Chapter Two
Shortly after he fell asleep, Shinji began to dream about everything that had happened in the recent days. He saw Rei... he saw Kaworu... he saw the completed Eva series. He saw the world being destroyed. He remembered the sweet kiss Misato had shared with him. He remembered everything. He was reliving it in his dream now, and it felt so real. He felt as if his body were being torn apart. he saw Asuka's obliterated Unit 02. The sight was disturbing. Eyeballs the size of small cars lay on the ground, and large internal organs lay in large pools of blood. Asuka was dead.
"No!" Shinji shouted, as he sprung up from his spot in the sand. "Asuka!" he screamed. He clenched his eyes closed tightly, and grasped at his head. "What's wrong, Shinji?" a voice asked, "Are you okay?" Shinji's opened his eyes slowly, and sitting just in front of him he saw Asuka. It was just a dream... only a dream. "I'm...fine Asuka. It was just a bad dream. I saw your Unit 02... it was... destroyed..." he said, his voice full of sorrow and fear. "I thought you were dead."
Asuka smiled a small smile, crawled through the sand to sit next to Shinji, and she embraced him tightly. "I'm glad you were worried about me, Shinji. It's okay. I'm alive..."
Shinji cuddled against her, trying to forget the awful dream, even though the rest of it was a reality. The world was almost completely destroyed. Asuka didn't seem to mind too much. It was as if she were in shock. Shinji couldn't blame her. She had seen and been through a lot. He couldn't believe it either. Everything had been destroyed, and all of his friends were gone. All he had now was Asuka. He enjoyed the things she said to him, enjoyed being in her arms. He wasn't used to it, and as he began to wake up and calm down, it began to be kind of creepy that she was being so affectionate. He shrugged it off for the moment. "Asuka..." he said, "What are we going to do? We can't really just sit here, can we?" he asked, looking at her face. "I guess it's better that we try to find somewhere to go... and maybe we'll find someone else?" she replied, the tone in her voice full of doubt.
Everyone else is probably dead... She thought, But we can't just stay here and do nothing. We have to try to live...
"I sure hope there are other survivors... I mean... it'll be weird with just the two of us... it just won't be the same..." Shinji sighed. Asuka gently rubbed at his back and nodded. "I know... but I am sure there are at least a few other people still alive... we won't find them by just sitting here, you know?" Asuka said. Shinji nodded to her in agreement. "Then let's go, Shinji!" she said, playfully pushing at him. He smiled, and kind of enjoyed it. That was the Asuka he was used to. Shinji managed to get up from the sand. He was hurting pretty badly. His muscles ached, and his head hurt. Asuka also rose from the beach and she grabbed onto Shinji for balance. She could barely walk. She clung to him and limped alongside. Together the two started off, heading away from the Beach of Death... away from everything. They were leaving it behind. The two of them walked on together, towards NERV Headquarters... or what was left of it.
End Chapter Two