Okay, Just so everyone understands... This is to show that I AM working on this story still... This is NOT intended to BE chapter 4.

Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.

Deep within the confines of NERV HQ, Dr. Ritsuko Akagi sat at her desk watching page after page of text and data scroll by on her terminal's screen. Ever since the previous morning, she had been trying to figure out how Unit-00 could've lost something as integral as its control systems. Stranger still was the fact that THIS Unit-00 appeared to have been designed for use without those control systems.

Now, as she looked away from the screen briefly to rest her eyes and look at the time, she realized just how long she'd been at this. Her clock read 05:46. 'Has it really taken me this long to get nowhere?'

As she thought this, she returned to the screen showing the design schematics for Unit-00 they had on record next to the scan results from the Unit-00 that was currently stored in the cages. The only difference was the current Eva lacked a small set of control interfaces near its core. Otherwise, the designs were identical.

Just then, an idea occurred to her and she began a high resolution scan of the core's interior…

'What the...'

"Maya!"

A few moments later, the younger technician walked into the office.

"Do we still have the Cross-Phase scanners from the cloaking experiment equipped in the sensor suites?"

Maya looked at Dr. Akagi with a puzzled expression before replying.

"I think they were removed some time last month... Why?"

"It's just a hunch, but if I'm right we could have a major problem. Get some techs to reinstall the sensors in Unit-00 and 01's cages immediately. Then scan both Evas and compare the scans to the ones we have on record."

"Yes Ma'am."

With that, Maya left her Sempai to her work and went to fulfill her orders.