A/N: For disclaimer go back one chapter.

---Dream---

"Why don't I remember anyone?"

'This world is as you willed it to be'

"How?"

'You chose it to be that way.'

"So, I had the ability to reshape reality?"

'No.'

"Then how was this created?"

'I made this world for you.'

"Why?"

'You wished it to be that way.'

---Reality---

Asuka annoyingly waved the smelling salt over Shinji's nose, "Of course the idiot would have to faint."

Rei stared down at him with a frown, "Why did he not recognize us?"

"How should I know? You can ask him yourself when the Baka wakes up."

As if on cue Shinji woke up with a start and shoved the smelling salts out of his face. He looked around and soon realized where he was. Then the realization hit him. His friends. The children that had been there. They were all gone. All dead. And to make things worse, it was all just an attempt to get him. He curled up into a ball and looked at the two young ladies in front of him. "Who were those guys?"

Asuka took off her gloves and started towards the front of the jet where a few seat were. She sat down and relaxed. She seemed not even ready to answer his question. He looked at Rei.

"They were hitmen sent by SEELE."

"Why do they want me?"

Rei bent down and looked him in the eye. She put her hand against his cheek and sighed, "You don't remember any of it do you?"

"Any of what? What does this all have to do with me?"

A purple haired woman in her thirties walked with a smirk, "You'll find out when we get to Tokyo 3. Things have changed a lot since you were last there."

Shinji just looked between his three companions. He sighed and stood walking to a seat and sat down making sure he stayed aware of what was happening.

---Several hours later---

Misato walked towards the cockpit, "We're getting ready to descend. Please buckle your seatbelts for the remainder of the flight and return your seats to their original upright position."

Shinji looked out the window, "Um, where are we landing?"

Asuka just smiled and pointed straight down.

"The Thunderstrike has the hovering capabilities of the 20th century Harrier Jet. It is able to ascend and descend vertically," stated Rei from her seat.

Shinji sat back and looked around, "This isn't like any other jet."

Rei nodded, "Along with the hovering abilities it has a state-of-the-art stealth cloaking device, the best tracking equipment on the land or in the air, capable of achieving mach 5 and a vast barrage of weapons."

Shinji let out a whistle, "You make it?"

Rei shook her head, "We have a very talented group of people at our home base."

"You a bunch of vigilantes or something?"

Asuka leaned back in her chair, "Let's just say we have a few people who don't like us."

"The people back in New York?"

Asuka scoffed, "Those were just amateur hitmen. If the real enemy had gotten to you first, you wouldn't be sitting here right now."

"Why do they want me?"

"We'll tell you when we get on the ground."

At the base

The Hatches closed as the jet's engines whined to a hault. Asuka rolled her motorcycle off the plane, "Hey! This clutch still feels like shit. I thought you fixed it?"

They were met with a dull tapping noise. It grew louder and louder until a young man walked out leaning on a cane, "Well, if some people would actually try shifting and stop pushing the thing so damn hard, then maybe it would stay fixed!"

Asuka was immediately in the face of the young man, "What did you say Touji!"

"You heard me! You can't expect me to keep this shit working if you're going to mistreat it!"

"Should have been built right the first time," mumbled Asuka as she walked off.

"Stupid woman wouldn't even know a good machine if it hit her." Touji turned to Rei and smiled, "How did it go?"

"They beat us there, but we got him."

Touji smiled as he watched his best friend walk off the jet looking around. He seemed a little hesitant. Touji walked up and greeted his old friend, "Shin-man. How have you been!"

Shinji cowed away at the boisterous greeting, "Um, okay I guess."

"What's up man? Why you so scared? It's just me."

Misato walked up behind Touji with a frown, "He doesn't seem to remember any of us."

Touji shook his head, "Well just going to have to give him a reminder." Touji pulled back his fist and hit Shinji in the face, "Remember yet?"

Shinji held his jaw staring up at Touji, "What was that for?"

"Just wanted our first meeting to be the same as it was last time." Touji reached down and helped Shinji to his feet. "Now, if you will excuse me, something tells me I have a lot of work to do on Asuka's motorcycle."

Shinji dusted off his shoulder. He took his look away from Touji to see Rei staring at him.

"What?"

Rei reached into her pocket and pulled out a clothe. She wiped Shinji's lip and pulled it away to reveal a red smear. "You have appeared to have busted your lip. Do you require medical attention?"

Shinji shook his head, "Thanks for asking though."

Misato looked between the two and smiled, "See you kids later." She then took off towards a door at the far end of the bunker.

"This way to your living quarters then." They walked out of the bunker and into what appeared to be a spacious hall. They walked down a few doors and stopped. Rei opened the door and both stepped in. Shinji looked around, "This place…it's the one from my dreams."

"We tried our best to make it appear like your room at Major Katsuragi's residence."

Shinji walked along the room and dusted his hand over the dresser. He turned to Rei with wide eyes, "It was real?"

"Yes."

Shinji sat down on his futon, "The Purple beast-"

"Unit 01."

"The Angels…The battles…my father?"

Rei nodded silently.

"Maybe you should start from the beginning."

"At the turn of the millennium humanity made it's greatest discovery in the frozen land of Antarctica. This was the first Angel, Adam. While observing and experimenting on the subject, it awoke and self-destructed; the ice-caps melted flooding much of the lands. This is known as the-"

"Second Impact. So, that stuff about the asteroid was made up. I didn't know why but I never did believe that. But if the caps melted, then how did New York still exist."

"After capturing a live sample, Lillith, Nerv, headed by Gendo Ikari, set out to destroy the other 15 angels that were prophesied in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The organization known as SEELE was secretly in charge of Nerv. But they did not seek to defeat the angels, but in something called the human instrumentality project. They wished to further evolve the human race by causing the Third Impact. They succeeded, although it is still unknown what happened. You were the one that took on the Third Impact by yourself Shinji. You saved us all. When we woke up, we were all laying on the beach, and it appeared that the world had returned to its state before the Second Impact. However, you were nowhere to be found."

Shinji sat down on his futon, "I was the one that saved the world? But how, why don't I remember any of this. The first memory I have was waking up in Central Park."

Rei sat down beside him, "We will help you regain your memory."

Shinji held his head, "After what you told me, I'm not sure that I want to."

The two sat there and continued to talk. They didn't notice the door cracked and two eyes looking in.

Asuka and Misato both stood up straight and started down the hall.

Misato smiled, "Looks like they are picking up right where they left off."

Asuka nodded, "They're good for each other."

Misato wiped a tear out of her eye, "My boy has grown up quite well."

Asuka scoffed, "Shut up Misato. Next thing we know you will be telling us some stupid stories from our teenage years."

Misato chuckled, "Some things will never change."