BOREDOM

by: Andross937

disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion or Dragon Ball Z. I do not claim any ownership over any of the characters of either series. I am not making any profit off of this story, and am only writing it for entertainment purposes. If the owners of either series wishes it, I will remove this story from the internet. I do not wish to offend anyone with this story. If anyone is seriously offended by this story, please notify me of the material you found offensive and I will attempt to remove it from the story. If it is impossible to do so, I may leave the story off of the internet. I do own the character Andross. He is not patented, but it would be greatly appriecated if anyone that wishes to use him would contact me for permission to use him before using him.

Authors Notes: Well, sorry about mising my monday update... My computer started to crash, and I've only barely been able to get it to work well enough to save everything I have to cd. and finish writing this chapter. I thought I would have a short chapter with this one, but boy was I wrong! Oh well, It was fun to write, and everyone's been asking for it, though, I don't know if I've made it live up to expectations... I hope you like it anyways... Also, next chapter is the one that the clip I am still offering is from. I am still offering the clip to anyone that can send me an e-mail or review with the answer to what the joke about the hospital room 404 is about.

The answer doesn't have to be correct, or even much of an answer. I'll even except a plain 'I don't know.' Just send something, and I'll get you the clip. I think I finally figured out how to display my e-mail here, so here it is, I hope... Just take the spaces out of this. a n d r o s s 9 3 7 (at sign) y a h o o . c o m There, if you can take the spaces out of that, then you have my e-mail. Send me yours in an e-mail, or display it with spaces like this in a reveiw. Trust me, this clip is worth the trouble. I will be uploading the next chapter on Monday the twenty-eigth if everything goes well with my computer. Enjoy this chapter!

Story Begin-

"Wow! A MIG 55D transport helicopter! I never thought I'd get a chance to fly on one of these hot momas! Man, its great having a famous buddy like you, right Shinji! " Kensuke exclaimed.

He would have been running all over the helicopter, filming everything he possibly could with his camera. Instead, he was tightly strapped into his seat, curtousy of Misato. He hadn't resisted at the time, because he was too distracted with certain... aspects of the Captain. Now he half wished he had resisted, but since he couldn't get free, he filmed everything he possibly could from his seat.

"Eh?" Shinji asked, nearly having gone to sleep.

He wished Misato had agreed to let him fly outside of the helicopter instead of having to sit the whole way there. Instead Misato had forced him to ride along, because it might be too distracting to the pilot to have a fourteen year old boy flying right outside. He had suggested that he could carry the helicopter himself if the pilot couldn't concentrate, but Misato had convinced him that that wouldn't be as fun for his friends.

"Yeah," Misato began from her seat in the front of the helicopter in the pilot compartment, turning to look back at the kids. "I thought you must be getting sick of being cramped up in the mountains. So I thought it'd be kinda nice to invite you guys to come along with me and Shinji on this little date, especially since you guys haven't had much luck with your plans to get together at my place." Misato said.

"I'm a little cramped in here." Shinji half grumbled to himself, disliking the bumpy and slow flight in the helicopter.

"What! Are you saying that this is really a date we're having Misato? And I brought this cap especially for today, just for you, I'll never take it off..." Touji began to ramble, but was interupted by Shinji.

"So, where are we going?" Shinji asked suddenly, tired of the ride.

"Oh, we're just take a cruise on that cute little boat down there." Misato said with a great big smile as she pointed downwards out her window.

"Oh my goodness!" Kensuke began as he was nearly having a heart attack as he crammed the camera as close to the window as he could. "One, two, three, four, five Aircraft Carriers and four Battleships! What a fleet!" he shouted in joy, nearly blasting the ears of everyone in the helicopter.

"That's your cute little boat?" Touji asked sarcastically.

"She's gorgeous! That's the pride of the UN combined fleet the Supercarrier 'Over the Rainbow.'" Kensuke exclaimed.

"Is this a bad time to mention that I don't like water, or that I can't swim?" Shinji asked nervously.

"Don't worry Shinji. Even though its a crusty old relic, I don't think it will sink." Misato assured Shinji.

"Yeah, it's not so bad. It's a vintage model, from just before the Second Impact." Kensuke said.

"Besides, you don't really need to know how to swim. You can fly, probably underwater too." Misato said.

"Alright..." Shinji said, still a little nervously.

Ship deck-

"Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool! Totally awesome! This is way too cool! I'm so happy I wanta cry! Look at those antennas and dishes and guns and launchpands! Aw, man cool look at that! Aw, look at those over there!" Kensuke shouted as he ran everywhere and anywhere he could all over the deck, filming everything.

Touji yawned for a second as he got out of the helicopter, before the wind blew his hat off. He began to chase after it, screaming the whole way. Everytime he got close, it would get another wind powered boost.

"Hey! Wait up! Get my hat! Stop! Stop, damn you!" Touji shouted as he chased after the hat.

Kensuke suddenly came up next to a yawning Shinji. He had a near crazed look to his eyes. He held out his camera and a large fist full of money.

"If I paid you this much money Shinji, would you fly up and get some arial shots of all these beautiful ships with my camera!" Kensuke asked, a great deal of urgency to his voice.

Shinji leaned back, more then a little nervous of his friends actions while he was in this state.

"Eh, sure Kensuke. I'll do it for free. Just as long as I get some air time." Shinji said as he took the camera and flew high above.

"Aaah..." Misato yawned and streched as she got out of the helicopter, not noticing Shinji's absence.

"Stop, damn you! That's my special hat! Stop it, someone! C'mon stop it!" Touji pleaded to the air as he continued to run after his hat.

Suddenly the hat came to an abrupt halt. A foot brushed against it, before stepping down on it to stop it. Suddenly the foot began to crush it, twisting around on it. It did not let up, even as Touji came to a stop infront of it, kneeling down next to it.

"What!" Touji exclaimed as he reached for the hat.

"Well, hello Misato. How have you been?" the girl that stood on the hat asked.

Touji started to pull on the hat, not budging it from under the girl's foot.

"Just fine, goodness you've grown some, haven't you?" Misato asked the red headed girl.

"Ah-ha! And I'm not just taller, my figure's filled out as well." the girl said.

"Gggg..." Touji said as he continued to pull on the hat, trying to take it from under the girl's foot without having to pull her over.

"Let me introduce you, this is the designated pilot of Eva unit 02, the Second Child, Asuka Langley Soryu." Misato said, still not noticing Shinji's absence.

Suddenly the wind picked up and caught Asuka's skirt. It lifted up for all to see underneith, just as Touji raised his face to tell her to get off of his hat. He found himself staring right up her skirt, an act that Asuka did not appreciate. Immediately she reached out and slapped him so hard that he fell back and to his friend's feet. She didn't stop there though as she also slapped Kensuke too, though not knocking him over like Touji.

"What did you do that for!" Touji exclaimed angerily.

"That's the viewing fee. Quite a bargain." Asuka said with a smirk.

"It's over priced, but that's alright! Here's your change!" Touji shouted.

He started to pull down his pants, but he was suddenly pulled off his feet by a hand on his shoulder. He found himself being held in the air slightly. He looked up to see Shinji frowning down at him as he easily held him in the air with one hand, while handing Kensuke his camera with the other.

"Don't do that Touji. It's very impollite, and I won't allow it." Shinji said sternly.

