Disclaimer - Look in chapter 1. In fact Chapter one is the disclaimer, you couldn't have missed it. Go there first.
And so I stand on the brink of depression
I look over and seen that school is merely days away
I sigh and desperately type away yet hopelessly hoping to put out just one more chapter before the death knell rings. Sigh... school...
Oh well. I did manage one more chapter of WFTEOA just before (dare I say it) School(shudders violently). Oh well, It's a fact of life until graduation for me. So with great remorse I present the 6th chapter.
'...' stands for thought
"..." stands for talking
--?--?-- stands for beginning and end.
~~...~~ stands for author interruption(Me, making myself heard)
--- stands for... I guess the next Scene
*Shinji* or *Ikari* stand for someone referring to Asuka in Shinji's body
*Asuka* or *Sohryu* stand for someone referring to Shinji in Asuka's body
Enjoy!
DrunkDrake
World from the eye's of Another
06: Giant's tear / Meet the parents
--?--?--
"Moment of truth Shinji-boy" Asuka stressed the last word but stayed silent after that. Eva 01 had accepted Shinji without prior training or having even heard of an eva before. Shinji was going to do his test first and if he failed then that meant Asuka would have little chance in hell. 'Who are they kidding... I'll do this easily'
She started paying attention as the count down started nearing the 'now or never' mark.
"...done, continuing connections 180 to 255" another tech spoke louder then the first.
"Borderline crossed in 0.9... 0.7 , 0.6... 0.5... 0.4 , 0.3 , 0.2"
"Come on Shinji..." Misato wondered who said that. For all she knew it could have been her.
" 0.1... "
Shinji sat in the darkened plug and noticed that nothing had happened. He looked side to side but nothing happened. He tried pressing the non-lethal triggers, nothing.
"Hmmm..."
Shinji tried a manual start too but nothing happened. Nothing responded. He activated his vid-window to connect with Asuka.
"Some toy Asuka... damn thing has a mind of it's own" Shinji sat back in the dark plug and waited for the tech crews to give him orders. He suddenly realized how silent the plug had gotten. He also noticed how the vid-window was totally blank. That's when the darkness gripped him.
'Who are you?'
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"We've lost all readings on the pilot!" Maya exclaimed. Misato and Ritsuko suddenly gazed at the giant behemoth expecting it's fist to smash against the fortified glass.
"Rei, charge in when we..." Misato was cut off when Gendo cleaned his throat in the new eery silence. Silence...? Misato looked up from the vid-window com system and looked into the eye's of unit 01. It hadn't budged. No restraints being ripped out, no earth shaking roar... just nothing...
"Major, have Rei stand down" Gendo's voice cut through the silence like a knife through butter. Misato told off Rei and the techs begun to analyze what had happened.
"No readings on the pilot or the eva... both are silent..."
"External power has been cut off as per safety regulations"
the techs continued to banter back and forth all of them generally giving the same thing. Eva 01 is now silent and was completely refusing all external influences.
"Anyway we could get Shinji out of there..." Misato was cut off by a loud hissing sound as the entry plug was almost spat out.
So of the techs had almost wet themselves thinking that the eva had actually activated itself.
"Begin pilot recovery!" Ritsuko snapped out of her stupor quickly and the recovery team had collected an unconscious Shinji from the entry plug.
Gendo pinched the peak of his nose and closed his eye's. To some people it would have been seen as a silent praying but Gendo had only pondered what would happen if eva 01 refused everything. It was a keystone to the plans of both SEELE and NERV.
"Doctor..." Ritsuko and Misato both spun around "Have the second child attempt synchronization with evangelion unit 01"
Misato's eyes bugged out for but a sheer second. Ritsuko nearly choked on the coffee she was drinking and several nervous remarks were exchanged behind Gendo's words.
"Sir, the second child is currently awaiting activation in unit 02. Shouldn't we go along with it's activation first?" Ritsuko ran through a check-list in her head with her words.
The failed activation of unit 01 was not something they needed. Gendo realized he had perhaps gotten a bit out of line(with himself) but followed through with his calculating tone regardless.
"I never said not to attempt sync with unit 02" Gendo didn't move an inch but Ritsuko understood what had been left out in while in hearing distance of lower ranking people 'But unit 01 has priority regardless of this test's results'.
"Begin pre-power up check-list on unit 02" The techs begun their work loads as their screens and sensors switched to the red behemoth behind the glass wall to their right.
"Pre check-list complete all green" Misato watched somewhat detached as the techs babbled about power up and procedures. Misato hadn't really perked up until she was informed that Shinji was ok and that he had regained consciousness.
"All primary link ups established"
"Begin secondary check-list and link ups" Ritsuko gave her command as Gendo's tinted glasses continued to stare at the unmoving figure of unit 01.
"Secondary check-list complete, continuing with link ups" Shinji walked into the room and paused stunned as he saw his father standing in the middle of the room unmoving. Shinji saw Misato motioning towards the glass wall that had eva 01 behind it.
'Didn't even wait for me before moving onto your next subject... bastard...'
"Secondary link-ups completed. Beginning final link up 60-120 check out green, continuing to 121-180" At this Gendo turned and his back faced Shinji as he too now watched the red eva.
" Borderline crossed in 0.8... 0.7 , 0.6... 0.4 , 0.3 , 0.2 , 0.1"
The red eva's eyes lit up but it was a very dim glow, like a candle in a breeze. On the edge of being blown out.
"The eva has activated!" Misato grinned. Shinji crossed his arms in a very Asuka like gesture of blissful arrogance. A sound only box appeared on the vid-window com 'I wonder what Rei wants?'
"Told ya I could do it!! No problems see?" Shinji blinked for a moment. Rei was on the sound only channel... wasn't she? To prove him wrong Rei's vid-window appeared next to the sound only.
'Ahh... ok... I know for a fact that all channels are preprogrammed but what the hell?' When in unit 01 the vid-windows were the exact opposite... Sound only to Rei and the commander centre but full video with eva 02... 'I really should find out why... cause you can't just switch channels...'
"Good job. If anyone could do it, I knew you would" Several techs looked over at Shinji questioning him while some had smirks. 'Didn't they know we switched bodies... Oh god... they think I'm Asuka...' He could just see the rumour mill spreading gossip at the speed of stupidity ~~If you've been in my school you'd note that's pretty damn fast~~
'However that would explain all the sound only vid-windows and the fact that only eva 01/eva 02 communication were video but reversed here' He noted how Misato, Ritsuko and the 2 commanders all stood with some distance from the techs.
"Mein Gott, It feels like I'm trying to walk in cement..." Maya summoned Ritsuko to here like the devil waving frantically at the terminal she managed. Ritsuko stood above her apprentice and nearly fell off over.
