Intermission Two: Those slightly enjoyable times....
Ahh, Wednesday, the middle of the week, the day that tells you that the weekend is only two days away. That ever so wonderful day. And on this particular Wednesday seven children found themselves entering school all quite bandaged up and receiving various stares from their classmates.
Rei Ayanami entered class as she would everyday. Quite, calm, indifferent, and completely oblivious to those around her. Today, however, Rei entered the classroom with those big patch band-aids in various places. She had one on her knee and one on her forearm. Since most people were use to seeing Rei bandaged up they just passed it off as another day at the workplace for her and left it at that.
It got strange when Hikari Horaki walked in with similar bandages placed in similar places minus the face bandage and adding two for her right leg, both the knee and the shin, and another for the left knee. She also had one on her forearm. The class took one look at their Class Rep and about six girls were surrounding her asking her what happen. The ones that weren't in that circle never did find out and just assumed she fell off her bike.
When Kaworu Nagisa walked in, he started turning heads. His left forearm was wrapped up and not just bandaged and he had his head wrapped up as well. If he had any bandages on his legs they were concealed by his uniform pants. A couple of the guys that were on familiar terms with Kaworu had asked him about it, but again the rest remained ignorant to what had actually happened.
It was not till Asuka Langley Sohyru and the infamous Three Stooges showed up did everyone in the classroom become aware of what occurred. When Asuka entered she was covered in bandages. One around her head, patches on her arm and legs alike and the mood to make anyone who dare ask her what happen to fold and not ask. When the ever lovable Three Stooges entered everyone became aware.
Shinji Ikari entered with a patch on his face and his left arm wrapped from the elbow down. Again any leg injuries were concealed. Other than that fact he seemed all right if not a bit nervous when he first entered.
Touji Suzahara entered with injuries similar to Shinji's, but instead his right arm was wrapped and he did not have a patch on his face.
Kensuke Aida had the worst of all the seven children that entered class today. His head, left arm, and right arm were all wrapped, and he was limping slightly indicating that he indeed had some lower level injuries.
Injuries aside the class was quite jealous that they got to go sky diving. Even if it didn't turn out the way they all had wanted it.
The teacher entered the classroom and Hikari did the usual 'Stand, Bow, Sit' command. But before she was able to return to her seat she was stop by the teacher.
"Miss Horaki, what happen to you?"
Hikari blushed in embarrassment and looked down.
"Ugh....nothing sir...just....a little accident while playing outside yesterday."
"Oh, okay." The teacher blinked. "You may sit."
Hikari did just that and let out a relieved breath.
"Now for attendance. Ladies first. Ayanami?"
"Here." Rei whispered
Growling in response the teacher began to rant. "I see she's not here to....day–huh?" Looking up in amazement at finally registering the fact that Rei was here, he saw her injuries as well. "What happen to you?"
Rei actually spared him a glance before returning her attention back out the window.
"Right...of course that secret NERV stuff. Anyways continuing on...."
By the time the teacher had finish taking role he was under the impression that something was really wrong when seven kids were all injured in similar fashions and six out of the seven claimed it to be from an incident from playing outside. He decided it was his civil duty as the teacher of these children to investigate.
********
Meanwhile...somewhere else....that somewhere else being NERV...
"Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki?" Maya address concern washing over her face as she saw the condition the older man was in upon his interest to the bridge.
He looked down at her and waited for her to continue.
Seeing that he was not going to say anything, she took the hint to go on. "What happen to you?"
Fuyutsuki was in no better condition than the children he had watched the yesterday and the sad thing was he could not even remember how they ended up going sky diving. The only thing he remembered was someone snapping their fingers, then a crazed blonde guy tossing him out of a plane. So Fuyutsuki ended up in the same conditions. Bandages covering his body and in a rather angry mood.
At first he glared at Maya for asking, but then decided it wasn't her fault and had plans already in progress to get the ones that did this to him. He lost his glare and gave her a small smile.
"Don't worry about it, Lt. Ibuki, just some minor injuries acquired from my day with the Children–nothing too serious I assure you."
