So we left of with Rei wanting to talk with Genis. Will the others object? Please read on!

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CHAPTER FOURTY-FIVE: TALK

On top of a schooling facility appeared to be several figures. On one side were Genis, Xavier and Asuka (the one from the newly discovered world) and on the other side were Rei Ayanami and several darknuts backing her up.

"You want to talk?" asked Xavier. "Alright, try talking without those darknuts behind you."

"This doesn't concern you," replied Rei.

"Uh, Rei, he's right," said Genis. "If you want to talk with us then they'll have to leave."

Silence for a minute. Then, Rei turned to the darknuts saying, "Secure the perimeter. Make sure no one leaves."

Immediately, the darknuts proceeded back to the lobby, and guarded all the entrances.

"Done," she said. "Can we talk now?"

"No quite yet," replied Genis. "Throw down your weapons over there," he pointed to a nearby fence.

"Not unless you do so as well," added Rei, "and that goes for your friends as well."

"Alright."

"Say what?" asked Xavier. "Uh no, I don't trust her. She betrayed us, tried to kill us, sent the men in black after us…"

"Men in black?" she asked. "I do not understand."

"Like you don't know? You were standing right there. Then you called these guys that looked like they were on steroids and they chased us!"

"No…I do not remember that."

"You're lying through your teeth."

"That wasn't her," said Genis. "It was her…I mean, another Rei."

"NERV security personal," added Asuka. "They guard those who pilot the Eva's making sure nothing bad happens to them."

"Eva? You mean that purple monster from the other night?"

"That's one of them anyways…"

"Alright, how many Evas are there and who pilots them?" asked Xavier.

"There are four Evas: Unit 00, 01, 02, and 03. The pilot of the 03 named Toji Suzuhara is hospitalized at the moment. Pilot of the 02 is yours truly…"

"Hmm…people that we've faced before," mumbled Genis.

"Lemme guess who pilots the other two," replied Xavier. "Pilot of the 01 is Shinji Ikari and the pilot of the 00 is our favourite ice queen, Rei Ayanami."

"How did you know that?" asked Asuka.

"You may find this hard to believe but we're from another world called Sylvarant. In this world, a threat appeared out of nowhere. Under the command of Lord Irving, whom came from yet another world, angelic beings run our world into ruin.

Toji Suzuhara: The angel of Earth

Kaworu Nagisa: The angel of Darkness

Shinji Ikari: The angel of Light

Asuka Langley Sohryu: The angel of Fire

Rei Ayanami: The angel of Ice."

Xavier turned and faced Rei. "We have already defeated the angel of Earth the angels of fire and light have already defected to our side. All that needs to happen now is the angel of darkness and yourself to fall. Why should we talk to you?"

"…I don't want to talk to you or Asuka," replied Rei. "I only need to talk to Genis."

"Just Genis?"

"Only Genis."

"We still can't talk," said Genis.

"And why not?"

"You've haven't thrown down your weapons yet."

Rei unsheathed her sword and threw it against the fence. Genis threw away his kendama and Xavier threw down his dagger.

"…I feel naked without my dagger," said Xavier.

"What do you want from me?" asked Genis.

"Genis…you were the only one to care about my well-being," replied Rei. "I need to know why."

"Why what?"

"Why you treated me the way you did."

"Huh? Because you're still human and should be treated as one, all I see is that you're still one part human and one part angel."

"Before you thought I was all human, yet you never treated me differently…"

"That's because I thought as you as yet another victim of the Angelus Project."

"What's the Angelus Project?" whispered Asuka.

"You got me," replied Xavier.

"So it was out of pity then?" asked Rei.

"No, it was out of friendship," replied Genis.

"Then you wanted to be my…friend?"

"Well…yeah."

"………"

"What is it?"

"I am having a hard time understanding your motives. I don't know if I should trust you or not."

"I don't have motives. I don't intend to do something stupid like…"

"Defect to another side?"

"Yeah…there's that."

"Do you know why Asuka hates dolls?"

"Something…traumatic happened to her in the past…her mother thought as her as a doll and…well, she…"

"Hanged herself and a doll she thought that was me," replied Asuka.

"……then you understand…" said Rei.

"Understand what?"

"Our connection…that everything is connected."

She turned to Genis. "Through the mana links, we are connected. We feel the feelings exhibited by those in this world. Asuka's hatred of doll-like people in the land of Sylvarant is connected to her hatred in this world. And my ignorance to the concept of friendship…"

"Wondergirl in this world is very anti-social. No wonder you don't understand what friendship is because you don't trust anyone except Commander Ikari."

"Commander who?" asked Xavier.

"It matters not," replied Rei. "Since I only came here to see if Genis would join us…which he has no intention of doing, then I have no choice but to eliminate you all."
Suddenly, a beeper went off. Everyone turned heads. It was coming from Xavier.

"Whoops, cooling period's done," he said. "Genis, grab your things."
Genis grabbed his kendama and Xavier's dagger.

"What are you doing?" asked Rei. "I hope you're not planning on attacking me."

"The answer is simple," said Xavier, during the sides of the Crown. "We're leaving. See you Asuka. Have your people call my people."

A portal appeared and sucked the two in. They disappeared, only Asuka and Rei stood on the facility's roof.

"Hmm…this could be trouble," said Rei. Then another portal opened behind her. She walked into it, making all of the darknuts disappear with her. Only Asuka stayed on the roof. Shinji made his way to the roof.

"Asuka?" he asked. "What happened?"

Now, Asuka had two options. To either tell Shinji what happened or to shut up. And she knew Shinji wouldn't believe her so…

"Nothing baka," she said, pushing him out of the way. "Just leave me be." She walked off.

"Hmm…sure, whatever," Shinji said aloud.

So are Genis and Xavier back in their world? Only one way to find out. Please R&R and no flames.