Problem Twenty-nine: Can Shinji kill, can we begin again…

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'Can Shinji Kill…'

"What do we do with her?" Maya stares off at the bonded and naked Angel with her fragile wings spread and pinned next to the crucifix Leiko dangles from. In the sea of LCL that once housed the Rei clones.

Standing next to the young lieutenant is Doctor Ritsuko Akagi her mannerisms seem very humble she looks away from the Angel its halo faintly glows, nothing like the blinding light that the pilots dealt with. "You're talking about the Asuka right?"

Floating in a tube of LCL is Asuka Langley Souyu she has her chest tightly bandage and multiple IV's connecting to her arm. Maya cringes at the sight of Asuka for she knows what floats before her. "That's not Asuka…"

Sarcastically Ritsuko sighs as she finally looks to the child that sleeps in the tube. "Technically, no, but we had to return the world to its proper course it's a matter of survival."

Before Maya can speak Gendo Ikari enters into the darkened Room of Guaf his presence silences any hopes for Maya to speak. She steps to the side to let him stand next to Ritsuko. The silence only lasts so long before Gendo speaks. "It is time… Unit Four has arrived."

Knowing what has to be done Maya bows out and leaves, Ritsuko runs her hand through her hair as she stare in disgust at Gendo. "This is a gamble at best."

"Do you remember when Zero child awoke…" Gendo allows the thought to sink into Ritsuko mind before continuing. "I said that our destiny was lost, in less then an day we will be in control, our tail spin will finally end."

"I thought I could beat you…" Ritsuko walks over to Asuka that floats in the huge jar. "The creature that I created, is no were close to Rei."

Gendo looks to the Angel and then to Asuka a small grin appears on his face, a grin only evil can create. "I asked you to make me a child, I asked it to be obedient, you created two."

"Two an a half…" Ritsuko points to a computer screen; she doesn't give Gendo the time to read it as she leans up against the tube. "The clone's mental pattern began to crumble, after its contact with the children." She shakes her head in some ways proud that her clone failed unlike Gendo's.

Gendo places one hand in his coat pocket and stares down Ritsuko. "What are you getting at?"

"She's empty…" Ritsuko chuckles a bit as she walks over and examines the Angel. "And you just sent the drug induced second child to her death. So in away all you have is half a child." Silence strikes them as Ritsuko's pager begins to beep the two stare at each other with a cold look. They both know what is about to happen and Ritsuko guilt that she has just sent a child to her death is tearing her apart. She begins to leave with her head down with the thought that Gendo has once more chosen a clone over a human. "Of course, that's if your son can kill her."

"He will... He will do anything to protect Zero."

"You're starting to sound like Asuka."

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Evangelion Unit Four, the last of the "US" Series and first of the "S2" Series its purpose was little in the old scenario but now with the fate of the world unclear it will be used to bring power back into the hands of NERV into the hands of Gendo. By emergency order NERV second branch was forced to abort the S2 engine experiment and send Unit Four to Japan. Matsushiro is the only NERV base in Japan that can accept delivery of an Eva drop. Standing in the Test Cage is Asuka Langley Souyu she stands confidently over looking her new weapon.

"Unit Four…" Asuka gives a cynical grin as she stares at the silver Eva. "You're going to put all the Evangelion to shame."

Arriving late from Tokyo Three is Ritsuko she walks across the Umbilical Bridge to Asuka who wears the silver and black plug suit with the marking of 04 on her chest. Its style is that of Rei's. "Are you ready…"

Asuka gives Ritsuko a scare as she gives a Gendo style grin. "Are you?"

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Racing to an Elevator is Misato Katsuragi she makes it just in time before it closes once inside she is given very little time before she is groped and kissed by Ryouji Kaji. His reward for not only scaring her but coping a feel is a foot in his mouth. If it wasn't for Kaji's almost supernatural manly image he is able to recover from the concussion given to him.

"Perky…" Before he can continue a hand strikes his head, once more not a single hair on his head is disturbed. "I'm glad you're in the mood because what I'm about to show you will knock you socks off."

Misato Screams out in outright rage just as the elevator door shuts…

The door opens and Misato prowls out looking around carefully before looking back to Kaji who looks like a Jackhammer was taken to his head. "Are you coming…"

'I'm starting to remember why I liked her out of bed…'

Kaji gets up and straightens his hair as he pulls out a USP .40cal handgun. He takes the lead with Misato just behind him. The hallway they walk down seems cold, so Misato zippers up her coat. "How did you find this place…"

"A little cat told me."