Uh-huh..." Touji said nodding, more then a little scarred at what his friend would do to him if he didn't obey. He still remembered how the earth shook from just his foot shaking.

"I don't need any help you know." Asuka said, almost sounding insulted.

"I'd rather give him a warning then let him get himself slapped again." Shinji said simply as he put his friend again.

"Did you see too?" Asuka asked threatingly.

"Yes." Shinji said simply.

Immediately Asuka reached out and slapped him as hard as she could, already being angry at him for even suggesting that she needed help with the big doufis. The slap rang out like a gun shot, but the results weren't as Asuka had expected. Her entire hand screamed out with pain, having turned red from the brutal impact with what felt like steel. Shinji's face hadn't even turned an inch, and didn't show any evidence of having felt the impact at all.

"As I said to Rei, you shouldn't do that. You might hurt your hand." Shinji said grimly.

"Or break it..." Touji said in a little awe. His face hurt incredibly from her slap.

"What the hell!" Asuka exclaimed before backing away a step.

She didn't hold her hand in pain, nor did she show any sign that it hurt. Still they could see the pain eched into her face, despite her best efforts at hiding it. She didn't like feeling weak. She hated feeling weak.

"Which one is the Third Child? Oh-no..." she said as she looked grimly at Touji.

"Don't worry Asuka, it's him." Misato said as she motioned towards Shinji.

Shinji stood there with a great big grin, already having gotten over Asuka's slap. Asuka looked him over with an careful eye. He was deffinately well built for his age, looking like he had been working out his entire life. The muscles that showed from under his casual clothes of jeans and a white t-shirt and blue undershirt looked like they had been chizzled onto his body by some great artist. Still Asuka wouldn't let any sign that she was impressed with what she saw be seen by anyone. The look she was giving his body though, was so intense that it made Touji and Kensuke squirm. Shinji seemed oblivious to it though, smiling happily the whole time, glad that she didn't look so angry anymore.

Misato watched Asuka as she looked Shinji over like a hawk watching its prey. She smiled at this, having a good idea what was going through Asuka's mind right about then. After all, it went through her mind almost all the time too.

'I might just have some compition...' Misato thought to herself, before shaking her head.

Seduce him...

She just couldn't seem to keep that thought out of her mind. Once again she mentally reminded herself to burn that piece of paper when she got home. Maybe then she could keep it out of her mind.

"Hmm... Not much to look at..." Asuka finally said, barely making it sound like she believed what she was saying at all. She wouldn't admit it, but she was thinking that he might just be able to give a certian someone a run for his money.

Bridge-

"Hmm... NERV, and from your antics on the deck, I was quite sure you were the leader of this Boy Scout Troop. Obviously I was mistaken." the Admiral said, quite annoiyed.

"Thank you for all your gracious hospitality, Admiral." Misato said with a big, fake, smile.

"Oh-no. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to baby-sit so many more children." the Admiral said, not trying to hide his sarcasm.

"And thank you for your assistance, in the marine transport of Eva unit 02. Here are the specifications for the emergency power supply." Misato said handing the Admiral several papers on a clip board.

"Hmm. You've wasted a trip, I'd never approve any request to activate that toy while at sea in the first place." the admiral said in frustrated disgust.

"Think of it as being prepared for an emergency. The Eva is quite valuable, Sir." Misato said, her fake curtousy beginning to wear thin.

"So valuable, that the entire Pacific Fleet has to be pulled for guard duty. Exactly when did the UN recommission us into a bloddy cargo service?" the Admiral asked in more frustration.

"Wow...! Yeah...!" Kensuke exclaimed as he continued to film the entire room and everything outside.

"If my memory serves me correctly, it was just after a certain organisation was established." the Admiral's First Officer stated.

"Guarding a toy! What a ridiculously grandiose assignment for the entire Pacific Fleet!" the Admiral shouted.

"It's still not enough, not when you consider the importance of the Eva. Sign these transfer documents please." Misato said briskly as she handed more papers to the Admiral.

"Not yet. Eva unit 02 and its pilot have been entrusted to us by the Third Branch in Germany. Your not just gonna' waltz in and do as you please, Captain Karsuragi." the Admiral said, sounding very superior while using her rank.

"When will you transfer them to us?" Misato said, her fake curtousy coming dangerously close to failing.

"Once we've unloaded in New Yokosuka." the First Officer stated.

"The ocean is our jurisdiction. You will follow our orders here." the Admiral said with an even more superior voice.

"I understand. However, I should remind you that in an emergency, NERV's military authority overrides your own." Misato said with a bit of a tone of her own. She had brought Shinji along as a kind of secret weapon just incase things got out of hand with the Admiral, so she had plenty of confidence, and for a good reason.

"She's awesome!" Touji said in awe.

"She sounds justr like Ritsuko..." Shinji said nervously, having bad memories of some of her... 'physicals'.

"Well, you're as confident as always..." came a male voice from the doorway.

"Kaji!" Asuka shouted, acting like an hysterical highschool girl as she nearly rushed at Kaji, barely keeping herself held in place.

"Ahha!" Misato exclaimed as her face went deathly white.

"Mr. Kaji! I must insist that you stop inviting yourself onto the bridge!" the Admiral exclaimed.

"Oh, sorry about that." Kaji said sheepishly.

"Please excuse us. Transport us to New Yokosuka, as ordered." Misato said, sounding just a little rushed.

"Wasn't this a date?" Touji said sounding confused.

"Awesome! This is so awesome!" Kensuke said, still oblivious to the events around him, only paying attention to everything his camera could film.

"Damn! Those children are mankind's salvation?" the Admiral exclaimed after they had left the room.

"I suppose the times are changing, Sir. I understand that Congress has pinned its hopes on that robot as well." the First Officer said.

"On that child's play thing? What idiots! If they've got the money to blow on that, they oughta' give us a little more!" the Admiral said frustrated.

Elevator-

"What are you doing here!" Misato demanded as they rode the elevator down.

"Accompanying her." Kaji said, motioning his head towards Asuka. "I'm on a business trip of sorts." he said with a smile.

"Talk about careless. I should have anticipated something like this..." Misato said, mostly to herself.

"Hey, whatch where you're touching!" both Asuka and Misato demanded.

"I can't help it!" Kaji and Touji said at the same time.

Galley-

"So, do you have a boyfriend right now?" Kaji asked Misato smoothly.

"I don't think that's any of your business, is it?" Misato said firmly, a stray image of Shinji popping up in her head before she brushed it away.

"I'm hurt... ow!" Kaji yelped as Misato kicked him under the table. With that he decided to turn his sights on another target.

"So, I understand that you're living with Katsuragi? Is that so?" Kaji asked Shinji, seeing if he could intimidate him.

"Yes, that's true." Shinji said with a smile.

"Tell me something, is she still so, wild in bed?" Kaji asked with a smirk.

"What!" everyone, but Shinji, exclaimed.

"What are you implying by that!" Misato demanded. That paper coming back up in her mind once more.

"No, she hasn't changed at all, has she Shinji?" Kaji asked with a chuckle.

"That's very rude of you to ask Kaji. Do it again, and I will make sure you never ask it again..." Shinji said in an implied threat, despite his still intact smile. "How did you know my name?" he asked.