Maya returned the smile and nodded before she turned around and attended to her work.
After a few minutes of silence, Fuyutsuki spoke up again. "I must take my leave. I am doing something of the utmost importance and will not be able to take any phone calls. Tell anyone that calls to leave a message with you, Lt. Ibuki."
"Yes, sir!"
"Thank you."
With that Fuyutsuki turned and marched out of the bridge.
"What the hell could he have done with the Children to get injuries?" Makoto wondered.
Shigeru shrugged. "Not a damn clue, but did you see that memo in the breakroom?"
Makoto and Maya shook their heads. Shigeru sighed and explained.
"It said: That three personal from the bridge crew are to sign up for two days out of the week to spend with the Children."
"Ugh....Why?" Makoto asked.
Shrugging again, Shigeru replied, "I don't know, but it also said that if no one volunteers, volunteers will be selected."
"I think I'll sign up." Maya said.
Shigeru and Makoto stared at her as if she just announce she was in love with Dr. Akagi.
"What? Why are you guys staring at me like that!?"
*******
Kaji entered the Arena with a basketball in his hand. Behind him was Ritsuko who had a camera. In front of him was an irate Major Katsuragi and a patient Commander Ikari.
"C'mon, Kaji, let's get this over with." Misato rushed.
"Oh, don't worry my dear, things will move quickly." Kaji admitted.
"What's with the ball?" came her reply.
Grinning, Kaji, held up the ball for all to see. "Explain it to them, Dr. Akagi."
Ritsuko, grinning like a small child getting ice cream for the first time, explained. "You three are gonna play 'Horse'. The object of the game is to..."
"We are quite aware of the object of the game." Gendou interrupted. "If I may be so bode as to rush things along, but I do have a meeting in twenty minutes."
Kaji shrugged, Misato nodded, Ritsuko glared, Gendou took off his jacket.
*******
"So, Class Representative Horaki?" a sweet voice started.
Hikari looked up from her lunch. "Yes?"
"What exactly happened that led to you getting those injuries?" the blonde girl asked.
Hikari blinked and when she opened her eyes she had a faraway look in her eyes.
{flashes: Sky, plummeting to her death, screaming...}
Shaking herself from her trance, Hikari looked at the girl. "I'd rather not say."
"Oh, well, I'll go ask Suzahara then."
"Yeah, go ahead."
**********
"AHHHHHHH!" Misato screamed, holding her head. "This blows!"
"Major Katsuragi, calm down." Gendou ordered.
Misato turned to him. "I will not! This is your fault!"
Gendou continued to stare at her blankly. "Would you mind repeating that?"
"No, I don't. This is all your fault!"
Kaji was standing in the background, laughing up a storm with Ritsuko who held a camera in her hand.
"Your not suppose to be good at basketball!" she continued to rant.
"And why not?"
"Your....you're the Commander!" she answered.
"I do not see how my position makes a difference."
'Ah, geeze, that's where Rei gets it from.' Misato added to herself.
"Hey, Misato..." Ritsuko called. Misato looked at her. "Just be glad you're not losing!"
"Hey!" Kaji yelled. "I'm not losing that bad."
"Oh, yes you are!" Ritsuko replied before going into another fit of laughter.
"Dr. Akagi aren't you suppose to be elsewhere?" Gendou inquired.
Laughing, Ritsuko glanced at her watch, and abruptly stopped laughing.
"Oh....shit....yeah, I do need to be going. Ta-ta." With that Ritsuko bolted out the door with a stream of curse words coming from her mouth.
"That was strange." Misato admitted.
Bouncing the ball, Kaji replied. "Yea...well, I'm not gonna lose." he went up for the shot.
*******
Tokyo-3 Jr. High School
Shinji stared at his computer screen like it held the answer to the meaning of life.
'Man I'm so bored.' He thought, blinking his eyes rapidly to stop them from hurting. He continued to stare at his screen when a message box popped up.
[K.Aida: You bored?]
