Disclaimer: Neon Genesis Evangelion is property of Gainax/TV Tokyo and Mr. Anno.
Notes: This fanfic does NOT intend to mock Catholic religion or any other beliefs.
C&C obviously welcome.
Shinji is probably OOC
Shinji's thoughts
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---------------------------------Author's note------------------------------
This update took longer than expected, sorry about that. I've been very busy since I last updated and I'm sure I won't have a break till december. If anyone wants to help me write this fic (as a coauthor or giving me ideas for the next chapters) I may be able to update more often. Thanks in advance.
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====================== Medamn Unions(chapter 5a) =============================
The ride was as scary as the previous ones with a small difference, this time they were being followed by a police patrol. 'Misato' was having a blast, the old Man still remained indifferent and Shinji wondered if he was going to spend the rest of the evening in jail if there's such a thing here
Finally tired of the noise the Man told her with a hint of exasperation "For crying out loud! Can you pull over? You've had your fun, the stupid siren is giving me a headache"
She complied and the car stopped in the middle of the highway.
A cop who looked suspiciously like Aoba got out of the patrol and walked slowly to their car.
"Miss, do you know how fast were you going?"
"200ish?"
"The speed limit is 100"
"oops! Sorry for the inconvenience officer, I promise I won't do it again" She batted her eyelashes in what it was an obviously desperate attempt to look innocent.
"I'm sorry, but I need to see some ID"
"Sure" Conceding defeat she rummaged through her purse trying to find her ID, when she found it, she gave it to him.
"This license isn't valid"
Shinji and the old Man looked at each other with a mix of surprise and disappointment.
'Misato' instead of looking stunned chose that moment to confidently get out of the car and speak to the cop in private.
They could look at her from one of the mirrors. Worried about their situation Shinji asked the Man
"Are we in trouble?"
"Don't worry, she'll work things out"
"Ok…..If you say so"
Still unsure he kept watching 'Misato'. She talked to the cop, laughed a little and then shook hands with him.
The cop went on his 'merry' way and she went back to the car.
"What happened?" The boy asked.
"I bribed him" she said as she started the car.
"You what???"
"Chill out kid, it's not like it's a felony or something" she said as the car returned once again to the wrong lane.
The old Man didn't look shocked at his employee's misdemeanor, as a matter of fact, he looked like he was used to it.
"I can't believe you got your license revoked. Well, I CAN believe it but you should have bribed the guy that revoked it in the first place"
"I tried, but he was one of those…..what are they called?……..oh! right! moralist. Ugh!"
"Now you're going to have to bribe every cop you find for the rest of eternity"
After many turns, dizziness, "near death" experiences and insults from other drivers, the car came to a stop in front of a classy restaurant. Luc was waiting for them in the lobby with a worried look on his face.
"What took you so long? They're already here, the last thing we need is antagonize them even further"
"Do they still want to go on strike?" the Man asked
"Yup"
"Damn unions"
Shinji tagged along silently.now what?
A waiter accompanied them to their table. "Don't be rude, Take your sunglasses off" The Boss told 'Misato'. When she did Shinji noted that her eyes were blue and its pupil was of a darker shade of blue weird. Luc interrupted his survey. "Well, here we are" He announced and the half dozen of men gathered around the table suddenly stopped talking. Anyone could feel the tension building up.
The Man sat at the head of the table and Luc and 'Misato' sat to his left. Shinji thought it was safer to stay close to 'Misato' just in case things got ugly. The suits also sat facing the representatives of "H&H"
A moment passed in complete silence. Finally, one of the businessman decided to speak up.
"We see that our requests have fallen on deaf ears. I inform you that no matter what happens we are NOT giving up"
"We understand the situation but we won't approve the fusion, I though we were clear enough in our last meeting. We've gone through this: We'd be accused of allowing a monopoly and we'd be in more trouble than we already are. THAT is not good for any of the involved parties. The answer is still no"
Luc had decided to be the spokesperson of 'heavens&hell Inc' and he was doing one -hell- of a job!
"This is not negotiable. If you don't give us permission we have no other choice but to go on strike"
Oops! or maybe not.
"Don't you dare to threat me" For the first time in twenty minutes, the Man spoke.
Aaaand there was the sign of impending doom that Shinji was looking for. He could see a storm gathering outside, he could hear thunders and he could also hear 'Misato' and Luc whispering: "ten bucks and two souls he storms out before the meeting is over" "deal".
Of course no one else had heard that because after the Man's exclamation the room had erupted into more threats, shouts and business lingo that Shinji was not interested in.
Abruptly, the old Man got up and stormed out of the room. As the rest of "H&H INC." joined the Boss, 'Misato' said to Shinji "Consider yourself lucky. Not everyone gets to see this" Having said this she got from her purse the money to pay Luc for the bet.
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