"Concentrate harder will you!!" Ritsuko ordered into the microphone on her shirt.
"I AMMM" Asuka grit her teeth and she still couldn't quite feel natural. Ritsuko paled as she watched the read outs.
"Alright, that's enough. Eject and shower off then we'll debrief you" Asuka's sound only box faded out and so did Rei's vid-window. Ritsuko stood up and leaned against the terminal Misato was sitting near. Misato waved Shinji bye as he left to follow Ritsuko's orders before turning to the orderer in question.
"What was that about Ritsu?"
"Sync ratio... 14%"
---
Asuka sat in the chair at the front of the briefing room they were to be using for the debriefing. Her blue plug suit accented her body almost looking like a second skin. She'd have given almost anything, to be in her red plug suit but since her male body obviously couldn't wear it without discomfort she fumed.
'I almost feel naked...'
That thought was shared by the second occupant of the room. Shinji sat one row behind Asuka with her red plug suit and was waiting for his headache to fade. It had begun after regaining consciousness but was only a dim echo of it's former glory. He huffed and glared at the blank view screen above Asuka's head and waited.
Soon the back door opened and admitted four figures into the room. Misato and Ritsuko stood in the front, before Asuka and Shinji while the other two sat right at the back. Ritsuko begun first.
"Trial test 1. Subject Neo Shinji and sync with eva 01..." Shinji's eyes narrowed at his new name "...ended as a complete failure" Ritsuko shoved her hands in to her white lab coat as she continued " Thus unit 01 rejected him and the eva remained inoperable"
Fuyutsuki's voice came from behind Shinji and he guessed 'father' would be there too.
"And the second test" it was more of a statement then a question.
"Unit 02's attempting sync with Neo Asuka" Asuka's eye's now narrowed "was a partial success at best" Ritsuko handed Misato a chart and Misato took over the procedure.
"Neo Asuka" Asuka's eye's were thin slits now "managed a sync of 23% for the first second of activation. By the fifth second it stabilized at 14%" Asuka's eyes almost rolled across the room. 'How could I have managed such a pathetic score?! I was positive that I did better then that!!'
Shinji also blinked in confusion. It was unlike Asuka to score so low. Her score was dipping before the angel attacked, true, however it wasn't even below the 50% mark. That was a massive drop in 2 days. An eerie silence settled on the room.
"So both tests are deemed as failures" Gendo's cold tones chilled Shinji but Asuka's heart nearly popped at the mention of her failure. Both of the Neo subjects found the floor oddly comforting with it's faded grey hues.
"If not for the unusual circumstances this would be completely unacceptable" Gendo's voice didn't change in anyway but it still seemed to convince the Neo subjects that the floor brought comfort.
"So we shall reverse the piloting order and retry" Misato, Asuka and Shinji perked up at that while Ritsuko glumly watched the responses. Gendo and Fuyutsuki stood up and exited the room. Ritsuko spoke up after the door closed.
"We have 10 minutes before the reverse tests" Ritsuko sighed as she left the room through the opposite door. The other occupants left on their own accord towards the test rooms again.
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The elevator door closed in front of Gendo and the slow hum began as it deftly leapt towards the heart of the Earth. Fuyutsuki brushed off some dust from his dark velvet uniform before facing Gendo.
"So was that deemed as a success of a failure in your plan?" Gendo grew a small invisible grin as the elevator fell further towards it's destination.
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Misato sat, her back towards unit 01, and watched as the techno babble was set on replay. All the techs were firing up the evas for their second test.
'One functional eva, one disobedient eva and one that may as well be deemed useless' Misato was in *Major Misato* mode and her mind figured all possible odds into her reality. She saw that this test would either improve those odds or prove them right.
"Beginning Unit 01 activation!" Ritsuko's voice perked up Misato's attention and she faced the one horned monster.
"Secondary link ups established! Begin count down to..."
---
"...count down to 1-70" Asuka watched with worry as the techs scrambled to make the purple monster she was now encased in, to work. She had remembered the time it burst forth from the 12th angel, showering the city with a rain fall of blood. She remembered how it had been her saviour in the volcano after the 8th angel. It was a double edged sword. Both good and bad. What was Shinji's curse would soon be her's she realized.
"0.4 , 0.3 , 0.2 , 0.1... The eva has activated!!!"
Asuka watched as the world lit up with white walls and a windowed view port in front of her. The eva had activated and thus she hadn't failed. She succeeded where Shinji failed!
"Ha!! How's that for you Shinji! Told ya I'm the..."
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Shinji covered his eyes and waited for them to power down unit 01 so that he could begin his activation test trial with unit 02. Asuka was talking for a while now about how she was so good then for perhaps 2 seconds she was silent.
"..." Shinji wondered what Asuka just said. It was lower then a whisper.
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?"
"Asuka?!" Shinji watched Asuka's vid-window disappeared and a roar echoed through the test centre. Unit 01's gone berserk!?
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"Who are you?"
"Who am I? I should be asking you that! Why are you here!!!"
"I am the one that has away's been here. Your the new element, an intruder if you will"
"Yeah, well. My will is to make this stupid toy eva move"
Asuka found herself standing(sitting, floating, hovering?) in front of something that was talking to her. Well she assumed it was talking to her... How else could she know what it was implying.
"Why do you refer to the eva as a toy? Your usually move introverted then this Shinji" Asuka blinked and glared.
"I am not SHINJI! Who are you!" The essence seemed to have wrapped around itself.
"Who are you if you are not Shinji?" Asuka sighed and brushing her hair aside she struck an imposing stance.
"I am Asuka Langley Sohryu! Second only in call sign and greatest evangelion pilot of all time!"
~~I've been dying to use that line!!!!~~
"..."
"Impressed huh?" The expense in front of her solidified and she found herself looking at a vastly more mature Rei, except she looked normal with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. She didn't even have Rei's emotionless stare, though the way she was seizing Asuka up and down made her feel like a piece of meat.
"ACK, WONDERGIRL?!" Asuka nearly choked on air when the thought process hit her. The mature Rei shook her head and stood in a reverse stance of Asuka.
"A girl yes, wonderful definitely but how did you manage to convince the eva to activate, hmm?" Asuka seemed to shrink.
"I sat in the chair and it worked, it's only a dumb doll" The woman only continued her gaze. Asuka fidgeted, like a child being talked down too after having there hands caught in the cookie jar.
"Shinji's hatred of his father caused the evangelion to only activate for him. Only someone with the same chemistry and hatred could make this eva move" Asuka wondered if the whole world had gone insane. 'Shinji's hatred? How could he do that with his eva?!'