Shinji blinked dumbly at the screen before it registered in his mind that someone was talking to him.
[S.Ikari: What do you think?]
[K.Aida: Okay, stupid question.]
[S.Ikari: Yea very stupid question. Now what do you want?]
[K.Aida: Well, I was just staring at my wife to be and got to thinking.]
Shinji scrunched his face up in confusion. The look disappeared just as soon as it came when all the information flooded back to his head. He sighed.
[S.Ikari: Okay, so you were looking at Ayanami and got to thinking about what?]
[K.Aida: I don't know very much about her.]
[S.Ikari: Oh, so you just wanted to share that with me, huh?]
Shinji heard Kensuke groan from his place at the back of the classroom.
[K.Aida: That's not where I'm going with this!]
[S.Ikari: So where are you going with this?]
[K.Aida: I want to get to know her better.]
Shinji rolled his eyes and replied.
[S.Ikari: So talking to me is helping you in your pursuit to get to know Ayanami better. I'm touched, slightly perturbed but touched at the same time.]
Something nailed Shinji in the back of the head.
"OW! You idiot!" Shinji cried out as he picked up the pen that hit him in the head.
The teacher glared at Shinji. "Is something the matter Mr. Ikari?"
Shinji smiled sheepishly and showed the teacher the pen in his hand. "Ugh...dropped my pen."
Staring at the young man for a second the teacher just decided to ignore him and continue his lecture.
[S.Ikari: Why'd you hit me?]
[K.Aida: Stop being a smart ass.]
[K.Aida: Anyways the only reason I was talking to you was I wanted your help in this search for knowledge.]
[S.Ikari: Okay, and how can I help you with that?]
[K.Aida: By answering a few questions I have.]
[S.Ikari: Why not? What harm could it cause?]
[K.Aida: Exactly.]
[S.Ikari: So fire away.]
[K.Aida: Rei's favorite color?]
[S.Ikari: Don't know.]
[K.Aida: Favorite food?]
[S.Ikari: No clue.]
[K.Aida: Hobbies.]
[S.Ikari: Can't help you.]
By now Kensuke was growling.
[K.Aida: Favorite flower!? Geesh, c'mon man, you gotta have something.]
[S.Ikari: Nope, don't know.]
"For the love of all that isn't holy, Ikari, you're more useless than road kill!" Kensuke cried out, jumping out of his chair.
Shinji turned around, glaring at Kensuke. "Hey, I didn't say I was going to be much help!"
"Ikari! Aida! Buckets! NOW!" Shouted Hikari and the teacher at once.
Both boys glared at each other for a moment and cursed.
"Damn!"
"NOW!"
Both boys grumbled to themselves as they made they're way out into the hall.
*******
NERV....
"I...I...." Kaji stammered , his eyes wide in shock.
Misato, standing only a few feet in front of him grumbled something and looked back at him.
"I...I...."
Gendou Ikari stood near the door with the basketball in his hands.
"I....I....."
"Oh, C'mon on Kaji! Just accept it already!" Misato shouted.
"I....I...."
Gendou looked at his watch. "I'm leaving. You'll figure it out yourselves." With that he left.
"I...I....I don't have to do it!!" Kaji cried. "Wahooo! Who's the master!? I'm the master!" Kaji screamed and did a little dance.
Misato blinked at him. "You idiot. It was a tie. We have to stop 'cause of the meetings we need to go to."
Kaji stopped celebrating and glared at her for being right. "Shut-up. Anyways, since it's a tie, who's going to do it?"
Misato took a step back. "Not me!" with that she ran.
Kaji stood there in surprise. "Hey! I don't want to do it either! Looks like its time to pull the spares in. I'd be damn if I went now."
And Kaji left the basketball court as well.
*********
Bridge
"So, Maya, still thinking about hanging out with the kids?" Makoto asked, looking over at the brown-haired woman.
Maya timidly shook her head.
"Oh, why not?"
"Well, those injuries the Sub-Commander had are starting to get to me."
"Really?" Makoto and Shigeru coursed.
