Darkened Exodus: Evangelion Author's Rants:
Hi readers, thanks to everyone who reviewed the first chapter I've received some really good suggestions about where to take this fic (especially from Keyblade). Anyway here's the next chapter R&R! By the way .... I do own a multi-million dollar anime corporation, that's why im sitting here typing fanfics on my prehistoric, windows95 laptop, I think not! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Darkened Exodus: Evangelion
Episode 0:2 Memories

The Third cranial NERV testing facility, eight forty-two p.m., Dr. Akagi presses some buttons on her computer. She remembers he recent visit to her mother.

"Hello mother." She said coldly as she stared at the control port for the Casper MAGI computer. She took her screw diver and drove it in the metal hard. Once she had finished removing the screws she brought out the laser cutter to remove the outer shell of the control port. She smiled arrogantly has she sliced through the sheet of metal, exposing the wires.
She them began clipping several groups of wires together.

"Why mother, why!?" She said as she yanked the wires out the port.

"How could you choose him?" She stopped dead. She tilted her head as if the computer was talking to her.

"You stupid bitch! He'd never love you, it's only her he'd love, you stupid, stupid, bitch!" She rammed the wires back in the port and sealed it up tight. She scrambled out the hatch, as she was about to close the door, one of the notes on the Casper computer caught her eye. She picked it up. It was all crumpled up, and it had a bid red cross through it. Dr. Akagi read out the Kanji written on it.

"Ritsuko"

"You stupid bitch."

"Dr. Akagi, Dr. Akagi."

Ritsuko shook her head and tried to concentrate on the reactivation trial.

"Is everything O.K Dr.?" Said Ibuki.

"I'm fine, just memories, bad memories." She looked through the window and saw the newly repaired Unit 1, the shoulder and arm plates weren't completely repaired and looked like they'd been duck taped on.

Asuka was sitting on a computer console, waving her legs back and forth. She felt a little weird sleeping on her own the previous night, although she wouldn't admit it, she found comfort in the little boy that slept next to her. She knew however Shinji was so happy when Misato walked through the door last night.

She just strolled through the door as if nothing had happened. She was little surprised to find the flat empty and she almost tripped over Asuka's sleeping body. Misato crept through the apartment and silently opened Shinji's door. She saw him, lying serenely in peaceful sleep. She stood for about thirty minutes just staring at his body. When she realized how long she'd been standing there she went to close the door, as she was just about to close it, she heard a familiar voice from across the room.

"I'm glad you came back."

"I know, I'll see you in the morning."

Shinji closed his eyes and went back to sleep. Misato closed the door and turned round to find Asuka staring at her face.

"Glad to see you're sticking around." Asuka gave the biggest smile she could manage. Asuka turned round and went to bed. Misato smiled, she only had one more roommate to greet. She slid open one door, to find her PenPen sleeping in his wicker basket. She gave him a little push; he woke up and turned round to face her. She gave him a smiled and patted his head. PenPen tilted his head and thought to himself.

"Twice in one apocalypse." She them turned round and left him to rest. She went into her room and got changed for bed. She slipped under the covers and placed her head on pillow.

"I'm home."

Misato to was in the control room, remembering. She was watching Unit 1 in the test room. She worried about the pilot inside it. The pilot himself was worried.

Shinji sat inside the entry-plug, cold and alone. He thought about the third impact and the experiences he'd gone through. But most of all, he thought of Rei. He couldn't shake the image of the Lilith Rei's body sinking into the ocean, it made him shiver. "Shinji, we are going to start the Eva activation trial, are you ready?" Dr. Akagi's voice echoed through the entry-plug. He stayed silent, he had to think about his answer, and finally he said "I am."

"Good, activate Eva!"

All the people in the room were watching the control board, which had little red switches clicking together to become green ones.

"Approaching absolute boarder line."

Shinji's entry-plug filled with LCL. He found it stranger then usual, the yellow liquid invaded his lungs and now he no longer needed to breathe.

"0.3, 0.2, 0.1, 0. --- Something's wrong! "Ibuki was typing furiously on her console.

Dr. Akagi rushed over to the command port and tried to make sense of the readings.

"It's rejecting him, cut the power!"

Misato ran to a small glass box marked 'Emergency Power Cut'. She drove her fist hard through the glass, cutting her hand badly. She grabbed her hand trying to stop the bleeding, she look through the window, the Eva was moving.

"Why the hell is it not stopping?" Misato screamed.

"It's switched to internal power, its got five minutes left in it's internal battery!"

The Eva started ripping its restraints right out the walls, it howled a long harsh growl and it then came to see the window. It started smashing into the window with its fist, crushing the protective barrier. The glass however was still holding, barely.

"Shinji." Misato pressed her hands against the glass.

"What's wrong with you, Third Child?" Asuka hopped down from the console. She looked through the glass. The Eva grabbed it's head and started groaning in pain.

"Shinji!" Asuka thought.

Five minutes had past and the Eva lay n the floor, silent, Dr. Akagi got to her feet and started typing on the control port. Something came up on the screen. Ritsuko stepped back her face frozen.

"The pilot's gone."

"What!" Misato yelled "That's impossible."

Misato ran over to the command port and shoved Ritsuko out of the way, she tried to bring up the visual feed from inside the entry-plug. A small square appeared in the centre of the screen. All the people in the room crowded round it, but all they saw was an empty chair, then the picture fizzled away.

"He's gone."

***

Darkened Exodus: Evangelion
Episode 0:2 A gift from Lilith

***

"Hello Shinji."

"Mother."

"Yes."

"But how your or am I -"

"Shhhh." She placed her finger on his mouth.

"Is father with you?"

"Yes."

"Where am I?" Yui smiled at her son. They were floating a sea of LCL. Shinji looked around there was no land in any direction.

"You are with me." Shinji smiled back at his mother.

"But you are needed there, you are a champion."

"No I want to stay with you, please!" Yui sighed and drifted away from Shinji.

"Mother!" Shinji started crying.

"I'll see you soon, my champion."

"No ---"

Shinji's eyes opened he was in the Entry- plug. His tears mixed with the LCL. He smelt the blood stronger than before. In the command centre, the internal feed came back and they saw Shinji, Misato smiled and sighed.

"Get him out of there." Dr. Akagi yelled. Ibuki then ejected the entry-plug and the mechanical arm took out the chair. Shinji was lying in the chair eyes open, but not responding to his friend's calls. Finally he got up from the chair and walked down the hall to the dressing room. He removed the plug-suit and threw it into the corner of the room.

"What did you see in there?" Misato stood at the door way.

Shinji sat on the bench hiding his head in his hand. He heard her voice and raised his head to face her.

"Nothing."

Misato looked down on the boy, she knew he was lying.

"If you say so."

*** "Germany and China have finished they're Eva's."

"And what of the pilots"

"All six pilots have been located three in London, two in Germany and one in Tokoyo.3."

"Excellent we will launch in three days from Brussels and infiltrate NERV."

"Agreed."

The Obelisks of the SEELE organization disappeared into the darkness. On the floor was a tiny black device that, unbeknown to SEELE was transmitting a signal. On the receiving end, Commander Fuyutsuki had been listening intently to the conversation. He picked up the phone and began dialing, it rang for a while then someone picked up.

"Major Katsuragi, we have a problem."

*** Woohoo, hope you liked the second chapter. From the next chapter the action really starts to pick up. Chapter three will be up in about 2 days. R&R. Dark Eva.