"Simple, anyone that enters his eva and doesn't share the same hatred of sorts will either be repulsed by it, consumed by it and going mad or work with it as you have done... but only Shinji has this much of a subconscious hate for that man... So this brings me back to the question. Who Are You Ms Langley?" Asuka stared at Rei as she wondered over all the odd information she'd just received before Rei's gaze jump started her thinking process.
"I told you... that's who I am... and how do you know Shinji..." Asuka stopped for a moment before interrupting Rei "Wait. Dumb question, you share the entry plug with him it seems... Ritsuko was the one I think that said the eva slowly learns to read the mind of the pilot... so your the eva?"
Rei's turn to fidget came up now and she filled her role well.
"Well... In a sense yes and... no" Rei pondered this as Asuka watched bored. She begun to think of things that had no real order. Bit of Shinji cooking breakfast, me doing a sync test, looking into a mirror for the first time after the body switching incident and the time he pulled her out the the volcano her thinking continued. Suddenly Rei's head snapped up with an almost audible whip crack sound and she gazed at Asuka.
"So your the warrior in red!!" Asuka stopped thinking for a moment and wondered why she had gone insane enough to think she was talking to a more realistic Rei.'Why not a more grown up version of me?'
"Yeah Rei, I am" Rei looked puzzled for a moment before continuing "You switched bodies with Shinji?" Asuka sighed and explained the little accident.
"I don't think your bodies switched Asuka. And stop referring to me as wondergirl in your head it's getting annoying, if anything call me Yui" Asuka felt a pang in her heart but she didn't know why. 'I never knew anyone called Yui...'
"Well...Yui. What happened?" The Yui woman held her chin and looked thoughtful for a moment 'Rei would never act half as human as this Yui character...'
"Well... I noticed a slight change before shut down last time Shinji piloted the eva. It was weird sort of like he was still him BUT he wasn't thinking properly" Asuka snorted
"So your saying what... our minds got switched? The baka doesn't think proper of a lot of things, if you ask me" Yui glowered at Asuka.
"You want to know my expert opinion or not?" Asuka nodded "Your minds didn't switch. At least not in the full sense of the term. Your still Shinji... except your memory and conscious mannerisms have been rewritten" Asuka blinked. This certainly wasn't something that sounded fun. Though Yui did explain it fairly well.
"...Ok..."
"Let me make it simpler for you. You are Shinji in every possible way, you look like him, you have his tastes for food you even know how to play the cello" Asuka pondered this but didn't see the logic "Your still confused?" Yui rubbed her eye's then explained in what she hoped would be the most detailed yet simple way possible.
"If we separated a human body into categories, we'd have the body, and the brain" Asuka nodded "In reference to body, yours is Shinji's. Metabolism, taste buds and feeling. It was the brain that changed in your body switching adventure. Now the brain is not a simple structure and has many layers of activity. Memory, thinking process, subconscious and mannerisms which is another division of subconscious but related to body control" Asuka was about to point out she was wrong "I know there's more then that but I've only labelled the relevant ones" Asuka nodded.
"Now I can see that your memory is not Shinji's. And memories have a way to effect mannerisms, so you act a lot like Asuka. Your thinking process was also switched so you'll really act like Asuka. But your subconscious hasn't been touched" Asuka nodded slowly having begun to grasp what she was saying to the fullest "If something happens that triggers the subconscious, your going to react like Shinji would though you'd be Asuka by default"
Asuka blinked and came up with her own conclusion finally "So I am Shinji but with Asuka's memories and thinking process...? So Shinji would actually be me... but with his thinking process and memories" Asuka felt a headache coming on from this but she grasped it enough.
"Well... thanks for the talk, ah, Yup" Yui smiled at Asuka.
"Perhaps, you've been here too long... you should go back now"
"Who were you Yui?" Yui turned around back to a fading Asuka and gave a small smile.
"Since your Shinji, that makes me your mother..."
"Momma!?!?" Asuka reached for Yui but suddenly found herself back in unit 01's entry plug. Asuka looked around frantically looking for the figure that she forgot but had called herself mother.
"Momma don't leave me..."
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?" Asuka glanced at the sound only vid-window and felt her loss at one fell swoop. All the misery, hopelessness and wanting came all at once and unit 01 fed on the pilot's emotions as it had done before. It's jaws snapped open and it roared.
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Misato hadn't lost contact with Asuka for more then 3 seconds. But, whatever happened in that time caused Asuka to lose control of the eva. The eva's low voice filled the test chamber. Rei's eva had already entered the room and stood ready to pin any limbs that broke out.
The eva just howled it's one cry. It wasn't the bloodthirsty, beastially roar that it normally used. It was a low vibrating hollow sound that struck a chord in everyone. Not fear but pity.
The moan stopped soon and the eva reverted to where it was before. It's horn had dug a gash in the wall behind it but it's eyes dimmed to a normal yellow glare, accustomed to unit 01.
"I have regained control of the eva" Asuka's voice came across the sound only vid-window.
"Good job Asuka. You sound tired, let's just get the readings and wait for unit 02 ok?"
Asuka gave an affirmative and waited as the plug jettisoned from the back of the eva toward the waiting tech crews.
'I wonder if I really can trust that Yui woman...'
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Gendo felt elated. He sat at his desk with his hands over his face hiding a smile from breaking out. His plans could go on almost perfectly. He glanced at the reports again.
'Second child managed a sync of 68% with unit 01 and the third child managed a sync of 55% with unit 02'
Gendo felt his new plans falling into place. As long as unit 01 had a capable pilot, his plan could move forward. Fuyutsuki walked into the office just then.
"So you saw the reports too I take it?"
"Yes. Fuyutsuki, we have a new plan" Fuyutsuki grinned a wistful smile.
"And how would it differ from the original?" Gendo stood up and walked past Fuyutsuki
"Come, let us talk where the ears do not protrude from the walls"
'Those ears that lead to the scared old men anyway' Fuyutsuki didn't change his outward appearance but Gendo's new found confidence brought a smirk to his face.
'Like a kid that saw his Christmas presents in his parents closet the night before'
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"Alright guys let's party!" Misato whooped as she drove down the streets of Tokyo-3. The noon sun still hung high in the air when Shinji checked.
"Misato do we really have to have a party... it's not like we can invite too many people..." Misato's cheer suddenly faded and she grumbled something under her breath as she took another corner too close for Shinji's taste.
"Baka. We can invite your stooge accomplices and Hikari" Misato nodded and the prospect of a party seemed to be re-ignited.
"Well... yeah... sorry" Asuka didn't bother did threaten Shinji for the lapse into 'pathetic mode'. She was still rolling the event from piloting eva 01 around her head. Who was this Yui character? How did she know so much and I really trust her advice were the questions that took up the most of her thought process.