Kaji took a few seconds to recover from Shinji's words. Had he actually been threatening him? What really got to Kaji though, was wondering if he could back up his threat.

"I ought'a know you. You're pretty famous in the defense business you know. The famous Third Child who piloted an Eva in his first battle with no training." Kaji finally said, managing to recover his composure.

Shinji was puzzled at first, because he knew he hadn't actually piloted an Eva yet. Then it dawned on him that NERV might not want people outside of Tokyo-3 knowing that a super-powered fourteen year old was saving the lives of the entire world. Luckily, his two friends caught onto this as well, and didn't say anything.

"Oh, that. I was just lucky. Excuse me..." Shinji said as he stood up. "Could you walk with me for a moment Kaji, alone...?" Shinji requested.

Kaji nodded and stood aswell. The two walked down a hallway, out of the sight of everyone else. Misato, Touji, and even Kensuke was nervous now. What would happen if Shinji decided to kill Kaji for some reason? After all, he didn't seem to take that whole 'wild in bed' joke too well.

"It's a bad dream. It's a nightmare..." Misato said to herself as she held her head.

Perspective change-

Shinji and Kaji continued walking silently down the halls for a few moments. Finally Shinji could feel that no ones ki was around for quite a distance, and was happy with this. Kaji's own senses were on full alert. He was experieced enough to know that they were completely alone now, and that Shinji could be a serious threat. How he was a threat, he didn't know yet, but he had a good feeling he was about to find out.

With lighting speed Shinji reached out and held Kaji against the wall, slamming him against it with quite a bit of force. Kaji's immediate reaction was to reach for the gun he had under his shirt. The surprise on his face was too great for words when he found it gone, and saw it already in Shinji's other hand. He didn't hold it like he was going to use it, but rather held it around the barrel and handle.

"Relax Mr. Kaji. I just want to talk to you a little. This is to make sure that I have your full attention." Shinji said firmly.

Kaji could only nod at Shinji as he was held several inches off of the ground, firmly against the wall.

"I can already tell that you and Misato had a previous relationship, and that you want to try and continue it. If this is true, then here are the rules. You will treat her with respect, and make no more refrences to... certain aspects of your previous relationship in public. Also, and this is very important..." Shinji paused for effect, assuring that he had Kajis attention.

"Misato has given up drinking. She hasn't had a single drop of alcohol since my arrival in Tokyo-3. It's part of an agreement we have for me to pilot unit 01. That's how it started anyways, but now she is happier, and much better off. I can tell already that you drink regularly. So, you will refrain from alcohol while around her, and not try to influence her back to drinking in any way. Do you understand?" Shinji asked sternly.

"Uh-huh..." Kaji said as he nodded again, partly in shock of hearing that Misato stopped drinking, and partly from the slightly painful hold Shinji had on him.

"Good. I would hate to have to ever repeat myself later." Shinji said before letting Kaji down.

Kaji was about to reach for his gun from Shinji's hand, but Shinji held it back slightly. Suddenly he squeezed his fist, and the gun shattered in his hand. The parts fell to the ground, clattering about. Kaji's eyes were as wide as tennis balls at the sight of this, while Shinji just walked off to rejoin the group.

Later, on the deck-

"So what do you think about Shinji Ikari?" Kaji asked Asuka, not letting his slight nervousness enter his voice.

"Oh, the great Third Child? He's boring..." Asuka said, not really able to put any emotion into it since she didn't really believe what she was saying. In truth, she found him to be puzzling, incredibly upbeat, and him being well built didn't hurt...

"And yet, I've heard rumors of his synchronisation ratio being well over forty percent in combat with no prior training." Kaji said with a smirk, knowing that would perk Asuka's interests.

"What!" Asuka exclaimed.

Perspective change-

"That Admiral's attitude gets on my nerves." Touji said.

"He's full of himself alright. Too much pride's bound to make him cynical." Misato stated. "By the way Shinji, what did you and Kaji talk about when you two left?" Misato asked, noticing that no one had reported finding Kaji's mangled body yet.

"Nothing really. I just wanted to find out exactly how much he knew about my battles with the angels, but he wouldn't elaborate much." Shinji said, lying completely, but managing to fool the others.

"Hmm..." Misato said, not quite convinced. She had a good idea what Shinji really talked with Kaji about, but saw his previous statement as more of a question. "He shouldn't know much more then he said. NERV has put out an offical story about you piloting the Eva into battle, giving your current synch score as the score you had in battle. We aren't sure yet if we should be letting the world know that their being saved by a super-powered kid. You understand, right Shinji?" Misato asked worriedly. She didn't want him to think they weren't grateful, like his father was.

"Yes." Shinji said with a understanding smile.

"Good. Also, I was told to order you to let Asuka and unit 02 handle any emergencies that might come up on this trip. We don't want the fleet seeing you flying around if they don't have too." Misato said.

"Alright, I understand. Also, when will my Eva be operational?" Shinji asked.

"Er..." Misato began, not sure if she should speak about it around the boys, but then decided to no worry about it. They already knew a great deal about NERV and the Evas, even more then they let on she thought. "It's classified, so I can't really say, even to you." Misato said finally.

"Hey, Third Child!" came Asuka's voice from above them, at the top of the esculator they were on.

"Yeah?" Shinji asked.

"You're coming with me." she stated.

Eva unit 02-

"That's a really interesting color. I didn't know it was red..." Shinji said as he looked at recently unveiled unit 02.

"That's not all that's different about unit 02." Asuka said proudly as she stood at the top of it.

"Ah-ha." Shinji said as he looked at it.

"Unit's 00 and 01 were the prototype and test type respectively. The fact that unit 01 synchronised with an untrained pilot like you is proof of that. However, unit 02 is a little different. My unit 02 is the world's first real Evangelion, created for actual combat conditions, it's the final production model." Asuka said with even more pride.

"Actually, I only synched with the test plug so far. They've been doing some kind of classified modifications to unit 01, so I haven't gotten to actually pilot it yet." Shinji said.

"What? Then how did you... Did you pilot unit 00 into battle?" Asuka asked confusedly.

Shinji's response was cut off before he could even give it by an undersea shock wave that rocked the ship. Immediately he began to run for the railing of the boat. He could already sense the angel, and wished he had been paying attention to his senses before.

"An undersea shock wave! It sounded close... Look!" Asuka exclaimed as she pointed, but Shinji was already watching the angel's huge ripples in the water.

"An angel..." Shinji said grimly, not liking not being able to fight it. Worst yet, it was in the water. He didn't like the water, and it made him very nervous.

"An angel? You mean a real one...?" Asuka asked. "...Wonderful..." she said quietly to herself finally.

Bridge-

"All ships, fan out and take evasive actions." came the announcement over the speakers of the ships.

"Radio room, status report?" the First Officer demanded through the radio.

"The Simberly's gone silent! Titus Andronicus can't locate the target! The Malocsly Blue's taking on water." came the radio room's reply.

"Damn it all! What in the hell is going on!" the Admiral shouted in frustration as he slammed his fist into his desk.

"Hello, NERV Delivery! Would you like to order data on this enemy and countermeasures to use against it?" Misato asked in a sing-song voice as she came in the door way.

"This is a combat situation. Get the hell off my bridge!" the Admiral ordered.

