed the distance between them and grabbed Asuka lifting her into the air.
"4 arms against 2! That's not very fair now is it!" Asuka screamed in rage but she had enough state of mind at the time to help her recover
"Let's see you deal with a leg too!" The Eva kicked the Angel right in the face plate causing it to lose it's grip on the Eva. It's hands were still attached as expected but Asuka dusted them off and picked up her Prog Knife.
"This is really different then I expected!" She commented removing some of the hands.
"Nice moves, for an Angel though!" Misato commented out loud.
"Who asked you! I think the angel's just another Pervert!" With that Asuka charges the Angel again and once again the angel blocks with a near by building. Followed by the familiar sound of Asuka landing on her rear. The angel stood perhaps 1 block away and had a seemingly mocking look on it's face as Eva 02 rose again.
"Fell for the same trick again! Damn! What's with this thing and sucker punches!?" Growled Asuka. Misato hadn't missed the last 2 charges by Eva 2 and sent new orders and equipment
"Use the cannon, the angel regenerates too fast for small arms fire and has a fairly good strategy and knocking away Melee attackers..." as Misato said this the building next to Asuka opened and a high power energy Cannon was produced.
"Need I warn you to watch out where you aim that thing. It could knock out a few blocks with one miss Asuka"
"Yeah Yeah" Asuka said grabbing the cannon and taking aim. The 2 targeting brackets centred on the angel just in front of her unmoving it stood...She pulled the trigger loosing one shot away and having the recoil force her to readjust her stance as she blew herself a few steps back. Looking up she saw a building disintegrate in front of the angel. It had moved a building in the way.
"Misato, We Gotta find away to stop it from doing that!" Asuka commented taking aim again
"Unless you blast apart the whole city we have no good ideas for this...I've never seen and AT field do this..."
"Useless..."Asuka gritted her teeth and loosed 2 shots this time. However the angel had another building block the first shot and a second one to smash the Cannon in another direction as the second shoot was fired...right at Unit 01!!
"SHINJI!" The resounding explosion on the mountain caused unknown damage to the Eva as an avalanche covered up the top half of the Eva...However, Misato caught just enough of the view to see that the blast knocked off most of hands holding the Eva and that Unit 01's head armour was badly wrangled from the hit.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Shouted Asuka in a rage. She dropped the cannon seeming how it was really doing less then what she was doing before and she took the Prog Knife once more into her hand and started Forward.
"Asuka remember the last 2 times, you tried that?!"
"This time I'm not rushing in" Asuka was moving at a walking pace towards the Angel and as she walked she saw the building to her left suddenly dive towards her. She moved the Eva to duck just enough that the building soared across the street and knocking over that building. Once again Asuka was picked up by the angel.
"I'll have your head! RRRAAAAAAAA!!" She screamed swinging the Progressive knife at the Angel's head. The angel backed off enough that it was only a glancing blow and a chip of the face flew away. The angel closed in on Eva 02 and had both her arms held as the 4th one reached around for the power line attached to the EVA. Asuka couldn't do anything about it as she continued to arm wrestle it for control and she watched as the LCL container lit up with another panel this one was a timer, Eva had switched to internal power.
"4 minutes 13 seconds of power left!" One of the techs bellowed. Asuka didn't know them all that well, but she knew that timer well. Life or death is spelt in it's fast count down to 0:00:00... She bellowed her anger at how powerless she was in it's grip and how she just couldn't stop these angels. Every time she fought she wouldn't be the one to win, not her, always Shinji, Rei or some other stupid thing that made her always seem so useless. She had her Eva fight, stomp, kick, punch until she was loose again from the iron grip of the angel.
"Time remaining 2 minutes 27 seconds!" the same tech yelled out again. The angel gave up it's hold on the buildings and engaged Asuka. Asuka gave a non-intelligible grunt as she arm wrestled with 2 of the arms in Melee as another one of them was pushing her head back and the last one was forcing her leg at an odd angle threatening to lose her balance. It was a lost cause in that fight for Asuka and she knew it. She knew it even worse when the Angel broke the left 3 fingers, Index, Middle and wisdom and threw her back across the road. Asuka held her hand that felt the pain of her EVA and let a slip cry out of her pain as she continued to fall back. Crashing against another building Eva 02 slowly rose again, showing that Asuka had recovered from the pain, and had picked up the Energy cannon that it dropped from just before.
"54 seconds!" came the voice again.