"Well, invite them over. I'll let you two get the groceries" Misato parked outside a grocery store that had been on the way and she emptied her purse into Shinji's hand.
"Misato that's not a lot of money and I don't think they exchange 2 buttons and a half used lipstick bar" Misato just glared at Shinji as she snatched the lipstick and the buttons before bodily shoving him out his door. Asuka soon followed Shinji as she hadn't been paying attention.
"Ack!" as Asuka's door closed, Misato's arm waved bye as it zoomed down another side street. Picking themselves up they entered the store.
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The day hadn't gone by for less then 20 minutes when Asuka and Shinji in there school uniforms trudged their way to the apartment. They each held two bags of groceries holding a random assortment of spices, meats and vegetables. Shinji found Asuka's new found silence disturbing. It wasn't that she was trying to play the part of Shinji it was the fact that Asuka actually was holding her silence. something big must have happened...
"...Asuka..." Asuka looked up, she had been falling behind and Shinji stopped to face her.
"Hmm? What?" Shinji's determination was slipping fast 'better get it over with fast'.
"Your, umm... really quiet... something umm, wrong?" Asuka looked stunned for a moment but quickly launched her voice.
"Hey, I don't have to announce myself everywhere I go baka!" Asuka's stern voice silenced Shinji's attempts, his courage now having left him completely. He turned and continued the walk in the midday sun. Asuka pondered for a moment before coming to a decision.
"Hey Shinji!" Asuka ran up to him he turned to face her but didn't stop walking
"Yeah Asuka?"
"Did anything happen to you in my unit 02?" Shinji pondered for a moment but nodded his head.
"Yeah, It was sort a weird. For a second, I was at a beach then in a deep forest. I was really young or something holding... well I forgot what I held but I was holding something" Asuka peered at Shinji for any signs of a lie but when she found he was completely honest she prompted him to continue
"Well... then the forest lit up in white light and... ummm, well it's weird after that..." Shinji looked at most bashful as he faced forwards. The apartment just cresting the hill in front of them.
"Well, speak up and I may tell you what happened to me too" Shinji looked at her almost questioning but he continued "Well... a lady stepped out of the light... she said some things... I forgot pretty much the whole thing except for the last words as she hugged me..." Shinji stared off into the blue sky as a small flock of birds zoomed overheard.
"Well?..."
"...You may not be my Asuka... But I'll protect you all the same"
They continued their walk and as they stood outside the elevator waiting for the ride up Asuka begun to inform Shinji of her little adventure in unit 01.
Shinji reeled from all the excess of information and Misato dialled the numbers to invite the selected guests.
Unnoticed by the pilots nor their security, a pair of eye's watched and listened. Their red iris's flashed under the blue sky.
--?--?--
Hmmm. Who has red iris's? Who has red iris's? Gee, me no, know. ANYWAY. With school coming up I hate to inform you but my updating will GREATLY slow down unless I get a sudden windfall of inspiration. However due to the fact that I am a writer... It'll never come when it's needed. So I'm waving good bye and hoping not too take too long before posting another chapter up.
So drop me a line and give me a few reviews. There's outta be something that you people hate or love. While, a writer shouldn't make things just for reviews, it's amazing how much more confident and willing a writer is after receiving some.
I had the hardest time with the cast in this episode. Asuka kept of bitching to me about pervert Shinji, Shinji kept whining about his trailer and Rei just stared at me until I figured out what she wanted done. Tell ya the truth... I still haven't figured out what she wants me to do *Rei is seen staring from the side* Well here's some of the bloopers. And then someone told Asuka about Kaji's demise and she went into a rage. I really need better people to work with...
_-~Omake~-_
"..." Shinji wondered what Asuka just said. It was lower then a whisper.
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?"
"Asuka?!" Shinji watched Asuka's vid-window disappeared and a roar echoed through the test centre. Unit 01's gone berserk!?
The eva tore out of it's restraints and Unit 00 went to tackle it. The berserker deftly leaned over to the side and tipped Rei. Then the eva started kicking her in the sides and poking the eva's eye out.
"The eva's out of control!!! It won't take any of our commands!!!" A nameless tech bellowed. Misato watched in horror as the eva started bashing the backside of the blue eva with a 2 handed fist.
Gendo blinked then pointed at the mute button on the vid-window display. Misato sheepishly pressed it and Asuka's voice came over the loud speaker.
"God damn wonder bitch! I'm gonna kick your ass and by pretending that the eva's berserk I can kill you with no black mark on my record!! Muhahahahahahaah!!!!"
"Well Gendo shouldn't we stop her?" Gendo shook his head. Ritsuko spoke up then
"It has an S2 organ. How do you suppose we'll stop it?" Gendo sighed.
"Damn Fuyutsuki, get Rei #5 ready" Fuyutsuki nodded ~~Yes Rei #5. This is the 3rd time Asuka's done this stunt~~
_-~Omake #2~-_
"..." Shinji wondered what Asuka just said. It was lower then a whisper.
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?"
"Asuka?!" Shinji watched Asuka's vid-window disappeared and a roar echoed through the test centre. Unit 01's gone berserk!?
The eva tore out of it's restraints and Unit 00 went to tackle it. The berserker deftly leaned over to the side and tipped Rei. The toppled eva was then ignored and eva 01 smashed it's hand through the test room's glass wall. It reached out and grasped Gendo Ikari. It lifted him up and the 2 stared face to face. Suddenly Asuka's voice came over the intercom.
"YOU BASTARD!! YOU KILLED KAJI!!!!"
Gendo sweat dropped and loosened his collar.
"Ah well you see..."
"KILL HIM! SQUASH HIM LIKE A @#$%ING BUG!!" everybody turned and looked towards Shinji "what, a guy can dream can't he?"
Even eva 01 shared a heartfelt sweat drop.
_-~Omake #3~-_
They continued their walk and as they stood outside the elevator waiting for the ride up Asuka begun to inform Shinji of her little adventure in unit 01.
Unnoticed by the pilots nor their security a pair of eye's watched and listened. Their red iris's flashed under the blue sky.
Rei Ayanami pilot of Evangelion unit 00 watched in envy of her 2 comrades. She was serving soft serve ice cream. Nerv had once again needed cash from outside sources and she somehow get sucked up in his diabolical plot. Serve soft serve ice cream at 5 times the price because it's NERV brand ice cream.
"Make Rei do the @#$%ing meaningless odd jobs he says. Build character he says. She never complains he says. OHHHH I'm sooooo gonna have to get back at him"
Continued in the next Omake section...
_-~End of Omake(s)~-_
Hope you enjoyed them! May be a while before the next update...
