Neon Genesis
EVANGELION
Finding Paradise

Chapter 10: Destroying Paradise

The Commander's office, the room that holds the archaic Tree of Sephiroth carved into her ceiling. Their Gendo Ikari sits arms in front of him, and Fuyutsuki by his side. Standing in front of him is Major Misato Katsuragi; she stands with a stern and ever so painful look. For which, one of the two children under her care has betrayed NERV, what hurts her more is that she feels she is responsible for her defection.

"What do you have to say? Major." Gendo barks under his hands. "The second child was under your care, you wrote no signs of betrayal in the pilot.

"What can I say, sir." Misato eyes glazed with tears as she speaks. "Something had to happen doing my operation to save the third and fourth child."

Her words do not go down well with the Commander. "Section Two reported that she was seeing someone, and according to what flight recording data we have, she had sexual intercourse only an hour before her activation in Unit Two."

The words give Misato a cold chill. 'Only if I was there I could of saved her... I could of...'

Misato's thoughts are interrupted by Fuyutsuki strong voice. "Unit Two has also disappeared after it left the mainland, with a rouge Eva on the loss, we will be forced to destroy it."

"I understand sir."

Gendo is next to speak, still in his cold tone. "Even if we were able to rescue the third and fourth child, and Evangelion Unit Three was recovered yesterday. We only have one pilot and one Eva functioning."

"Yes sir..."

Fuyutsuki looks down to Gendo. "Not to mention the Angel that saved Unit Three, and the coming of the seventieth we are out of time."

Still in the hospital Hikari and Shinji lay side by side, both have been in the dark on the world events and they also have not been able to see there friends for a week. They are weak yet awake. They are both surprised to see Kaji step through the door, with a dozen roses in his hands.

"Kaji!" Shinji and Hikari yell.

Kaji walks over to Hikari and kisser on the cheek, He notices out of the corner of his eye Shinji is giving him an evil stare. "And these are for our lively Hikari." He turns to Shinji with a smile. "Don't be jealous Shinji, if you want a kiss I can give you one."

With the roll of his eyes, Shinji mutters. "I don't think so..."

Hikari chuckles a bit to see Shinji was jealous. However, when Kaji pulls up a chair and sits down his look is that of sorrow. Both Shinji and Hikari hold their breaths knowing bad news is about to come.

"Seven days ago while you were trapped in space, the sixteenth Angel came..." Kaji him self is finding it hard to tell the pilots what happened.

"Was any one hurt?" Hikari gasps.

Kaji nods his head.

"Killed!" Shinji shouts hoping it not true.

"No Shinji... but Asuka..." Kaji cant put it to him self to look them in the eyes. "Asuka she insurrected..."

"What..."

Seeing he used to big of words Kaji sighs. "She betrayed us Shinji, She attacked Unit Zero then destroyed the Angel by eating its core. She then left."

Hikari shakes her head. "But she would of run out of power!"

"No, because she ate the Angels core, the same thing Unit One did to save you, it gives it limitless power." Kaji bows his head as the pilots let the information sink in.

"On a lighter note, it's going around your school like wild fire... that you two are in love..."

As Kaji stands both pilot yell at him, Hikari seems to be the loudest. "Why are they talking about us?"

Kaji scratches his head seeing this wasn't his best plan in the world. "Look just be ready when you go back."

The two pilots look to themselves once more as Kaji leaves. Hikari takes her pillow and puts it over her face then scream as loud as she can.

"This can't be happening!" She looks over to Shinji who seems to be very muddle. "Don't tell me your not mad!"

"No..." He looks up at Hikari. "I'm sad... Asuka and I, we were close..."

This statement quiets Hikari as she thinks about it. "She left us, and she's the enemy now..."

"I didn't mean that..." Shinji recants. "I mean I... love her like a sister, and I could never hurt... Somehow I will bring her back."

Not even Shinji realizes how romantic he sounds in front of Hikari. She her self begins to cry. "Oh, Shinji I love you."

In the void of darkness a little girl sits curled in a ball crying, standing over the little girl is the Adult Asuka, she's covered in blood that bleeds from her eyes. She stares at the little girl wanting to reach out. As she reaches out the little girl looks up with joy, until the sound of a knife heard. Asuka cries out, as standing behind the now lifeless girl is Tabris.

