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Chapter 2

Sitting in the crummy apartment Kou, Fiona, Raziel and Anata sat where they could and filled out applications out for jobs. Each of them with a cup of instant ramen. Taking his chop sticks, Kou took in some of the noodles and went back to his several job applications.

"This instant is nasty……." He said under his breath. "….. Good thing the information needed for applications are the same here as well."

"Tell me about it, this would suck if the info was different." Anata said. "And I don't think this instant is that bad."

The other three looked at Anata like she was slightly crazy.

"Are you kidding?" Fiona asked. "Mom would throw a fit if she even heard of us eating stuff this bad."

"Anata dear, are you feeling alright?" Kou asked.

"Did you hit your head?" Raziel then asked seconds later.

"You know what screw you guys." Anata said, "Watch."

Reaching over Anata took a peace of the beef from Raziel's beef ramen and stuck it in her mouth. "The beef is great." She said then she reached over to Fiona chicken Ramen and took a peace of chicken floating there in the broth. "And the chicken is wonderful!" then she reached for a cube of tofu floating around in Kou's Ramen and tuck it in her mouth. Instantly she stopped and looked at Kou.

"It's your Tofu…. It's bad tofu!" She said just before running to the bathroom to barf up all she had just ate.

Fiona and Raziel looked at Kou, who had a confused look. Wanting to know how bad, Fiona picked up Kou's cup of instant Ramen and read the expiration date.

"Umm… Kou you've been eating fifteen year old Ramen." Fiona said.

Taking the cup of ramen back from Fiona, Kou read it for him self. It was true. There on the side of the cup was the date. 'Must sale by July 5th 1999.' Slowly putting the cup back in the floor in front of him, Kou took his chop sticks and placed them across the top of the cup of ramen and carefully slid it to his side.

"Let's get back to filling out the applications." Kou said as his face slowly changed a slight shade of green.

Doing her best to hide her giggles, Fiona went back to her applications. Raziel on the other had noticed one thing that went unnoticed.

"I don't mean to change the topic from Kou and Anata eating fifteen year old Tofu, but where is everyone going to sleep?" Raziel said.

Looking around at the small apartment, Fiona and Kou found that Raziel had a good point. There in the apartment was one small bed a desk with a chair. Then that was it, nothing else nothing more there in the living room/bedroom part of the apartment.

Just then Anata came back out of the bathroom.

"I forgot about the toilet…… Hay what's wrong?" She asked when she found that everyone was thinking about something.

"It seems that Raziel has pointed out one detail we over looked." Kou said. "Our sleeping arrangements."

Looking at the small apartment Anata quickly came to the same realization as the others. "Oh damn…. That's not good." She muttered.

"Indeed… Any ideas?" Kou asked looking for any idea.

Thinking fast, Anata grabbed Fiona's arm and dragged her over to the door. "You two stay here; we'll be back in a minute or so."

As soon as the two where gone, Raziel and Kou looked over at each other.

"You catch that?" Raziel asked.

Kou shook his head and let out a heavy sigh. "I didn't catch a thing out of what she just said…."

Back out side, Anata and Fiona stopped in front of an apartment. Anata knocked on the door.

"Who lives here?" Fiona asked, noticing the stack of mail sticking out of the mail box.

"When Kou and I went out to get the food, we met this girl that lives here." Anata replied, "I'm going to ask her if she has a blanket or two to spare until we can get some of our own."

There wasn't any answer at the door so Anata knocked on the door again. then slowly the door opened, the first thing Fiona saw from the door was a set of crimson eyes looking back, then a girl a little bit younger then she walked in to the sun light.

"Yes?" the Girl asked at the door.

"Hi Rei Ayanami? You remember me right?" Anata asked.

Rei nodded.

"I was wondering if my sister and I can barrow two blankets." Anata asked, "Just a couple of days, then we can return them nice and clean."

As Anata pleaded her case to the blue haired girl, Fiona couldn't help but just stare at Rei, something was different about this girl. She wasn't Goddess, that would have easy to notice, she wasn't a demon… no she was something else.

As Anata talked to Rei, Rei couldn't help but feel something about this new girl's sister. Something she felt was familiar about the girl. 'What is this feeling of familiarity? I have felt this sensation before… An Eva? No she is not that, an angle? No…. NERV would have been alerted to her presence.' Rei thought to her self.

"…. Well anyways What do you say Rei?"

Hearing something that sounded like a question, Rei looked over at Anata.

"Yes, please wait here…." Rei said as she disappears back in to her apartment. Once she was gone Fiona nudged Anata in the side.

"Did you notice something strange about her?"

Anata glanced over at Fiona. "What besides the red eyes and blue hear?"

Fiona shook her head. "No there is something else."

"Not really….." Before Anata could finish what she was about to say, Rei returned to the door with two blankets and handed to them.

