Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or any of its characters
A/n: reminding everyone. "This is someone talking" =this is someone thinking. = Sorry for the wait people. The eye of terror is upon us and I needed to participate. Good times if you know what that means. =)
Chapter 6: when it started
It had been a long night for both Shinji and Rei. Shinji got in a whole 2 hours of sleep and Rei was crying so much last night that she looked as if she hadn't slept at all. Life to the Eva pilots was harsh indeed. No one knew how appalling it really was unless they were a component of NERV.
Rei unenthusiastically got ready for school. Rei got ready promptly so she started out her door, not locking it behind her. She looked at the time it was 7:02. Shinji was late. Rei began feeling nervous that Shinji was hurt inside his room. She had just made up her mind to go check on him when he came out his door. She almost sighed in relief but just stared at him instead.
Both of them noticed how tired they looked but was baffled to see that each of them had had a hard night. A smile crossed Shinji face as he said, "Good morning Rei. Looks like you slept just as well as I did." Rei look puzzled for an instant but then knew exactly what he was talking about. She then began to wonder why he had such an unpleasant night.
They walked in a silence but it was not uncomfortable. They were glad to spend time together. Each other's presence was enough to keep them happy, now that they were still getting used to spending time with people they cared about. Both being the quiet person that they are they didn't say anything to the other students in their class. They just sat down, Rei by the window and Shinji to the right of her. The day was looking to be boring but that didn't faze them in the least.
Back at NERV headquarters:
"Well Fuyutsuki, there at school, keep them under surveillance. I don't want them running off somewhere where we will not be able to get them in an instances notice." Fuyutsuki nodded and stepped back out of Gendo's office. =When was it that he changed into the cold person he is now? All he cares about is figures and readings. Not even his own son remembers him as he was. Hmm I remember when he changed now that I think about it. It was at that precise moment that Yui was absorbed into Unit one. What happened back then cannot be changed. =
=I remember hearing his last conversation with Yui. He loved then. He only wanted her to be happy. He wanted the world for her. =
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"Its almost time for the first synchronization test Gendo. You don't wanna keep them waiting on me." Yui said as Gendo was hugging her.
"I just had a bad feeling about this one." Gendo said not releasing his hold.
Fuyutsuki walked by seeing the two of them embracing, "hey you two this isn't the time for that." He smiled and went for the control room.
"Ok then Gendo, promise me that if something were to go wrong that you would try, by any mean necessary, to make the world a total utopia. A place where peace and love were the only things on everyone's mind." Yui said this jokingly. But Gendo wanted it to come true, for her. "I promise Yui, by every mean I will change the planet for the better." Yui smiled at him and stuck her tongue at him before she exited to unit 01. Gendo couldn't help but laugh.
Gendo walked up to the control room quickly. The test was beginning. Gendo was predicting the worst would happen; when it did, he still couldn't believe it. Yui's sync ratio was above 200% and still climbing. She slowly faded into the unit. The last the monitors picked up of her was a voice saying, "Promise to.. Take care.. of"
She was gone. The experiment was a total failure. More important to Gendo was the promise he made her. =Nothing will stand in my way. I will step on everyone to get to the top. When I do that, I will be able to control the outcome of the third impact. The world will resemble that of Yui's peaceful and loving one. I will be able to bring her back to me. Until then there will be hell to pay in reaching it. I'll make sure not to suffer alone. =
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=Yes indeed, that was the day it all went wrong. The day Yui left this world to join the Eva's. = Fuyutsuki walked away feeling worse than he had felt in a long time. Two of his friends were lost that day. He knew he could never get them back. "I guess I have to go and make sure the kids are kept in check now."
Back at school:
The lunch bell rang and everyone sighed in relief as the droning voiced teacher left for his break. Hikari came over to Shinji to welcome him on behalf of the whole class. Rei took this time to slip away and get away from the crowd that was now gathering around Shinji and Hikari. "Hey by the way do you know Rei. I saw you two come in together and you even sat next to each other, and you're both hurt pretty bad. It was when the Eva was fighting the angel wasn't it?"
Shinji was taken back for a second at her last comment. How did she know he was the new Eva pilot? "How did you know that Rei and I were pilots?" Just then everybody's eyes grew large and there was a burst of excitement. No one knew of him or Rei being the pilots. He felt trapped and answered all the questions he thought that he could do so without getting in trouble for revealing secrets.