"Your mine!" Asuka said with a determined look in her eye and loosed another shoot. The blast would have been dead on but the Angel evaded at the last second leaving the shot heading for the far off Ocean.
"Damn you, Die!" She turned again and fired. The angel dodged again and threw one of it's fists at Asuka. The fist collided directly with the EVA's chin leaving a nasty fracture on the armour and the pilot was sent reeling. Asuka had accidently triggered the button and fired one shot right at her feet...The energy cannon's shot hit the ground and exploded. the surrounding buildings were flung away in heaps the cannon ripped apart it's own stock and the Eva in ground Zero rocked still standing in the disintegrating blast. "Time remaining 10 seconds!" Only enough time for Asuka to scream as the pain rolled over her she felt every plate rip away, she felt every surface of her body super heat and she felt the EVA's every pain...Shinji then woke...
"Asuka!" Misato screamed over the radio "Asuka, answer me! Asuka!"
"...ASUKA?!?" Shinji stuttered
"Shinji?! Your alright?! Shinji is your EVA even functioning?!"
"I don't have a visual feed but everything seems functional...what happened to Asuka?!"
"She's pinned under some buildings and the angel isn't relenting, can you do anything to help?!"
"Why can't I see Misato...What happened to Ayanami?! Where's she in this mess! The Angel get her too?!"
"You got sucker punched by the Angel...what ever that glop was it's still wrapped around your head and we still haven't received Rei! Unit 00 is still awaiting a pilot!" Misato said gritting her teeth.
"I'll see what I can do..." Shinji grits his teeth as he begins to see what he really can do. The controls seem a bit sluggish and without the view it would be impossible to rip off the glop easily.
As the Angel continues to bash the unpowered Eva with the defenceless pilot inside, Eva unit 01's arm can be seen breaking free of the rumble that covered it. It's arm motions are jerky but it swipes away all the earth and rock with a mere swipe of it's arms. It's beautiful purple armour with bright green stand outs was greatly torn and badly scratched. The horn on it's helmet was snapped at a half point and the angels hand still clung to the EVA's eyes. With it being free of it's rocky confines it stumbles a few streets down clutching the hand trying to rip it off. Inside the Plug Shinji was getting a live feed from one of the VTOL flyers circling the battlefield. The scene was horrifying...the sun had long since set and the city lights shone barely illuminating the Angel as it slowly ripped apart Eva 02's red armour. The Eva was helpless...Asuka was helpless...she was doomed...just being ground Zero in her own Cannon blast had severely ripped away the EVA's left armour along the leg and most of the arm. However the Angel was tearing into the Eva with it's bare claws...ripping apart the armour trying to find the pilot that had fought so valiantly. Shinji watched horrified as the Angel was ripping past the final layers of armour and Eva 02's blood was beginning to spray across the city. Shinji redoubled his efforts to rip off the hand on his armoured helmet as he watched the Angel tunnel deeper...
"Damn you, come on! Asuka's in trouble come on! Come on!" Shinji screamed pulling the controls harder stealing another look at the screen Asuka's Eva is missing most of it's chest and the angel was gripping the entry plug that housed the pilot.
"Damn you, damn you heartless Angels! Leave us alone! Leave Asuka alone!" With that Eva 01 lost all radio signals and it's mouth ripped open the metal armour that kept it closed. It was berserk. It First leaped into the Angel even without it's sight and caused it to drop Asuka's entry pod as it flew into a sky scraper 4 blocks down. Again the berserker charged the angel but the angel deftly dodged and struck the Eva on it's back sending it stumbling across several blocks. The Eva still in berserker torn off it's own armoured Helmet throwing it aside allowing the smooth forehead to show with 2 very bright shining green eyes, both focusing on the Angel with deadly intent. The angel then used it's AT field and sent buildings crashing into the Eva, if it wasn't for the fact that the Eva grabbed each building and throw it back to the Angel. The Angel had no defense as it's own weapons were thrown back into itself. The Angel collapsed with sharp struts and broken windows sticking out of it. However the Eva was not finished as it saw that there was still life it that Angel's eyes... The Eva crouched and they leapt crushing the angel's face under it's massive shoes. The massive wave of blood from the angel's face covered a many of city blocks for many days.