"Thank you so much Rei, we'll have these back to you as soon as possible." Anata said with a smile.

But all Rei did was close the door and went back to her studies.

Out side Fiona and Anata stood there at the door a little shocked, Slowly Anata looked back over at Fiona.

"Okay that thing you said about her being strange, you're right, she is."

"I told you."

Back in the apartment, Kou and Raziel finished with filling out their applications when Fiona and Anata returned with the blankets. Kou gave Anata a questioning look. "Where did you get those from?"

"Remember Rei, Well I talked to her."

"Yeah Raziel…. If you have the chance, you should go and talk to Rei." Fiona said. "And tell me if you cane tell something is strange about that Girl."

"Umm.... okay…."

"Okay she has blue hair and red eyes, get over it."

Mean while deep underground in the NERV facility, Shinji placed that was found cross on a table where some scanning devices where pointing at it the surface of the table.

"That's good Shinji now back away from the table." The doctor said over an intercom.

Doing what he was told as always, Shinji stepped away from the table. As soon as he did a layer of glass or at least that's what it looked like to him slide over the table.

Up in an observation deck, Commander Ikari and doctor Akagi watched as Shinji backed away from the table. The commander turned to Dr. Akagi.

"What is it?" The Commander asked.

Ritsuko shrugged her shoulders. "We don't know… But it has great power, and Shinji so far is the only one that can touch it."

"I see…." Readjusting his glasses Ikari turned away from the window. "I will expect a full report."

Ritsuko nodded. "Of course."

Then the commander walked out of the room.

Just out side the lab, Shinji found Misato waiting for him.

"So Shinji, how's it feel to find something new?" Misato asked.

Shinji shrugged his shoulders. "It's okay I guess…." He replied. "I never found anything of singnifanace."

"Maybe they're call it Shinji's cross from the heavens…."

Shinji frowned. "Thanks I guess…."

As night fell across Tokyo-3 and our four visitors from another universe settled in to bed. They had found a small radio and had found a station that played half way decently. Anata and Kou lay silently on the bed, not feeling to great that Fiona and Raziel where sleeping on the floor that was not too clean. Resting her head on Kou chest, Anata let out a heavy sigh. Noticing that something was bothering his love, Kou brought his arm up and around her.

"Something bothering you?" He asked in a whisper, so not to wake the other two.

"No really how I thought our first night in our own place would be like." Anata replied.

"What matters to me the most is that I can be here like this with you after so long." Kou whispered. "God how I missed you….."

Anata pulled the blanket close to her and Kou and Snuggled in for the night and slowly drifted to sleep.

Back at the NERV Compound, Commander Ikari was for the night the night time commanding officer on duty. Sitting up at his desk that over looked the command room, HE read over some systems reports, when Maya approached the Commander.

"Sir, We've detected an object coming over the moons hourizon."

"IS it an angle?" HE asked tapping his glasses back up.

Maya shook her head. "It's unknown sir, but the magi have given it a forty five percent chance that it is an angle."

Standing up from his desk, Commander Ikari looked out over the command room then back at Maya. "What is the unknown's ETA?"

"Five hours, fifteen minutes and thirty two seconds." The Maya replied.

"Vary well contact Major Katsuragi and apprise her of the situation and have all three Eva's prepped of battle."

Back at the Katsuragi residence, Shinji looked up at his ceiling like he did so many times before. Just barely able to hear the phone ring over Menuets I and II as it played in his ear buds. But with out Misato telling him what the call was about Shinji knew… That was another angle on the way. Rolling over on his side facing away from the door, Shinji turned down the sound to his SDAT player so he could here Misato come in and tell him what he already know.

Hearing the door open like he knew it would, Shinji closed his eyes and acted like he was asleep.

"Shinji." Misato said, knowing that he wasn't asleep. "That was Head Quarters, something's heading for Earth, they think it's an angle…. We leave for NERV in about four hours, try and get some sleep."

Hearing the door close, Shinji rolled back over to his back to look up at the ceiling. "Another Angle….."

Across town, Anata awaken with a jerk, Her eyes snapping open and she quickly sat up. Feeling his love wake up, Kou sat up slightly.

"What… What is it?" Kou asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. "Was it one of your dreams?"

Anata just shook her head. "Don't you feel it? Shadow are here and their coming close."

"Are you sure?" Kou asked.

"They came for me…. Some how they came from Our universe and made it here….. They're after something."

Kou shook his head. "Are you sure it wasn't a dream, Remember I could feel a Shadow if there was any here….." Kou paused and pulled Anata closer to him, trying to help her calm down. "Go back to sleep….. I wont let any bad dreams come for you."

Resting her head again on Kou chest, Anata slowly fall back to sleep, still unable to shake the feeling that there where Shadow heading in their direction. But what Kou had said was true, he out of any other god in the universe has more hate for the Shadow Shadows for taking his elder brother's life. But Anata…. She too hated the Shadow for all the pane they've caused her.

