Last time, on Neon Genesis Evangelion: Fourth Impact:
"My name is Nagisa Adamu Ayanami."
*DreyonLegacy is staring at Layra-chan, who is eating the ice-cream right out of the bucket.with her face. Wrenching eyes away from the horridly fascinating sight, he turns back to his computer* Back to the story.
Disclaimer: see chapter 8
Fourth Impact Chapter 8: Deep conversations
Misato cleared her throat. "Can I get you something to drink?" she asked, hoping to break the tension. The adults nodded gratefully and she went into the kitchen. Adamu followed her.
"How much do you know?" he asked her suddenly. She turned around to face him.
"I know that our parents used to work together, and that your mother and my paternal grandfather were the cause of Third Impact." Adamu looked away. Misato didn't notice. "I also know that Rei is an Angel, and therefore so must you be. I'm also one, according to Dr. Akagi."
"Where's the tea?" he asked. She pointed to the jar where they kept the tea leaves. A few minutes later they were boiling the tea and sitting at the table, talking awkwardly.
"My parents don't really like talking about the past." She told him. Then she chuckled. "Once, my mother said that it was only because life back then was so painful that she even began to like my father." Adamu didn't laugh, didn't smile. Misato found that to be a bit creepy. "What about yours?"
"My mother doesn't like to talk about the past either. My father says that he doesn't have one." Just then Lilliko bounced into the kitchen.
"How's the tea coming?" she asked. Misato glanced at the kettle.
"It will be done soon. We usually don't have guests, so I'm not used to making this much."
Lilliko looked back and forth between the two children, who were gazing off into the distance. "What, did I interrupt a tender moment?" she asked teasingly. Misato blushed, and Adamu glared at his sister. "From your reactions I'd say that I did." Lilliko giggled.
Then the kettle whistled. "I'll get it."
Outside, the adults had moved to the living room to talk.
"Adamu? Lilliko?" asked Shinji. Rei nodded.
"We wanted to honor our parents, just like you." she replied. "Only, I didn't think that taking your parent's names would be suitable for me, so I went with Lillith, and of course my husband went with Adam." Shinji nodded.
"And you warped them just enough to make them sound Japanese." Said Asuka. She glanced into the kitchen. "It looks like your daughter just interrupted a tender moment between your son and our daughter." She chuckled. Shinji, on the other hand, glanced back hastily.
"Do not worry, Shinji." Said Rei. "My son is not very forward. It will take some time if anything is going to develop between them."
"I don't know," he replied, "I'm not sure if I trust a child of Kaoru to be a slow developer in relationships."
Rei smiled. "Yes, he was quite fast with both of us." Shinji couldn't see it, but Asuka could clearly see the dreamy, slightly dirty smile on Rei's face.
"Shinji," she said to her husband, "Come on, they're only fourteen."
"I fell in love with you when I was fourteen."
"I fell in love with Kaoru when I was physically fourteen years old." Added Rei. Asuka fumed.
"That was because we were stressed." She told them. "They, on the other hand,"
Rei glanced away. "That's why I'm here." She told them. "Remember when the UN asked for more testing on us so they could build more Eva's?" Shinji and Asuka nodded. That was how they'd found out that Asuka was pregnant with Misato.
"Something went wrong with them."
Silence.
"Where are we?" asked Lilliko. "This place smells like blood."
"NERV headquarters, the Geofront." Replied her brother as they followed Rei down the halls. "This is where Mother used to live and work with Ikari-san and Soryu-san." Lilliko nodded, her eyes going wide.
"It's not all that interesting." Said Misato. "I've been here plenty of times. The only thing to look at is the remains of Terminal Dogma, which is just a big red cross surrounded by pools of blood, and Unit 01."
They turned to face her. "You've seen Unit 01?" they asked in incredulous unison. She nodded, confused as to why it would be so important. It was just an ugly piece of junk. It nearly destroyed the world, true, but it was still ugly. (AN: okay, who thinks that Misato's priorities are a bit.off?)
"They haven't gotten the restraints back on, so it looks like a big mummy. That's it." She shrugged. Both Adamu and Lilliko stared at her.
They entered the Bridge to be greeted by Misa's godmother and namesake, Katsuragi Misato.
