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Shinji wandered around the complex. It was about 3 in the morning. He had had another one of his dreams and decided if he could not get back to sleep he might as well do some exploring. He stopped when he came across a room with the lights still on. He silently opened the door and stepped in.

"Whoever it is; I'm kind of busy right now," stated a young man not turning from his computer screen. "You people act like it's a piece of cake for me to hack into these government places and not get caught." The figure chuckled, "Of course what else would you expect from the top computer expert in the nation."

Shinji bowed and started out, "Sorry. I was just wondering who was out this late."

The figure spun his chair around and smiled as he pushed his glasses up his nose, "Hey Shinji. I heard you were back."

"Am I suppose to know you?"

The figure smiled, "Forgive me. The name is Kensuke. We used to be friends during the wars."

"Sorry, I don't have any-"

"Memory. I know. Misato has got me trying my best to find a way to help you, but before that, I will have to run a few tests and probably a CAT scan."

"Just tell me when you need me."

"What about now?"

"Didn't you just say you were busy?"

Kensuke smiled and went back to the console and closed down his programs, "It can hold. Come on the lab is this way."

They walked down the hall for a little while before coming to a room. Kensuke tuned on the lights and motioned for Shinji to enter first, "Just have a seat in the doctor's table. We'll run a few basic tests first."

"Do you know what your doing?"

Kensuke chuckled, "Of course. I got my medical degree after High School."

"But you just said that you were the top computer expert in Japan."

"I am."

"You have two degrees?"

Kensuke scoffed as he shined a light into Shinji's ear and then in his eyes, "Those stuck up professors couldn't teach me a thing that I didn't know before the age of 17. Beside the professional world really doesn't let you major in hacking." Kensuke held a stethoscope against Shinji's back, "Deep breath?"

Shinji did as he was told.

Kensuke mumbled a few things to himself and then started to mark things down on his chart. He then walked up to a cabinet and pulled out a syringe, "Any unusual symptoms?"

"Trouble sleeping."

"Isn't that obvious. Anything other than that?"

"Not physical."

Kensuke looked at Shinji with a raised eyebrow, "So there is some psychological then?"

"Don't tell me you do that too."

Kensuke shook his head, "I leave that head stuff to Rei. She's the one with the psych degree."

"Rei? She seems so-"

"Distant? Well, with the conditions of her birth, I guess you would have to guess she wants to do everything to understand the human mind."

"Conditions of her birth?"

Kensuke threw up his hands in defense, "Oh no, I'm not telling you. You'll have to milk that out of the woman herself. Anyway, give me your arm."

"Why?"

Kensuke held up the needle, "Biomechanical tracking device. Basically if we lose you, we can find you. Just a safety precaution. You three are very sought after people you know."

"I saw that in New York." Shinji held out his arm and pulled up the sleeve of his shirt. He winced when the needle pricked. Kensuke took some put some alcohol on a small piece of gauze and placed it on Shinji's arm, "Hold." Shinji did so.

Kensuke went back to writing on his clipboard, "Well, that should do it for now, but I definitely want a physical when you get some rest and nourishment. Now, if you will follow me this way, we'll get that CAT Scan."

"You have a machine here?"

Kensuke chuckled, "We 'borrowed' most of NERV's old medical material and equipment."

"How big is this place?"

"Counting all the wings, about four city blocks."

"What!"

"Well, we pretty much have to be self sufficient down here since we are the 'bad guys' if you ask most of the people on the surface."

---Next morning---

Asuka stumbled into the dining area to find Rei standing at the Kitchen door with a smile on her face, "Don't you know it's way too early to be smiling yet?" She then caught a glimpse of what she was staring at. Shinji was running around the kitchen trying to finish up breakfast. Asuka smirked, "At least we won't be eating Misato's crap anymore."

Rei nodded, "He said he just felt like he was suppose to make breakfast. Kensuke said he had been up since 3 in the morning."

"Why?"

"I asked him but he just brushed it off."

Asuka was about to say something, but she was interrupted by Shinji stopping in his tracks in front of a huge table of food with a smile, "Done." He looked up at the two girls, "Help yourself. I will go wake the others."

Asuka chuckled, "No need." She walked up to the door of the dining room and took a deep breath, "BREAKFAST! GET YOUR ASSES DOWN HERE NOW OR I EAT WHAT IS LEFT!"

There was a rumble as the other three occupants of the base ran in. They soon sat down and started to eat. Shinji went back to the kitchen and started his coffee. He felt a slight touch on his arm. He turned to see a worried Rei, "I will wait here for it to get done. You need to eat."

"Nah, you go ahead. Never been much of a breakfast person. Just need my coffee."

"Kensuke shared with me that you are very poorly nourished. You need to eat."

Shinji bowed his head in defeat. He walked back to the table and sat down starting to eat. Rei soon came out with a cup of coffee foe herself and one for Shinji. She sat down beside him and smiled, "It looks very appetizing."

"Wait till you taste it," stated Touji with a mouth full.

The rest of breakfast was pretty much everyone asking Shinji different questions about his life in New York. After Breakfast, Misato volunteered to finish the dishes, "Everyone else, you have stuff to do."

Rei took Shinji's wrist and drug him towards the living room area. She sat down in a chair and motioned for Shinji to sit down across from her. She held her hands against each other and leaned her forehead on them as if in deep thought, "Okay, we have three possible scenarios here a) you received some kind of head injury during your battle during the Impact which caused your memory loss, b) your mind found the occurrences of the Impact and those preceding it as too disturbing and thus repressed them-"

"And c?"

Rei sighed, "Something happened that can not be explained by any medical science. Kensuke says there are no signs of any kind of physical damage to your brain, so that eliminates the first option."

"That good right?"

"Yes and no. It is good because obviously there was no brain damage, but bad because it rules out our easiest scenario."

"I see."

"Shinji, I will be completely honest with you. If your mind repressed these memories, then they will more than likely be something that you do not want to remember. At any point if you remember something that is way too painful for you, I want you to let me know. Okay?"

Shinji nodded.

"Okay, why don't you as you said yesterday, 'start from the beginning.'"

---In the Garage---

"You fixed my cycle yet idiot?"

"Of course not. You really screwed it up this time Asuka. You have to treat them better than this."

"I KNOW! You told me a million times."

Touji bowed his head, "I promised her, that I would take care of you. She said you were to stubborn for your own good sometimes."

Asuka bowed her head as well. She sat down next to Touji, "You can't keep blaming yourself."

"They killed her trying to get to me."

"They were trying to get to all of us. Don't forget she was my best friend."

"If I could have just gotten there quicker. If it wasn't for this stupid leg!" Touji punched the cement ground.

"You have to get past this. That is what she would have wanted."

Touji nodded. He struggled to stand with his good leg. He was surprised when a hand was held out in front of him.

"Well, you going to take it you idiot? Don't you know it's rude to deny help from a lovely lady."

Touji took it and she helped him stand. He picked up his cane and started towards the door that lead to the hall, "I'll remember that if I ever see one." He was answered by a wrench just barely missing his head, "With aim like that, you should be in the target practice field."

A/N: There you go. A little Touji/Asuka. I just basically said fuck the normal pairings, lol.