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REI STOP STARING DAMN IT!!! (drop me a line at my E-mail if you want to discuss anything)
And so I stand on the brink of depression
I look over and seen that school is merely days away
I sigh and desperately type away yet hopelessly hoping to put out just one more chapter before the death knell rings. Sigh... school...
Oh well. I did manage one more chapter of WFTEOA just before (dare I say it) School(shudders violently). Oh well, It's a fact of life until graduation for me. So with great remorse I present the 6th chapter.
'...' stands for thought
"..." stands for talking
--?--?-- stands for beginning and end.
~~...~~ stands for author interruption(Me, making myself heard)
--- stands for... I guess the next Scene
*Shinji* or *Ikari* stand for someone referring to Asuka in Shinji's body
*Asuka* or *Sohryu* stand for someone referring to Shinji in Asuka's body
Enjoy!
DrunkDrake
World from the eye's of Another
06: Giant's tear / Meet the parents
--?--?--
"Moment of truth Shinji-boy" Asuka stressed the last word but stayed silent after that. Eva 01 had accepted Shinji without prior training or having even heard of an eva before. Shinji was going to do his test first and if he failed then that meant Asuka would have little chance in hell. 'Who are they kidding... I'll do this easily'
She started paying attention as the count down started nearing the 'now or never' mark.
"...done, continuing connections 180 to 255" another tech spoke louder then the first.
"Borderline crossed in 0.9... 0.7 , 0.6... 0.5... 0.4 , 0.3 , 0.2"
"Come on Shinji..." Misato wondered who said that. For all she knew it could have been her.
" 0.1... "
Shinji sat in the darkened plug and noticed that nothing had happened. He looked side to side but nothing happened. He tried pressing the non-lethal triggers, nothing.
"Hmmm..."
Shinji tried a manual start too but nothing happened. Nothing responded. He activated his vid-window to connect with Asuka.
"Some toy Asuka... damn thing has a mind of it's own" Shinji sat back in the dark plug and waited for the tech crews to give him orders. He suddenly realized how silent the plug had gotten. He also noticed how the vid-window was totally blank. That's when the darkness gripped him.
'Who are you?'
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"We've lost all readings on the pilot!" Maya exclaimed. Misato and Ritsuko suddenly gazed at the giant behemoth expecting it's fist to smash against the fortified glass.
"Rei, charge in when we..." Misato was cut off when Gendo cleaned his throat in the new eery silence. Silence...? Misato looked up from the vid-window com system and looked into the eye's of unit 01. It hadn't budged. No restraints being ripped out, no earth shaking roar... just nothing...
"Major, have Rei stand down" Gendo's voice cut through the silence like a knife through butter. Misato told off Rei and the techs begun to analyze what had happened.
"No readings on the pilot or the eva... both are silent..."
"External power has been cut off as per safety regulations"
the techs continued to banter back and forth all of them generally giving the same thing. Eva 01 is now silent and was completely refusing all external influences.
"Anyway we could get Shinji out of there..." Misato was cut off by a loud hissing sound as the entry plug was almost spat out.
So of the techs had almost wet themselves thinking that the eva had actually activated itself.
"Begin pilot recovery!" Ritsuko snapped out of her stupor quickly and the recovery team had collected an unconscious Shinji from the entry plug.
Gendo pinched the peak of his nose and closed his eye's. To some people it would have been seen as a silent praying but Gendo had only pondered what would happen if eva 01 refused everything. It was a keystone to the plans of both SEELE and NERV.
"Doctor..." Ritsuko and Misato both spun around "Have the second child attempt synchronization with evangelion unit 01"
Misato's eyes bugged out for but a sheer second. Ritsuko nearly choked on the coffee she was drinking and several nervous remarks were exchanged behind Gendo's words.
"Sir, the second child is currently awaiting activation in unit 02. Shouldn't we go along with it's activation first?" Ritsuko ran through a check-list in her head with her words.
The failed activation of unit 01 was not something they needed. Gendo realized he had perhaps gotten a bit out of line(with himself) but followed through with his calculating tone regardless.
"I never said not to attempt sync with unit 02" Gendo didn't move an inch but Ritsuko understood what had been left out in while in hearing distance of lower ranking people 'But unit 01 has priority regardless of this test's results'.
"Begin pre-power up check-list on unit 02" The techs begun their work loads as their screens and sensors switched to the red behemoth behind the glass wall to their right.
"Pre check-list complete all green" Misato watched somewhat detached as the techs babbled about power up and procedures. Misato hadn't really perked up until she was informed that Shinji was ok and that he had regained consciousness.
"All primary link ups established"
"Begin secondary check-list and link ups" Ritsuko gave her command as Gendo's tinted glasses continued to stare at the unmoving figure of unit 01.
"Secondary check-list complete, continuing with link ups" Shinji walked into the room and paused stunned as he saw his father standing in the middle of the room unmoving. Shinji saw Misato motioning towards the glass wall that had eva 01 behind it.
'Didn't even wait for me before moving onto your next subject... bastard...'
"Secondary link-ups completed. Beginning final link up 60-120 check out green, continuing to 121-180" At this Gendo turned and his back faced Shinji as he too now watched the red eva.
" Borderline crossed in 0.8... 0.7 , 0.6... 0.4 , 0.3 , 0.2 , 0.1"
The red eva's eyes lit up but it was a very dim glow, like a candle in a breeze. On the edge of being blown out.
"The eva has activated!" Misato grinned. Shinji crossed his arms in a very Asuka like gesture of blissful arrogance. A sound only box appeared on the vid-window com 'I wonder what Rei wants?'
"Told ya I could do it!! No problems see?" Shinji blinked for a moment. Rei was on the sound only channel... wasn't she? To prove him wrong Rei's vid-window appeared next to the sound only.
'Ahh... ok... I know for a fact that all channels are preprogrammed but what the hell?' When in unit 01 the vid-windows were the exact opposite... Sound only to Rei and the commander centre but full video with eva 02... 'I really should find out why... cause you can't just switch channels...'
"Good job. If anyone could do it, I knew you would" Several techs looked over at Shinji questioning him while some had smirks. 'Didn't they know we switched bodies... Oh god... they think I'm Asuka...' He could just see the rumour mill spreading gossip at the speed of stupidity ~~If you've been in my school you'd note that's pretty damn fast~~
'However that would explain all the sound only vid-windows and the fact that only eva 01/eva 02 communication were video but reversed here' He noted how Misato, Ritsuko and the 2 commanders all stood with some distance from the techs.
"Mein Gott, It feels like I'm trying to walk in cement..." Maya summoned Ritsuko to here like the devil waving frantically at the terminal she managed. Ritsuko stood above her apprentice and nearly fell off over.