"Hey, Misa-chan." Misato said. "Want a beer?" she asked playfully.
"She's too young." Said Rei. Misato grinned.
"It's a running joke." Said Shinji. "Misato claims that only someone with her drinking habits deserves her name."
"Well, she should be able to take it," said Misato, "seeing as she has an Super Solenoid Engine for a liver."
"I don't believe that it works that way." Said a voice. Rei turned to see a brown-haired version of Akagi Ritsuko walk in. She must have stopped dyeing her hair after Rei left. "Good to see you Ayanami." She stopped in front of Adamu and Lilliko.
"You were the one that set mother free." Said Lilliko. She bowed to the surprised Dr Akagi. "Thank you." Rei smiled.
Then Maya walked in, carrying a bundle in her arms. The bundle turned out to be a baby girl.
"You would be Lt. Ibuki Maya." Said Lilliko. "Nice to meet you."
Maya blushed. "Nice to meet you too." She leaned over to Lilliko. "Don't tell anyone, but it's actually Akagi Maya now." Lilliko smiled and turned to face the group.
"Guess what, everybody!" Maya blushed. Rei turned to her daughter.
"Lilliko, stop that." She said. "If Maya doesn't want everyone to know, then you're not going to tell anyone that she's-" Maya cut her off with a yelp.
"I don't know why you're so upset about it, Maya." Said Ritsuko.
"But, Sempai," complained Maya, "It's embarrassing. It sounds so cliché." Ritsuko sweatdropped.
"So, who's the father?" asked Ritsuko.
"Can't you tell?" asked Shinji quietly. Ritusko blinked, then turned to stare at Adamu. He gave her a perfect imitation of his father's grin. To top it off, he began to hum Ode To Joy.
"Tabris-"
"Kaoru." Interrupted Rei. "He left Tabris behind a long time ago."
Ritsuko lifted an eyebrow but said nothing. She turned to the group. "On to business." Maya sat down at her console, placing the baby beside her, and gestured to the two technicians beside her. Rei absently noticed that while Makoto was still there, someone had replaced Shigeru.
"We have reports that Eva Units 14 through 17 have all gone berserk." Pictures appeared of four monsters, vaguely humanoid and looking more like Angels than Eva's. "We also have AT field readings from seven more countries around the globe." Twelve new enemies.
"What about Units 18, 19 and 20?" asked Rei. Ritsuko turned to face her as if asking her 'How did you know about them?'
"Unit 19 is half complete. Unit 20 is nothing more than a skeleton right now. Unit 18 is fully complete, but shows signs of Angel contamination." She replied. "All three are being shipped to us right now."
"How long until they arrive?" asked Shinji.
"They will arrive in about." she glanced at the screen. "now." There was a roar as three huge ships landed outside the Geofront.
They went outside and watched as Units 18, 19 and 20 were unloaded from the ships and moved to the cages. Suddenly Lilliko caught sight of a figure floating toward Units 18 and 20. "Father!" she cried out. Everyone spun to face Tabris.
He jerked away from his path and flew toward them, landing in Rei's arms. "It's still there." Kaoru said softly. "Even after all these years as a human I'm still drawn to Adam's soul."
"What's Adam's soul doing in Units 18 and 20?" asked Rei. Ritsuko looked at the ground. "Unit 01 is a copy of Lillith. So is Unit 19. Units 18 and 20 are copies of Adam like Units 00, 02, 03 and 04 were. As a result we placed their souls in the Eva units." She was met with glares from all sides.
"We had no choice!" she told them. "The Eva's AT field abilities come from the souls trapped in their cores. Do you want to lose another loved one to those monsters?" she demanded. Shinji and Asuka stiffened and turned to face each other.
Misa glanced away. She knew that her parents had both lost their mothers to their Evas. She ended looking at Adamu. So, he is not Adam. I don't have to worry about him. For some reason she was more relieved than she thought she should be.
AN: do I have anything to say? Um.Units 14 through 17 all went berserk. Why? I'll tell you later.maybe. It took me so long to figure out whose souls were going to go in the new Units. I couldn't put Asuka's and Rei's souls in there, that would be mean. Besides, this gives the new Berserker Evas a reason to come to Tokyo 4 and attack the GeoFront. Uh-oh, my muse is out of ice-cream.