The comment brings Yukari to mind as she looks around in her darkened environment. "How did Yukari now."

This brings a chuckle to Kaji as he slows to a stop in front of a door. "Wrong kiddy, this one prefers lab coat to plug suits."

"Ritsuko…" Now the suspense is getting to her, its hard to believe the right hand of Gendo would give anyone information. "Why would she help you…"

As the super sleuth hacks away at a keypad he answers in a cryptic and monotone voice. "Ikari forced her to do something she promised she would never do…"

Misato is at a loss in the riddle, Ritsuko never really talks about herself and even in her small spoiler she gave during the attack of the eleventh Angel. "What would that be…"

With the snap of his fingers the door opens up and both are given the first view of the Room of Guaf in the center tube floats Asuka Langley Souyu, but for Misato this is impossible because she watched her leave for the activation test of Unit Four.

"What the hell is this!"

Slowly walking in Kaji takes note of the twelfth Angel that is crucified in the tank of LCL that surrounds the room of Gauf. "Meet Asuka II…"

"You are shitting me!" The sight of Asuka is haunting for Misato she is reminded of the first time she met Rei. "What does Gendo want with clones?"

As if purposely standing in the shadow Kaji stares at the wounded Asuka. "To replace the ones Yui destroyed when Yukari awoke. This room used to hold around twenty five Rei clones." The statement makes Misato sick to her stomach. "Gendo is trying to build a personal stable of pilots."

"What the hell is going on…? What about Asuka…"

The First stage alarm goes off and Misato quickly turns to the doorway wanting to go to battle. Kaji bows his head as he knows what is about to happen, he watches as Misato turns and looks back at the clone. "I'm getting her out of here!"

Kaji can't help but choke on Misato's words as she rushes to a control panel. "We will be caught!"

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'Shinji Ikari, Friend, brother… He has been why I exist… he is shy and timid but will defend his beliefs to the death. I have only existed for a little over four months he for over fourteen years. I am not infallible for I destroyed the love he had for a girl because I can't love. However in one day I question why love exists as I am forced to watch my dear brother, my friend face off with a human we all know.'

"Yukari!" The young and steadfast Shinji stands with a smile on his face in his plug suit he sits in the throne of souls of Unit One what he confidently calls his mother. "Who did this to this town…" Unit One points to the wasteland that once was Matsushiro.

"Do you think it was a bear...?"

Shinji looks to Yukari's vid screen with sarcasms. "A Bear, bears are sweet, besides have you ever seen a bear with forty foot feet." Using the Evangelion huge hand Shinji points to a footprint.

With a nod, Yukari has Unit Four put its hands on its hips. "Dragon?"

Seeing she is joking Shinji decides to play along. "No scorched marks truly their linked…"

With a girlish giggle Yukari tries to play even more. "Manticor?"

"Imaginary…"

"Griffon?"

With the shake of his head Shinji does his best to keep a straight face. "Extinct…"

"Giant Biomechanical Robot?"

"Possible…" Shinji looks over the hilly terrain with suspicion of a trap. "Very, very possible… I hope Asuka is okay…"

"I hope Rei is okay…" With a nervous glance Yukari takes a step closer to the wasteland. "She never showed up to…"

Out of the corner of her eye she is just in time to see Unit Four arms shoot out of a mountain side piercing the chest of Unit Three. Yukari screams out as she un-shoulders her rifle and open fires onto the mountain. The 10 feet long Rail rifle rounds turns the mountain into a molehill. As Unit Four twits its fingers inside Unit Three Yukari grabs her chest dropping the rifle. Shinji turns his Eva to the conflict but is unable to move.

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In the Command Center, the NERV battle staff goes over Unit Three's data alarmed at what's happening. Maya turns instinctively to Ritsuko only to find the space void, she looks up to Gendo who has taken direct command of the operation.

"Sir Unit Four is contaminating Unit Three we have to cut her circuits!" All she receives is silence as he stares at Unit One on the main hub. "Sir…"

"Negative, Unit One must save her."

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Inside the every Evangelion he speaks of Shinji stares in horror as Unit Three falls to its knees. He cant sway him self to fire at Unit Four but is willing to open up a channel.