Asuka flies out of her sheets coved in a cold sweat. She can barely catch her breath as Rei awakes and looks over to her.

"You dreamt about Kyoko again..."

Asuka nods her head as she wipes her face of sweat. "Yea... sweetheart... I did..."

Slowly Rei crawls over and leans on the older Asuka's shoulder. "I miss her too..."

"Are we doing the right thing..." Asuka whispers to her self. She slowly gets out of bed leaving Rei behind; she stands there staring out a window of their small apartment. "I didn't think it would get this out of hand."

"We have our control, and brother has his." Rei shifts her position. "The final battle approaches, mother, if we like it or not, the day will come that father of today must face the you of this world."

Asuka sighs as she looks across the street at Misato's apartment complex where she sees Shinji is returning from the hospital. "My dear Shinji will never love me again... But this was the only way."

"Yes, my mother..."

As Rei snuggles on a pillow Asuka sits down on a chair where an assortment of weapons stand at the ready. "What does your visions tell you about Misato's fate."

As Rei slowly goes back to sleep, she whispers. "She must choose, between the man she loves, and the boy she holds as her own son. Her fate is unclear..."

Asuka looks over to see Rei asleep; she smiles and goes over laying a blanket over her. "This is my sacrifice, my child, this world will be my death... I'm so sorry." Asuka once more turns and stares out in to the stars as unforgettable memories return to her from her heart.

"My god, that smells..."

Asuka awakes laying on a large sheet that is being dragged. Her vision is hazy but she looks up to see Shinji dragging her across the Wastelands of Tokyo 3. She looks to her hands to see it still bandaged. Shinji finally collapse to the ground ending Asuka's ride. After a minute Asuka sits up and stares out to the sea where Reis giant deformed head sits decaying.

"It's been nearly three days and nothing..." Shinji wheezes.

Asuka cannot help but look over to him with guilt. "I'm sorry..."

Shinji looks up to see Asuka sitting up. "Asuka, your awake... How are you feeling."

"Like I got eaten, digested then shitted out the other end." Asuka smiles a little as she hears her own joke.

"Oh..."

Shinji stands back up and looks over to a mound of blood and flesh. "There she is only a Kilometer to go."

Asuka looks to see the remains of Unit Two inland from the decaying head of Rei. "Mother..."

Silence returns to the two teens as Shinji goes over holding out his hand. "Do you think you can walk?"

Asuka looks down to her feet. "Its worth a shot."

Asuka takes Shinji hand, she pulls her self up using all of her strength, but neither teen is able to hold each other up as Shinji falls backwards. The two stumble and falls, with Asuka next to fall on top of him. Shinji reaches out to catch Asuka only to grab he waist and chest. Asuka face becomes red as she stares at Shinji. Both frozen Shinji quickly moves his arm away.

"I'm sorry..."

Asuka only smiles at Shinji as the two stare at each other. "Your such an idiot..."

Seeing that Asuka is not mad, Shinji smiles back, in a bold and selfless act Shinji pushes forward grabbing Asuka's nose and kisses her. Asuka raises her hand to smack Shinji, but stops just short and the feeling of pleaser comes from her heart.

Deep with in the Tokyo 3 Command Center Fuyutsuki looks over the battle staff as the alarm is going off. Hyuga looks up from his consul and to the Sub Commander.

"Sir! We have a distress call from the Ninth branch in China, Unit Two is attacking!"

Fuyutsuki shakes his head before looking down at his subordinate. "Contact the Ninth tell them, that they're on their own..."

"But sir..."

"What the hell can we do..." Fuyutsuki sits in Gendo's chair. "We have no Evangelions to give."

The phone rings at his desk and Fuyutsuki picks up the phone. "Yes... No it's Unit Two it's attacking the ninth... yes..."

"Sir, Unit six has activated!"

Fuyutsuki turns his desk, so to hear the phone better. "She's gathering a army... True so the Angel is coming with reinforcements..."

On the other end of the Phone Gendo sits in his office looking over paper work on his desk.

"Contact all other branches constructing the Evangelions mass production models... Tell them, that Unit Two, and now Unit Six is on its way..."

"Hey Ayanami..."

The young fourteen year old sits in class unable to focus on anything as she stares at Touji from the window she sits next to. She does not even noticed Kensuka Aida standing in front of her. The boy is somewhat nervous as she looks at the blue hair girl.