"This is just my opinion, but I''d say that must be an angel." Misato said.

"All ships, fire at will!" the Admiral commanded over the radio.

"It's pointless." Misato said.

perspective change-

the torpedoes, depth charges, and other weapons fired at the angel only exploded harmlessly against its AT-field as it continued to wreck the ships, one by one. Kaji watched it all the while. He breathed out a sigh of slight frustration.

"An AT-field can't be penetrated with this kind of firepower." he said.

perspective change-

"What is the angel doing here? Is it after unit 02?" Misato asked herself as she too watched the angel.

perspective change-

"Where are you taking me?" Shinji asked as Asuka dragged him along, before she let him go.

"Just wait here a second." Asuka said before taking the next set of stairs.

Asuka began to get undressed, pulling out a plug suite she had gathered from the cargo hold. Finally she was out of her clothes, and she began to slip into the plug suite. It felt natural after the years she had spent training for this moment.

"I don't believe this..." Shinji said in frustration. They had an angel to kill!

He leaned over in curiousity, to see Asuka completely topless while she was putting on her plug suite. Instantly his face went red as a cherry as he couldn't help but notice her ample... assets. Asuka saw this and screamed at him as he drew his head back with lightning speed.

"Ahh! Don't peep, you pervert!" she shouted.

"Sorry! I didn't know you were changing!" Shinji exclaimed, embarressed.

"Why do all boys have to be such a bunch of perverted jerks!" Asuka asked herself as she finally pressed the button on the left wrist and tightened the plug suit around her. "Let's go Asuka..." she said quietly to herself as she readied herself for the battle ahead.

Bridge-

"Why won't it sink?" the Admiral asked in frustration, and a little fear.

"Only an Eva can beat it." Touji said, reciting the information Kensuke said all the time from the hacked NERV files they had.

"What...?" the Admiral asked in shock and anger that this boy would stand up to him.

"Nothing..." Touji said, going on as if nothing had happened.

perspective change-

"Huh?" Shinji asked as he caught the red plug suite that was tossed at him.

"Well, put it on!" Asuka demanded.

"Eh?" Shinji asked again, hoping he had missheard her.

"Don't just stand there, get moving!" Asuka exclaimed.

"Why do I have to wear this female plug suite? Didn't they have a male version?" Shinji asked as he zipped around the corner.

"Are you dense Third Child? I was suppose to be the only Eva pilot in the convoy. Ofcourse they wouldn't have a male plug suite. Quit complaining and get out here..." Asuka couldn't finish as Shinji came walking around the corner, just as she got the plug to open.

Despite the fact that the plug suite he was wearing was made for her female body, it couldn't quite make Shinji look feminine. His muscles still showed through the plug suite, streching it out, almost to the point of tearing it it seemed. He had to cover himself up down below, but that could only make him seem slightly silly. For some reason that Asuka couldn't control, she found herself wondering what he look like in the male version of the plug suite. She quickly shook those thoughts out of her head and reminded herself she had a job to do. She would show him who the best pilot was, then he would come begging to her...

"Get ready for an amazing display of piloting Third Child." Asuka stated as she got into the plug, followed closely by Shinji. "Just sit down and don't bother me." she said as she started to start the Eva up.

Perspective change-

"This is odd..." Misato began as she continued to watch the angel swim around and wreck ships. "The angel seems to be looking for something."

Unit 02-

Asuka began to speak in German as she started the Eva up. Shinji had only started to learn German, but it was enough to understand her, roughly.

"LCL filling entry plug intake! Beginning activation sequence! Confirmed. Opening nerve-link channels. Confirmed! Engaging cardiac monitor. Confirmed! Synchronisation start!" she exclaimed.

Suddenly alarms and lights went off in the plug, filling it with one error message.

"It's a program error?" Shinji said in hesitant German.

"It's thought noise. I told you not to disturb me." Asuka said.

"What do you mean?" Shinji asked.

"Ah, you may be speaking in German, but you're thinking in Japanese, aren't you? If you must think, do it in German." Asuka said.

"I haven't gotten that good at German yet!" Shinji exclaimed in defense.

"Fine, never mind! We'll start over again. Switch language to Japanese." Asuka said, and the Evangelion started.

Shinji sat in awe. Andross had gifted him both with power and a high mental capability, yes, but here was this girl who was so gifted, she could even choose which language to think in. Add in her determination and strength, and she had a great mix... Shinji couldn't help but notice all of this.

"Evangelion unit 02, go!" Asuka shouted.

Bridge-

"Communication from the Othero, Eva unit 02 is activating!" exclaimed one of the staff of the bridge.

"Say what?" the Amiral shouted in near shock, things weren't going right at all.

"Alright Asuka!" Misato shouted as she threw herself against the window to get a better look.

"Abort! Stop the Eva activation sequence!" The Admiral shouted at the top of his lungs into the radio.

"Don't Listen to that moron Asuka, go for it!" Misato said as she forcefully gripped the radio from the Admiral.

"What are you doing? That Eva and its pilot are under my jurisdiction! You're violating my authority!" the Admiral shouted as he struggled for the radio.

"Who gives a damn about your procedures, this is an emergency!" Misato shouted.

"I'll have you thrown out...!" the Admiral shouted.

"I don't think you have to worry about Asuka listening to the Admiral and stopping this Eva Misato..." Shinji said over the radio.

"Shinji? Is that you? Are you in there too?" Misato asked over the radio.

"Yes ma'am. And don't worry, Asuka's taking this Eva into battle weither the Admiral likes it or not." Shinji said, his voice becoming more and more serious as the battle was approaching.

"Oh no! Unit 02 is still using the B type equipment!

"What!" both Misato and the Admiral shouted at once.

perspective change-

"If we fall into the ocean, we're done for." Shinji said in a serious tone of voice, so different from his usual happy tone. Asuka thought it was because of the battle with the angel, but in Shinji's mind, it was mostly because he was unconfortable with water...

"Then we won't do that." Asuka said with a great deal of confidence.

perspective change-

"They're just kids!" the Admiral exclaimed.

"This is our chance... Asuka! Take off!" Misato ordered.

perspective change-

"Go!" Shinji shouted.

The mighty red Eva stood up to its full height.

"Let's do it!" Asuka shouted in excitement.

The eyes of the Eva glowed brightly as the tarp wrapped around it in the wind, making it seem like some anxious warrior, ready to throw their tunic aside and rush into battle.

"Where is it?" Asuka asked, already the battle enduced panic was setting in.

"Over there!" Shinji shouted as he pointed at the ripples in the water coming right for them. "We've got 58 seconds to get to a power source." Shinji said.

"I'm well aware of that! Misato, get the external power supplies off and onto the flight deck." Asuka ordered into the radio.

"I'm on it." came Misato's response over the radio.

"What's she doing now?" they could hear the Admiral's paniced voice over the radio.

"Let's play hopscotch!" Asuka said before bending the knees of her Eva.

"Hopscotch? I don't think I like the sound of tha..." Shinji never finished his sentence.

Eva unit 02 leaped from the boat, just as the angel crashed into it. As it flew through the air, it threw the tarp aside and into the wind, revealing its red painted body and armor for all to see. For the deck officers of the ship the were flying towards, it was nothing but terrorfying. They rushed away as the Eva landed heavily on it, rocking it back and forth. With out hesitating, the Eva launched itself into the air again.