By the time people gave Shinji a breath, there was only ten minutes to eat his lunch. He quickly devoured it sitting on a bench outside. He had just enough time to ask Rei if he could walk her home. He saw here sitting on a bench by herself reading a math book. Shinji sat down beside her and said, "hey Rei.. Um I can walk you home right?" Rei studied Shinji for a moment making him very nervous under her look. "It seems only logical as we are friends that live in close proximity. That is acceptable Shinji." Shinji felt pleased that he got that question out of the way. He'd been meaning to ask her earlier.
As the bell began to ring and notify lunch was over, two boys walked up to Shinji. One of them seemed angry and the other was trying to calm the angry one down. "I need to see you after class newcomer. We need to talk about something." Shinji didn't know what to expect from this. He was confused, and a little scared that the boy whose name he heard was Toji wanted to talk.
Back in class time was against Shinji. It was going fast and he didn't want to know what was going to happen between him and Toji. He seemed so angry about something, and it looked like it was directed at Shinji. Shinji kept glancing around the room to see if anyone else was aware of what was going to happen. No one seemed to know what Toji wanted to, or they had no concern on what was going to happen.
Shinji leaned over to Rei and said, "you know Rei, I think we won't be able to walk home together. I have to talk to Toji after school. It seems important to him" with not even a seconds passing moment she said, "then I will wait for you Shinji." Shinji wasn't expecting that one. As Rei turned her watchful eyes to the window Shinji couldn't help but smile warmly at it. She was really his first friend.
A ringing bell shot Shinji out of his smile. He knew that he was going to have a not so nice conversation with that Toji guy. Shinji walked out to the side of the school where he was to meet Toji and Kensuke. Unbeknownst to Shinji, Rei had gone and sat under the shade of a tree just out of his sight to wait for him.
When Toji saw that Shinji had come, he walked over to him and without warning punched him in the face causing Shinji to fall to the ground. "Sorry newcomer, I had to slug ya one to work out my own anger. That Eva thing destroyed half the city." Shinji rubbed his mouth and said under his breath, " I had no choice, I they made me pilot the Eva." That set Toji off again. He quickly walked to Shinji and picked him up by his collar.
Right before Toji was about to bring his drawn back fist to Shinji's face again. Toji felt someone grab his shoulder and gently push him while he felt a leg behind him move forward. He fell to the g round completely oblivious to who it was. It was Rei. After Toji looked up at her she turned to Shinji and placed a hand on his chin to examine him. Shinji was in too much in a shock to say or do anything.
Toji jumped to his feet shouting, "hey this is between us, stay out of this Ayanami." She then took her attention off Shinji and faced Toji with a frown on her face. Toji was now the one to be shocked. He'd never seen Rei express any emotions or interest in anything at school. She walked up to Toji, causing him to take a step back. Her crimson eyes showed a vast amount of rage projected towards Toji. She drew her left hand back and struck Toji fiercely across his face. A large red print was now on Toji's face.
Kensuke took a step toward Toji and said to him, " haha, oh boy Toji, you had that one coming." Kensuke then looked at Rei and Shinji. Shinji was now standing beside Rei. He had a split lip and dry blood had formed on the corner of his mouth. Rei was still focusing her gaze on Toji when she moved closer to Shinji. She looked like she was predator positioning herself for the killing blow. She was now at Shinji's side and her expression had lightened. She took his right hand saying, "We are not required to stay here any longer Shinji. Let us go."
Just then an air siren when off and the shelter procedures were instructed over a loud speaker. Rei now seemed more focused, "we must report to headquarters." They both began running to NERV as fast as possible still taking into consideration their not fully healed bodies. Scanning in their security cards they entered quickly and in the state of emergency the elevator worked faster than normally allowed. As soon as it stopped, Lt. Ritsuko Akagi ran to Shinji and Rei saying, "get your plug suits on, it's an angel."
Quickly they were both in their suits. Rei was to remain at headquarters because repairs to unit 00 were not complete. She would only be called if unit 01 failed. Shinji was escorted to his entry plug while Rei was to the command room. Shinji and NERV were preparing for battle when Rei sat at a monitor to see what would soon transpire.
