CHAPTER 16
After 13 days Mia opened her eyes for the first time and gazed around the room. She looked at the clock and saw that it read 10:42 am. She sighed looking around to see Toji awake in the bed beside. Her.
"Toji" she said quietly and he jumped looking over at her.
"Geez you slept longer than even I did" he joked and she laughed half- heartedly.
"Hmm, I am so sorry about before" she apologized quickly.
"You had nothing to do with it, it was no one's fault. I don't blame anyone," Toji answered and she nodded.
"Do you know what happened?" she asked and he shook his head.
"I saw nothing after the activation test" he answered. "What happened?"
"Well Eva unit 04, I mean the angel attacked Asuka first and took her out. Rei was unable to fight once it pounced her. But when it attacked Shinji he didn't fight back, I had to go in and get the angel off him but I wasn't strong enough so the Commander used the dummy pug rather than Shinji. That's how you got here," she answered.
"How did you get here?" Toji asked.
"All I saw was the dummy plug operate. My Eva's arm was ripped off and the neck was broke from what I remember" Mia answered and Toji looked away.
"I am sorry Mia," he said and she shook her head.
"Don't be. It wasn't your fault. Eva unit 04 was possessed you couldn't have prevented it if you tried" Mia assured him and he nodded.
"So do you know what has happened of the past days?" she asked sitting up and leaning on the bed railings.
"Yeah, it wasn't good though" he said and she looked over at him worried.
"What has happened Toji?" she asked seriously.
"The fourteenth angel attacked Tokyo-3. It got right inside the geofront" Toji began and Mia's mouth dropped. "Before this Shinji had resigned as an Eva pilot and Rei and Asuka had to fight it alone. Asuka lost her Eva's head and both arms and Rei had to battle in unit 00 which had only one arm. She hit it with an N2 mine and blew up all but nothing" Toji said and Mia was unable to speak. "Shinji came back though but the power ran out after he got the angel away from central command. He beat the angel but that was after the Eva re-activated itself and took Shinji inside it supposedly" Toji said.
"Sh.Shinji is trapped inside?" Mia stuttered and Toji nodded.
"That's what I was told anyway," Toji answered and Mia bit her lip. 'Why did she have to be unconscious for this?'
Mia was let out of hospital 15 days later. She was glad to be going home to sleep in her own bed rather than a hospital bed. Toji had to stay there for longer as he was more damaged than her. She was happy that she could hopefully see Shinji but also wanted to talk to Asuka.
As she entered the apartment lot she rode up to her floor first dumping her suit on the lounge. She then walked passed her room and noticed that the photo of her mother had moved fro one table to another. She picked it up to move it and knew who had touched it instantly. Shinji.
Quickly she made her way down the stairs to Misato's apartment and knocked on the door letting herself in. It was dark inside and somewhat unwelcoming which was odd as the Katsuragi residence was always happy and hospitable.
"Asuka" she said quietly walking into Asuka's room. She saw the red haired girl with her face buried into a pillow and her legs stretched out over the bed. Mia sat beside her on the bed. "Are you alright?"
"How can I be alright?" Asuka said sarcastically into the pillow. "I couldn't even neutralize the AT field. Wonderful Shinji beat me again!" she screamed punching the pillow and Mia looked around the room. It was not like Asuka's bedroom as books were ripped and cups shattered all around her. It was dark and cold inside and Mia felt like she just wanted to get out of there.
"You did your best from what I heard" Mia said and Asuka sat up surprised to see her.
"I though that you were Misato" she said wiping her eyes and folding her legs. She looked tired and old with her face stained with defeat and hate.
"No I woke up 15 days ago and they are finally letting me out. Toji told me what happened." she said quietly and Asuka bit her lip.
"I lost again. If I loose again they wont let me pilot Eva again," Asuka said.
"Asuka I lost too. I know how you feel," Mia said and Asuka shook her head.
"You don't. I lost twice and you only lost once. You only lost because Shinji was weak. If Shinji had had fought with you, you would have conquered the Angel" Asuka said and Mia looked away.