"Asuka!" The young boy cries out in vain as he watches a cynical grin be painted onto Unit Four's face. "Asuka please I know your there!"

As if by a chance a channel opens up Asuka vid screen opens she stares at Shinji with no life in her eyes. "Die…"

On the ground and nearly taken over Yukari looks to Shinji in pain. "Help me…"

'No…' If there is one thing Shinji refuses to believe in is the no win the scenario, like Captain Kirk of Startrek Shinji faces a 'No win" scenario and doesn't like it. 'If I attack I would... No I can't kill another Human… but if I don't…' Shinji looks to Unit Three knowing if he doesn't step in Yukari will die.

"Shinji…" The insensible voice of Asuka sends a chill down Shinji's spine. "What's wrong… your pride is missing…" The tone turns to an almost lustful manner. "You don't even have a pot to piss in… You're a man so come and kill me!"

"You're crazy, Eject so I can kill the Angel in…"

The redhead bursts out in a hysterical laugh. "Show me what your made of… you're a failure, don't save Yukari become what I was!"

Shinji reaches out to Asuka as if he needs to touch her. "Asuka please, I need you don't talk like this!"

"Oh here comes the big bad Shinji swinging his balls now but couldn't when this bitch treated me like shit and made me a laughing stock to the school!"

With the pain subsiding due to shock Yukari Raises Unit Threes hands. "Can I have a word in this…"

"Shut up ZERO…"

Yukari begins to cough up blood from the damaged inflicted from her Eva. "You get these plans and they fail… You've been suspended and called names, you maybe bold… hell you may be mayo but you're a ass…" Trying to stay conscious Yukari stands her Eva up. "You have Rei isn't that enough… you have your dreams with my sister. I don't want to sound malicious but your nuts, I got dishes so can I go home."

The comment isn't well liked as Asuka rips out the insides of Unit three. The pain is felt in real time for Yukari and she screams out as she feels like she just been disabused. Shinji raises his rifle to Unit Four. "Don't! What do you want?"

"What do I want?" Asuka slams down on her butterfly Eva control handles. "I will tell you jerky, I want to be held, I want to be loved instead of digging through the garbage in my head!"

"You have Rei!"

Asuka leans in and shouts with all her might. "I wanted You, I want to understand how I got to be a loser and I used to be a woman!" The Arms of her Eva are covered in the blood of Unit Three she stares at them as they return to normal length. "This Angel it understands me it knows what I want and it will help me end the bitch that ruined my life."

"Don't make me!"

Just as Unit One goes for the trigger Asuka gives a laugh reminiscent of something Gendo would give. "You can't kill me. Say good bye to Yukari…"

Shinji's heart begins to race, his blood pressure rises, beta-endorphins flood his system, adrenalin begins to take hold and his brain begins to fire off synaptic nerves faster then a jet engine. This causes memories to flash in front of him all of them are of Yukari and the joy and normalcy she brought to his life. He begins to tighten his grip on his control handles, NERV Headquarters sees all of this and watches as the sync with his Eva increases to nearly ninety percent. The Eva in also responds as her eyes glow red and opens its mouth releasing a heavy moan.

Just as Asuka goes to make the final blow to Unit Three, Unit Four is struck in the head with the Eva rifle knocking onto its back. In disbelief Asuka looks over to see Unit One coming to her fist clenched ready for battle.

'He wants her more then you…'

The angelic voice swells Asuka's mind with hate and envy only one soul can save her now and she lays unconscious in her apartment, just as Gendo intended. It is only Asuka and the Angel who has taken the already fragile girl and is using her to kill Yukari the Soulless being.

"You want her over me!"

Shinji stares into Asuka with care and anger. "I will never let anyone I care for die, even if it means that I have to hurt another to stop it. Asuka I don't want to do this but you leave me no choice."

"So be it!"

Unit Four leaps into the Air and tackles Unit One to the ground, Asuka screams out as she lays in a furry of punches to the head of the Eva. Shinji is quick in using Unit One to kick off his foe he watches as Unit four lands on all fours. He kicks up the Eva and goes into a fighting stance. The two Evangelion's charge each other when they strike each other it sends a thundering howl through the region shattering any glass in ten miles. Unit Four snap kicks Unit One, it is parried and in response Unit One takes the leg and begins to spin his Eva force lifts Unit Four into the air he lets got sending it crashing through a two mountain before coming to a stop. Before Asuka can stand her Eva up Unit one is already on top of her lifting the silver Eva into the air with one hand and punching it in the chest with the other.