Falling ever deeper in to sleep, Anata could still feel the Shadow's presence, she felt it grow stronger with every passing moment and with each passing moment her scars from past battles seemed to sting as she remembered.

"Sir, The magi has given the unknown a pattern of black! And they have estimated the landing point some three miles out side Tokyo-3!"

Commander Ikari looked over the information. "What is the status of all three pilots?"

"The first child is currently in the cage awaiting orders, and the second and third child are currently on the way, they are now in cargo left five heading to parking lot b-3."

Commander Ikari looked out to the command room. "Move Rei to block five, equip her with her rifle." The Commander ordered. "Rei provide Cover fire for unit's 01 and 02."

"Yes Commander." Rei replied over the radio.

"Unit's 01 and 02 intercept the target and destroy it."

Across town, Anata awoken from her sleep again. She looked out to the window the second she sat up in the bed. Then she shook Kou to wake him. "Kou it's a shadow. There is one here!"

"Are you sure? Are you sure that there is one here." Kou asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

Anata shook her head yes. Kou saw the look in her eyes, she was sure. She was sure with every bit that she was sure of her own existence. Nodding Kou climbed out of the bed and went over to where Raziel was sleeping on the floor.

"Raziel… Raziel wake up my friend." Kou whispered.

"Ugh…. Let me sleep…. Please just let me sleep." Raziel muttered half a sleep.

"Raziel, Anata and I need your help."

Slowly opening his eyes, Raziel looked up at Kou. "Dose trouble fallow you two all the time?"

Kou smiled down at his friend, and offered his had to Raziel. "Sometimes it seems that it dose…. But Anata needs our help, wake your sister I need to calm down Anata."

"Right I'll get Fiona up."

Kou nodded and turned back at Anata just in time to see, his love make her way to the door. getting up quickly Kou stopped her before her hand could touch the door knob.

"Where do you think you're off to in such a hurry?" Kou asked.

"It's different, it's big, it's a city killer."

"Calm your self Anata. Running head on in to a battle is not bright." Kou said holding Anata back. "If we confront this evil we do so together."

Anata quickly turned and shot Kou a glair that he's only seen once before. The look she gave him just before she went in to the shadow realm. "Right… Raziel? How's Fiona."

"I'm up…. What's going on?" Fiona asked still waking up.

"Remember the shadow I've told you about?" Anata asked back.

Fiona nodded. "Yeah how can I forget all the stories you've told me. Some of them still give me the chills."

"Well you're about to meet a shadow up close and personal." Anata said, looking over at Fiona. Showing her sister her now slightly glowing blue eyes. "I must rid this world of the shadow… it is my presence here in this universe that brought them here…." Anata said, and then before the others had the chance to do anything Anata went out the door, jumped on to the railing out side, and then she lifted up off the rail in to the sky.

"Damn it! Anata! Raziel, Fiona come on we better go and stop her." Kou shouted chasing after his love.

Getting up Fiona and Raziel fallowed Kou on out in to the dark. Fallowing Anata, for a good five miles out side the city, they finally found her standing on a hill top looking out at the dandy lion field.

"Anata as you can see, there is nothing there. Now come, all of us need our sleep." Kou said placing his hand on Anata's shoulder, but was quickly met with a glare.

"I know they're here. I felt them and even you felt them." Anata said coldly at Kou.

"Maybe there is something nature from this universe that can set this feeling off in us. Don't jump to things." Kou replied calmly.

"Yeah sis, I'm sure if there was a shadow thing around here it would have shown it self by now." Fiona said trying to reinsure her sister.

"Yeah…" Raziel chimed in. "I've fought those things too and they would have……"

Before Raziel could finish what he was going to say there was an explosion that rocked everything to the core. Anata turned to the others.

"Told you…"

Deep in side NERV, the angle alarms started to sound. And everyone started to run around the compound doing their jobs.

"Pattern confirmed! It's an Angle! All personal to battle stations, condition red! I repeat Condition red!"

Dr. Akagi ran over to a desk and pressed a button, activating a small view screen. "Misato, it's time! Have the children deploy!"

In the control room, Misato nodded. "Right!" then she turned to the rest of the crew. "Launch EVA'S!"

In the launch cage the three Eva's launched but none with a power cable.

"Why are we doing this with out power cables?" Asuka asked over the com link.

Misato's face came up on a screen quickly. "We didn't have time to attach one. We knew that something was there but we had to launch!"

"What if we can defeat this thing in five minutes!?" Shinji asked, his face appearing on a second screen.

"Where's having mobile charging units deploying at the location right now!" Misato replied. "Just be careful out there you three I have a bad feeling about this one."

T.B.C.