"A10 nerve connections restored" a NERV tech stated
"Eva has gone silent" The female tech Maya stated flatly...Eva 01 hadn't gone berserk for months...many thought that they'd never see it again, it and it's sadistic fighting tactics. However It was back and it stared right back into the live feed from the VTOL giving the tech workers the impression that it was staring right at them. The Eva then began to walk towards the torn Unit 02, halting just in front of it.It's hollowed green eyes seemed to echo a hollow pain...one that's there and is ever changing and never resting as it stared down on Asuka's Eva. It then picked up the EVA and locked it into it's holding restraints as it was lowered back into NERV headquarters via the launching rails. As Eva 02 lowered itself, Eva 01 turned back and headed for the entry plug with Asuka in it. It has the grip imprints of the angels hand on it and it's emergency hatch was being opened by rescue crews as Eva 01 knelt in front of the battered plug.
"Shinji? Shinji you ok?" Misato asked when the radio was reset and sending Shinji's link up.
"Mi...Misato?...Is E...everything ok? Is Asuka?!"
"She's fine Shinji. Our recovery teams have already got her retrieved from the entry plug" Misato states with a rushing calm as she see's Shinji ok and with the reports of Asuka coming in it's obvious that everyone would be coming home...Looking at the battlefield though reveals...
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"Many buildings were destroyed on the north eastern city section. It's very likely that this is going to cost a bit more then NERV was meant to handle" Fuyutsuki said to Ikari as her stood in his usual spot slightly to the right and behind Ikari Gendo.
"This was not apart of what the sea scrolls told us..." Gendo stated. He sat in his office on his chair by the desk sitting in his usual manner. His elbows resting on both sides of his desk and his hands resting folded in front of his head blocking view of his mouth. His head was slightly hung as the unpredicted event was being broadcast by his many underlings over the com channels. Gendo's eye's could barely be seen through the glasses studying the patterns on the floor in the dark room.
"You said to expect things not found in the dead sea scrolls yourself" Fuyutsuki continued also listening in as the workers of NERV were studying the angels dead body and the remains of Tokyo-3 each one reporting in their findings. Thoughts came and went in his mind as this situation went by again and again in his head. It was so odd...it was almost an exact replay of the 3rd angels attack. Even the angel looked vaguely the same.
"Yes, I did say that but...I had known of this possibility...but I hadn't believed that the angel would have come back again" Gendo stated. His mind was as thick as a black night. It hid all things that went in and out. Gendo never let anyone know exactly what he planned to do. However there was one was one thought that was understandable in his mind.
"Perhaps there really is something we should worry about, it's almost the eve" Gendo said.
"The eve?...but...that makes almost no sense...bad enough we're fighting angels, I couldn't possibly think of how to handle both sides..."
"Then start thinking" The voice came from in front of them as the black door opened revealing Doctor Akagi walking towards them. Her lab coat was spotlessly white and her blue shirt and black shorts also were seen from just under the coat. Her short blonde hair seemed to follow her like a cape framing her head. Her walk never betrayed any fear until most other workers and technicians that worked at NERV when facing Gendo.
"It's obvious that this is getting expensive. Repairs to the city alone will cost a lot more. I've never seen so much damage to the city before. The damage to unit 02 is very extensive, I believe that it will take a week to fix to operational standards" Ritsuko rambled off a list in her hands.
"But it will function again correct?"
"Yes" Ritsuko replied to Fuyutsuki
"And the pilot?"
"The pilot was unconscious upon extraction and was placed in the infirmary. The second child has yet to awaken but all physical damage is healed" Ritsuko said.
"Keep us informed, you are dismissed" Gendo said unmoving.
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"Pilot Ikari"
Shinji snapped out of his silent thinking as Ayanami Rei spoke to him.
"Ayanami?...Your here too?"
"Yes. I came to see what condition the second child is"
"Oh that's good. Where were you during the battle?"
"I was...occupied" Rei stated in her own emotionless way. Before an awkward silence came like most conversations with Rei, a nurse left the room Shinji was waking next to.
"Oh? You were waiting to see her?" The nurse said once noticing Shinji and Rei standing next to the door.
"Yes, can we see her now? Is she alright?" Shinji asked
"Yes, you may go in, she's all fixed up"
With that Shinji turned around and opened the door to the room the nurse just left. Upon entering Shinji saw how similar the hospital room Asuka resting was compared to the one that Shinji always seemed to end up in. The bed was in the middle of the room with the red head lying peacefully with her hair spread across the pillow. There seemed to be several machines on the other side of her that gave a constant low beep proving that regardless of the stained bandages along her left side she was alright. Rei entered the room behind Shinji and closed the door behind them. The noise of the closed door caused Asuka to turn her head in their direction.