"Concentrate harder will you!!" Ritsuko ordered into the microphone on her shirt.
"I AMMM" Asuka grit her teeth and she still couldn't quite feel natural. Ritsuko paled as she watched the read outs.
"Alright, that's enough. Eject and shower off then we'll debrief you" Asuka's sound only box faded out and so did Rei's vid-window. Ritsuko stood up and leaned against the terminal Misato was sitting near. Misato waved Shinji bye as he left to follow Ritsuko's orders before turning to the orderer in question.
"What was that about Ritsu?"
"Sync ratio... 14%"
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Asuka sat in the chair at the front of the briefing room they were to be using for the debriefing. Her blue plug suit accented her body almost looking like a second skin. She'd have given almost anything, to be in her red plug suit but since her male body obviously couldn't wear it without discomfort she fumed.
'I almost feel naked...'
That thought was shared by the second occupant of the room. Shinji sat one row behind Asuka with her red plug suit and was waiting for his headache to fade. It had begun after regaining consciousness but was only a dim echo of it's former glory. He huffed and glared at the blank view screen above Asuka's head and waited.
Soon the back door opened and admitted four figures into the room. Misato and Ritsuko stood in the front, before Asuka and Shinji while the other two sat right at the back. Ritsuko begun first.
"Trial test 1. Subject Neo Shinji and sync with eva 01..." Shinji's eyes narrowed at his new name "...ended as a complete failure" Ritsuko shoved her hands in to her white lab coat as she continued " Thus unit 01 rejected him and the eva remained inoperable"
Fuyutsuki's voice came from behind Shinji and he guessed 'father' would be there too.
"And the second test" it was more of a statement then a question.
"Unit 02's attempting sync with Neo Asuka" Asuka's eye's now narrowed "was a partial success at best" Ritsuko handed Misato a chart and Misato took over the procedure.
"Neo Asuka" Asuka's eye's were thin slits now "managed a sync of 23% for the first second of activation. By the fifth second it stabilized at 14%" Asuka's eyes almost rolled across the room. 'How could I have managed such a pathetic score?! I was positive that I did better then that!!'
Shinji also blinked in confusion. It was unlike Asuka to score so low. Her score was dipping before the angel attacked, true, however it wasn't even below the 50% mark. That was a massive drop in 2 days. An eerie silence settled on the room.
"So both tests are deemed as failures" Gendo's cold tones chilled Shinji but Asuka's heart nearly popped at the mention of her failure. Both of the Neo subjects found the floor oddly comforting with it's faded grey hues.
"If not for the unusual circumstances this would be completely unacceptable" Gendo's voice didn't change in anyway but it still seemed to convince the Neo subjects that the floor brought comfort.
"So we shall reverse the piloting order and retry" Misato, Asuka and Shinji perked up at that while Ritsuko glumly watched the responses. Gendo and Fuyutsuki stood up and exited the room. Ritsuko spoke up after the door closed.
"We have 10 minutes before the reverse tests" Ritsuko sighed as she left the room through the opposite door. The other occupants left on their own accord towards the test rooms again.
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The elevator door closed in front of Gendo and the slow hum began as it deftly leapt towards the heart of the Earth. Fuyutsuki brushed off some dust from his dark velvet uniform before facing Gendo.
"So was that deemed as a success of a failure in your plan?" Gendo grew a small invisible grin as the elevator fell further towards it's destination.
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Misato sat, her back towards unit 01, and watched as the techno babble was set on replay. All the techs were firing up the evas for their second test.
'One functional eva, one disobedient eva and one that may as well be deemed useless' Misato was in *Major Misato* mode and her mind figured all possible odds into her reality. She saw that this test would either improve those odds or prove them right.
"Beginning Unit 01 activation!" Ritsuko's voice perked up Misato's attention and she faced the one horned monster.
"Secondary link ups established! Begin count down to..."
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"...count down to 1-70" Asuka watched with worry as the techs scrambled to make the purple monster she was now encased in, to work. She had remembered the time it burst forth from the 12th angel, showering the city with a rain fall of blood. She remembered how it had been her saviour in the volcano after the 8th angel. It was a double edged sword. Both good and bad. What was Shinji's curse would soon be her's she realized.
"0.4 , 0.3 , 0.2 , 0.1... The eva has activated!!!"
Asuka watched as the world lit up with white walls and a windowed view port in front of her. The eva had activated and thus she hadn't failed. She succeeded where Shinji failed!
"Ha!! How's that for you Shinji! Told ya I'm the..."
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Shinji covered his eyes and waited for them to power down unit 01 so that he could begin his activation test trial with unit 02. Asuka was talking for a while now about how she was so good then for perhaps 2 seconds she was silent.
"..." Shinji wondered what Asuka just said. It was lower then a whisper.
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?"
"Asuka?!" Shinji watched Asuka's vid-window disappeared and a roar echoed through the test centre. Unit 01's gone berserk!?
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"Who are you?"
"Who am I? I should be asking you that! Why are you here!!!"
"I am the one that has away's been here. Your the new element, an intruder if you will"
"Yeah, well. My will is to make this stupid toy eva move"
Asuka found herself standing(sitting, floating, hovering?) in front of something that was talking to her. Well she assumed it was talking to her... How else could she know what it was implying.
"Why do you refer to the eva as a toy? Your usually move introverted then this Shinji" Asuka blinked and glared.
"I am not SHINJI! Who are you!" The essence seemed to have wrapped around itself.
"Who are you if you are not Shinji?" Asuka sighed and brushing her hair aside she struck an imposing stance.
"I am Asuka Langley Sohryu! Second only in call sign and greatest evangelion pilot of all time!"
~~I've been dying to use that line!!!!~~
"..."
"Impressed huh?" The expense in front of her solidified and she found herself looking at a vastly more mature Rei, except she looked normal with dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. She didn't even have Rei's emotionless stare, though the way she was seizing Asuka up and down made her feel like a piece of meat.
"ACK, WONDERGIRL?!" Asuka nearly choked on air when the thought process hit her. The mature Rei shook her head and stood in a reverse stance of Asuka.
"A girl yes, wonderful definitely but how did you manage to convince the eva to activate, hmm?" Asuka seemed to shrink.
"I sat in the chair and it worked, it's only a dumb doll" The woman only continued her gaze. Asuka fidgeted, like a child being talked down too after having there hands caught in the cookie jar.
"Shinji's hatred of his father caused the evangelion to only activate for him. Only someone with the same chemistry and hatred could make this eva move" Asuka wondered if the whole world had gone insane. 'Shinji's hatred? How could he do that with his eva?!'