"Ayanami..."

The boy finally gets the girls to look up to him; her gaze can still be chilling even with her newfound emotions, it proven by Kensuka's inability to speak. Rei look to Touji friend and slightly smiles.

"Mr. Aida..." Rei stands to be eye to eye. Kensuke can only glance at Rei trying not to leer. "You are Touji's friend..."

"Since the first grade..."

"Can I be your friend too..."

The request nearly brings the small boy to his feet. He steps back trying to think of an answer. "Of course... Aya... I mean Rei..." The smile he receives from the girl relieves the tension he remembers the reason he is in front of Rei.

"Um... Rei..."

The girl smiles in response. "Yes Kensuka."

"What happened to Asuka, you haven't even told Touji, and I wanted to know why?"

With a simple sigh, Rei looks out the window and onto the horizon. "I have my orders, and even if its hurts me, I can not disobey them..."

The boy looks to see Rei visibly upset. "I'm sorry for asking..."

Night comes and goes in Japan, for Shinji he stand ready for school staring into Asuka's room everything is in its place, as she has left it. The boy's curiosity gets the best of him as he walks inside. He looks around and finds nothing new; he looks around and opens up baoxes at her desk. He pauses and stares into on, pulling out a small stick shaped object. Not sure on what the object is he pockets it and leaves for school. When Shinji enters the kitchen, he sees Misato sitting at the table with three beers on the table two of which been drunk.

"Shinji, am I that bad." The boy stops in his tracks and looks to Misato. "Maybe I shouldn't have disciplined her as much, maybe I didn't pay enough attention."

"Misato..." Shinji stands firm as his guardian looks to him. "I don't know what happened to Asuka, and I don't know why she left..." The boy emotion forces him to cry. "But, I do know on thing, you are a great parent, and my guardian. My mother would be proud of you."

The boy's heart driven comments brings Misato to tries, tries of joy. "Shinji..." Misato rushes over to Shinji and hugs him as she cries.

Shinji's stares into at the wall with a hateful stare, he has never shown before. "My mother..." A vision comes to Shinji, of just before he was teleported to Unit Three in space. He saw is mother. "Father, will pay for what he did to her..."

Already walking to school is Rei and Hikari the two have become close but they cannot share there feels for Asuka because both are so different. For Hikari Asuka was a friend, for Rei however, Asuka was a mean spirited person, and a traitor. Hikari sighs and stops walking so she can looks into the sky. "I wonder where she is right know, what she's thinking."

Rei is not used to a liturgical question so she answers. "It is of no concern to us, she betrayed us she is the enemy."

"Rei I know you and Asuka were never good friend, but cant you just hope..."

"She shot me in the face..." Rei points to the bandage around it. "She treated me like dirt!"

With a second long sigh, Hikari continues to walk. "Can you at least forgive her?"

Confused on what asked of her Rei tries to answer. "No I can not. I cannot forgive her. Not for all the pain she has caused to everyone even you."

"I forgive her Rei..." Hikari looks to her feet. "We have to forgive her for her sins..."

"Why..."

Hikari turns to Rei with tears in her eyes. "Because I want to be forgiven for my sins when I die!"

Rei can do nothing as Hikari runs off; all she can do is raise her hand in a gesture for her to come back.

"I'm sorry..."

At the school, Shinji sits next to Kensuke who examines what is in Shinji's hands. They are both in early for setup duty and wait for the start of the day. Shinji holds out the stick like object, lucky for him Kensuke can identify it immediately.

"It's a thumb-drive."

Shinji tilts his head and looks at the object that stands no bigger then his index finger. "A thumb what..."

"It's a data storage unit." Kensuke points over to Shinji's desk. "Grab your laptop I will show you."

The boy does as he told and brings his laptop over. Kensuke opens it and turn it on. "Not many people have these, they went out of style in Japan about five years ago, but there pretty big in Europe."

Kensuke holds out his hand, Shinji places the thumb-drive in his hand. Kensuke pull the item apart to reveal a USB jack. He plugs it in to the laptop and begins to open up the drive.

"What's on it..."

At first Kensuke is shocked, and greed to hold on to what he sees is first to come to mind, however Shinji look drives him to do other wise. "Its... Its... a journal, its all in German..."

Shinji bows his head and looks at the file to see it is all in German. "Can I have that back please?"