=Shinji is putting his life at risk and there is no way for me to protect him. The angel has the intention of killing the Eva if it is threatened. = Rei rested her head on her hands and stared into the monitor, "I do not feel well."
The anxiety that Rei was feeling was mistake by her for sickness. Nothing could prepare her for what she was feeling for Shinji. Back at school she became so angry when someone inflicted physical pain on him. But now that Shinji had a chance of having his life taken, her thoughts on him began to come into perspective. She didn't know her feelings were going to take such a toll on her.
She occasionally glanced at the monitors to check on the well fair of Shinji. Every time she saw his heart was still beating she would put her head back in her hands to wait for the destruction of the angel. Shinji's power cable was then cut causing the whole control room to panic. They ordered a momentary retreat for unit 01.
Meanwhile on the battlefield, Shinji was thrown threw the air landing on a hill. Toji and Kensuke were already outside watching the battle firsthand. Unit 01 landed right beside them barely missing them with his hand. Shinji struggled to move after his fall and saw both his fellow classmates.
Misato saw this on the monitor and order Shinji to let them in the entry plug and then continue with the retreat. Once Shinji let them into the Eva he lost control of it. Nothing was responding to him. The extra company was messing up his brain pattern from their thought interference. Shinji couldn't even focus in what anyone was saying to him. All he had an image of was of everyone dying if he didn't defeat this angel. Then he imagined Rei being killed by it.
Right then everything clicked into place. His controls came back on line and anger grew inside him. A faded voice of Misato's came through his comm. Link telling him, "Shinji! Move! Get your ass out of there!" Shinji was immune to her words and kept muttering to himself, "I mustn't run away" over and over. With a scream of rage he lunged himself towards the angel pulling out his progressive knife.
Rei stood up from her seat when she heard Shinji scream. She felt relieved that it was out of rage but it had frightened her a little. No one she had ever known had expressed themselves on such raw emotions. "Has Shinji changed as a person, or is he expressing himself the only way he knows how. I hope that he does not change. I hope to one day be able to express myself as he does.. It does make him a better fighter in his Evangelion. I will have to adjust cause that is my purpose, to pilot the Evangelion unit 00 and defeat the angels"
Shinji had destroyed the angels in a seemingly inebriated rage just as his last measure of his power reserves faded. Shinji, Toji, and Kensuke were now sitting in the dark of the entry plug. All that could be heard was the supple crying of Shinji.
Misato was angry that Shinji had disobeyed a direct order from her, but she was also scared for him. She knew that commander Ikari had seen this. Who knows what he would do when he got is hands on Shinji.
Toji and Kensuke were sent back to the shelters and Shinji was brought into the command room when Gendo was now waiting. Shinji stepped in and Rei flashed him a relieved and compassionate look. That had helped him feel better but the feeling soon faded when he saw his father. He knew what he wanted to talk about.
"Well Shinji, why did you disobey a direct order?"
"I was only following the orders that you gave me."
Gendo stood with a look on his face trying to recollect what Shinji was talking about. He never gave him any order that would override all others. Then he remembered. "I told him that he was to pilot the Evangelion and destroy the angels. That is what he was supposed to do above all else." Gendo smiled to himself a bit.
"So you do listen when I talk. Good. You do not know what to do when your orders conflict. Strange case indeed. I was going to issue you to solitary confinement for three days, but since you have followed my initial order I will have to think of another more suitable punish for you later. You are dismissed."
Shinji wanted to smile but thought that his father was leading him into a trap. He took one last cautious look at him and left for his residence. Everyone in the command room was shocked at Gendo's new sense of logic and reasoning. No one trusted him when he was nice. He was not the kind of person that you would trust under any circumstances.
Rei then began walking to leave as well when Gendo said, "Rei. We need to speak of what the next order of operations will be. My plan will proceed as scheduled." He motion for Rei to follow him. She obeyed and exited with Gendo. Everyone knew that he was going to use Rei to get at Shinji.
Misato was going to go after him in hopes to so something but Ritsuko grabbed her arm and said, "There's nothing you can do to help her now but wait."
A/n: sorry again for the wait and for any grammar mistakes that were in this chapter. My proofreader got tired so I fired her and she went to sleep. I'll rehire her when she wakes up. I just needed to get this up as soon as I could. So away we go. Next chapter is in progress as you read this.