"Simple, anyone that enters his eva and doesn't share the same hatred of sorts will either be repulsed by it, consumed by it and going mad or work with it as you have done... but only Shinji has this much of a subconscious hate for that man... So this brings me back to the question. Who Are You Ms Langley?" Asuka stared at Rei as she wondered over all the odd information she'd just received before Rei's gaze jump started her thinking process.
"I told you... that's who I am... and how do you know Shinji..." Asuka stopped for a moment before interrupting Rei "Wait. Dumb question, you share the entry plug with him it seems... Ritsuko was the one I think that said the eva slowly learns to read the mind of the pilot... so your the eva?"
Rei's turn to fidget came up now and she filled her role well.
"Well... In a sense yes and... no" Rei pondered this as Asuka watched bored. She begun to think of things that had no real order. Bit of Shinji cooking breakfast, me doing a sync test, looking into a mirror for the first time after the body switching incident and the time he pulled her out the the volcano her thinking continued. Suddenly Rei's head snapped up with an almost audible whip crack sound and she gazed at Asuka.
"So your the warrior in red!!" Asuka stopped thinking for a moment and wondered why she had gone insane enough to think she was talking to a more realistic Rei.'Why not a more grown up version of me?'
"Yeah Rei, I am" Rei looked puzzled for a moment before continuing "You switched bodies with Shinji?" Asuka sighed and explained the little accident.
"I don't think your bodies switched Asuka. And stop referring to me as wondergirl in your head it's getting annoying, if anything call me Yui" Asuka felt a pang in her heart but she didn't know why. 'I never knew anyone called Yui...'
"Well...Yui. What happened?" The Yui woman held her chin and looked thoughtful for a moment 'Rei would never act half as human as this Yui character...'
"Well... I noticed a slight change before shut down last time Shinji piloted the eva. It was weird sort of like he was still him BUT he wasn't thinking properly" Asuka snorted
"So your saying what... our minds got switched? The baka doesn't think proper of a lot of things, if you ask me" Yui glowered at Asuka.
"You want to know my expert opinion or not?" Asuka nodded "Your minds didn't switch. At least not in the full sense of the term. Your still Shinji... except your memory and conscious mannerisms have been rewritten" Asuka blinked. This certainly wasn't something that sounded fun. Though Yui did explain it fairly well.
"...Ok..."
"Let me make it simpler for you. You are Shinji in every possible way, you look like him, you have his tastes for food you even know how to play the cello" Asuka pondered this but didn't see the logic "Your still confused?" Yui rubbed her eye's then explained in what she hoped would be the most detailed yet simple way possible.
"If we separated a human body into categories, we'd have the body, and the brain" Asuka nodded "In reference to body, yours is Shinji's. Metabolism, taste buds and feeling. It was the brain that changed in your body switching adventure. Now the brain is not a simple structure and has many layers of activity. Memory, thinking process, subconscious and mannerisms which is another division of subconscious but related to body control" Asuka was about to point out she was wrong "I know there's more then that but I've only labelled the relevant ones" Asuka nodded.
"Now I can see that your memory is not Shinji's. And memories have a way to effect mannerisms, so you act a lot like Asuka. Your thinking process was also switched so you'll really act like Asuka. But your subconscious hasn't been touched" Asuka nodded slowly having begun to grasp what she was saying to the fullest "If something happens that triggers the subconscious, your going to react like Shinji would though you'd be Asuka by default"
Asuka blinked and came up with her own conclusion finally "So I am Shinji but with Asuka's memories and thinking process...? So Shinji would actually be me... but with his thinking process and memories" Asuka felt a headache coming on from this but she grasped it enough.
"Well... thanks for the talk, ah, Yup" Yui smiled at Asuka.
"Perhaps, you've been here too long... you should go back now"
"Who were you Yui?" Yui turned around back to a fading Asuka and gave a small smile.
"Since your Shinji, that makes me your mother..."
"Momma!?!?" Asuka reached for Yui but suddenly found herself back in unit 01's entry plug. Asuka looked around frantically looking for the figure that she forgot but had called herself mother.
"Momma don't leave me..."
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?" Asuka glanced at the sound only vid-window and felt her loss at one fell swoop. All the misery, hopelessness and wanting came all at once and unit 01 fed on the pilot's emotions as it had done before. It's jaws snapped open and it roared.
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Misato hadn't lost contact with Asuka for more then 3 seconds. But, whatever happened in that time caused Asuka to lose control of the eva. The eva's low voice filled the test chamber. Rei's eva had already entered the room and stood ready to pin any limbs that broke out.
The eva just howled it's one cry. It wasn't the bloodthirsty, beastially roar that it normally used. It was a low vibrating hollow sound that struck a chord in everyone. Not fear but pity.
The moan stopped soon and the eva reverted to where it was before. It's horn had dug a gash in the wall behind it but it's eyes dimmed to a normal yellow glare, accustomed to unit 01.
"I have regained control of the eva" Asuka's voice came across the sound only vid-window.
"Good job Asuka. You sound tired, let's just get the readings and wait for unit 02 ok?"
Asuka gave an affirmative and waited as the plug jettisoned from the back of the eva toward the waiting tech crews.
'I wonder if I really can trust that Yui woman...'
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Gendo felt elated. He sat at his desk with his hands over his face hiding a smile from breaking out. His plans could go on almost perfectly. He glanced at the reports again.
'Second child managed a sync of 68% with unit 01 and the third child managed a sync of 55% with unit 02'
Gendo felt his new plans falling into place. As long as unit 01 had a capable pilot, his plan could move forward. Fuyutsuki walked into the office just then.
"So you saw the reports too I take it?"
"Yes. Fuyutsuki, we have a new plan" Fuyutsuki grinned a wistful smile.
"And how would it differ from the original?" Gendo stood up and walked past Fuyutsuki
"Come, let us talk where the ears do not protrude from the walls"
'Those ears that lead to the scared old men anyway' Fuyutsuki didn't change his outward appearance but Gendo's new found confidence brought a smirk to his face.
'Like a kid that saw his Christmas presents in his parents closet the night before'
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"Alright guys let's party!" Misato whooped as she drove down the streets of Tokyo-3. The noon sun still hung high in the air when Shinji checked.
"Misato do we really have to have a party... it's not like we can invite too many people..." Misato's cheer suddenly faded and she grumbled something under her breath as she took another corner too close for Shinji's taste.
"Baka. We can invite your stooge accomplices and Hikari" Misato nodded and the prospect of a party seemed to be re-ignited.
"Well... yeah... sorry" Asuka didn't bother did threaten Shinji for the lapse into 'pathetic mode'. She was still rolling the event from piloting eva 01 around her head. Who was this Yui character? How did she know so much and I really trust her advice were the questions that took up the most of her thought process.
