"Mr. Ikari, I advise that you answer your father imediently! We have no other Children lined up for this suit

of combat, do you really expect Rei to pilot all the Eva's! And when we do find others they must learn to

synch with the Eva's approved to them!" One of the officials got up and yelled at Shiji. Shinji stared at the

group of Nerv personnel and then walked out the exit. "MR. IKARI!" A voice called from behind, but Shinji

ignored it.

He walked alone for a while until he reached the exit of Nerv Headquarters. "The school is my last

opportunity…" Shinji said, heading in the direction of the school. As he approached the school grounds,

there was children still outside. "Must be lunch…this makes it more interesting…" Shinji started for the

main building and went up to the roof were he had been before, when he had first attempted his suicide…but

he had been stopped, stopped by the one who only seems to care for him in the slightest. "SHINJI NO!!

PLEASE!!" Shinji looked over the edge, he herd the familiar voice with the familiar words that had been

said when he was about to jump the first time. He closed his eyes as he done before and moved forward. The

familiar tug pulled him down from the ledge and the was again in the arms of Misato. "Shinji!!!!! PLEASE

don't do this!" Misato begged to Shinji. He got up and began heading down to the schools exit, with Misato

following close behind. "I don't get you Shinji, I'm trying to help you here you know. Your NEEDED! Not

just as a child for Nerv to pilot an Eva, but you are a very important form of life in this world. Your being

here was never pointless, your being here is to grow and learn and gain love and friendship through friends

and family. I know you find this hard Shinji but you must understand, we all care about you." Misato said

and Shinji still said nothing and kept walking towards home.

When they arrived Shinji stormed off to his room, locked the door and lied on his bed listening to his music.

Misato waited around outside, stressing that there may of been a hidden piece of rope or spare knife hidden

within his drawers. After a couple of hours Misato could only hope he was OK as she left the living room

and went to bed.

Rei was in her apartment siting on the edge of her bed, holding bandages which had just been removed. Her

injuries had almost completely healed. She heard Misato talking to Ritsuko about Asuka's death and Shinji's

attempt. Rei was very depressed at this time as deep down inside her she had feelings for both of them. She

did infact care about their well being and befriended them as her team member's in Nerv. Her life infact had

been pointless and she didn't find anything worth living for in her life. No real family and no goal either. She

only worked for Nerv and did just as she was ordered to all the time. "Maybe..maybe I am just a wind up

doll like Asuka said that one time..well few times. I would die if I was ordered to…" Rei talked in her usual

quiet voice as she stared at the blood stained cloth.

Lifting her head Rei looked around her room. "I have nothing but a bed, few clothes, Mr. Ikari's glasses and

rubbish, mainly bandages from all my wounds I have gotten whist being here in Nerv.'' Rei began to think.

She was turning into a pointless life form. No one had real feelings for her of any kind, she was just being

used as a form of life to be able to control the Eva's. 'Maybe Shinji DOES has a point to make…' Rei

thought and got up to her drawers and got out a small pocket knife, never used. A gift to her that was

supposedly from her mother. It had been passed along to her by Ikari.

Looking at this knife Rei held it and studied the blade, to colour, the shape and form of the blade. She

flicked the tip on her wrist and a small bead of blood formed. "Must be sharp then…" Rei said and then got

up to lock her door. She then sat the knife with a bead of blood staining the tip on her bed and placed Ikari's

glasses next to it. Rei headed toward her shower. Undressing slowly and carefully she folded her clothes

neatly and placed them on the bathroom sink. Looking into the mirror above the sink, Rei looked to see an

emotionless 'wind up doll' with no hope or meaning to life. With a small burst of anger that was very

unlikely from Rei, she punched the Mirror and shards of glass fell down and flew in various directions. With

few cuts all over her, Rei then grabbed the sharpest piece of glass she could see, lying on her folded clothes.