Normally Shinji perferred to be in the air. However, with all that water that spelled certain doom for the Eva below them, and him not having the slightest bit of control over the flight, and knowing that gravity would clame them eventually, Shinji was very nervous. He had to grit his teeth to keep from shouting in a mixture of terror and excitement.

"Power supply is in place." one of the bridge staff said.

"Reactor connection completed." another one stated.

"Take cover, take cover!" came the rushed announcement over the speakers of the ship, even as the shadow of Eva unit 02 grew larger on its deck. The Eva landed, shaking the boat fiercly. When the boat steadied, it immediately connected the power supply.

"This is nuts!" the Admiral shouted.

Several jets fell of the side of the ship from the shaking. Kensuko filmed on in pure sadness now.

"What a waste...!" he said in disbeliefe.

"The angel is approaching from nine o'clock." Shinji said, a bit calmer now that they were steady once again.

"Switching to external power. Switch completed." Asuka said as the timer for the Eva's internal power supply stopped counting down.

"You are aware that we don't have any guns to fight with, aren't you?" Shinji asked.

"The Progressive Knife oughta' do it. Sheesh, didn't the report say you didn't have any guns when you fought the Third angel?" Asuka asked sarcastically.

"Heh, yeah... That was a slightly different situation." Shinji said in a sarcastic tone of his own.

The angel came straight for them as the Eva pulled out its knife from the shoulder wing. It began to surface as it charged them. It proved to be massive in size. Asuka gasped for a second before getting her confidence back at full. Shinji however didn't react at all, since he could sense its size the entire time. He was just wondering if they could really kill it with the Eva.

"What are they gonna' do now?" the Admiral asked in ever growing panic.

"Hand-to-hand combat is the best way to defeat the angels." Misato stated.

"Yeah, it sure is..." Touji said before him and Kensuke shared a chuckle. The had seen Shinji take on and angel with his bare hands too, and win. The Admiral didn't have the slightest clue what they were laughing at.

"This isn't a game! Look what you're doing to my flight deck!" he exclaimed.

"Looking good Asuka!" Misato encouraged.

The angel lunged out of the water and onto the Eva. It was so massive, that it forced the Eva to loose its grip on its knife from its weight alone. The two wrestled around for a few moments, everyone involved screaming. Suddenly the angel shifted its weight without warning, and fell back into the sea, dragging the Eva with it. Now Shinji was offically and extremely nervous.

"Asuka! It's impossible to fight underwater using the B type equipment!" Misato shouted through the radio.

"Well, you know that they always say, you don't know until you try..." Asuka said, just as confidentally as before.

Asuka struggled against the controls, but the Eva wouldn't move. It just continued to sink to the bottom of the sea. Shinji didn't like what was going on at all, but he was determined to let Asuka do all she could before he even thought about breaking free and dealing with himself, especially since he would have to go underwater if he did it himself.

"Ahh..." Asuka said as she frustratingly struggled further with the controls.

"We've got to do something!" Shinji said.

"The cable's about to run out! Get braced for the shock!" Misato ordered over the radio.

The Eva suddenly slammed itself to a stop. The water was incredibly dark, but Shinji could sense the angel. It was circling them like a shark. Shinji frowned as he kept close track of it.

"The Eva has lost track of target..." one of the staff said over the radio.

"No we haven't. It's there." Shinji said calmly as he pointed and kept pointing at the angel as it traveled its path through the water.

"How could you possibly know that? I can't see a thing in this darkness. Are you pysicic now or something?" Asuka asked in frustrated sarcasm.

"Just trust me..." Shinji said.

perspective change-

"I've got to chage the disk..." Kensuke said with a disk in his mouth as he desperately worked to change the disk.

Suddenly a sound caught all their attention. A platform rose up with a jet on it. Kensuke nearly cried in excitement and the realization it would be gone by the time he changed the disk.

"Ah...! A Yak 38 Custom!" he shouted.

"Hey, Katsuragi!" came Kaji's voice over the radio.

"Kaji?" Misato asked in confusion.

"I've got to make a delivery, so I'll just be taking off." Kaji said with a wink and a smile, before the jet took off.

"Ohh...! He's abandoning us! I can't believe I ever liked him!" Misato shouted in anger.

"He ran away..." Touji said.

"Admiral, the target is approaching the Eva again!" one of the staff exclaimed.

Eva-

"Why won't the controls respond!" Asuka demanded in anger.

"It's B type equipment..." Shinji said.

"What'er you gonna' do?" Asuka asked.

"What am I...!" Shinji asked in shock.

"You're the famous Third Child, aren't you? Do something." Asuka demanded.

"Alright, I will!" Shinji said as he took up the challenge.

"Look!" Asuka shouted.

The angel charged at them and opened its huge mouth, almost half the length of its body.

"Teeth!" Asuka shouted again as she saw the massive jaws of it the underwater beast.

"It's an angel... What did you expect!" Shinji shouted as he strained.

Shinji struggled to control his ki without causing an aura around his body. Instead, he tried to make his ki encompass the entire Eva, trying to push if forwards. Asuka grunted in suprise as the Eva suddenly lurched forwards some towards the angel's mouth. The angel bit down on the Eva's waist, causing both children to scream.

Asuka felt the pain the worst, because she was the most directly synched with the Eva. Shinji felt the pain too though, and it was strange to him. He had never felt stabbing pain like this, and it was different... It was there, but he could also tell it wasn't really there at all. It was confusing him and throwing his concentration off.

"Alright, do you see the core?" Shinji asked through the pain.

"Yes." Asuka said

"We have to take out the remaining prog. knife and stab the core with it. One good stab should do it. Do you understand?" Shinji asked.

"Yes, but how are we going to get close enough? I can't even more the arms." Asuka said, gritting her teeth.

"We'll both have to work together to use the arms, but leave the getting close enough to me. This is going to hurt, but give it your all!" Shinji said as he leaned over Asuka's lap and gripped the controls over her hands.

Normally Asuka would have shouted at him, and probably slapped him too, but for some reason she didn't. She fully planned on it later, but she didn't now. She didn't even stop to think why she didn't. She just gripped the controls tighter and concentrated on synching with the Eva, not fully disliking the feeling of Shinji's body across her lap either.

As the two concentrated, Shinji felt another ki signature in the plug. For some reason, he didn't panic or even turn to try and pinpoint it. He just excepted it, like it was meant to be there. He was pretty sure it was the pain talking to his head anyways, but he didn't care at the moment. He figured he could use all the help he could get at the moment, and if an imaginary ki signature could give it, then he might as well let it.

'Help us!' he mentally pleaded.

It was then that he felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around both him and Asuka as they struggled. No one was there, so Shinji knew it had to be all in his head, but he just concentrated harder. Their struggles became easier, and the pain began to fade some, letting them throw themselves further into the task.

The Eva's arm reached up as its eyes glowed brightly. It grabbed the last knife they had and held it at the ready. Shinji concentrated on his ki further, and suddenly the Eva began to move. It was pushed by his ki further into the angel, ripping its armor up as it went, cutting gashes in its waist and legs. Finally they were close enough though, and didn't let the pain stop them.