"Yea...how could someone get injuries like that hanging with the Children. I keep wondering is that going to happen to me?"
Makoto and Shigeru exchanged a glance and looked to the roof in thought.
{Flash: The five Children with glowing red eyes and evil grins surrounding a distraught Fuyutsuki as he pleads for mercy. They all produce some kind of torture device and advance on the crying man.}
Shaking the thought out of their minds they turned back to Maya.
"Yea...well, just be glad you didn't sign up."
"Yes, I am." Maya sighed.
Misato entered the room in a quicken pace. "Quick, someone write there name down on this piece of paper without reading it!"
"Wha...!?" Stammered the Bridge Bunnies.
"Why the hell would we want to do that?" Makoto asked.
Misato looked at him with a slight glare. "Because I said so."
They stared at her blankly.
"What's it say?" Shigeru wondered.
"Does it matter what it says!? Just do it or I'm cutting your paychecks."
"You can't do that!" Makoto countered.
"I have ways!"
"All you have to do is tell us what it says!"
"It doesn't matter what it says!"
"Its obviously something bad!" Shigeru joined in.
"It is not!"
"I don't know...you do seem pretty desperate." Maya added.
Misato let out a loud sigh. "Oh MY GOD! Will you people just work with me here!?" With nothing left to do Misato turned and started to stomp out of the room, but before she got very far, she froze.
The Bridge Bunnies looked on as they watch their commanding officer stop in her tracks.
Misato suddenly whirled around with her gun drawn and pointed at the trio.
"Major! What is the meaning of this?" Maya demanded.
"Sign or die!" Misato threaten.
They froze and looked at each other.
"Sh-she looks pretty serious." Shigeru noted.
Makoto and Maya nodded in agreement.
Misato smiled at the three in a rather psychotic way. "So I take it you're going to sign?"
The Bridge Bunnies nodded. She handed them over the paper and they all signed their names to it even though she only asked for one.
"Ahh, great, thanks a whole bunch. Catch ya later." Misato started to stalk off.
"Ugh...ahh...Major Katsuragi!" Makoto called after her. She stopped, and turned her head to look at him. "Exactly what did we sign?"
"Oh, yeah!" Misato hit herself on the head. "Silly me. Why you just agreed to spend the day with the Children. Later!"
That little bit of information didn't sink in till the three got the feeling that they were going to die out of their system.
"WE DID WHAT!?" came the collective scream of the now furious Bridge Bunnies.
*******
Tokyo-3 Jr. High
Asuka stretched her arms and yawned as she stood up and prepared to exit the room for lunch. Looking around for any sight of Hikari her eyes landed on something else.
Rei Ayanami.
More precisely, Rei Ayanami staring out of the window.
The very same window Asuka remember wondering what was so interesting that it held the attention of the First Child throughout the day.
Hikari made her entrance just as Asuka began to march towards the Pilot of Unit-Zero.
"Hey, Asuka you're not going to start trouble are you?" she asked.
Asuka spared the girl a glance before continuing her trip.
She stopped at Rei's desk. Looked at Rei, who glanced up at her for a second and then returned her attention to the window. Asuka looked out the window. She squinted her eyes. Her eyes showed interest. She kneeled down and placed her arms on Rei's desk and put her chin between her thumb and fore finger. She stared.
"Ugh...Asuka?" Hikari called. No answer. 'What the heck is so interesting?' Hikari walked over to the window. Both Children gave her looked her way before looking back out the window. Hikari looked out the window, leaned forward. She stared.
That's exactly how Shinji Ikari, Touji Suzahara, Kensuke Aida, and Kaworu Nagisa found the three girls when they entered the room.
"Ugh...what the hell is going on?" Touji wondered.
His response was silence.
The four boys exchange glances and looked back at the three girls.
Kaworu was the first to move. "Well, let's see what's so interesting."
He moved till he was standing behind Asuka. His eyebrow quirked and he stared.
The three stooges all shrugged at each other.
"Do we dare ventured forth into the unknown and be suck in as well?" Shinji asked.