"Hi Asuka! Your all right?" Shinji said taking a few steps towards the bed railings. Asuka only stared at the two. Rei stayed by the door watching.
"...Asuka?...hey Asuka?" Shinji said blinking over her as he watched she was staring at Rei. Shinji continued to blink at her holding his head just over her as she slowly turned back at him.
"S...Shi...Shinji?"
"Asuka!...what is it Asuka!?" Asuka blinked a few times staring blankly at him. Then she leapt at him capturing him in a hug.
"AHH! Asuka!?" Shinji stammered as he was gripped tightly. Then he slowly put his hands on her back and hugged her back. Asuka seemed to blink again noticing Rei watching.
"HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME, YOU ! HENTAI!!" She screamed standing on the bed she held her right foot down pinning Shinji's head to the pillow Asuka was resting on only moments ago. Rei seeing that Asuka was completely healed had left through the door, her light blue hair leaving a faint trail on Shinji's vision as he felt like he was blacking out from the pressure of Asuka's sock on his head. Once Rei left, Asuka let Shinji's head slip out of her stance as she stood over him on the bed with arms crossed and a predatory smile on her lips. Shinji backed off a step after recovering seeing her stance.
"So...your all better..." Shinji made the question sound like a statement as he rubbed his head. Her smile disappeared and it was replaced by a look of anxiety. Perhaps she was starting to feel self conscious standing on the hospital bed wearing only socks and a hospital gown... Indeed this was what she was thinking because she felt a breeze on her back and her face turned red as her old plug suit as the gown fluttered up. Shinji stood only rubbing his head watching her stand as he faintly heard the breeze pick up. A resounding Slap was heard at the reception desk down the hall. Shinji's rely was cut in half...
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"what was that?" thought Kensuke carrying a box almost as big as he was. He wandered down the hospital hall checking the names. He had been thrilled when Misato had grabbed him and gave him a box for him to help her move. Misato said nothing other then to help her move a few things. Misato told him that, Shinji asked for that box from NERV HQ. Togi was also thrilled at being picked up by Misato but when she told them to drop it off for Shinji in the NERV infirmary, Togi's reaction was shock while Kensuke's was thrilling, followed by shock. Was Shinji hurt? Well Kensuke and Togi were about to find out. Following their tour guide then arrived at the hospital for NERV under the GeoFront and were just now checking with the reception desk as to where Shinji was. The current worker didn't have anyone under the name Shinji as a patient but brightened under his description and pointed to room 204 halfway up the hall. Giving their thanks Kensuke and Togi walk down the hall holding their boxes Shinji asked for. They had no idea what was in them because Misato had packed them before picking up Kensuke and Togi, they could only think that it was stuff to make Shinji's stay in the hospital all that much better. As they walked past the rooms lining the hall peeking into them, most were empty but as they drew up to 204 they heard moaning, screaming and a lot of crashing coming from behind it's doors.
"Hey Aida! I bet the 'second child' is in their right now expressing her thanks for being rescued" commented Togi as they walked through the door into a scene they didn't expect. Asuka was on top of Shinji alternating from strangling him to beating him against the nearest wall. Kensuke and Togi could only stare as Asuka carried on for about another minute. When she finally released Shinji against a wall he slid down almost stunned and Asuka took a step back. She then turned around and rambled off a victory chant in German, well that's what they thought it was. She then opened her eyes and saw Kensuke and Togi and she immediately got a very predatory look on her face as she grit her teeth.
"Oh great your here too. The 3 stooges! HMMF!" Asuka said turning her head away and crossing her arms. Until a thought crossed her mind.
"What are you doing in NERV anyway?!"
"We came to see Shinji!" Togi said
"We never thought you'd be here!" Kensuke said then to Togi "Perhaps we should have put some wondering into why Shinji's name wasn't on the list"
"After what just happened to him...perhaps he'll need a room after all" Togi said back to Kensuke.
"STOP WHISPERING!"
"Calm down, they only came cause I asked for them" Shinji said slowly standing up and using the wall as a support. Motioning Togi and Kensuke to leave the boxes by the door then leave they did just that. Asuka could only watch with a small bit of interest to what was happening. She turned around at laid back on the bed stretching out but gave Shinji a stare of death as she saw him catching a peek at her.
"Why are you even here 'third child'?"
"Well your gonna be here for a few days, so I thought I'd make the stay more pleasant!" He said beaming
"WHAT?! HEY YOU BETTER NOT BE THINKING WHAT I THINK YOUR THINKING...ARGH HENTAI!!" Said a red faced Asuka. Shinji paused for a moment and flushed red himself.