The Eva brought its arm down hard, stabbing the knife as deep into the core as it would go. The core flashed brightly for a moment, before going dim. The entire angel shuddered for a moment, before it slacked all of its muscles and released them. Seconds later, the two relieved children felt the Eva being pulled back to the surface by the Eva's cable.

"Well done kids..." Misato said over the radio.

Kaji's jet-

Kaji leaned back into his seat, allowing himself to relax some. Still, he held the steel brief case tightly to his chest, not daring to let his grip loosen. What he held near his heart right now was precious enough that it held the fate of the world in it. Before he had more time to think on it though, the pilot spoke up.

"Sir, we have a dozen objects approaching us. They're too small to be jets..." the pilot said.

Kaji frowned deeply. This was going so well before...

"Could they just be birds?" Kaji asked.

"No sir. These things are moving at near mach speed." the pilot said. "Oh shit! They're coming right for us!" he said before he took evasive manuavers.

It didn't matter as the twelve objects zipped past them. The second to last one ripped a path in the lower part of the jet. It began to spiral and fall out of the sky. Before either could say a thing, they had both ejected. Just when Kaji thought he was safe again, with the package held close to his chest, he was proven wrong.

The last object ripped right through his parachute, sending him spiraling to the ocean below. He could see the water fast approaching, and knew this could very well be the end for him. He smiled as he realized he would never know the truth now, and he would never get to see Misato again. With one last squeeze of the package, he hit the water, never letting go of the briefcase.

Bridge-

"Sir, radar is detecting twelve high speed objects approaching us at near mach speeds. They're too small to be jets..." one of the staff said nerviously.

"What!" the Admiral asked, the excitement of the day beginning to get to him.

Plug-

Shinji's head shot up as he sensed them. Twelve ki signatures, and they were all strong. Each was nearly a third as strong as he was, and that was very strong compared to anything else around here. He realized that the Eva would be no good against them, and knew it was up to him.

"Asuka, eject the plug and let me out." Shinji said when they were on the deck again.

"Alright, I will, I will. Just give me a moment..." she started to say tiredly.

Suddenly one of the two remaining battleships exploded, chunks of it flying into the air, only to be torn to shreds by twelve figures in the air. The twelve figures floated there, letting everyone see what they really were. When they saw, they wished they hadn't.

Each figure was identical. They were all three feet tall, green, vegetable like in skin texture, and had their torso's covered in a harder looking green casing. Their large eyes shown red, while their pure black pupils were staring around with murderious intent. Their hands and feet had three sharp looking claws for fingers and toes, and their heads were over sized, with a line going down the middle, making an indentation.

"What are those green butt heads?" Asuka asked in confusion and mockery.

"Trouble, now let me out." Shinji demanded.

"What's the matter, don't want to stay for the fight?" Asuka asked.

"This is my fight, trust me. I didn't kill those angels with an Eva, I did it with my hands. Those things are strong enough to rip an Eva apart, and too fast for an Eva to catch." Shinji said seriously.

"You're kidding, right?" Asuka asked.

"Not in the slightest." Shinji said looking her in the eyes.

"He's telling the truth Asuka. Now do as he says." Misato orderd over the radio.

"Alright, let psycho boy get himself killed." Asuka said shaking her head, before ejecting the plug and opening it up.

"When I'm out, raise your AT-field over the entire ship, and pray it holds." Shinji said seriously.

"And if it doesn't?" Asuka asked sarcastically, not really belieaving all of this.

"Then they will tear this Eva apart, limb by limb, before ripping chunks of it away until they finally get to you. Once that happens, you'll be wishing you were dead." Shinji said before leaping into the air.

Asuka watched in awe for a moment as Shinji actually flew up to the meet the green things. Misato shouted over the radio, and she shook herself out of it. She replaced the plug back in the Eva, and followed Misato's orders to raise her AT-field to max around the ship. When she was done, she held it and decided to watch.

"What the hell is going on?" she couldn't help but ask herself.

Shinji flew up to the creatures' eye level. He half expected them to begin talking to him, rather it was any human language or not. Instead, all they did was grin and make squeaking and cackling noises that hurt his ears. They didn't want anything but to fight, and kill.

'Okay, Shinji... Each is less powerful then you, but if they work together, they'll easily over power you and then you'll be dead. I've got to use my speed, because that's the only thing they can't match by working together, and save my energy, or I'll run out before the fight's over...' Shinji thought to himself.

He didn't get anymore chances to think as two of the creatures lunged at him. They came at him at full speed, easily passing the speed of light. Shinji dodged away, kicking one in the gut as he did. The sudden use of speed, and the impact caused several sonic booms that rained down on the ships below.

"What the hell!" Asuka shouted out, her words being echoed exactly by the Admiral and his First Officer.

Before anymore could be said, the second creature lunged again at Shinji. He danced away from its attack too, grabbing its arm as it passed by. With a fierce twist and pull, Shinji pulled the creature's arm out of socket, nearly ripping it off. The creature screamed out a horrible high pitched scream, before twisting around and kicking Shinji in the hip, sending him flying away.

Shinji didn't have time to even realize that the creature's claws had cut three small cuts in his hip, because the first creature had got its second wind. It charged at him screeching the whole way. It tried to tear into him with its claws, but Shinji grabbed it by its wrists, pulling them to the sides and twisting hard, breaking them. This also made id come closer to him, slamming it into his knee, knocking the wind out of it again. Shinji quickly got behind it, grabbed its chin and shoulder, and twisted violently, breaking its neck. It squeacked one last time, before falling limply into the ocean.

The one with the broken arm, and another one both came at Shinji, their claws bared and ready to ram into him. Shinji dodged away again, before forming a ki blast in his palm. He swung his hand around, and rammed the blast into the chest of the broken arm creature, blasting a hole clean through it. The other turned and rammed both feet into Shinji's shoulder, cutting gashes in it and sending him flying away again.

Before Shinji could recover, it sent a torrent of weak ki blasts at him. He curled up and could do nothing but let them pass over him. It stung, but for some reason, it didn't seem that the creature could put too much power into the ki blasts like he could. When Shinji realized this, he uncurled and blasted himself through the attacks, slamming his fist into its stomach, bruising it deeply. He didn't stop there though, as he brought his other fist up to slam it into its jaw, shattering it. After that it was dazzed, and Shinji grabbed it by the throat, squeezing for all he was worth, crushing it, and letting it fall limply into the ocean below.

Two more rushed at Shinji, but he turned to face them in time. Instead of dodging away, he rushed through them, hitting each of them in one of their arms, shattering what ever bone they had. He got two cuts on each arm from this though, but he continued on. He turned and rushed them again, passing by them faster then they could react, grabbing them by the heads, and smashing them together. They screeched in pain, but he kept squeezing, until he let out a blast from each hand while still holding their heads together, blasting their heads off.

Now five of the creatures came at Shinji. What was even scarrier to Shinji though, was that the other three went after unit 02. He knew that the Eva's AT-feild wouldn't last long against them, if it could at all. He had to fight his way through the five coming at him to kill those three, or everyone on that ship were going to die. With that in mind, he charged at the three, trying to get past the five in his way.