Thinking fast Asuka Engages her Progressive knife and stabs it into the neck of Unit One. This force Shinji to let go, now free Unit Four with is Angel lased powers push kicks Unit One back, the leg of the Eva extends with the kick and slams Unit One into a mountain sending a shockwave leveling every tree with in a mile. Pined to the mountain side by Unit Four Shinji is unable to move when the blood soaked arm flies into his shoulder. Screaming out Shinji uses the knife in the Eva's neck and severs the hand of the Unit Four both appendages sliver back to Unit Four. Tossing what left of Unit Fours hand to the ground Shinji charges once more, Asuka however is prepared and shouts its good arm into the ground coming up behind Shinji snatching his Umbilical Cable. Ripping it out of the socket on the Eva's back. This forces Shinji to abort his attack and take a defensive stance.

"I'm sorry did I just take out your power."

The smirk leaves Asuka face as Shinji charges her. "This just means your loss quicker!" Unit One leaps in to the air and lands a spinning roundhouse right onto Unit Four's head.

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In NERV command center Gendo Ikari watches with a smile on his face as Unit One and Four battles proud of his son. His entertainment is spoiled as Fuyutsuki comes to his side with bad news. "Not to ruin your fun but, we located Major Katsuragi …"

"She's WHERE!"

Everyone in the battle staff turns to Gendo to see he is standing in sheer shock. "Lieutenant Ibuki, Come with me to Level B113 room G."

"Now…" Maya look to the main hug and the rest of the battle staff. "Sir we are kind of in the middle of a…"

"Do it NOW!" Gendo marches out of the room before the door shuts he calls out to Fuyutsuki. "Take over for me, also have Control Team Delta meet me and the Lieutenant in the Room of Guaf."

Hyuga looks around as a thought comes to mind. "There is no B113 on this base."

Before anyone can answer an Explosion lets up the main hub as Unit One was just tossed into a petrol station detonating its underground tanks.

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Black smoke fills the mountain valley as the Two Eva's do battle, like Shinto god each strike sends shockwaves through the valley the sight is nothing but transcendent Unit Four hold the advantage as it grapples Unit One in a head lock, Shinji begins to choke as his mind thinks its losing oxygen. Unit One thrust nearly four elbows with no effect. He looks behind him to see the evil grin on his enemies face.

"Hey Asuka you should of stuck with Unit Two."

The young girl only squeezes harder as she answers. "Bullshit Unit Two is nothing compared to Four."

"Really…" Unit One takes hold of Four's head with one hand and jams its finger in the left eye socket of the Eva.

Four steps back and bellows into the air, Asuka screams as well as blood pours from her eye. Unit One crawls to it feet, out of breath Shinji is unable to keep pace with the Angel tainted Eva. He looks to his left to see that the problems are mounting.

"One minute of power remaining…" He grabs his neck and looks as Unit four regains composure. "Mom, I need you…"

Just as Shinji looks up Unit Four comes crashing down from the air. The head of Unit One slams into a river, Asuka looks to her severed arm, and the Angel does her bidding and regenerates it. Shinji look up with fear as blood from the hole in Unit four eye rains onto his Unit. The sight is short lived as Unit Four new hand is used to dunk Unit Ones head in the river. Taking advantage of Shinji lack of swimming skill and fear of drowning Asuka drives the head deeper into the water.

The Eva thrashes about, in a panic to free its self. Asuka takes hold on Unit Ones right arm and smiles. "I hope you like your left hand!"

With a devastating AT Field assisted pull Unit Ones right arm is ripped off it lands into a rice patty. However a scream does not follow Asuka looks to Unit One head just in time to see an AT Field so powerful it sends Unit Four nearly five thousand feet into the air. It landing is met in the arm of Unit One that stands with blood pouring from its mouth.

'Asuka…' The voice echo's with such force in Unit Four's plug it nearly bursts Asuka's ear drums. 'You mother cries for you…'

The haunting call shatters Asuka's very soul as she curls into a ball. "Go away!"

The eyes of Unit One narrow and stare into Asuka's heartless soul. 'Cry….'