"Hey, no no no no! You got me all wrong!" Said Shinji as he pathetically attempted to defend from Asuka's growing anger. He motioned to the boxes left behind.
"I'm going over there for a moment" He returned tail and ran to the boxes by the door. Asuka's gaze boor onto his back. She was doing this mostly because she had nothing else to do, at least she'd be able to leave soon...
"Wait a minute! HOW LONG AM I STAYING!?" Asuka said stunned. This caused Shinji to turn back from his crouching position
"Ahhh...days really...The doctors didn't say when, just a generalize" Shinji said. Asuka only sat there in stunned silence before smiling and chuckling lightly.
"Ah Baka Shinji. Good one you almost had me..." Shinji replied only by turning around " Oh my god! Your not kidding!" She launched herself from the bed turning Shinji around and practically straggling him as she clasped his collar.
"AHHAH URGG AHAAHDF" Shinji screamed/gurgled as he was shaken to the point where a milkshake would look unbeaten compared to him. Asuka could only ramble off questions, most were lost to Shinji as he felt like dough. But one question did seem more understandable.
"Why am I having to put up with this!? This is a disgrace I knew they'd get rid of me if I was useless!" Asuka had rambled on a lot more things but this stuck in Shinji's head for a long time, though he may not realize it. Shinji finally got enough control of himself to mumble a few words, Asuka having noticed Shinji was saying something stopped and listened.
"...been here earlier but after hearing how long they planned to have you here, I wanted to do you a favour" at this is pointed to the boxes "Those are some of your things" Asuka slightly dumb founded staring at Shinji then the boxes and Shinji again. A slight grin spread across her lips again, another one that could curdle milk.
"Rummaging through my things were you? See anything you liked in my room?" Shinji reacted like he was hit by a sucker punch from his Eva and spread flat against the wall.
"I GOT MISATO TO GO IN YOUR ROOM, I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME!" Shinji stated. Asuka lost the smile and gave Shinji 100% pure Asuka smile, one that could make a dead man walk a mile just to see it.
"I trust you that much Shinji" A look passed through her eyes "So what did you do just now looking through these boxes?" Shinji again flattened himself against the all and held up his SDAT pointing at it.
"I asked Misato to put it on top of one of them!"
"Fine If that's your excuse...why did you come here. I can't be that important to you" With that Asuka winked at him and elbowed him gently. Shinji only gave an annoyed glance back before taking his SDAT with him to the connecting room. A connecting room?! Asuka left her curiosity for what was in the boxes and took a peek through the door. It lead to another Hospital bed and a bathroom connecting between them. This was odd really. She'd never been in a hospital for too long mostly due to her...She shook off the that train of thought as Shinji said something.
"I'm placed in the connecting room. One of those 2 boxes should have clothing for you" Asuka then realized how much she really didn't like these hospital gowns either. She turned back to them and opened one. Inside was a few of her CD's, some VHS/DVD tapes books and Mangas even...HER TEDDY BEAR! This she hugged before setting it aside and continuing her search through the box. This box was just entertainment and time waster things so she checked the other one. This one had her clothing in it plus a few other things, red curtains, some bed sheets her pillow and alarm clock.
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"So we quarantined them to watch for any oddities of their behaviour?" Misato said.
"Yes, that wasn't an angel they fought up there...it was something...else" Ritsuko said leaning over a computer terminal. The images she saw were reflected off her glasses as she scrolled down through all the data being collected from the 'angel's corpse.
"Not an angel? How's that possible! I thought big, dumb and ugly were characteristic's shared only between angels and EVAs!!" Misato said. How is it that there is something that could threaten us like this. We knew there we only 17 angels to begin with but what were these things!? She wanted this answered. If only she wasn't going to get it yet.
"So what are they?"
"It's impossible to say for now. Even my best guess isn't a very good one" Misato seeing Ritsuko so off balance, made her feel that her friend really didn't know what was threatening them. It was anyone's guess really.
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*Hot air Zone detected avert eyes to avoid idiocy*
Ok so that's done. This is my first EVA fic. I actually got a few more chapters then this one, but this is just sort of a pet project of mine. Something to challenge me(Perhaps I bit off a bit too much eh?) and I've obviously made a few mistakes along the way... It's a fact of life that I can't avoid *Sigh*. I would LOVE to have reviews...and I guess flames would be good too(What doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger...*"IF"* it doesn't kill you)