That didn't work as three of the five managed to grab hold of his arms and one of his legs. They held tight as the other two went to tearing at his stomach and back. The cuts were getting bad, but Shinji couldn't get his limbs free. Luckily, his was able to use his ki to make his body tougher, so the cuts weren't as bad as they could have been. He looked on helplessly as the three attacked unit 02.

perspective change-

"Ahh! What the hell are these things!" Asuka exclaimed as the three green creatures slammed into her AT-field, nearly smashing through it instantly. She poured all the concentration she could into keeping her AT-field up, hoping to hold the things off. She had seen the fight Shinji had to put up to kill these things, and could barely keep track of their movements then. She knew if they broke through, then there was no way she could even see where they were to attack, they just moved too fast.

They backed away, and began to circle around the AT-field, attacking in different places each time. They were testing it, trying to see if there was a weak spot somewhere. Asuka hoped and prayed that they didn't find one. Suddenly they all came to one spot, and began to pound on the AT-field together. Within moments they had broken through. Instantly Asuka went to slap at them, but they shot away in different directions. They began to swarm around her, not attacking her, just letting her vainly swat at them.

Suddenly everyone came to a stop as a loud scream came from above. Everyone looked up to see a blinding red flash in the skies where Shinji was, and then the five creatures that were attacking him were sent flying away in different dirrections. Shinji hovered there for a second, just long enough for everyone to get a good look at him. His aura was burning blood red around his body. Bruises and deep cuts adorned his body, blood dripping everywhere. One of his arms looked like it was probably broken, while one of the cuts on his stomach looked worse then all the rest. Still, even with all this damage done to him, his eyes glowed a terrorfying red that sent fear down the spines of all that looked at him as he let out another power filled shout.

In an instant, he was gone. He slammed into one of the five creatures, pumbling it with all the speed he could get out of his body. Seconds later, it looked more like mashed potatos then anything that should be alive. He blasted it to ashes before moving on to the next one.

This time he met two on head first, ramming his head into the gut of one. It spit green blood as he shoved his fist into its open mouth, forcing it open more. When it was as wide open as it could go, Shinji shot a high powered ki blast down its throat, vaporizing its insides, killing it instantly. He tossed the corpse aside as he jammed his foot into the gut of the second one.

Another one came up from behind, hoping to catch him off guard. However, he could sense it coming and turned to face it. It sqeeled for a second, before its head split open and a large stream of some kind of burning liquid shot out of its head. Shinji got a paniced face before dodging out of the way, while the one that he had been attacking didn't make it in time. It got hit dead in its chest. The liquid melted through the creature in a second, killing it. Shinji immediately blasted the other one with a blast so powerful, that it formed a huge cloud of smoke.

The last of the five charged into the smoke, but couldn't find Shinji. This caught Shinji's interest, as he realized they couldn't sense ki, giving him an advantage. Either way, he came up behind it and gripped it from behind. He held it by the head and by the feet, bringing it up above his head. He bent with all his strength, until a loud crack was heard as its back broke. It still sqeeled and flailed its arms about, so Shinji kept bending. With a mighty tug, he ripped the creature in half, before slamming its legs down its throat. With that he dropped it and charged at the final three that were still playing with unit 02. He had a plan in mind, but he didn't like it much. Still, it was his best chance at killing them before they blew up the ship or something.

perspective change-

"Ahh! I hate these little things!" Asuka shouted as another one slammed into her right arm.

They seemed to be playing with her, and she hated that. They kept flying around her too fast for her to keep track of, before one would slam into some part of her right arm. They probably wanted to cripple all of her limbs before tearing into her for real, and were just taking their sweet time. They were having so much fun with her, that they hadn't even noticed Shinji's defeat of the other creatures. They just laughed their high pitched laugh as they continued to attack her right arm.

Suddenly they all latched onto the right arm of the Eva unit 02, ripping at the armor with their claws. Asuka slapped at them with her left arm, but was too slow to hit them. They zipped away and circled around her again, before all of them sprayed their acid at the Eva's right arm. The acid burned deeply into the Eva's arm, nearly burning right through it. Asuka screamed in pain from the attacks. Then one of them got smart and blasted the external power source, and the count down began. Asuka gritted her teeth in anger, even as the realization that she was going to die there came over her.

"Damn you!" she shouted as she tried to swat them again, but missed.

One of them backed away and stuck its tongue out at her, almost as if it heard her cursing. It mocked her for a moment, before an assualt of hundreds of red blasts erupted from the water below it, rushing upwards and absorbing it within the waves of the attacks. It didn't even have time to scream before it was torn and blasted to pieces, until eventually there was nothing left of it but smoke in the air.

The other two immediately stopped their flight to stare for a moment at what had happened. This proved to be a fatal mistake as Shinji came bursting up out of the water, bringing waves of water up with him. In an instant he was behind one of the creatures, and gripped it tightly in a bear hug, squeezing with all his strength. His blood red aura burned at its skin, burning it off as the creature screamed in pain. It wasn't made to suffer for long though as Shinji soon crushed its entire body between his arms, popping its head off.

Shinji let go of the what was left of the body, and grabbed the head out of the air as it fell. He held it almost like a baseball before throwing it with all the force he could put behind it at the last creature as it charged him. The creature tried to dodge it, but it hit it in its leg. This spiraled its flight enough for Shinji to slam his fist into the creatures gut. In a blink of the eye, the creature had wrapped its entire body around Shinji's arm.

Shinji felt its ki rising and building on itself, and had a good idea what was coming next. He began to pound desperately on its body, already feeling his strength wavering. Would he survive these next few moments? His aura burned at its skin, and his fist pounded great lumps in its body, but still it screamed and built its power. Shinji too built up all of his power, thrusting it all into his hand in an effort to blast through it. At the same moment that he released his ki blast that would blow a hole through the creature, the creature blew itself up.

There was a blinding flash of light in the sky, and the shockwave of the blast shook the ships violently, and blew the water around in giant waves. The sky turned dark and the waters became angry from the shockwaves raining down on them. Even though everyone was inside the ship, the shockwaves shook it so roughly that they had to struggle to remain standing. Then the blast was gone, and something crashed through the deck of the ship, lodging itself near the bottem of the ship.

Shinji lay in a pile of twisted and melted metal. It had melted from the sheer heat coming off his body when he had crashed down into it, and twisted from the force of his speed. His body was covered in deep bruises, burns, large cuts, and several bones were broken. His arm was severly burned, with the skin having been burned clean off. The muscles looked almost melted together and cut to pieces, while it rested at a bad angle that it was never meant to bend at. His stomach and chest were cut up badly and covered in bruises, while pieces of skin were burnt off. His ribs were broken in many places, as well as his other arm and his legs. His face hadn't made it out much better either. It was covered in dark bruises and cuts, while some of his hair had either been pulled out, or burned off. The only thing that was fortunate for him was that the explosion had temporarely stopped the bleeding, by cautorizing the wounds.

Despite all of this, Shinji wore a tired smile as his eyes were barely open. The world was fading from his vision, and he was scared to close his eyes for fear that he would never open them again. Still, they were getting heavier, and his entire body hurt all over. Still, that smile stayed on his face, showing one of his teeh was missing, while a few others were cracked.

"I need to ask for hazard pay or something..." he said tiredly. "Oh yeah, I don't get payed..." he realized before fainting even as he could hear people running towards him.