With some hesitation, Kensuke removes the thumb-drive safely from the laptop and hands it to Shinji. "This has something to do with Asuka, I can't figure out what happened. One day she was here with that new kid, the next she was gone, and none of you have said a thing."

"Kensuke..." Shinji sheaves the thumb-drive and looks up to his friend. "If I could tell you I would, but its best not to talk about it."

Days pass and life in Tokyo 3 has seeming returned to peace. Little can be said for the men and women of NERV, as they must deal with a growing problem. Asuka and the seventeenth have stolen four of the seven remaining Mass Production Model Evangelions. In one of the command briefing rooms, Misato, Maya, Ritsuko, Kaji, and Fuyutsuki look over a map of Japan.

"She's coming here..." Misato's voice sounds cold and somber, nothing likes her self.

Ritsuko can only nod, but Fuyutsuki seems he can answer the question. "After she has taken all seven MPM they will head back here."

Next, to speak is Maya. "At this rate she will have all the MPM and be back here in six months."

The darkened room has cast a foreshadow over Misato's face, this gives her eyes a slight glow. "So we will have to engage her."

"There's no other option..." Ritsuko looks to the map. "Either she dies in her Evangelion, or die by lethal injection."

Sometime later deep with in Central Dogma in the Cage, Shinji Ikari rests inside his entry plug. He grips the controls ever so slightly. A peace never seen in Shinji when in a ever is on his face.

"Mother..." The boy whispers to himself. "I have found you... I am torn, between a girl I love and a girl I once loved."

'What does your heart tell you...'

Shinji opens his eyes to see him self on the train of thought, he stands at the person who sits on the other side.

"Mother..."

'Shinji...'

The boy goes over to his mother but stops. "I missed you..."

'I have always been here... With you'

Shinji goes to his mother's feet. "Why, why are you in this beast..."

'This is my creation, my gift to the world...'

"Father, I thought Father..."

'The man you know as father is very different then the one that I knew...'

"Mother please comeback!"

'My son, I must remain, we must fight on.'

"I don't want to fight, I want you!"

'You must protect the ones you love, your guardian, your love, your friends... and your sister..."

"My sister!"

Shinji wakes to the sight of Hikari Vid screen, she has a worried look as she sits in her Evangelion. The next vid screen to pop up is Rei's both show concern to him. Misato's vid screen is next to show.

"Shinji what happened, you were in the middle of an exercise and your sync spiked, we lost contact with you!" Misato rambles as she tries to stay calm.

Shinji can only stare at the front of the Entry Plug looking past the vid screens. "I have a sister..." Shinji takes one look at Rei and his eyes widen. Every event he ever experienced with Rei flashes before his eyes, this begins to quicken Shinji heart and breathing. "I have a sister!"

Everyone in the control room looks around, the outburst was not expected, and even Misato has a look of confusion.

"Shinji what are you talking about..." Misato asks with want to know.

At first, the battle staff is given silence even Gendo and Fuyutsuki wait for Shinji's response. No one however was expecting the response Shinji would give. As heavy breathing is heard on the sound Shinji brings his vid screen up for all to see.

"I am Shinji Ikari, son of Yui Ikari! The same Yui Ikari that surrounds me!" Gendo's eyes widen Fuyutsuki nearly steps back. Even Hikari and Rei are scared by Shinji's cry. "Father! You know what I speak of! Mother! Mother's soul is in my Eva, in Unit One!"

"My god..." Ritsuko steps back as Shinji speaks the truth, a painful truth that has taunted her everyday of her life.

Misato can only stare up and Gendo, who shows shock him self.

"She died to protect me! She died to save my!" Shinji slams his fist on to his controls. "Why hide it from me father! Why!" All Shinji receives is silence.

Hikari opens up a channel to Shinji to calm him down. "Shinji its okay, please calm down."

"I will, as soon as my son of a bitch father answers my question!" His words hurt Hikari but she can understand his anger, for she knows how much pain, his father has brought the boy she loves.

"Explain your self father!"

Gendo removes his hands from his face to speak. "There is nothing for me to say."

"If you cant explain yourself the explain my sister!"

With a cold stare, Gendo looks to Shinji. "What are you talking about."

"Rei! Rei is my sister!"