"You would have too. It was a bad angel; even Shinji had trouble defeating it. Now he is lost" Mia said and Asuka breathed hard.
"Without Eva I am nothing" Asuka said and Mia shook her head.
"You will always be Asuka. You will always be my friend Eva or no Eva" Mia assured her and Asuka nodded.
"I need to take a shower so I guess I will see you later ok" Mia said and Asuka nodded feeling a little better.
"When Shinji comes back I'll tell him your back" she said grinning and Mia blushed walking out.
* * * * *
10 days later Mia sat on the floor with her glassed on. She was reading a book but not really remembering any of it. All she could think about was Shinji and Shinji alone. She thought that she heard a knock on the door but thought that she was imagining it and continued to read.
"Mia" a voice said and she spun around getting up instantly. She stood staring at Shinji who seemed a little off colour but fine apart from that. She couldn't move at all feeling as if all of her joints had just frozen.
"I am sorry," he said and she ran up to him and hugged him tightly. She didn't want to let go as he hugged her back listening to her back crack as he squeezed tighter. A lump in his throat made it hard for him to swallow as he sobbed into her shoulder. Mia found herself being dragged down back onto the floor as Shinji cried like a little kid who had just lost his favourite toy. She shushed him for a while as he continued to cry until he had nothing left to cry.
"It is ok," she finally said as he breathed hard.
"I never meant for any of this to happen I swear to you" Shinji said holding her face. She could see the teardrops still sticking to his eyelashes.
"I believe you It is ok. Everyone is ok" Mia said and he nodded as the phone rang. Shinji lent back and picked it up.
"Hello?" he said suddenly realizing that it was Mia's phone he reddened awaiting an answer. Someone said something in Italian and he couldn't understand him or her.
"Hello" he repeated.
"Who the hell is this?" a deep voice asked and Shinji raised an eyebrow.
"Shinji Ikari" he answered and the person on the other line grunted.
"Where is that little bitch?" the man asked and Shinji was just about to hang up on him.
"Sorry I don't know anyone by that name" he snapped suddenly feeling like his father as Mia's eyes widened. She knew who it was.
"Look mate just put 'er on tha phone will ya!" he snapped, his voice sounded slurred like he had had too much to drink.
"Hold on" Shinji snapped into the phone covering the bottom of it. "It is for you, some guy," he said and Mia stepped back before hesitantly taking the phone from him. She started talking quietly in Italian as the man on the other line shouted at her.
She closed her eyes and Shinji watched as tears built up in her eyes. She took whatever the man was saying to her and Shinji realised that she was just like he was when she was talking to people from home. She hung up the phone and covered her face with her hands.
"I am sorry" she apologized quietly.
"Who was that?" Shinji asked and she bit her lip looking away from him.
"It is a long story," Mia said and Shinji grabbed her shoulders.
"That I want to hear" Shinji said and she breathed hard.
"He I like my stepfather but he isn't by law" Mia answered and Shinji nodded.
"Why was he like that to you?" Shinji asked and she closed her eyes.
"You see Shinji I had a really hard time growing up at home. My real father died in a chemical accident when I was 4 and my mother and I had a hard time coping with that after he was killed. My mother ended up seeing her boss who was that guy but his is a bastanio," she said swearing in Italian.
"A what?" Shinji interrupted.
"Son of a slut" she answered and he nodded. "After that It got harder and harder to stay at home. Luckily I was chosen to be an Eva pilot and I am here now the end" she said quickly and although Shinji knew there was more he said nothing.
"Yeah" he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Like I said it is a long story" Mia said. "I am glad you are ok," she added and he smiled.
"I am glad you are too" he replied before leaving. As he arrived home he sat on the floor putting his headphones in.
Misato arrived home an hour after he had come home himself.
"I am home," she said opening the fridge and grabbing a can of beer. Shinji left and walked into his room sitting on his bed. He could hear Misato star crying and he took one of his headphones out and listened to her. He didn't know what to do or say, he felt just like a child.