Later, New Yokosuka port-

"Hurry and get him to a NERV headquarters!" Misato shouted as the VTOL took off with Shinji in a strecher on board. She was also riding it, along with Ritsuko and even Asuka.

Touji and Kensuke were left behind because they weren't allowed inside NERV. They were worried about how they would get home, but they were more worried about Shinji. He had been in awful shape when they had seen him. They still couldn't forget the look of his exposed muscles and burnt flesh, or get the smell of the burnt skin out of their noses. They glumly walked to the Section 2 vans that awaited them to take them each home. As soon as they got in, they were sworn to never devuldge what they had seen, and they agreed. They had already been expecting it. They were so upset over the entire ordeal that Kensuke didn't even object when they took his camera to edit out anything deamed classified.

Inside the VTOL-

Misato sat and worriedly watched over Shinji as he lay on the strecher. Ritsuko had already done all she could for him until they got to NERV, so she was allowed to hold his mostly uninjured hand. Fear and sadness filled her eyes as she watched over him, tears forming every time she roamed his beaten body with her eyes. The stench was also starting to get to her. The stench of his burnt flesh, and of his blood. Still, even with all the pain he must be in, and even though he was completely unconscious, a smile still adorned his beaten face. It drove her farther into tears.

"What kind of monsters would want to do this to him?" she asked in a whisper to herself.

"We don't know what those things were. Diving teams have already been dispatched to retreave what remains of them that they can." Ritsuko said in a professional voice, not trusting what her voice would sound like otherwise.

She had gone into this job knowing what kind of conditions to expect to see the pilots in. Over the years those expectations had grown worse as she had come to know more fully what could happen to them, and what Gendo was willing to put them through. Still, none of those expectations could match this... It was absolutely horrible.

"That was how he beat the other angels?" Asuka asked quietly, not sure what to think of the situation. Her world had been turned completely upside down in just one hour.

"Yes. He fought the first two hand to hand, and killed them both. He was able to over power their AT-fields and smash their cores until they died. The last one he was able to send an energy attack right through the Fifth angel's positron beam and strike its core. He has yet to pilot an Eva, that is until you and him piloted unit 02 together." Ritsuko explained.

"But what about his combat synch scores? Kaji told me he scored well over forty percent during his first fight." Asuka asked in confusion.

"That was just his first synch score with a test plug. That happend after he had already defeated the Third angel, the first he fought with." Ritsuko explained.

"So, he's able to pilot an Eva well, but he doesn't really need one. Then why is he a pilot?" Asuka asked.

"Because that's what the Commander wanted..." Misato answered coldly.

"Speaking of him, he's been informed of Shinji's health." Ritsuko said, sounding a bit colder.

"Didn't he watch the battle over the satalite like you did?" Misato asked.

"Yes, but he didn't stay after it was apparent that Shinji had killed the creatures." Ritsuko answered.

"Really? So how did he react to Shinji's health?" Misato asked darkly.

"He's begun to look for a possible replacement for Shinji." Ritsuko said with an ice cold voice.

"The bastard!" Misato exclaimed before hitting the wall of the VTOL.

"How could he do that?" Asuka asked in astonishment. "Isn't Shinji his son?"

"Asuka, you're going to work for a cold hearted bastard. Don't ever think that he gives one ounce of care about you or anyone else." Misato said coldly.

"Hey..." Asuka started as she took another look at Shinji. "Is it just me, or is his arm healing?" she asked.

"Yes, it is healing. Shinji has an incredible rate of healing. I estimate that if he can heal fully from all of these injuries, he should be fine by this time tommorrow..." Ritsuko said.

"If he can heal? What do you mean by that?" Misato asked.

"I mean, that he's never been hurt this badly. It's true that his entire body was burned before, but this is worse then that. He's got a lot of blood loss, deep cuts, burns, internal bleeding, and a severe concussion. It'll be a miracle of he pulls out of this with out brain damage, and if he can ever recover full use of his arm again." Ritsuko said.

"Why...?" Asuka asked. "Why does he fight like this? Why does he fight without his Evangelion. Why does he fight in a way that leaves him so unprotected?"

"We haven't given him much choice I'm afraid. Evangelion unit 01 has been under going some classified modifications, and has been unusable almost since right after he defeated the Third angel. He fought that one himself because he didn't think he needed the Eva then, and he was right. Much less damage was done to the city then if he had used the Eva." Ritsuko explained.

"Mmm... could you three please keep it down..." came Shinji's tired voice.

"Huh? He's awake?" Ritsuko asked in amazement.

A gentle aura came to life around Shinji, barely seeming anything more then a small amount of steam around him. They looked on in amazement as Shinji's healing began to increase in speed. It wasn't much more then double at first, but everyone could see it still increasing. Shinji moaned as he barely managed to open his eyes.

"I'll be fine by tommorrow... So don't worry too much about me. How's Kaji doing?" he asked quietly.

"Kaji?" Misato asked.

"He must have heard me when I got the report. I was about to tell you about it, when we stopped talking about Shinji. He's fine. His plane was shot down by those creatures, and it crashed at sea. He and the pilot both ejected, but his parachut was damaged. He was knocked unconscious, and has a few fractured bones in his leg, but he'll be fine. He's already at head quarters, said he had to see the Commander with something." Ritsuko explained.

Asuka was so stunned from the events of the day, that she hardly reacted to hearing about Kaji being hurt. Shinji was in much worse condition anyways, so it would seem rather self centered if she paniced about Kaji's fractured leg around Shinji's beaten form. Shinji just smiled more.

"Good. I have to rest now, so keep it quiet please...?" Shinji asked before falling unconscious again.

The aura surrounding him faded, but it had allowed him to regrow most of his burnt off skin at least. Everyone stared in amazement at the newly grown skin. What was Shinji? Could he really be human with these kind of powers?

"How did he get this powerful...?" Asuka asked.

"We're not sure really. He claims that a man gave it to him, but he said this right after an N2 mine detonated on his head." Ritsuko said.

"An N2 mine!" Asuka asked.

"Yeah. He's a tough little guy..." Misato said with a smile, now reassured that Shinji would be okay.

It was like some dark fear inside of her had been releaved when he said he would be alright. She wasn't sure why she had been so afraid, but she had her suspicions. None of them made her feel much better, since most of them led to one conclusion, but she smiled anyways.

perspective change-

Andross floated high over the ocean. He had watched the whole battle from his vantage point, completely undetected by Shinji or anyone else. He smirked as he could feel Shinji healing. Closing his eyes, he concentrated for a moment, and Shinji's healing rate increased a little bit more, as well as any possible brain damage being reversed. He opened his eyes again and got a full out smile.

"Well, it's good to see he can withstand even my little surprises. Sorry to have to do that to ya little guy, but after finding out what I have, I had to make sure you would be prepared for what is going to come in the months ahead of you. Yours is going to be an interesting life kid, so you just keep enjoying it like you have. Oh yeah," he paused, as if Shinji really could hear his words. "thanks for leaving another intact core..." he said before holding up a chunk he had taken from the Sixth angel.

Once again he stuck it in his open and waiting funnel. The funnel closed around it, and absorbed it into his body. His muscles buldged and his aura burst to life with a shock wave that he hid from the world's detection. When it died down again, his smirk was back to full force. Then, he vanished once again, leaving no trace of his presence behind.

To Be Continued-