Gendo's Desk: Red on the River/ Encounters Pt. II
Throughout their journey, Asuka and Shinji were followed. Both of them always had a feeling that they weren't alone, but neither could find any proof of it. As the duo continue their trek deeper into the nightmarish jungle, they are still followed by the same creature that had followed them. The only hint it gave to its identity are the two burning red eyes. Jumping between trees without the slightest noise, the creature becomes excited as it discovers where the two are heading.
'Soon...' the creature thought, 'soon I shall have my vengeance on God...'
***
"How much longer do we have?"
"The MAGI estimate only five hours before the fourteenth Angel regains movement."
"So we have five hours to live... They still haven't found Asuka and Shinji, have they?"
"No, all shelters around the country are being searched, but no one's even seen them."
"Well... at least they died before they had to encounter this... 3rd Impact..."
***
-Rei village-
"So you've found Him?!"
"H-hai..."
"Then we shall be off immediately. The time in the prophesy has come!"
The dozens of young blue haired girls erupt in a torrent of noise as they run towards Asuka and Shinji's position, Rei walking behind them like a general watching his soldiers march into battle.
'Soon...' Rei thought, 'soon I shall have His son...'
***
"A...Asuka-chan... can we... please rest for a little bit?" Shinji asks while breathing heavily, the forest around them seeming to suffocate them.
"No...we can't..." Says an equally exhausted Asuka.
With determination, Asuka forces them forward, she can only hope that doing so was the correct thing to do. The forest had become slowly more and more nightmarish, the trees appearing like skinless flesh. The river had become a much darker shade of red, its coloration reminding the Eva pilots of the LCL they were submerged in every time they were inserted in the entry plugs.
***
-3 hrs. later-
Asuka and Shinji finally reached the end of the river, but they were still no closer to escaping than they had been when they first ended up there. In front of the duo, coming directly from the floor of the forest and connecting with the ceiling rests a large, fern covered wall. The river's beginning comes from a large fall of the now nearly blood red liquid from high in the wall.
"W-what do we do now, Asuka-chan? There isn't any exit!"
"Just shut up and let me think for a second!"
"...s-sorry..."
'What the Hell is going on here?! This entire place is like a nightmare... where the Hell is the exit in this place?!'
***
"30 minutes?"
"Yes"
***
-Gendo's office-
Sitting in his chair, Gendo is as calm as ever. Pulling open his drawer, several items slide around from the sudden force: The empty case where Adam's embryo was stored, a picture frame with a picture of Yui Ikari standing before Unit 01 before its activation, and a 9mm handgun. Ignoring the empty case, Gendo takes out the frame and sets it on the desk in front of him. Next he pulls the gun out and mechanically pulls the gun back, loading a bullet into the chamber.
"I'm sorry... Yui."
The next sound heard echoing throughout the massive black room is a gunshot. The echo lasts for nearly a minute before the room falls into a deathly silence.
***
-Central Dogma-
"The Angel's reactivated!"
"What do we do?!"
"Launch the Evas." The voice of Fuyutsuki silences the chaotic bridge.
"If the Angel reaches them then we truly will have no hope."
"But no one can pilot them! Asuka and Shinji are gone!"
"...we have no other choice."
***
-Forest-
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it! Where the Hell is the exit?!"
"Perhaps I can be of some assistance."
Finally deciding to make her presence known, the creature leaps down from a nearby tree.
"Rei?!"
"In a sense..."
"Ah!" Shinji's scream causes both girls to turn to him, "She's come back to kill me!!"
Shaking her head, Asuka ignores Shinji's stupidity and instead turns back to Rei.
"What the Hell's going on here, Rei?! You almost killed me back there, and then you tried to rape Shinji!" Asuka points at Shinji who is curled into a ball against the wall.
"That...was not me."
"She sure looked like you!"
"She is not me. She is my...sister, the same as our other sister."
"Wait... Rei never said anything about sisters!"
"She...the 'chosen' sister... does not know about us."
"Hold on... are you saying that Rei has two identical sisters?"
"Yes... at least physically. The one you met before... the one that tried to 'rape' His son... was the first of us. I am the second, and the Rei you know is the third... or, at least she was..." she says with an evil grin.
"Well, that's good and all, but we still need to get out of here!"
Rei (2)'s grin fades to a sad frown, "There... is no way out."
"Then how did you get in here?!"
"We...were exiled here... the creator... did not like us... so he sent us here. This place has been long forgotten... and it was built to have no escape."
"Damn it!"
As if brought on by her words, a huge rumble knocked to two girls down. Shinji, who was already sitting on the ground, fell over onto his side from the shockwave. After the shaking stopped, Shinji felt a soft hand on his shoulder. Opening his eyes and looking up, he sees Rei (1) standing before him, a gleam in her eyes.