"Why the hell not?" Touji agreed.
They walked over the window and crowded around Rei's desk. First they gave each other a final glance, then looked at the others already transfixed on what was outside. Finally they looked out the window. And seven children found themselves staring out a window for lunch time.
And somewhere underground, three NERV technicians found themselves looking on the internet on things to do in Tokyo-3 with children.
-End Intermission 2-
A/N: Ahh, well that was nice and entertaining wasn't it? Oh, it wasn't, well then whatever. I'll eventually tell you what caught everyone's attention. Other than that, stay tune for the Day Three to be popping up soon. It's done I just need to edit and let it sit for a few days and reread it and stuff. Till then I you: A deleted scene! Wow!
This is the actual falling scene that I choose not to include it starts just after Rei pushes Kensuke out of the plane during Day Two.
And Kensuke went tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down...
Everyone seemingly recovered from their shock.
"Did Ayanami just shove Kensuke out of the plane?" Shinji asked, staring at the blue-haired girl in disbelief.
Asuka nodded. "Yes...yes she did."
"He's showing some initiative. How about you Commander!?"
"..........."
"Well?"
Shinji looked at Asuka. "Maybe you should let the old man's dying moment be his own."
Asuka sighed. "Fine...fine." she walked over to Fuyutsuki and placed her hand in front of his eyes. "When I snap my fingers you will return to normal and remember nothing up to this point."
'Might as well kill her too.' Rei thought and charged at Asuka.
"One...two...TH-OoF!" And out the plane Asuka and Ayanami went.
Kaworu blinked. "Did Ayanami just tackle Asuka out of the plane?"
Shinji nodded slowly. "Yes...yes, I believe she did."
Suddenly, Shinji felt someone grip his parachute and pull him.
"C'mon Third!" Link squealed in delight. "It'll be fun."
"Wa-wa-wait!" Shinji pleaded.
"No, time's a wastin'! LET'S ROLL!" And the Third Child was gone.
Meanwhile falling to their possible deaths....
"FIRST!" Asuka shouted enraged. "How dare you!?"
Rei looked at Asuka and then pushed away from her and started to free fall alone.
"I hate you!" Asuka added.
Rei didn't hear her. Of course Rei didn't hear her. When you've got all that wind blowing at your face you're not really gonna hear somebody.
Kensuke was a little further below saying the same thing, but yet he didn't mean it as much as Asuka did.
Shinji just happen to catch up to Asuka, maybe it was becuase he was lighter or something, but he was now even with Asuka and Rei. He looked to his left. Asuka, who was doing a great job at flicking Rei off. He looked to his right. Rei was just letting herself fall headfirst with her arms folded over her chest and eyes closed.
'Riiight, only Ayanami would find this relaxing.'
Touji plowed through them. He had increased his speed by pushing his arms further back and was enjoying himself.
"YAHOOOO!" he cheered, managing to do a 360.
Shinji watched him and did one of his own. "Hey, that was pretty fun." he did another one, then started doing all sorts of flips and stuff.
Kaworu and Hikari were further above them flailing about and crying and clinging to each other for cowardly support. They weren't enjoying themselves in the least. And what sucked more for Kaworu was he knew he could save himself but couldn't use his AT field to save his life therefore screwing him over and making him suffer for it.
'Stupid free will!' he cursed in thought. Outwardly though he let himself scream like a little girl whose ice cream got taken by some big fat guy name joe.
Asuka finally decided to join in the flipping fun and she too found this to be enjoyable.
Shinji manage to look in the direction of Rei to see if she had decided to join in on the fun. Instead she was still descending the same way. She almost looked dead. Finally her eyes open, she mouth something to Shinji, then flip so her feet right side up.
Shinji didn't catch what she said and he soon discovered that he wish he had. Below him, Kensuke was frantically pulling at his rings, but it was too late and he end up in the forest. Shinji soon found out that what Rei was telling him. He confirmed that when he saw her and Asuka pull out their parachute.
He cursed loudly and angrily as he crashed into the trees.