Problem Four: Sisterhood

In the most graceless way, Rei Ayanami could achieve, she walks over to Gendo Ikari that rubs his bandaged hand just outside the Section Two, security block.

"You call for me sir." Rei pleasantly says as she stands in front of her guardian.

Gendo turns to her at first with disgust, this is so alarming to Rei that she steps back. After a sigh, Gendo smiles at his child and relaxes his posture. "Rei, there has been a problem that I unfortunately must drag you into."

'This didn't seem right.' Rei thinks to herself. 'His tone seemed discouraging.'

"Yes, sir."

"Two nights ago there was a accident in the room of Gauf." Gendo puts his hands in his pocket, as he sits down. Rei's eyes follow his movement as she awaits his command. "A preloaded program unaware to us, activated, destroying all but one of the subjects."

'This was a problem, but nothing I really need to know, I still existed." Rei turns to Gendo. 'I never seen him in deep thought like this.'

Slowly Gendo puts his thoughts together. "This one subject was activated and has become self aware. All test show that she's going be a great upgrade to the dummy plug.."

'She is better then I'. Rei tries her best to not think negatively. Not sure on why they needed it Rei thinks on it. 'But I existed, I still can do it.'

"We are going to introduce her into the, Stable as well, and I'm putting you in charge of her." Gendo nods seeing he has finished his thought.

"I understand sir." Rei in truth was still having problems understanding the need. 'She is better, but I am still important to the plan.'

She waits as Gendo stands and escorts her to the interrogation room. "She is intelligent, but has a personality disorder." Gendo rubs his hand. "Her mind is that of a four year old, so she will be a burden, and I don't want her to interfere with you obligations."

"Yes, sir." Rei looks down as she follows Gendo. 'Why would this interfere, I have never failed before.'

Ritsuko turns at the knock of the door. It opens and the same two black suits that were with the Gendo escort, Yukari's twin. At first she cringes, it is scary for her to look into the mirror then at Rei and then at her reflection once more. Rei's body language is less then well mannered, as she marches in, stopping six feet from Ritsuko. He school uniform is not that professional as it was wrinkly.

"Ah, welcome Rei..." Ritsuko stands and smiles at the girl whose eyes were fixated on Yukari. Her cold, blood stained stare drove deep in to Yukari's mind. "Rei Ayanami, this is your new sister, Yukari Ayanami."

"Hey sis! What's up!" A cricket is all that Yukari receives.

With a smile Ritsuko, stands, and leaves. "I think I will leave you two alone."

Yukari stares examining her sister, Rei only stared back as Yukari sways back and fourth staring at her. Yukari quickly jumps off the stool doing a summersault in the air landing on all fours directly in front of Rei.

Rei did not show any sign of being impressed but Yukari was shocked. 'Meow... that was wired.'

She quickly stood straight up and flung her hands in front of Rei's face. Yukari then started to act like a mime as a washed an imaginary window. Expecting a laugh, Yukari stood and put her hands on her hips frustrated at the statue as a sibling.

"Are your batteries dead?"

Rei raised an eyebrow at her for a response. Therefore, Yukari did the same, just to get the same reaction. Bored Yukari matches her breath and eye blinks to Rei.

'I never studied a child of the age of four.' Rei remains in her place. 'How can she be better then me, with her mind in such a state.' Rei moved to step back, Yukari goes and does the same.

'Fear me!' Yukari thinks as she did her best to mimic Rei's face, and not laugh.

'Strange, she's trying to act like me.' Rei takes as step back and Yukari followed her in unison.

"Stop that." Rei whispers to her twin annoyed at her actions. 'Such a child.' Rei turns her head away so not to look at Yukari's face. She then walks over to a wall putting down her books and pulls out a sheet of paper just given to her by Gendo.

With her attention off guard, Yukari ducks down and readied her self for a good pounce, as she slowly sneaks up on Rei with a grin. "Hey Rei!"

As soon as Rei turns Yukari is in mid flight arms stretched out for her attack. Rei's face went from total boredom to surprise as Yukari landed on top of her. Rei falls onto her back with Yukari mounted on top, pinning her arms to the side.

"I said what's up..."

Rei is desperate to catch her breath as she looks at Yukari's Yellow eyes. "The ceiling..."

Her whispers between pant, sounded silly to Yukari, as she rolls off her. She then reaches to help Rei up but her offer rejected, as Rei stands up alone. Yukari goes to hug Rei, who only pushes her away. She makes a second attempt but pushed off by Rei who holds up the sheet of paper.

"Hey, Rei can you show me to the showers..."