"I have found you, my Shinji-chan..."
Throughout their journey, Asuka and Shinji were followed. Both of them always had a feeling that they weren't alone, but neither could find any proof of it. As the duo continue their trek deeper into the nightmarish jungle, they are still followed by the same creature that had followed them. The only hint it gave to its identity are the two burning red eyes. Jumping between trees without the slightest noise, the creature becomes excited as it discovers where the two are heading.
'Soon...' the creature thought, 'soon I shall have my vengeance on God...'
***
"How much longer do we have?"
"The MAGI estimate only five hours before the fourteenth Angel regains movement."
"So we have five hours to live... They still haven't found Asuka and Shinji, have they?"
"No, all shelters around the country are being searched, but no one's even seen them."
"Well... at least they died before they had to encounter this... 3rd Impact..."
***
-Rei village-
"So you've found Him?!"
"H-hai..."
"Then we shall be off immediately. The time in the prophesy has come!"
The dozens of young blue haired girls erupt in a torrent of noise as they run towards Asuka and Shinji's position, Rei walking behind them like a general watching his soldiers march into battle.
'Soon...' Rei thought, 'soon I shall have His son...'
***
"A...Asuka-chan... can we... please rest for a little bit?" Shinji asks while breathing heavily, the forest around them seeming to suffocate them.
"No...we can't..." Says an equally exhausted Asuka.
With determination, Asuka forces them forward, she can only hope that doing so was the correct thing to do. The forest had become slowly more and more nightmarish, the trees appearing like skinless flesh. The river had become a much darker shade of red, its coloration reminding the Eva pilots of the LCL they were submerged in every time they were inserted in the entry plugs.
***
-3 hrs. later-
Asuka and Shinji finally reached the end of the river, but they were still no closer to escaping than they had been when they first ended up there. In front of the duo, coming directly from the floor of the forest and connecting with the ceiling rests a large, fern covered wall. The river's beginning comes from a large fall of the now nearly blood red liquid from high in the wall.
"W-what do we do now, Asuka-chan? There isn't any exit!"
"Just shut up and let me think for a second!"
"...s-sorry..."
'What the Hell is going on here?! This entire place is like a nightmare... where the Hell is the exit in this place?!'
***
"30 minutes?"
"Yes"
***
-Gendo's office-
Sitting in his chair, Gendo is as calm as ever. Pulling open his drawer, several items slide around from the sudden force: The empty case where Adam's embryo was stored, a picture frame with a picture of Yui Ikari standing before Unit 01 before its activation, and a 9mm handgun. Ignoring the empty case, Gendo takes out the frame and sets it on the desk in front of him. Next he pulls the gun out and mechanically pulls the gun back, loading a bullet into the chamber.
"I'm sorry... Yui."
The next sound heard echoing throughout the massive black room is a gunshot. The echo lasts for nearly a minute before the room falls into a deathly silence.
***
-Central Dogma-
"The Angel's reactivated!"
"What do we do?!"
"Launch the Evas." The voice of Fuyutsuki silences the chaotic bridge.
"If the Angel reaches them then we truly will have no hope."
"But no one can pilot them! Asuka and Shinji are gone!"
"...we have no other choice."
***
-Forest-
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it! Where the Hell is the exit?!"
"Perhaps I can be of some assistance."
Finally deciding to make her presence known, the creature leaps down from a nearby tree.
"Rei?!"
"In a sense..."
"Ah!" Shinji's scream causes both girls to turn to him, "She's come back to kill me!!"
Shaking her head, Asuka ignores Shinji's stupidity and instead turns back to Rei.
"What the Hell's going on here, Rei?! You almost killed me back there, and then you tried to rape Shinji!" Asuka points at Shinji who is curled into a ball against the wall.
"That...was not me."
"She sure looked like you!"
"She is not me. She is my...sister, the same as our other sister."
"Wait... Rei never said anything about sisters!"
"She...the 'chosen' sister... does not know about us."
"Hold on... are you saying that Rei has two identical sisters?"
"Yes... at least physically. The one you met before... the one that tried to 'rape' His son... was the first of us. I am the second, and the Rei you know is the third... or, at least she was..." she says with an evil grin.
"Well, that's good and all, but we still need to get out of here!"
Rei (2)'s grin fades to a sad frown, "There... is no way out."
"Then how did you get in here?!"
"We...were exiled here... the creator... did not like us... so he sent us here. This place has been long forgotten... and it was built to have no escape."
"Damn it!"
As if brought on by her words, a huge rumble knocked to two girls down. Shinji, who was already sitting on the ground, fell over onto his side from the shockwave. After the shaking stopped, Shinji felt a soft hand on his shoulder. Opening his eyes and looking up, he sees Rei (1) standing before him, a gleam in her eyes.
"I have found you, my Shinji-chan..."