After 13 days Mia opened her eyes for the first time and gazed around the room. She looked at the clock and saw that it read 10:42 am. She sighed looking around to see Toji awake in the bed beside. Her.
"Toji" she said quietly and he jumped looking over at her.
"Geez you slept longer than even I did" he joked and she laughed half- heartedly.
"Hmm, I am so sorry about before" she apologized quickly.
"You had nothing to do with it, it was no one's fault. I don't blame anyone," Toji answered and she nodded.
"Do you know what happened?" she asked and he shook his head.
"I saw nothing after the activation test" he answered. "What happened?"
"Well Eva unit 04, I mean the angel attacked Asuka first and took her out. Rei was unable to fight once it pounced her. But when it attacked Shinji he didn't fight back, I had to go in and get the angel off him but I wasn't strong enough so the Commander used the dummy pug rather than Shinji. That's how you got here," she answered.
"How did you get here?" Toji asked.
"All I saw was the dummy plug operate. My Eva's arm was ripped off and the neck was broke from what I remember" Mia answered and Toji looked away.
"I am sorry Mia," he said and she shook her head.
"Don't be. It wasn't your fault. Eva unit 04 was possessed you couldn't have prevented it if you tried" Mia assured him and he nodded.
"So do you know what has happened of the past days?" she asked sitting up and leaning on the bed railings.
"Yeah, it wasn't good though" he said and she looked over at him worried.
"What has happened Toji?" she asked seriously.
"The fourteenth angel attacked Tokyo-3. It got right inside the geofront" Toji began and Mia's mouth dropped. "Before this Shinji had resigned as an Eva pilot and Rei and Asuka had to fight it alone. Asuka lost her Eva's head and both arms and Rei had to battle in unit 00 which had only one arm. She hit it with an N2 mine and blew up all but nothing" Toji said and Mia was unable to speak. "Shinji came back though but the power ran out after he got the angel away from central command. He beat the angel but that was after the Eva re-activated itself and took Shinji inside it supposedly" Toji said.
"Sh.Shinji is trapped inside?" Mia stuttered and Toji nodded.
"That's what I was told anyway," Toji answered and Mia bit her lip. 'Why did she have to be unconscious for this?'
Mia was let out of hospital 15 days later. She was glad to be going home to sleep in her own bed rather than a hospital bed. Toji had to stay there for longer as he was more damaged than her. She was happy that she could hopefully see Shinji but also wanted to talk to Asuka.
As she entered the apartment lot she rode up to her floor first dumping her suit on the lounge. She then walked passed her room and noticed that the photo of her mother had moved fro one table to another. She picked it up to move it and knew who had touched it instantly. Shinji.
Quickly she made her way down the stairs to Misato's apartment and knocked on the door letting herself in. It was dark inside and somewhat unwelcoming which was odd as the Katsuragi residence was always happy and hospitable.
"Asuka" she said quietly walking into Asuka's room. She saw the red haired girl with her face buried into a pillow and her legs stretched out over the bed. Mia sat beside her on the bed. "Are you alright?"
"How can I be alright?" Asuka said sarcastically into the pillow. "I couldn't even neutralize the AT field. Wonderful Shinji beat me again!" she screamed punching the pillow and Mia looked around the room. It was not like Asuka's bedroom as books were ripped and cups shattered all around her. It was dark and cold inside and Mia felt like she just wanted to get out of there.
"You did your best from what I heard" Mia said and Asuka sat up surprised to see her.
"I though that you were Misato" she said wiping her eyes and folding her legs. She looked tired and old with her face stained with defeat and hate.
"No I woke up 15 days ago and they are finally letting me out. Toji told me what happened." she said quietly and Asuka bit her lip.
"I lost again. If I loose again they wont let me pilot Eva again," Asuka said.
"Asuka I lost too. I know how you feel," Mia said and Asuka shook her head.
"You don't. I lost twice and you only lost once. You only lost because Shinji was weak. If Shinji had had fought with you, you would have conquered the Angel" Asuka said and Mia looked away.