"Test Pilot Yukari Ayanami, age fourteen will be placed on supervised probation in defiantly. By order of NERV branch section, two, Pilot Rei Ayanami, will be assigned as her probation officer. Yukari Ayanami cannot leave an area of one hundred yards from her PO unless accompanied by Captain Misato Katsuragi, Doctor Ritsuko Akagi, Vice Commander Fuyutsuki, or Commander Ikari; any violation will result in punishment. If Yukari Ayanami, does not follow all rules set forth in the NERV Pilot Operations manual, the NERV code of conduct, or the UCMJ, will result in a term of life in prison or death."

Yukari seemed to ignore Rei's speech as her focus was on a shower. "I wa'na take a shower Rei!"

"Why..." The young red-eyed twin, whispered in a monotone voice.

"Your resistance will be noted!" Yukari grabbed Rei by the hand and runs out of the room. They both pass Doctor Akagi, who stares with a glazed look on her face. "Hey Naoko, Me and Rei are heading for the showers!"

"Okay..."

After about ten minutes of getting them lost, Yukari turns to Rei who looked very disturbed by her actions. 'She has no discipline or care for responsibility, she annoys me.'

Yukari's mind felt so clear even if her actions were chaotic.

'I imagine that whatever kind of person I was never lived a full life and never had a childhood.'

"So where are the showers Rei..."

The Rei once more fell in to mime mode. She looks towards one direction then to the next. "This way, Miss Ayanami."

After a long walk around the base, the two find them selves at their destination. Yukari goes to hug Rei but once more pushed away. Yukari pouts turns to go into the showers. Rei pulls out a packet to read but is surprised as Yukari runs back and hugs her sister with joy, before returning to the shower.

"Now if I'm not out in twenty, come and rescue me!"

Rei watches as the girl goes in, she then looks down at the packet of paper her twin just crushed. Rei gives a sigh of frustration as she begins to read the packet, which reads. 'Zero Child'

It was as if Yukari never took a shower before in her life. Of course, it is but she did not know that. She enjoys it so much she sits down in the open shower room letting the warm water touch ever part of her body for the first time. Her skin was supper sensitive to the slightest touch; she found that out when she lathered. Her thoughts seemed to drift away as she fell asleep.

Yukari's dream is that of confusion as it consisted of her holding a baby. This baby looked familiar but she could not place it. He had dark brown hair and brown eyes, when she went to sit with him in her arms, She sat next to another baby this one looked like Rei, her eyes more pink then red.

"Ayanami..."

She reeled back in shock that the baby Rei spoke to her.

"meow..." For some reason even if she knew that is her new name, she didn't want to believe it.

"I'm not Ayanami... Taking baby by thw head!"

"Ayanami..." The baby once more whispered to her.

"I'm not Ayanami you dirt child!"

She reached out grabbing the baby by the chest; she could not help but lift her up and shake her. It was wrong but she could not stop herself.

"Why can't I stop!"

Yukari found herself jumping out of the shower blindly grabbing someone. Her rage is uncontrollable as it is only Rei, she grabs, but she still cannot stop. She pushes Rei to the other side of the room tripping on the ledge of the communal bath taking both into the water. Yukari sits on all fours staring at her reflection; she could not catch her breath as her heart bonded from her chest.

She watched as the water rippled her image way, caused by Rei standing up. She looked up to see Rei soaked, expecting at least some anger Yukari looked away in shame. Yet nothing came, she looked up once more to see Rei standing in the same stop soaking wet and her eyes fixed on to hers.

"I'm sorry Rei..." Yukari leaned back to the edge of the bath. "I don't know what happened."

The girl didn't even raise and eyebrow. She simply walks away and out of the water. It was unthinkable that she could not be mad. Yukari jumps out of the bath and runs up beside her as she enters the girl's locker room.

"Aren't you mad!" Yukari shouts concurred that she just attacked my sister.

"No..."

She could not believe Rei, as she watches her undress. "I just tossed you in to the water, like you were five day old meat!" Silence was all Yukari got as the girl opened up a locker pulling out a towel. "Rei... Be anger! I command it! Be very angry"

'I don't like her.' Rei continues to dress. "What for?"

'Meow...' Yukari realizes that she truly did not care, she watched as Rei just dried herself off, not once clenching a fist, or giving her an evil stare. "Rei, I wont accept no!" Rei tosses a towel then went in to her locker taking out some under garments.

"Damn it Rei..." Yukari walks over and grabs her by the shoulders; the two of them stand naked for a moment.

'Why is she insisting that I should be mad at her, it would be a waste of my time.' Rei studies the girls yellow eyes.

"I want you to hit me!" Yukari watches as Rei continues to change. Yukari looks to see Rei was more of annoyed at her, because she made her drop her cloths, and then pushing her to the bath. This disturbed her but she then looked at her to speak.

"If I'm ordered to I will do it."

"Meow..." Yukari was not expecting that from her. "Who, from the commander?"

"Yes."

'That freaky person was a perverted Otaku, that go his jollies off of little girls.' Yukari's thought drives her to her next question. "Why do you listen to him?"