A/n: reminding everyone. "This is someone talking" =this is someone thinking. = Sorry for the wait people. The eye of terror is upon us and I needed to participate. Good times if you know what that means. =)
Chapter 6: when it started
It had been a long night for both Shinji and Rei. Shinji got in a whole 2 hours of sleep and Rei was crying so much last night that she looked as if she hadn't slept at all. Life to the Eva pilots was harsh indeed. No one knew how appalling it really was unless they were a component of NERV.
Rei unenthusiastically got ready for school. Rei got ready promptly so she started out her door, not locking it behind her. She looked at the time it was 7:02. Shinji was late. Rei began feeling nervous that Shinji was hurt inside his room. She had just made up her mind to go check on him when he came out his door. She almost sighed in relief but just stared at him instead.
Both of them noticed how tired they looked but was baffled to see that each of them had had a hard night. A smile crossed Shinji face as he said, "Good morning Rei. Looks like you slept just as well as I did." Rei look puzzled for an instant but then knew exactly what he was talking about. She then began to wonder why he had such an unpleasant night.
They walked in a silence but it was not uncomfortable. They were glad to spend time together. Each other's presence was enough to keep them happy, now that they were still getting used to spending time with people they cared about. Both being the quiet person that they are they didn't say anything to the other students in their class. They just sat down, Rei by the window and Shinji to the right of her. The day was looking to be boring but that didn't faze them in the least.
Back at NERV headquarters:
"Well Fuyutsuki, there at school, keep them under surveillance. I don't want them running off somewhere where we will not be able to get them in an instances notice." Fuyutsuki nodded and stepped back out of Gendo's office. =When was it that he changed into the cold person he is now? All he cares about is figures and readings. Not even his own son remembers him as he was. Hmm I remember when he changed now that I think about it. It was at that precise moment that Yui was absorbed into Unit one. What happened back then cannot be changed. =
=I remember hearing his last conversation with Yui. He loved then. He only wanted her to be happy. He wanted the world for her. =
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"Its almost time for the first synchronization test Gendo. You don't wanna keep them waiting on me." Yui said as Gendo was hugging her.
"I just had a bad feeling about this one." Gendo said not releasing his hold.
Fuyutsuki walked by seeing the two of them embracing, "hey you two this isn't the time for that." He smiled and went for the control room.
"Ok then Gendo, promise me that if something were to go wrong that you would try, by any mean necessary, to make the world a total utopia. A place where peace and love were the only things on everyone's mind." Yui said this jokingly. But Gendo wanted it to come true, for her. "I promise Yui, by every mean I will change the planet for the better." Yui smiled at him and stuck her tongue at him before she exited to unit 01. Gendo couldn't help but laugh.
Gendo walked up to the control room quickly. The test was beginning. Gendo was predicting the worst would happen; when it did, he still couldn't believe it. Yui's sync ratio was above 200% and still climbing. She slowly faded into the unit. The last the monitors picked up of her was a voice saying, "Promise to.. Take care.. of"
She was gone. The experiment was a total failure. More important to Gendo was the promise he made her. =Nothing will stand in my way. I will step on everyone to get to the top. When I do that, I will be able to control the outcome of the third impact. The world will resemble that of Yui's peaceful and loving one. I will be able to bring her back to me. Until then there will be hell to pay in reaching it. I'll make sure not to suffer alone. =
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=Yes indeed, that was the day it all went wrong. The day Yui left this world to join the Eva's. = Fuyutsuki walked away feeling worse than he had felt in a long time. Two of his friends were lost that day. He knew he could never get them back. "I guess I have to go and make sure the kids are kept in check now."
Back at school:
The lunch bell rang and everyone sighed in relief as the droning voiced teacher left for his break. Hikari came over to Shinji to welcome him on behalf of the whole class. Rei took this time to slip away and get away from the crowd that was now gathering around Shinji and Hikari. "Hey by the way do you know Rei. I saw you two come in together and you even sat next to each other, and you're both hurt pretty bad. It was when the Eva was fighting the angel wasn't it?"
Shinji was taken back for a second at her last comment. How did she know he was the new Eva pilot? "How did you know that Rei and I were pilots?" Just then everybody's eyes grew large and there was a burst of excitement. No one knew of him or Rei being the pilots. He felt trapped and answered all the questions he thought that he could do so without getting in trouble for revealing secrets.