Everyone in the control room looks to Gendo for the answer. Yet, none gave only cold bleak and uncaring silence. The wait seems forever even though it is only seconds, with no a sound from a soul and no one blinking a voice speaks but not from anyone in the room or out.

"This is true, Shinji Ikari."

"It's a live HACK!" Hyuga announces just before a girl speaks to everyone.

"The Angel on high has stolen a child from you, yet you do not cry."

Misato is the first to call out to the mysterious hacker who has been plaguing them for mouths. "Who are you!"

"I am one that is not part of this world, but with in this world."

No one can understand the riddle; even the pilots are hard preset to comprehend what going on. Hikari is next to be asking a question.

"Did you save us!"

"I, thy saved you from death... It was I who selected you as the pilot Hikari Horaki."

The young girl remains speechless inside her entry plug. In the Command center, Fuyutsuki looks over to Gendo but receives silence.

"Father of the chosen, wielder of Adam, you seek to destroy all of man."

Instinctively everyone turns to Gendo. "Who are you..." The words from Gendo seem cold and full of hate, for he speaks with the one who has spoiled his objectives thus far.

"You speak with one who has seen the evils you wish to commit and wish not to see them again."

"Are you man or Angel." Shinji asks quickly in a soft tone.

"Shinji Ikari I am..." Everyone falls silent waiting for the response. "I am your Eve..."

Everywhere in the command center, alarms go off. Hyuga looks around his consul. "The hack... It's coming from this room!"

Aoba looks at he controls to be surprised at what he discovers. "Theirs a Intruder in the Command Center!"

With those words spoken men burst through door weapons at the ready and fill the command center, Kaji and Misato both pull out side arms. Maya begins to panic in the chaos and misses a reading on her control panel; lucky for her Ritsuko catches it. "AT Field detected!"

Shinji, Rei, and Hikari Activate there fields and look around the cage for anything out of the ordinary, but they see nothing.

"Where is it!" Shinji demands.

Maya points to the front of the main hub as a small shimmer of light floats just in front of Hyuga's seat. Hyuga takes notice and jumps out of his seat; all weapons in the control room draw on the light. Slowly the light ripples in to a octagon shaped pattern. Everyone braces for what is to come. Only Gendo and Fuyutsuki refuse to move of show fear.

The light shines brightly blinding everyone at first, but once the light dissipates, it reveals the Adult Asuka, with her short hair pulled back and she wears a strange black style plug suit. One of the NERV Security members notices the girl floating in the air and slips on his trigger.

"Hold your fire!" Misato cries, thinking it is to late.

The bullet strikes a AT field inches before the girls head. Asuka looks to the man with her deep blue eyes showing only some annoyance. Just when Misato was about to lower her guard the girl pulls her SA-80 out from her back and levels it at Gendo. The NERV Security forces open fire with tragic consequences. Their bullets simply bounce off her AT Field and strike themselves. The automatic fire is not predigests as not only are the Security forces hit but Ritsuko, Misato Hyuga and Maya are struck.

"NO!" Shinji calls out as he Evangelion rips out of his cage and through a wall. Rei and Hikari can only watch in horror as the smoke clears from the gunfire. Misato hold her wounded arm as she crawls over to Ritsuko. Maya finds she was only hit in the leg and so she goes to her sempi. The wound to Ritsuko's neck only horrifies her. Misato holds her friend gently as Ritsuko's spits out her dieing breath.

"Mother..."

Hyuga grasps his should in pain he looks up to see the shorthaired redhead float past him and land on the ground in the center of the Bridge. The moans and cries of the wounded and dieing SF is all that heard before the sidewall blows apart with Evangelion Unit One entering the command center. Shinji goes to grasp the women in front of him but stops when she looks at him. Her deep blue eyes is all Shinji needs to identify the women in front of him.

"Asuka?"

The girl nods as she stands in the center of the bridge. "I am not the Asuka you know..."

"Who are you..."

The girl bows her head before answering. "I am Asuka Langley Souyu, I am 30 years old, I have seen third impact, I have lived the horror that was to be, and it was created by your father."

"I don't understand..."

With a small, tap to her head the girl smiles. "Shinji ask your father to show his left hand."

Shinji looks up to his father that stands, he has not moved since Asuka appeared. "Father, what other secrets have you been hiding!"

The man looks over to Fuyutsuki and smiles. "My time here is done."