"You would have too. It was a bad angel; even Shinji had trouble defeating it. Now he is lost" Mia said and Asuka breathed hard.
"Without Eva I am nothing" Asuka said and Mia shook her head.
"You will always be Asuka. You will always be my friend Eva or no Eva" Mia assured her and Asuka nodded.
"I need to take a shower so I guess I will see you later ok" Mia said and Asuka nodded feeling a little better.
"When Shinji comes back I'll tell him your back" she said grinning and Mia blushed walking out.
* * * * *
10 days later Mia sat on the floor with her glassed on. She was reading a book but not really remembering any of it. All she could think about was Shinji and Shinji alone. She thought that she heard a knock on the door but thought that she was imagining it and continued to read.
"Mia" a voice said and she spun around getting up instantly. She stood staring at Shinji who seemed a little off colour but fine apart from that. She couldn't move at all feeling as if all of her joints had just frozen.
"I am sorry," he said and she ran up to him and hugged him tightly. She didn't want to let go as he hugged her back listening to her back crack as he squeezed tighter. A lump in his throat made it hard for him to swallow as he sobbed into her shoulder. Mia found herself being dragged down back onto the floor as Shinji cried like a little kid who had just lost his favourite toy. She shushed him for a while as he continued to cry until he had nothing left to cry.
"It is ok," she finally said as he breathed hard.
"I never meant for any of this to happen I swear to you" Shinji said holding her face. She could see the teardrops still sticking to his eyelashes.
"I believe you It is ok. Everyone is ok" Mia said and he nodded as the phone rang. Shinji lent back and picked it up.
"Hello?" he said suddenly realizing that it was Mia's phone he reddened awaiting an answer. Someone said something in Italian and he couldn't understand him or her.
"Hello" he repeated.
"Who the hell is this?" a deep voice asked and Shinji raised an eyebrow.
"Shinji Ikari" he answered and the person on the other line grunted.
"Where is that little bitch?" the man asked and Shinji was just about to hang up on him.
"Sorry I don't know anyone by that name" he snapped suddenly feeling like his father as Mia's eyes widened. She knew who it was.
"Look mate just put 'er on tha phone will ya!" he snapped, his voice sounded slurred like he had had too much to drink.
"Hold on" Shinji snapped into the phone covering the bottom of it. "It is for you, some guy," he said and Mia stepped back before hesitantly taking the phone from him. She started talking quietly in Italian as the man on the other line shouted at her.
She closed her eyes and Shinji watched as tears built up in her eyes. She took whatever the man was saying to her and Shinji realised that she was just like he was when she was talking to people from home. She hung up the phone and covered her face with her hands.
"I am sorry" she apologized quietly.
"Who was that?" Shinji asked and she bit her lip looking away from him.
"It is a long story," Mia said and Shinji grabbed her shoulders.
"That I want to hear" Shinji said and she breathed hard.
"He I like my stepfather but he isn't by law" Mia answered and Shinji nodded.
"Why was he like that to you?" Shinji asked and she closed her eyes.
"You see Shinji I had a really hard time growing up at home. My real father died in a chemical accident when I was 4 and my mother and I had a hard time coping with that after he was killed. My mother ended up seeing her boss who was that guy but his is a bastanio," she said swearing in Italian.
"A what?" Shinji interrupted.
"Son of a slut" she answered and he nodded. "After that It got harder and harder to stay at home. Luckily I was chosen to be an Eva pilot and I am here now the end" she said quickly and although Shinji knew there was more he said nothing.
"Yeah" he couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Like I said it is a long story" Mia said. "I am glad you are ok," she added and he smiled.
"I am glad you are too" he replied before leaving. As he arrived home he sat on the floor putting his headphones in.
Misato arrived home an hour after he had come home himself.
"I am home," she said opening the fridge and grabbing a can of beer. Shinji left and walked into his room sitting on his bed. He could hear Misato star crying and he took one of his headphones out and listened to her. He didn't know what to do or say, he felt just like a child.