"NOOOOO!!!!"

Asuka calls out to all in the world she forces herself free of Unit One and lands on the ground. She retreats to a mountainside as if the very sight of the Blood covered Eva in front of her is mother. Looking around franticly Asuka looks to see her Prog. Knife on the ground she takes hold of it and stares at the monster in front of her. Her face turns pail and her pupils are a small as specs of dust.

'Come Asuka… die with me….'

"NEVER!!!"

Unit Four hollers into the crimson sky and charges Unit One, laying in the throne of souls Shinji awakes to the sight of the charging Unit Four knife in hand. Defenseless death seems certain but a call is made from Yukari's silent vid screen. Shinji looks to his left just in time to see Unit Three toss its retractable spear. With no time to think and only survival on his mind he extends the spear just as Asuka readies her final blow.

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The control Room goes silent, all look in shock and awe, Hyuga tries to swallow but cannot, he tries to speak only to release a whisper. "Unit Four… I mean the Target… its gone silent…"

Next to Hyuga, Shigeru looks away as a sick feeling fills his stomach. "Pilot life signs… for Unit Four are…"

Standing over the battle staff with a humble look is Fuyutsuki he looks on at the sight that no one else dares look at. Evangelion Unit One stands in a bow stance its left arm out stretched blood still pours from its right socket out of power its only support is Unit Four. The strike with the spear was deadly for man or Eva. I was impaled right in the center of the chest with an upward angle. The shaft penetrated half way down leaving the spear tip extruding from the Evangelion's upper back.

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Lying in a field of rice, Yukari Ayanami over looks the carnage from her open entry plug, her body is broken and she cannot move, she allows the light breeze to sooth her wounds.

'I know full well what the last thing Shinji saw… My dear Shinji what he must be going through…' Yukari tries to move her hand but cannot she begin to hear the sound of recovery units and breaths a sigh of relief. 'The channel was open, I know what he saw, and even I can't put it to words…' Suddenly a useless fact comes to mind something she hasn't had in sometime. 'The chance of a pulling off the same strike is one point two million to one. 'Okay that wasn't that useless but…'

Second go by like hours as she stares at Unit One and Four finally a familiar sight comes into view. A man in an orange containment suit climbs up and reaches Yukari. She watches as he checks her pulse and as another puts her neck in a brace.

"She's dead right…"

Both Technicians look at each other then to Yukari. "You saw the vid Channel." One of them says to Yukari, but she is unsure of who said it, as she stares in a daze.

Indeed she saw it, and never would she want to see it again. "Take me to Shinji…" Her whisper is not heard so she calls out once more. "Take me to Shinji!" Her request is ignored as they place her on a brace bored and pull her out of the plug.

'I knew they wouldn't but… my question was answered… Yes… Shinji can kill…'

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Far from the horror of Matsushiro, Misato Katsuragi and Ryuoji Kaji are in the upper section of the Room of Guaf over looking the newly freed clone. Unconscious the young girl rests in Misato lap as they exam the wound to her chest.

"She has been shot…" Misato observes as she watches Kaji go over data on a computer screen.

With a grim look he looks to the love of his life. "They are coming…"

Unable to finish redressing the clones wounds Misato sighs. "I don't think we will make it out of here alive…"

"If we do…" Kaji breaths a sigh of his own as he looks to the entrance knowing what's to come. "Do me a favor and give up drinking."

Not seeing the whole living thing happening Misato gives a chuckle. "It's a deal no beer if we live."

They both bow their heads knowing what has to be down. They toss their weapons to the ground and stand up hands raises just as the door bursts open and a flash bang rolls in. It goes off taking both Kaji and Misato to the floor, in a matter seconds Control Team Delta enters weapons at the ready in combat gear and black BDU's. They have both of them flexycuffed and gagged.

"Clear…"

As soon as the leader calls in, Lieutenant Ibuki comes in and rushes to the side of the naked clone. She looks to see that Misato was in the middle of clean and changing the bandages on her wound, she begins to set up her laptop and other medical equipment. Gendo Ikari enters and Delta goes to attention, Maya how ever is unable to as she is in the middle of connecting cords to the head of the Asuka clone.

"This isn't good sir…" Maya stutters as she tries to read her laptop screen. "We need to get a soul into her soon."