By the time people gave Shinji a breath, there was only ten minutes to eat his lunch. He quickly devoured it sitting on a bench outside. He had just enough time to ask Rei if he could walk her home. He saw here sitting on a bench by herself reading a math book. Shinji sat down beside her and said, "hey Rei.. Um I can walk you home right?" Rei studied Shinji for a moment making him very nervous under her look. "It seems only logical as we are friends that live in close proximity. That is acceptable Shinji." Shinji felt pleased that he got that question out of the way. He'd been meaning to ask her earlier.
As the bell began to ring and notify lunch was over, two boys walked up to Shinji. One of them seemed angry and the other was trying to calm the angry one down. "I need to see you after class newcomer. We need to talk about something." Shinji didn't know what to expect from this. He was confused, and a little scared that the boy whose name he heard was Toji wanted to talk.
Back in class time was against Shinji. It was going fast and he didn't want to know what was going to happen between him and Toji. He seemed so angry about something, and it looked like it was directed at Shinji. Shinji kept glancing around the room to see if anyone else was aware of what was going to happen. No one seemed to know what Toji wanted to, or they had no concern on what was going to happen.
Shinji leaned over to Rei and said, "you know Rei, I think we won't be able to walk home together. I have to talk to Toji after school. It seems important to him" with not even a seconds passing moment she said, "then I will wait for you Shinji." Shinji wasn't expecting that one. As Rei turned her watchful eyes to the window Shinji couldn't help but smile warmly at it. She was really his first friend.
A ringing bell shot Shinji out of his smile. He knew that he was going to have a not so nice conversation with that Toji guy. Shinji walked out to the side of the school where he was to meet Toji and Kensuke. Unbeknownst to Shinji, Rei had gone and sat under the shade of a tree just out of his sight to wait for him.
When Toji saw that Shinji had come, he walked over to him and without warning punched him in the face causing Shinji to fall to the ground. "Sorry newcomer, I had to slug ya one to work out my own anger. That Eva thing destroyed half the city." Shinji rubbed his mouth and said under his breath, " I had no choice, I they made me pilot the Eva." That set Toji off again. He quickly walked to Shinji and picked him up by his collar.
Right before Toji was about to bring his drawn back fist to Shinji's face again. Toji felt someone grab his shoulder and gently push him while he felt a leg behind him move forward. He fell to the g round completely oblivious to who it was. It was Rei. After Toji looked up at her she turned to Shinji and placed a hand on his chin to examine him. Shinji was in too much in a shock to say or do anything.
Toji jumped to his feet shouting, "hey this is between us, stay out of this Ayanami." She then took her attention off Shinji and faced Toji with a frown on her face. Toji was now the one to be shocked. He'd never seen Rei express any emotions or interest in anything at school. She walked up to Toji, causing him to take a step back. Her crimson eyes showed a vast amount of rage projected towards Toji. She drew her left hand back and struck Toji fiercely across his face. A large red print was now on Toji's face.
Kensuke took a step toward Toji and said to him, " haha, oh boy Toji, you had that one coming." Kensuke then looked at Rei and Shinji. Shinji was now standing beside Rei. He had a split lip and dry blood had formed on the corner of his mouth. Rei was still focusing her gaze on Toji when she moved closer to Shinji. She looked like she was predator positioning herself for the killing blow. She was now at Shinji's side and her expression had lightened. She took his right hand saying, "We are not required to stay here any longer Shinji. Let us go."
Just then an air siren when off and the shelter procedures were instructed over a loud speaker. Rei now seemed more focused, "we must report to headquarters." They both began running to NERV as fast as possible still taking into consideration their not fully healed bodies. Scanning in their security cards they entered quickly and in the state of emergency the elevator worked faster than normally allowed. As soon as it stopped, Lt. Ritsuko Akagi ran to Shinji and Rei saying, "get your plug suits on, it's an angel."
Quickly they were both in their suits. Rei was to remain at headquarters because repairs to unit 00 were not complete. She would only be called if unit 01 failed. Shinji was escorted to his entry plug while Rei was to the command room. Shinji and NERV were preparing for battle when Rei sat at a monitor to see what would soon transpire.
