A/N: I'm back!! Sorry this took a while. I have the whole story finished
handwritten in a notebook. Now comes the difficult task of typing the
thing. Thanks for the advice, and reviews, and please continue to R&R.
Disclaimer: Evangelion belongs to Gainax, and several others.
Misato stood outside the boundary put up by the fire department, fighting back tears as she waited to be noticed. She was certain that she hadn't aged either. She decided that being in Instrumentality kept those there from aging. Disbelief and concern toppled around in her head. She smiled, and silently gave a word of thanks when he approached her.
"Katsuragi? What's going on?" He asked stepping over the barrier and moving next to her. "I woke up in the flavor vat in the back, and next thing I know, the place burst into flames." He stopped and looked down at her.
She stared at him for a long while, then fell against his chest sobbing. He embraced her.
---
"I can't believe I ate that! Now I want to be sick. Oh, disgusting. . ."
Shinji said nothing.
"God, six bowls. How many people do you think that was? Who'd be sick enough-they had to know."
"Maybe that's why the owner's dead."
Asuka nodded and started coughing.
"Wonder why no one noticed before." He added.
"Get it out of me!"
"I don't think I . . ."
"You have to!"
"Asuka, I . . ."
He was interrupted when the door opened, and a man from NERV Intelligence entered the room.
"Asuka Soryu. I've been asked to retrieve and escort you back to NERV."
"For what?!" Shinji protested.
"Emergency eradication of her stomach contents."
Asuka groaned, and then smiled. "Thank you."
"You will then be kept for study."
"What? No. I won't stay there!"
Shinji got to his feet and stood defensively in front of Asuka. "If she goes, so do I."
The Intelligence officer threw Shinji aside. "You will stay here." He reached towards Asuka.
"Don't touch me! If you want to help me, fine, but--." She stopped coughing overtaking her again.
"She won't stay in NERV. You-- you can't turn her into a science project!"
A second later Asuka bolted to her feet and stumbled quickly into the bathroom, slamming the door as she went.
"Get out of here." Shinji ordered.
The Intelligence officer scowled through his glasses. "I may have to arrest you if you continue to refuse to release her."
"You don't have that authority."
The officer whipped around to see Misato with her arms folded in the doorway.
"They're no longer members of NERV, now get out!"
"Fine, we will deal with this eventually." As he passed her he tried to look deadpan, but shock lined his features as he passed Kaji in the hall.
---
-It's so weird. Everything was digested except for the LCL. How disgusting. I feel violated, hmm, I wonder what would happen if I flushed. . .- Asuka thought from where she now lay on the floor. A knock at the door made her jump.
"He's gone, you don't have to fake being sick any more."
"I'm not faking, you moron!"
Shinji sighed. "Call if you need me."
---
"Explain to me again. What exactly is going on here?" Kaji asked.
"Third Impact happened. Eight years ago. Everyone merged. Those people that had the strength were eventually able top release themselves. Asuka and I, we were the first. You, its weird, you have no memories from Instrumentality?"
Kaji nodded.
"Maybe it's because you died before it happened. Long before it happened compared to some people. Like me, and Asuka." Misato whispered.
"One thing I didn't forget though, was my promise."
Misato bowed her head and sighed.
"I'm going to check on Asuka." Shinji announced, and got to his feet.
As he left Kaji turned to Misato. "What happened to her?"
"She ate something that didn't agree with her. Shinji said it was--."
"What?"
"That noodle place, the one you appeared in, they ate there last night. They used LCL as sauce for the noodles. They didn't know, Asuka ate 6 bowls."
"Is that even possible?" He bit his lip. "What do you think it'll do to her?"
"I don't know. NERV was here. That's who that suited goon was. He said they wanted to take her, and test her."
"That's wrong . . . Who else is back?"
"No one from Seele. A few low rankers from NERV."
"Now that we're alone, I'll say it."
"Don't."
"Why? It's what you want to hear, right?"
"I don't know what I want any more."
---
"It's weird, I'm half willing to go now." Asuka whispered from where she lay on the floor.
"Don't say that."
"It's sick. How could I have enjoyed that?"
"You didn't know. None of us did. It had to have been laced, or flavored with something. Honestly, I hated it."
"Yeah, but you've become picky lately."
Shinji sighed and joined her on the floor. Sitting cross legged, he lifted her head into his lap. "You've survived worse. You literally went through the end of the world. You survived that."
"Yeah but this isn't just a stomach virus. Idiot." She groaned and her stomach gurgled audibly. "I feel worse. Help me Shinji!"
"I'll try. Not like you to beg like that."
"If you're going to mock me, then leave. So I actually admitted that I need help. Big deal." She closed her eyes. "Go away."
"Nope."
She opened them again, and smiled. "I hate you."
"You don't mean that."
"Damn you. When did you get to be smarter than me?"
They both laughed at this for several minutes.
"Don't leave me." She asked.
"I won't."
As he spoke she fell asleep.