"My name is Nagisa Adamu Ayanami."
*DreyonLegacy is staring at Layra-chan, who is eating the ice-cream right out of the bucket.with her face. Wrenching eyes away from the horridly fascinating sight, he turns back to his computer* Back to the story.
Disclaimer: see chapter 8
Fourth Impact Chapter 8: Deep conversations
Misato cleared her throat. "Can I get you something to drink?" she asked, hoping to break the tension. The adults nodded gratefully and she went into the kitchen. Adamu followed her.
"How much do you know?" he asked her suddenly. She turned around to face him.
"I know that our parents used to work together, and that your mother and my paternal grandfather were the cause of Third Impact." Adamu looked away. Misato didn't notice. "I also know that Rei is an Angel, and therefore so must you be. I'm also one, according to Dr. Akagi."
"Where's the tea?" he asked. She pointed to the jar where they kept the tea leaves. A few minutes later they were boiling the tea and sitting at the table, talking awkwardly.
"My parents don't really like talking about the past." She told him. Then she chuckled. "Once, my mother said that it was only because life back then was so painful that she even began to like my father." Adamu didn't laugh, didn't smile. Misato found that to be a bit creepy. "What about yours?"
"My mother doesn't like to talk about the past either. My father says that he doesn't have one." Just then Lilliko bounced into the kitchen.
"How's the tea coming?" she asked. Misato glanced at the kettle.
"It will be done soon. We usually don't have guests, so I'm not used to making this much."
Lilliko looked back and forth between the two children, who were gazing off into the distance. "What, did I interrupt a tender moment?" she asked teasingly. Misato blushed, and Adamu glared at his sister. "From your reactions I'd say that I did." Lilliko giggled.
Then the kettle whistled. "I'll get it."
Outside, the adults had moved to the living room to talk.
"Adamu? Lilliko?" asked Shinji. Rei nodded.
"We wanted to honor our parents, just like you." she replied. "Only, I didn't think that taking your parent's names would be suitable for me, so I went with Lillith, and of course my husband went with Adam." Shinji nodded.
"And you warped them just enough to make them sound Japanese." Said Asuka. She glanced into the kitchen. "It looks like your daughter just interrupted a tender moment between your son and our daughter." She chuckled. Shinji, on the other hand, glanced back hastily.
"Do not worry, Shinji." Said Rei. "My son is not very forward. It will take some time if anything is going to develop between them."
"I don't know," he replied, "I'm not sure if I trust a child of Kaoru to be a slow developer in relationships."
Rei smiled. "Yes, he was quite fast with both of us." Shinji couldn't see it, but Asuka could clearly see the dreamy, slightly dirty smile on Rei's face.
"Shinji," she said to her husband, "Come on, they're only fourteen."
"I fell in love with you when I was fourteen."
"I fell in love with Kaoru when I was physically fourteen years old." Added Rei. Asuka fumed.
"That was because we were stressed." She told them. "They, on the other hand,"
Rei glanced away. "That's why I'm here." She told them. "Remember when the UN asked for more testing on us so they could build more Eva's?" Shinji and Asuka nodded. That was how they'd found out that Asuka was pregnant with Misato.
"Something went wrong with them."
Silence.
"Where are we?" asked Lilliko. "This place smells like blood."
"NERV headquarters, the Geofront." Replied her brother as they followed Rei down the halls. "This is where Mother used to live and work with Ikari-san and Soryu-san." Lilliko nodded, her eyes going wide.
"It's not all that interesting." Said Misato. "I've been here plenty of times. The only thing to look at is the remains of Terminal Dogma, which is just a big red cross surrounded by pools of blood, and Unit 01."
They turned to face her. "You've seen Unit 01?" they asked in incredulous unison. She nodded, confused as to why it would be so important. It was just an ugly piece of junk. It nearly destroyed the world, true, but it was still ugly. (AN: okay, who thinks that Misato's priorities are a bit.off?)
"They haven't gotten the restraints back on, so it looks like a big mummy. That's it." She shrugged. Both Adamu and Lilliko stared at her.
They entered the Bridge to be greeted by Misa's godmother and namesake, Katsuragi Misato.
"Hey, Misa-chan." Misato said. "Want a beer?" she asked playfully.