"Well, invite them over. I'll let you two get the groceries" Misato parked outside a grocery store that had been on the way and she emptied her purse into Shinji's hand.
"Misato that's not a lot of money and I don't think they exchange 2 buttons and a half used lipstick bar" Misato just glared at Shinji as she snatched the lipstick and the buttons before bodily shoving him out his door. Asuka soon followed Shinji as she hadn't been paying attention.
"Ack!" as Asuka's door closed, Misato's arm waved bye as it zoomed down another side street. Picking themselves up they entered the store.
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The day hadn't gone by for less then 20 minutes when Asuka and Shinji in there school uniforms trudged their way to the apartment. They each held two bags of groceries holding a random assortment of spices, meats and vegetables. Shinji found Asuka's new found silence disturbing. It wasn't that she was trying to play the part of Shinji it was the fact that Asuka actually was holding her silence. something big must have happened...
"...Asuka..." Asuka looked up, she had been falling behind and Shinji stopped to face her.
"Hmm? What?" Shinji's determination was slipping fast 'better get it over with fast'.
"Your, umm... really quiet... something umm, wrong?" Asuka looked stunned for a moment but quickly launched her voice.
"Hey, I don't have to announce myself everywhere I go baka!" Asuka's stern voice silenced Shinji's attempts, his courage now having left him completely. He turned and continued the walk in the midday sun. Asuka pondered for a moment before coming to a decision.
"Hey Shinji!" Asuka ran up to him he turned to face her but didn't stop walking
"Yeah Asuka?"
"Did anything happen to you in my unit 02?" Shinji pondered for a moment but nodded his head.
"Yeah, It was sort a weird. For a second, I was at a beach then in a deep forest. I was really young or something holding... well I forgot what I held but I was holding something" Asuka peered at Shinji for any signs of a lie but when she found he was completely honest she prompted him to continue
"Well... then the forest lit up in white light and... ummm, well it's weird after that..." Shinji looked at most bashful as he faced forwards. The apartment just cresting the hill in front of them.
"Well, speak up and I may tell you what happened to me too" Shinji looked at her almost questioning but he continued "Well... a lady stepped out of the light... she said some things... I forgot pretty much the whole thing except for the last words as she hugged me..." Shinji stared off into the blue sky as a small flock of birds zoomed overheard.
"Well?..."
"...You may not be my Asuka... But I'll protect you all the same"
They continued their walk and as they stood outside the elevator waiting for the ride up Asuka begun to inform Shinji of her little adventure in unit 01.
Shinji reeled from all the excess of information and Misato dialled the numbers to invite the selected guests.
Unnoticed by the pilots nor their security, a pair of eye's watched and listened. Their red iris's flashed under the blue sky.
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Hmmm. Who has red iris's? Who has red iris's? Gee, me no, know. ANYWAY. With school coming up I hate to inform you but my updating will GREATLY slow down unless I get a sudden windfall of inspiration. However due to the fact that I am a writer... It'll never come when it's needed. So I'm waving good bye and hoping not too take too long before posting another chapter up.
So drop me a line and give me a few reviews. There's outta be something that you people hate or love. While, a writer shouldn't make things just for reviews, it's amazing how much more confident and willing a writer is after receiving some.
I had the hardest time with the cast in this episode. Asuka kept of bitching to me about pervert Shinji, Shinji kept whining about his trailer and Rei just stared at me until I figured out what she wanted done. Tell ya the truth... I still haven't figured out what she wants me to do *Rei is seen staring from the side* Well here's some of the bloopers. And then someone told Asuka about Kaji's demise and she went into a rage. I really need better people to work with...
_-~Omake~-_
"..." Shinji wondered what Asuka just said. It was lower then a whisper.
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?"
"Asuka?!" Shinji watched Asuka's vid-window disappeared and a roar echoed through the test centre. Unit 01's gone berserk!?
The eva tore out of it's restraints and Unit 00 went to tackle it. The berserker deftly leaned over to the side and tipped Rei. Then the eva started kicking her in the sides and poking the eva's eye out.
"The eva's out of control!!! It won't take any of our commands!!!" A nameless tech bellowed. Misato watched in horror as the eva started bashing the backside of the blue eva with a 2 handed fist.
Gendo blinked then pointed at the mute button on the vid-window display. Misato sheepishly pressed it and Asuka's voice came over the loud speaker.
"God damn wonder bitch! I'm gonna kick your ass and by pretending that the eva's berserk I can kill you with no black mark on my record!! Muhahahahahahaah!!!!"
"Well Gendo shouldn't we stop her?" Gendo shook his head. Ritsuko spoke up then
"It has an S2 organ. How do you suppose we'll stop it?" Gendo sighed.
"Damn Fuyutsuki, get Rei #5 ready" Fuyutsuki nodded ~~Yes Rei #5. This is the 3rd time Asuka's done this stunt~~
_-~Omake #2~-_
"..." Shinji wondered what Asuka just said. It was lower then a whisper.
"Asuka's what'd you say? Asuka?"
"Asuka?!" Shinji watched Asuka's vid-window disappeared and a roar echoed through the test centre. Unit 01's gone berserk!?
The eva tore out of it's restraints and Unit 00 went to tackle it. The berserker deftly leaned over to the side and tipped Rei. The toppled eva was then ignored and eva 01 smashed it's hand through the test room's glass wall. It reached out and grasped Gendo Ikari. It lifted him up and the 2 stared face to face. Suddenly Asuka's voice came over the intercom.
"YOU BASTARD!! YOU KILLED KAJI!!!!"
Gendo sweat dropped and loosened his collar.
"Ah well you see..."
"KILL HIM! SQUASH HIM LIKE A @#$%ING BUG!!" everybody turned and looked towards Shinji "what, a guy can dream can't he?"
Even eva 01 shared a heartfelt sweat drop.
_-~Omake #3~-_
They continued their walk and as they stood outside the elevator waiting for the ride up Asuka begun to inform Shinji of her little adventure in unit 01.
Unnoticed by the pilots nor their security a pair of eye's watched and listened. Their red iris's flashed under the blue sky.
Rei Ayanami pilot of Evangelion unit 00 watched in envy of her 2 comrades. She was serving soft serve ice cream. Nerv had once again needed cash from outside sources and she somehow get sucked up in his diabolical plot. Serve soft serve ice cream at 5 times the price because it's NERV brand ice cream.
"Make Rei do the @#$%ing meaningless odd jobs he says. Build character he says. She never complains he says. OHHHH I'm sooooo gonna have to get back at him"
Continued in the next Omake section...
_-~End of Omake(s)~-_
Hope you enjoyed them! May be a while before the next update...
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REI STOP STARING DAMN IT!!! (drop me a line at my E-mail if you want to discuss anything)