"He's our creator, Ayanami. He is the commander."

Yukari rolled my eyes on how brain washed Rei was. "Rei, that's nonsense!" She looked deep into her eyes as she tries to get my point across. "Despite his big head, the Commander, pervert, is quit stupid."

Before Yukari could react she receives a clean slap across the face, Rei's hand was firm in the finishing pose any slap would bring. Her eyes boiled with hate, Yukari's cheek was soar.

"That's the spirit sis!" Now, Yukari had Rei confused as she hugs her still holding her shoulders. "Know prepare you brain, that's coved with you skin and cute blue hair. Your magical sisterhood begins now!"

"Your odd." Rei rolls her eyes. 'She suppose to replace me, this is ludicrous.'

Yukari relinquishes her sister and looks down at her self. Yukari was happy she was able to make 'a' comment about her was nice to her ears.

"Am I..." Yukari looks over her body and shrugs her shoulders. "Oh well..."

As Rei finishes changing, she finally stops and looks at her sister as she tied her bow on her uniform. They look at each other eye to eye, Yukari knew she wanted to say something, but did not.

"Speak!" Yukari yelled trying to give her a push in the right direction.

'Wait, I knew it, there must have been a power fluctuation in the MTS Matrix's.' Once more a useless fact clamed Yukari's mind os its own but was still able to hear.

"Do you need materials to wear?"

Yukari shook her head of useless thoughts and smiled at her sister. "That would be nice!"

With the simplest response, Rei's heard from her sister all day she hands her a satchel, in side is a school uniform.

"I guess you could never have enough of these... Got stock in the company?"

Yukari's sarcastic tongue was not taken for what it was, as Rei handed her under garments. "No..."

"Well then once I'm done, we are going to eat!"

Rei stared at her feet as she speaks in her whispering tone. "I do not require sustenance."

"Yes you do!" Yukari shouted at Rei. "We are twins and twins do everything together. Even eat!"

"I am not..."

Yukari cut her off as she put on my blouse. "Yes you are!"

She looked up at her once more confused on why Yukari was yelling. "No I am not Ayanami."

"Yes you are."

She looked around; she had a scared looked as if I knew something she did not.

"But I do not..."

"Do to!" Yukari finished putting on my Uniform and pointed to the exit. "Time to Forage my brave sister, its time to go forth to our destiny of food!"

"Umm."

Out of the corner of her eye Yukari saw that Rei as given up. She sarcastically marches out, with Rei as her patsy; they walked out of the locker room. The two sisters then pass some women in a red NERV uniform and blackish purple hair that went to just below her shoulders. She seemed friendly as she saw Yukari turn the corner she waved.

"Hello Ayanami."

She nods and salutes the woman. "What's happening..."

Misato keeps walking as Yukari kept on going just as her sister turns to corner passing the woman.

"Hey Ayanami."

It did not take long for the Misato to come running up to Yukari and Rei. She stopped them both and looked at them, as was if she was having a brain amorism right on the stop.

"Ayanami!"

"Yes." Rei and Yukari said at the same time.

Yukari almost thought she had the Misato fooled but her intelligence only surpassed in quality, by her beauty. She looked at Yukari's yellow eyes and pointed at her with fear. "Your not Rei! Shinji wasn't seeing things!"

Rei and Yukari watched as the woman franticly looked about trying to figure out what is going on.

"You're her twin sister!"

Although Yukari admired Misato intelligence, she felt like having fun. "Twin... Sister where!?" Yukari looks to her right then to her left then behind her to see Rei who looks at her if I was idiot. As soon as they make eye contact, Yukari screams. "Ahhh! She looks just like me!"

Having enough of Yukari's games Rei spoiled her fun. "Captain Katsuragi, this is Ayanami Yukari..." However, she stops unable to remember the correct story she read in the packet.

Yukari looks at Rei, her eyes darted back and forth lost in thought, and Yukari quickly had to take action. "Yes! I am Rei's long lost twin sister, Yukari. They say I was kidnapped, till I woke up with amnesia only a day ago and found my dear sister Rei!"

'That was word for word.' Rei stares a Yukari with some shock. 'She barely read it but said it word for word, and I could not.'

As she awaited her response, Yukari startled by a strong grip on the shoulder.

"There you are!" Ritsuko had an extremely angry look on her face. "What the hell are you doing out in the open!"

'Meow.' Yukari looked to the Misato to see she is highly confused, and wanted to say something but did not know how to word it.

"You can't go out, I'm mean look at people will notice!" Ritsuko turns both Yukari and Rei around as she scolds Yukari.

Yukari brushes off Ritsuko's hand and grabbed Rei taking a step back. "Ah come on, the great thing about humans is that, most of them don't notice."

"Umm..." Misato tries to clear her head of thought. "What the hell is going on."

To be continued...