With his seeming final words spoken Gendo stands and removes his left glove and holds his hand up to show all Adam. Misato looks up from her stricken friend to see the disfigured creature infused onto his hands.

"What is that!"

Asuka looks to Misato to answer. "That is Adam the first angel, he will use it, to end the world."

"But how!" Misato demands.

Out of nowhere, Rei comes over the intercom. "Through me!" Everyone turns to Unit Zero's vid screen to see that Rei is crying. "I was created from the blood of a Angel, I was created by the commander so he can use me as his patsy and end the world in his favor!"

A chuckle heard from Kaji. "So that's why you changed the fourth child from Suzahara to Horaki."

Asuka answers as she stares Gendo down. "Correct, Hikari has a stronger will then Touji."

Next to Gendo Fuyutsuki gives a smile. "You planed it all, the hijack of Unit Zero everything. Just so Rei would be broken from Ikari's spell."

"How!" Misato lets Ritsuko lay to the ground as she stands to the women that clams to be Asuka. "How did you get here!"

"I sent her back..." Appearing on top of Hyuga's controls is Rei Ayanami, but this is the Rei from the future. The real Rei stares in shock in Unit Zero.

"Shinji come look!"

Asuka shouts to the boy on top of a hill, the sky is red with blood and Asuka stands at the lake with in the Geo-Front. She waves Shinji over with her good arm. Shinji comes running over dropping the wood he was caring to come to Asuka's aid.

"What is it?" Shinji calls out to Asuka. "Are you okay!"

Once Shinji clears a bolder, he sees what Asuka sees. Laying on the ground completely untouched are two baby's, both alive and well. One Asuka can recognize immediately as Rei, but only Shinji can recognize the other.

"Kaworu!" Shinji gasps at the sight.

"I found them in my entry plug..." Shinji looks up to see Unit 2 remains in the foreground of the lake. Asuka looks at the children with some fear. "How are they alive."

"A gift..."

The Red head looks over to Shinji confused. "A What."

"A gift from God..."

"Baka!" Asuka makes a fist with her good hand and throws dirt from the ground at Shinji. "God! Where the hell is God! Where the fuck was God when the world was ending!"

Shinji bends down and picks up the baby Kaworu with care. "We chose this fate... God granted our wish!"

"Your wish SHINJI!" Asuka stands in a fit. "You brought me to this hell hole, and for what so you can wack-off like you did to me in the hospital!"

"I..."

Still mad Asuka points to the baby Rei. "We are kids Shinji! We cant take care of babies!"

"Asuka!" Shinji steps forward and grabs Asuka good hand. "I love you!"

The girl remains motionless as Shinji looks at her eyes with a care never seen before. The baby Kaworu seems to just stare at the ground calmly waiting to be put down. Asuka heart finally begins to beat as she takes a breath. "Shinji..."

Shinji places the baby down and removes Misato's cross from around his neck he places it around Asuka's, he leans in and kisses her lightly on the lips. Asuka remains in shock. "I know I'm not you first choice, and I know it will be hard, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

"Shinji... I..." Asuka mouth is sand dry as she can barely swallow. "You love me..."

"Since we first kissed..."

A tear strikes Asuka's foot Shinji looks at it then to the eye the dropped it Asuka stares at Shinji with a sobbing smile. "Shinji!" The girl dives into the boys arms and the two kiss each other passionately. Once they part, they look to the babies.

"This will be our family..." Shinji smiles and looks to Asuka as he holds out his hand.

"Yes, we will be a family." Asuka interlocks her fingers with Shinji's.

Two years pass and sitting on a large bed inside a small-dilapidated house, Asuka screams out in pain. Shinji sits with Asuka's legs apart as she is going into labor. Candlelight is all the two have for light as a smile strikes Shinji's face.

"I see the head, keep on pushing!"

Asuka grinds her teeth as she her grip cracks the wooden bed posts. "Remind me to destroy you when this is over... ahhh!" God damn it Shinji!"

"There, one more push!"

With a massive shout, Asuka screams out one last time before sighing in relief Shinji can only stare at the small child covered in blood that cries in his hands. "Its beautiful..." The smile on Shinji face brings a smile onto Asuka. With a snip of the umbilical cord, Shinji raps the child in a towel. "It's a girl..."