"She's too young." Said Rei. Misato grinned.
"It's a running joke." Said Shinji. "Misato claims that only someone with her drinking habits deserves her name."
"Well, she should be able to take it," said Misato, "seeing as she has an Super Solenoid Engine for a liver."
"I don't believe that it works that way." Said a voice. Rei turned to see a brown-haired version of Akagi Ritsuko walk in. She must have stopped dyeing her hair after Rei left. "Good to see you Ayanami." She stopped in front of Adamu and Lilliko.
"You were the one that set mother free." Said Lilliko. She bowed to the surprised Dr Akagi. "Thank you." Rei smiled.
Then Maya walked in, carrying a bundle in her arms. The bundle turned out to be a baby girl.
"You would be Lt. Ibuki Maya." Said Lilliko. "Nice to meet you."
Maya blushed. "Nice to meet you too." She leaned over to Lilliko. "Don't tell anyone, but it's actually Akagi Maya now." Lilliko smiled and turned to face the group.
"Guess what, everybody!" Maya blushed. Rei turned to her daughter.
"Lilliko, stop that." She said. "If Maya doesn't want everyone to know, then you're not going to tell anyone that she's-" Maya cut her off with a yelp.
"I don't know why you're so upset about it, Maya." Said Ritsuko.
"But, Sempai," complained Maya, "It's embarrassing. It sounds so cliché." Ritsuko sweatdropped.
"So, who's the father?" asked Ritsuko.
"Can't you tell?" asked Shinji quietly. Ritusko blinked, then turned to stare at Adamu. He gave her a perfect imitation of his father's grin. To top it off, he began to hum Ode To Joy.
"Tabris-"
"Kaoru." Interrupted Rei. "He left Tabris behind a long time ago."
Ritsuko lifted an eyebrow but said nothing. She turned to the group. "On to business." Maya sat down at her console, placing the baby beside her, and gestured to the two technicians beside her. Rei absently noticed that while Makoto was still there, someone had replaced Shigeru.
"We have reports that Eva Units 14 through 17 have all gone berserk." Pictures appeared of four monsters, vaguely humanoid and looking more like Angels than Eva's. "We also have AT field readings from seven more countries around the globe." Twelve new enemies.
"What about Units 18, 19 and 20?" asked Rei. Ritsuko turned to face her as if asking her 'How did you know about them?'
"Unit 19 is half complete. Unit 20 is nothing more than a skeleton right now. Unit 18 is fully complete, but shows signs of Angel contamination." She replied. "All three are being shipped to us right now."
"How long until they arrive?" asked Shinji.
"They will arrive in about." she glanced at the screen. "now." There was a roar as three huge ships landed outside the Geofront.
They went outside and watched as Units 18, 19 and 20 were unloaded from the ships and moved to the cages. Suddenly Lilliko caught sight of a figure floating toward Units 18 and 20. "Father!" she cried out. Everyone spun to face Tabris.
He jerked away from his path and flew toward them, landing in Rei's arms. "It's still there." Kaoru said softly. "Even after all these years as a human I'm still drawn to Adam's soul."
"What's Adam's soul doing in Units 18 and 20?" asked Rei. Ritsuko looked at the ground. "Unit 01 is a copy of Lillith. So is Unit 19. Units 18 and 20 are copies of Adam like Units 00, 02, 03 and 04 were. As a result we placed their souls in the Eva units." She was met with glares from all sides.
"We had no choice!" she told them. "The Eva's AT field abilities come from the souls trapped in their cores. Do you want to lose another loved one to those monsters?" she demanded. Shinji and Asuka stiffened and turned to face each other.
Misa glanced away. She knew that her parents had both lost their mothers to their Evas. She ended looking at Adamu. So, he is not Adam. I don't have to worry about him. For some reason she was more relieved than she thought she should be.
AN: do I have anything to say? Um.Units 14 through 17 all went berserk. Why? I'll tell you later.maybe. It took me so long to figure out whose souls were going to go in the new Units. I couldn't put Asuka's and Rei's souls in there, that would be mean. Besides, this gives the new Berserker Evas a reason to come to Tokyo 4 and attack the GeoFront. Uh-oh, my muse is out of ice-cream.