--- -A/N: that's the end of that chapter. Updates will be slow for a while, because I've just gone back to my next semester in College. Don't worry though, I will post every chance I get!!
Misato stood outside the boundary put up by the fire department, fighting back tears as she waited to be noticed. She was certain that she hadn't aged either. She decided that being in Instrumentality kept those there from aging. Disbelief and concern toppled around in her head. She smiled, and silently gave a word of thanks when he approached her.
"Katsuragi? What's going on?" He asked stepping over the barrier and moving next to her. "I woke up in the flavor vat in the back, and next thing I know, the place burst into flames." He stopped and looked down at her.
She stared at him for a long while, then fell against his chest sobbing. He embraced her.
---
"I can't believe I ate that! Now I want to be sick. Oh, disgusting. . ."
Shinji said nothing.
"God, six bowls. How many people do you think that was? Who'd be sick enough-they had to know."
"Maybe that's why the owner's dead."
Asuka nodded and started coughing.
"Wonder why no one noticed before." He added.
"Get it out of me!"
"I don't think I . . ."
"You have to!"
"Asuka, I . . ."
He was interrupted when the door opened, and a man from NERV Intelligence entered the room.
"Asuka Soryu. I've been asked to retrieve and escort you back to NERV."
"For what?!" Shinji protested.
"Emergency eradication of her stomach contents."
Asuka groaned, and then smiled. "Thank you."
"You will then be kept for study."
"What? No. I won't stay there!"
Shinji got to his feet and stood defensively in front of Asuka. "If she goes, so do I."
The Intelligence officer threw Shinji aside. "You will stay here." He reached towards Asuka.
"Don't touch me! If you want to help me, fine, but--." She stopped coughing overtaking her again.
"She won't stay in NERV. You-- you can't turn her into a science project!"
A second later Asuka bolted to her feet and stumbled quickly into the bathroom, slamming the door as she went.
"Get out of here." Shinji ordered.
The Intelligence officer scowled through his glasses. "I may have to arrest you if you continue to refuse to release her."
"You don't have that authority."
The officer whipped around to see Misato with her arms folded in the doorway.
"They're no longer members of NERV, now get out!"
"Fine, we will deal with this eventually." As he passed her he tried to look deadpan, but shock lined his features as he passed Kaji in the hall.
---
-It's so weird. Everything was digested except for the LCL. How disgusting. I feel violated, hmm, I wonder what would happen if I flushed. . .- Asuka thought from where she now lay on the floor. A knock at the door made her jump.
"He's gone, you don't have to fake being sick any more."
"I'm not faking, you moron!"
Shinji sighed. "Call if you need me."
---
"Explain to me again. What exactly is going on here?" Kaji asked.
"Third Impact happened. Eight years ago. Everyone merged. Those people that had the strength were eventually able top release themselves. Asuka and I, we were the first. You, its weird, you have no memories from Instrumentality?"
Kaji nodded.
"Maybe it's because you died before it happened. Long before it happened compared to some people. Like me, and Asuka." Misato whispered.
"One thing I didn't forget though, was my promise."
Misato bowed her head and sighed.
"I'm going to check on Asuka." Shinji announced, and got to his feet.
As he left Kaji turned to Misato. "What happened to her?"
"She ate something that didn't agree with her. Shinji said it was--."
"What?"
"That noodle place, the one you appeared in, they ate there last night. They used LCL as sauce for the noodles. They didn't know, Asuka ate 6 bowls."
"Is that even possible?" He bit his lip. "What do you think it'll do to her?"
"I don't know. NERV was here. That's who that suited goon was. He said they wanted to take her, and test her."
"That's wrong . . . Who else is back?"
"No one from Seele. A few low rankers from NERV."
"Now that we're alone, I'll say it."
"Don't."
"Why? It's what you want to hear, right?"
"I don't know what I want any more."
---
"It's weird, I'm half willing to go now." Asuka whispered from where she lay on the floor.
"Don't say that."
"It's sick. How could I have enjoyed that?"
"You didn't know. None of us did. It had to have been laced, or flavored with something. Honestly, I hated it."
"Yeah, but you've become picky lately."
Shinji sighed and joined her on the floor. Sitting cross legged, he lifted her head into his lap. "You've survived worse. You literally went through the end of the world. You survived that."
"Yeah but this isn't just a stomach virus. Idiot." She groaned and her stomach gurgled audibly. "I feel worse. Help me Shinji!"
"I'll try. Not like you to beg like that."
"If you're going to mock me, then leave. So I actually admitted that I need help. Big deal." She closed her eyes. "Go away."
"Nope."
She opened them again, and smiled. "I hate you."
"You don't mean that."
"Damn you. When did you get to be smarter than me?"
They both laughed at this for several minutes.
"Don't leave me." She asked.
"I won't."
As he spoke she fell asleep.
--- -A/N: that's the end of that chapter. Updates will be slow for a while, because I've just gone back to my next semester in College. Don't worry though, I will post every chance I get!!