"Let me see!" Asuka demands, Shinji stands and hands the child to Asuka, who cradles it in her arms. "My precious."

Shinji turns to the door and calls out. "Rei-chan, Kaworu-chan you can come in!"

Quickly entering is two, two years old children one looks like Rei the other like Kaworu. The two rush to the bedside and look at the child.

"Mommy!" The young Kaworu shouts. "Do I have a brother!"

"No my dear..." Asuka leans in to show the baby to her children. "You both have a sister."

"We shall name her Kyoko." Shinji states with pride, as he sits next to Asuka and kisses her on the lips.

"Kyoko..." Rei whispers as she looks at the child. "My sister..."

Asuka opens her eyes as a tear strikes the ground. She looks to her right and left to see the regrouped NERV SF and Misato all pointing guns at her and Rei who stands at her side.

"Please Misato, trust me."

From Unit One Shinji calls out. "Why return to stop your world."

"Shinji, I can only explain so much but you must understand I do it for you, and for all of mankind." Asuka looks back to Gendo. "Forgive me, but I must kill your father!"

"What!"

Asuka raises her rifle once more. "Please Shinji I don't care what you do to me, but let my daughter live."

Shinji is speechless as he looks into the girl's eyes. "Daughter..."

"We already lost two children please lets not loss our last child."

Misato lowers her weapon to see the girl is speaking the truth. "Why kill Gendo?"

"Like I said before, it is he who starts Instrumentality, it is he who allows NERV to be attacked by the UN and get massacred." Asuka begins to float to be eye to eye with Gendo. "All of this, just so you can see Yui again..."

"One can make a heaven out of hell, or a hell out of heaven."

"Then let me send you to your heaven!"

Asuka Langley Souyu from the future pulls the trigger on her rifle. Everyone can only stare as Gendo struck multiple times. He body spins in the air and smashes up against the wall before the clip empties. Shinji looks on in horror but for some reason he can do nothing, he watches his father be murdered, yet not even the Evangelion is compelled to stop it.

"Mother what do you want me to do..." Shinji's question at first go unanswered. "Mother..."

'May he rest in peace, and forgive his sins...'

Shinji disengages his plug just after he raises the arm to the con deck wear Asuka stands and his father lays dying. Shinji exits his plug and goes rushes down the arm passing Asuka who has her head down,

"Father!" Shinji reaches the man he calls to and goes to his knees. "Why! Why didn't you run!"

The man chocks on blood before speaking. "Shinji... Your mother stood before me as that women held the gun to me and she did nothing." Shinji looks up to Unit One. "If she wanted to stop her she could of, but she wished for my death instead." Gendo coughs up more blood. "I'm sorry Shinji... I'm sorry I could be your father, I was to scared... I thought I was doing the right thing... Yui... I will see you soon..."

Gendo takes Shinji cheek with his bloody hand and stares at the boy. " Never run away... my son..."

His harm falls to the ground limp and Shinji cries out in horror! "Noooo!" Shinji looks to the women who killed her father with hate, she however looks up with tears.

"Shinji, please don't hate me, if you wish to kill me for what I have down please do so..."

"That enough!" Everyone turns to Misato who stands on the center bridge. "Enough have died here, please, let there be no bloodshed."

Fuyutsuki looks to Shinji then to Asuka. "It is over, Gendo is dead, and so does his dream." He walks over to Shinji and lets him stand. "What this girls says is true... Gendo was going to betray us all." He turns to Asuka. "She is proof that, he fails and third impact will end in mans defeat."

Everyone looks up to their new leader with every ones full attention. "We must take a path for mankind. Nevertheless, there are still those who wish death. Our destiny and our destruction rest in your hands of, Asuka Langley Souyu."

Far off in Europe Unit Two stand over looking her former home as it burns to the ground. Still rampaging through out the city and base are four Mass Production Models Evangelions. Asuka rests at the base of her Eva rapped in the arms of her lover Tabris.

"Kaworu, do you feel it, it feels warm..." Asuka smiles as the two kiss.

The boy smiles at Asuka. "My love I feel it as well..."

The girl begins to rub her lower belly gently. "I thought I never wanted kids..."

"That was before you met me..." Kaworu sings sweet nothings into her ears as he rubs Asuka calf, and chest. "Our love will be complete, and then we will return."

"No one will stop our love, no Lilim or Angel..."


To be concluded...