With the grind of his teeth Gendo looks to the two to thank for this. "Lieutenant, keep it alive at all costs." He walks over to Kaji and Misato who are on their knees, faces on the floor. "How did you find this place?"

Members of control team delta remove their gags and pull back on their hair so they look at the Commander. Kaji gives a sarcastic grin as he watches Maya work on the clone. "Oh I don't know, you see I was looking for the bathroom." Kaji's joke ends quickly as he is smacked with the butt of a SA-80.

Unwilling to stand the sight of Kaji being struck Misato calls out to her commander. "Yui! When she was in the Zero child she told me!"

"Misat…." Before Kaji can yell at her for lying he is struck in the head again by the butt of a rifle.

Blood comes from Kaji's now broken nose, spattering across Misato's face. "It was her… She told use…"

Gendo pulls out a Scom and holds it to Misato's head; she doesn't blink as stares down the barrel. When Maya calls out to the commander in duress he looks away and lowers his weapon. "Sir, I only have old Plug drivers to work with." He looks back to Misato and repeats the orders given to her. "I said at all costs!"

"I can't do this I need Ritsu…" Maya is frozen as now Gendo has the gun raised to her. She freezes as he tightens his grip on the weapon.

"She's not fucking here!"

Seeing desperation in Ikari for the first time Misato calls to him. "What so god damn important about that clone!" Her comment has her receive a blow to the back of the head.

Kaji watches in pain he lifts his head and eyes down the Delta member with distaste. "Its simple, he needs a new history erase button."

With a calming sigh Gendo puts his gun away and watches as Maya begins to stabilize the clone. With that out of the way he turns to Misato and Kaji. "If I didn't feel that you two weren't threats I would have killed you by now."

With a simple motion to a Delta member Gendo begins to leave as one of the men pulls out a sap, it takes only one strike to knock out Misato, Kaji however keeps his eye on the clone as he hears it scream out in pain. After three strikes from the sap the spy that was, is out cold.

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"Can we begin Again…."

With a black eye and a bandage around her head the newly demoted Captain Katsuragi stands in the NERV hospital wing that specializes in injuries incurred by EVA combat. She stands next to Ritsuko, who is for worse for ware as when the Angel went 'postal' she had her skull split open. She also broke her leg and uses a crutch to support herself.

They both over look a window that shows Shinji Ikari, Yukari Ayanami and Asuka Langley Souyu. Of course both now that it's not Asuka but a clone, a clone unlike Rei or Yukari, her body is human; however her growth was execrated by using Angel DNA coding. Her soul, probably the greatest creation of a lonely Lieutenant, now Captain Maya Ibuki of course when you have a gun to your head you could pull souls out of your ass to.

The silence is long but Ritsuko is willing to answer Misato's questions. "You're asking the wrong person." Sitting in with the rest of the pilots is Rei Ayanami however she is as far away from Asuka as possible. "Rei already knows that she's not the real thing, hell even it will know it's not the real thing, I give Maya credit she put together an AI program using old Entry Plug files."

With a small smile Misato takes note that the two now hold the same rank. "Well it might have been spotty work but Ikari did promote the girl for it."

"Poor Maya joint operations commander, she has to work with you now…" The two friends exchange a laugh as they look to see Yukari slowly rising out of bed.

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Slowly opening her eyes Yukari is greeted with the sight of Rei who sits next to her staring off into space with a book of brail on her lap. Seeing that her sister is unaware of her movements she smiles and raises her tightly bandaged hand and places it on Rei's side. The touch from Yukari brings joy to Rei even if she shows none; all she does is tightly grasp Yukari's hand. Words don't seem to be needed as Rei quietly rests her head onto Yukari's lap. "Everything will be okay sis…" They yellowed eyed heroin raises and surveys her surroundings to see Misato waving at her from a window, Shinji sleeping peacefully and Asuka…

"What the!"

With vivid detail Yukari remembers of the last time she saw Asuka. The strike to Unit Four was so perfect that it sliced the entry plug in two with it its pilot, all watched as a fourteen year old girl was cut in two, the Vid screen didn't go dead until the shaft of the spear struck the Entry Plug, by this time the screen was covered in the internal organs and blood of the wonce Asuka there wasn't much else to see, the damage was done. Remembering such a painful and gruesome seen, has Yukari cringes in fear.

"How is Asuka ali…."