Turning on the shower to a reasonable Hot/warm temperature, Rei got in and ignoring the little bits of pain

from where the shrapnel's of glass had cut into her she stared up into the water hitting her soft emotionless

face. "All I have to live for…is nothing Asuka took the right turn, understanding Shinji's point was a good

idea. Although he has not yet succeeded in death yet, I'm sure after this he will. I am happy for him. I hope

he escapes this hell soon." Rei quietly mumbled in the shower and clenched the piece of glass in her hand.

Siting down under the water Rei looked at the patterning of the glass and the sharpness of the point. Her

hand was bleeding as when she had clenched it the small amount of pressure was enough to pierce her fragile

skin. Closing her eyes, Rei thought of nothing and sliced open her left wrist and gabbing it quickly, she used

the glass of the other wrist. After a few moments Rei felt the pain but did not do anything she relaxed as

much as she could letting her wrist's bleed down into the drains. A few more moments past and she felt

dizzy and blacked out. Not long after and she had died from loss of blood. The shower was still running and

blood still going down the drain, when Misato and Ritsuko came by to check on her timetable for the next

days Eva test.

"Thats unusual, I've never known Rei to lock her door, and its not like there is anything valuable to steal.

Ritsuko used her spare key to open up Rei's apartment. Looking around at the basically empty room,

Ritsuko placed the timetable on her bed. Hearing the shower running Misato went to the bathroom and

tapped on the door. "Rei? Its Misato, we have your next days timetable for you. Could you please check this

so we can record it for you?" Misato said and herd no reply. "Rei? REI!" Misato yelled into the bath room

opening the door slightly. The feint smell of steam and the familiar smell of rust….the rust you smell in

blood. "No…" Misato panicked when she could smell it and got no reply. Almost instantly Misato knew

what had happened and yelled out to Ritsuko to dial 000 for an ambulance.

Going into the bathroom Misato confronted a dead Rei with still bleeding wrists naked in the running

shower. "OH GOD! REI!!!!!!" Misato shouted turning off the taps and grabbing the towel Rei had hanging.

Wrapping her up in it and nursing the limp, lifeless body, Misato cried. "NOT AGAIN!" Pouring down her

face, tears dripped onto the dead Rei's forehead. The ambulance arrived shortly after and Misato and

Ritsuko got in aswell.

At the hospital Misato was still crying her eyes out. Ritsuko was comforting her and Ikari had been to see

Rei's body before she was sent to the morgue. He too had shed a small tear as he had cared for Rei more

than his own son.

Later on that night Misato came home. Her day so far had been hell and she wasn't ready to face Shinji, for

all she knows, Shinji may be dead! Walking into the living room, Misato flopped onto the lounge and she

had a beer in her hand. 'Why is this all happening? I dont understand all this crazy suicide around her. We

have no Eva pilots now…except Shinji…but he wont do it… Nerv is going way downhill.' Misato' thoughts

were flooding her mind. At this moment Shinji opened his door and looked at Misato. Misatos sad face

soured and she was about to cry. For the first time in weeks, Shinji spoke and asked. "Is it Rei?" Misato

nodded and dug her face into the lounge pillows and began to cry again. Shinji's hands clenched up into balls

and then let go. 'I knew she'd do this…and this is it…I must accomplish this or I will be blamed for more

suicide deaths from my own actions….is my turn now…I'm going to die…' Shinji thought and bolted out

the front door.

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*YAWN!! ARGGHH hehe sigh!:p ok pplz thats it for now…more character deaths, wot do you think would

happen? Well you gotta wait and see! Even I don't know what's going to happen. Will Shinji accomplish his

goal in suicide?? Or will Misato stop him AGAIN and he be responsible for another death? Well..i dunno yet

just like u ppl. I hope u enjoyed this story so far, its the best I've done in ages! Please give me a review and

check back l8r for updates! ^-^

Ja-Ne

~*Juggalo Son Pan*~

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