Ok, after alot of thinking I finally thought of a way to continue this little project. I fixed up (hopefully) some of the character errors with Aoba that I made in the last chapter (I think I mixed up his first and last names) so this should be a bit more accurate. This chapter focuses a bit more on the sci-fi aspect of the story and a little less on the love story between Shinji and Asuka. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy.

Three days had already passed since Shinji and Asuka found Aoba alive near the remains of Tokyo 3. Three days of searching, and still no other survivors had been found. Asuka was beginning to think that their constant searching was pointless; clearly there was no one else around other that area other than the three of them. As she walked through the hallway of the small house in which they decided to stay, she sighed. If only we could find a car or something…mein Gott, you'd think there'd be at least ONE left!

Asuka stopped at the back of the hall, sliding the door to her room open. The house was like most of the other houses, a quaint, average Japanese home. Before she was able to shut the door after she stepped in, Shinji entered.

"Oh, hey Shinji."

"I…um…I just wanted to say goodnight…"

Asuka giggled a little. After spending two nights with her alone before finding Aoba, he still felt awkward coming into her room. "Oh, is that all huh?"

Shinji rubbed his left arm nervously. "Um…yeah…that's it I guess…"

It was too funny. When they were alone in the wilderness he could confess his love for her without inhibition, but put them into a house together and he became just as awkward as any other adolescent boy that tried to talk to a girl. With a mischievous grin on her face, Asuka moved towards him and shut the door before he could leave, keeping him pinned between her and the wall.

"Don't lie to me Shinji, I know just what your thinking," she said, leaning up against him as she spoke. His face quickly turned as red as a beet, and Asuka had to force herself not to laugh, even if it was cute in a way.

"Um…um…"

It was almost too much. He'd become so nervous he could hardly form words anymore. Asuka began to wonder just how nervous she could make him. Slowly, she leaned in to kiss him, taking his arms and placing them around her waist. As she planted a soft kiss upon his lips she began to run her hands across his arms. She hadn't even noticed that her desire to make him nervous had passed. What she wanted now was something more…

"Hey, are you two in there?"

Asuka sprang back with a start as Aoba began to open her door, her face bright red. When he peeked inside, he looked between the two of them, each of their faces holding hues of bright scarlet. Aoba instantly began to laugh.

"So you two are all hooked up now huh?"

"Shut up!" Asuka yelled, stamping her foot on the ground as he teased them.

Aoba couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. "Yep, that's all the proof I need!"

At this point even Shinji was beginning to laugh a little. Asuka, embarrassed to no ends, could feel her face getting even redder than it already was.

"SHUT UP!" she yelled again, turning around and storming away towards her bed.

Aoba forced himself to calm down, apologizing as he forced away the last of his laughter. "I just wanted to wish you both pleasant dreams. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to look for other survivors some more."

"Ok, goodnight Shigeru." Shinji said as Aoba left the room.

Asuka replied with a simple humph, and began to blush a little more when Aoba started laughing again as he left.

"Well, we'd better get some sleep," Shinji said. Asuka didn't reply to him either, clearly angry that he laughed too. "Well, goodnight Asuka."

Just before Shinji left, Asuka grabbed his arm. "Shinji, wait."

"Hmm?"

"IF YOU EVER LAUGH AT ME LIKE THAT AGAIN I'M GONNA BEAT THE SNOT OUTTA YOU!"

Shinji smiled, nodding and clearly trying to suppress another laugh.

"Well…ok then…I'm glad to see that you understand."

After she let go of his arm he leaned in and kissed her cheek. "Sleep well."

"Yeah…you too, Shinji."

Shinji left the room then, Asuka turning around and going back to her bed. She lied down, pulling the sheets over her as she let out a slightly frustrated sigh, thinking back on what just happened. Aoba had completely embarrassed her and what did Shinji do? He laughed! It was absolutely ridiculous! Still, thinking back on it, Asuka couldn't help but giggle a little herself. Well, I guess it was kinda funny…

With that thought, Asuka drifted off into sleep.

"The planet…the planet is changing…"

Asuka sat up in her bed with a start. Nervously she looked around the room for the source of the strange voice that spoke with her. It was still night, that much she could tell, but everything seemed to be hazed.

"Who…who's there?"

"The planet is changing…human's have lost their place…your kind does not belong…"

"Who are you? What are you talking about?"

"Humans…humans do not belong…humans must be replaced…humans must be destroyed…"

"What are you talking about? What do you want?"

"Humans…filthy, disgusting humans…humans will be destroyed…"

"Where are you? What do you want with me?" Asuka could hear the terror within her own voice; she could feel the cold sweat upon her skin. She looked frantically across the room for the source of the strange voice, but it wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"Humans will be destroyed…YOU WILL BE DESTROYED…"

Asuka was panicked. She crawled back to the corner of her bed, clutching her sheets like a vice. Her room began to slowly dissolve away, replaced by endless darkness. Everything around her was beginning to fade, and soon she was floating in the blackness. For some reason, she was no longer in her pajamas but her link suit for Eva unit 002.

"What's going on here? What do you want from me!"

Within the darkness, a small light formed and began drawing closer to her. Asuka didn't know how, but somehow she knew that light was the thing that was after her. She tried to run, but she couldn't move. The light approached and began to take a somewhat humanoid form. When it reached her, the thing towered over her, a humanoid giant of light.

"I want…your life…"

Asuka screamed as the creature reached out at her and grabbed her. It pulled her towards its face, a large mouth beginning to form. Asuka tried with all her might to get away, but she still couldn't move. God no, please don't let me die! She screamed as the monster dropped her into its mouth, its jaws clamping shut around her, engulfing her in darkness as she…

Asuka shot back in her bed with a scream, her arms held in front of her and eyes clenched shut. When she opened them, she realized that everything was the same as it was before. Asuka breathed out in relief, realizing she was just dreaming. Thank god, it was just… Asuka looked towards her door, startled by the sudden pounding against it.

"Asuka! Asuka, are you ok?"

Shinji didn't wait for her to answer. He came in and immediately headed over to her bedside, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"Are you alright?" he asked, a heavy level of concern in his voice.

"Yeah…yeah, I'm fine…it was just a bad dream was all…"

Shinji, too, let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. I was afraid something happened to you."

"Hey…what's goin on?"

"It's ok, Shigeru, I just had a nightmare was all." Asuka answered as Aoba peeked in the room.

"Oh…ok then…Asuka, you gonna be able to get back to sleep?"

"Yes, I should be ok."

"All right then…goodnight you two…"

Asuka and Shinji wished Aoba goodnight again as he left. Shinji then turned back to face Asuka once again. "Asuka, are you sure you'll be ok?"

"Yeah, I'll be ok. It was just a really scary nightmare."

"Do you need to talk to me about it?"

Asuka shook her head and yawned. "Not right now…I'll tell you about it tomorrow ok?"

Shinji nodded, giving her a kiss and wishing her goodnight as he left the room. "Hey, Shinji?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you could sleep in here with me tonight?"

Shinji smiled, heading back over to her bed and kissing her on the forehead. "Sure," he said, turning to leave so he could get his bedroll.

Once again, just before he exited the room, Asuka called out to him.

"Hmm?"

"I love you," she said.

He nodded. "I love you too."

With a smile on her face, Asuka settled back into her bed and started drifting off into sleep once more. Before she fell asleep, the last thing she noticed was Shinji re-entering the room and kissing her on the forehead before going to sleep himself. As she slipped into sleep once more, she could barely feel something at the back of her mind; a consciousness that wasn't there before…