"That is not Asuka." Rei's words are cold and void of emotion. "She is another creation of our creator a failed one at that."

"Pervert Gendo up to no good again…" Yukari looks away from the Asuka in front of her and to Rei. "I'm sorry…"

"For Asuka…" Rei lifts her head up and reaches out touching Yukari's face. "She tried to kill my sister, my comrade and Friend Pilot Ikari."

If there is one thing Yukari knows about her sister is that she can control her emotion, but the reason Rei doesn't cry is because there are no more tears left to cry. 'She is using no emotion to hide her emotions… She loved Asuka greatly…"

"Yukari…"

Not liking the crestfallen feeling she is having Yukari forces a smile onto her face. "We have to be strong Rei, Shinji is going to need us."

"I will be…"

The door opens and enters is Misato who runs over and hugs Yukari, forgetting that she is still injured. "MEOWWWWW!" Misato quickly lets Yukari go feeling guilty for hurting her.

"I'm glad you're awake!"

Yukari stretches a little just as Servo jump onto her lap. "SERVO!" Yukari cradles her cat and now the tears begin to flow as she is reminded of her bond to this animal.

There sound of Yukari tears of joy brings a slight smile to Rei who still grasps Yukari's leg. Next to her, Misato places her hand on Rei's shoulder as she watches Yukari cuddle with Servo. "Hey kiddo… We really need to talk about something…"

"Sure thing Majo…" Yukari looks at Misato rank with confusion. "Captain… Did you and Kaji get caught having sex…"

With a huge frown Misato gives a small pout. "You just and to go there…" Seeing that she is wrong Yukari attentively listens to Misato as she pets Servo. "It's about Asuka…"

"Asuka is dead." The tone is straight forward and dead on, Rei face becomes emotionless once more.

Knowing this is an up hill battle Misato can only pat Rei on the shoulder. "Yes… Asuka is dead…but this girl is Asuka to… her memories her very soul is Asuka." Before Rei can cut her off again Misato uses a tip she got from Ritsuko. "Rei you your self have died, yet we don't say your dead."

The first thing the bothers Rei is that how she knows of Rei I, seconded, how she dare compare her to the Asuka clone. "She is nothing like me…"

Able to keep up on her basic cloning skills on loan from Yui, Yukari comes to a sobering realization. "She's like me…"

This throws Rei into a loop she grasps her sister's hand tight. "That is not true…"

With a pleasing smile Yukari lets Servo to the end of the bed as she slowly gets out. With Rei help she stands and both sisters walk over to 'Asuka' Yukari reaches out and runs her hand across the girls face and hair. "Hello Asuka my name is Yukari…"

At first Rei wants to dispute calling her Asuka, but then she realizes what Yukari is doing. "Ms Souyu… I'm Pilot Ayanami…"

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From the entrance of the room Misato stands with confidence glad to see that they are willing to accept this child. From the observation window Misato looks to see that Maya Ibuki has arrived and is talking with Ritsuko, she goes off and joins her colleges by giving Maya a salute.

"Captain Ibuki, Captain Katsuragi Reports…"

Sinking behind Ritsuko, Maya begins to blush. "Captain…"

With a chuckle Misato pats Maya on the back. "Come on Maya, you're a captain now."

"I know…." Maya looks off to Asuka that rests peacefully with the Ayanami sisters sitting next to both Shinji and her talking. "It's just that…"

Studying Maya habits Ritsuko discovers the dilemma her student has. "You're suffering from LCS." Both Captains give a raised eyebrow to the doctor's comment. "It happens when you create life, its called Life Creator Syndrome."

Worried at the sound that's something is seriously wrong Maya takes hold of her teachers arm. "What does that mean is it curable…"

"Well…" Ritsuko looks away as she has to be the bring of bad news. "No because you're the fifteenth person in the world who created a life through cloning."

Putting some common sense into what being talked about Misato makes an observation. "She's suffering from motherhood."

Maya gives a small yipe as Ritsuko nods her head and goes to explain further. "Maya you created a life even if it wasn't intravenously life was created by your hands. So you feel responsible for that life."

The two watch as the girl in her late twenties passes out, falling to the ground. Both then look at each other with smiles. "Do you think we can begin again?"

With a glance at the pilots then to Maya, Ritsuko gives a nod. "Sure…"

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Next Problem…. Shinji's Big ass rock, Asuka II counts to ten.