Hey, it's been a while. I still don't own Eva, or much of anything else for that matter. If I make some adjustments to earlier chapters, I'm sorry. But it has been awhile and I didn't bother to reread the other chapters. so ya, now that that's said, on with the story.

Kidnapped ch4

"So where are we going?" was the first question Toji asked when he was sure they would get out of the school building with out being stopped. "Not that I have a problem with skipping, but I would like to know why."

"Well, I'm assuming that Shinji gave you the whole account of what happened last night. So if we say they got Rei as well, doesn't that make you think that NERV should know?" Asuka was still irritated at not being the one to figure out the connection, but she was also intrigued, it had been a while since the last attack, and a little excitement went a long way to cheering her up.

"Well, he said that you had gotten burglarized. And that Misato wasn't there. And you called the police."

Asuka was stunned, 'he listened to me?' "Well, that's not quite it..." and she went off, telling the whole story so that Shinji was very embarrassed over the whole thing.

"Wow!" Toji said once she had finished. "That's great! Wait till I tell,…" the thought died as soon as it had come, especially after he noticed the look on Asuka's face. He may have been slow, he may have been thick headed, but not even Toji was that slow.

"Uh, Asuka," Shinji stammered, completely missing the close call his friend had with an early demise. "Does this mean that were, uh, going to see, um, father?" Shinji shivered at the thought. "Because, I might be wrong, you know. And we would uh, look foolish if that were the case. Besides, Misato should come back from her conference tonight, and well, there should be some other way, don't you think?"

"Yes, Shinji, that's exactly what were going to do. I'm sure that he will be very interested in what you have to say." Asuka glanced over, and noticed that her companion of many battles was shivering. 'Well, he's not quite brave yet, but maybe, just maybe, he has it in him. After all, not everybody can even look the commander in the face. Much less tell him foolish sounding ideas. Oh well. He's right, I know it, so the commander will have to believe him!'

(Gendo's Office)

"What do you want? I don't have all day."

Looking up at his father, Shinji was petrified; and Asuka knew it. 'He's doing this on purpose! He has to be!' she thought to herself. 'He's trying to scare Shinji out of his wits to see if he'll pull through when need be. Well, now's not the time.' Thus decided she took action.

"Look, Shinji had this idea about a connection to what happened earlier today, to me, you see, I woke up and-" Gendo cut her off.

"I am well aware of this mornings events. Anything even remotely related to either of you is routed to me. Get to the point."

'He's doing it to me to!' She realized, but that didn't stop the slight tremble in her voice. "Sh-Shinji, tell him your conclusion."

Gapping open mouthed at his fellow pilot, Shinji gulped. 'He's not going to be able to do it!' Asuka summed up, 'well a little help is in order.' Sliding up next to Shinji Asuka whispered in his ear.

"You can shoot a gun, but not talk to your father? What kind of pilot are you? You shouldn't be allowed to even look at Eva again!"

Shinji automatically drew away from this verbal attack, and then as what she had said really struck him, he got mad. The back of his mind knew he was being manipulated, but it also realized that this was a good thing at this point in time, so it didn't alert the rest of the brain to the second's conniving taunt.

"I think that they have Rei." was what he started with. Then, as the urge to show his father, perhaps even get praise, combined with the irritation of what Asuka had said, surged through him, he said the whole story, including how he had come to the conclusion, and a couple of extra things he had just thought of while speaking. As he continued, Gendo's face may have altered slightly, but Asuka was willing to bet that it was just a slight shift in his glasses' position on his nose.

"And that's my theory." Shinji summed up. Asuka and Toji were both fairly impressed with the pilots spiel, but apparently Gendo was not.

"I'm sorry you came down hear. Rei was here for some testing. You have wasted your time." He replied. But, seeing the look on Asuka and Toji's faces, he decided that a little more faith crushing was in order. "But, as I am sure that you know better than me, I will send her up to escort you out. Send Rei up please, I have an errand for her." he said the last part to his intercom. "We will now wait." and with those words silence settled into the room.

Five minutes later, the door opened. And in walked Dr. Akagi.

"What is the meaning of this?" Gendo asked in a quite voice. "Why have you come, and where is the first?"

Seeming completely unfazed as usual, the Dr. responded with minimal emotion. "Against your orders, I let Rei go home last night, as we had finished testing early. As it was I who countered your orders, I am hear to do her errand for her."

"What time was it when you let her leave?" every one was shocked when Shinji blurted this question out. "When was it possible for her to get home?"

"Well, I suppose its possible that she was home by around 1" came the reply. Asuka knew where this was leading, and she could tell that Gendo had figured it out as well. 'Good for Shinji!' she thought, satisfied that he had won once, she stopped really paying attention.

Yes, that's it for now. If you really think that this thing should be continued, please tell me, cause I'm losing hope for it. Not much really happened in this chapter, but I think that it'll give you a good idea what's to come if I am to continue this. Any way, till next chapter, or another story. radire