=Shinji is putting his life at risk and there is no way for me to protect him. The angel has the intention of killing the Eva if it is threatened. = Rei rested her head on her hands and stared into the monitor, "I do not feel well."
The anxiety that Rei was feeling was mistake by her for sickness. Nothing could prepare her for what she was feeling for Shinji. Back at school she became so angry when someone inflicted physical pain on him. But now that Shinji had a chance of having his life taken, her thoughts on him began to come into perspective. She didn't know her feelings were going to take such a toll on her.
She occasionally glanced at the monitors to check on the well fair of Shinji. Every time she saw his heart was still beating she would put her head back in her hands to wait for the destruction of the angel. Shinji's power cable was then cut causing the whole control room to panic. They ordered a momentary retreat for unit 01.
Meanwhile on the battlefield, Shinji was thrown threw the air landing on a hill. Toji and Kensuke were already outside watching the battle firsthand. Unit 01 landed right beside them barely missing them with his hand. Shinji struggled to move after his fall and saw both his fellow classmates.
Misato saw this on the monitor and order Shinji to let them in the entry plug and then continue with the retreat. Once Shinji let them into the Eva he lost control of it. Nothing was responding to him. The extra company was messing up his brain pattern from their thought interference. Shinji couldn't even focus in what anyone was saying to him. All he had an image of was of everyone dying if he didn't defeat this angel. Then he imagined Rei being killed by it.
Right then everything clicked into place. His controls came back on line and anger grew inside him. A faded voice of Misato's came through his comm. Link telling him, "Shinji! Move! Get your ass out of there!" Shinji was immune to her words and kept muttering to himself, "I mustn't run away" over and over. With a scream of rage he lunged himself towards the angel pulling out his progressive knife.
Rei stood up from her seat when she heard Shinji scream. She felt relieved that it was out of rage but it had frightened her a little. No one she had ever known had expressed themselves on such raw emotions. "Has Shinji changed as a person, or is he expressing himself the only way he knows how. I hope that he does not change. I hope to one day be able to express myself as he does.. It does make him a better fighter in his Evangelion. I will have to adjust cause that is my purpose, to pilot the Evangelion unit 00 and defeat the angels"
Shinji had destroyed the angels in a seemingly inebriated rage just as his last measure of his power reserves faded. Shinji, Toji, and Kensuke were now sitting in the dark of the entry plug. All that could be heard was the supple crying of Shinji.
Misato was angry that Shinji had disobeyed a direct order from her, but she was also scared for him. She knew that commander Ikari had seen this. Who knows what he would do when he got is hands on Shinji.
Toji and Kensuke were sent back to the shelters and Shinji was brought into the command room when Gendo was now waiting. Shinji stepped in and Rei flashed him a relieved and compassionate look. That had helped him feel better but the feeling soon faded when he saw his father. He knew what he wanted to talk about.
"Well Shinji, why did you disobey a direct order?"
"I was only following the orders that you gave me."
Gendo stood with a look on his face trying to recollect what Shinji was talking about. He never gave him any order that would override all others. Then he remembered. "I told him that he was to pilot the Evangelion and destroy the angels. That is what he was supposed to do above all else." Gendo smiled to himself a bit.
"So you do listen when I talk. Good. You do not know what to do when your orders conflict. Strange case indeed. I was going to issue you to solitary confinement for three days, but since you have followed my initial order I will have to think of another more suitable punish for you later. You are dismissed."
Shinji wanted to smile but thought that his father was leading him into a trap. He took one last cautious look at him and left for his residence. Everyone in the command room was shocked at Gendo's new sense of logic and reasoning. No one trusted him when he was nice. He was not the kind of person that you would trust under any circumstances.
Rei then began walking to leave as well when Gendo said, "Rei. We need to speak of what the next order of operations will be. My plan will proceed as scheduled." He motion for Rei to follow him. She obeyed and exited with Gendo. Everyone knew that he was going to use Rei to get at Shinji.
Misato was going to go after him in hopes to so something but Ritsuko grabbed her arm and said, "There's nothing you can do to help her now but wait."
A/n: sorry again for the wait and for any grammar mistakes that were in this chapter. My proofreader got tired so I fired her and she went to sleep. I'll rehire her when she wakes up. I just needed to get this up as soon as I could. So away we go. Next chapter is in progress as you read this.