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Chapter 20
A few days had already passed since the incident of the graffiti on Shinji's bedroom door, Misato had hidden security cameras installed so that the perpetrator could be found, and she also had an investigation done so that the culprits could be located.
"Shit." Misato spoke as she sat down with a picture of Shinji's door, she was upset by the graffiti incident.
"Some people don't know how to keep their opinions to themselves." Ritsuko spoke as she picked up the photo to look at.
"Shit, when I find these people I will." Misato angrily gestured a stranglehold with her hands, Ritsuko can't help but smile at the scene in front of her.
Misato noticed the look on her friend's face and spoke. "What are you laughing?"
Ritsuko faced her with a look of disdain, she sighed a cloud of smoke and spoke. "You."
Misato stared at her confused, Ritsuko seeing this continued with her reasoning. "You being too overprotective."
"Overprotective?" Misato spoke indignantly, deep down she was concerned for Shinji's safety and thought of an answer quickly.
"Ritsuko, we are in the middle of a war, we are only not in combat because Wunder is stopped, we are not on vacation." Misato started to speak, she is annoyed by the whole situation.
"We can't have bullies walking around the ship like this, Shinji is now back to being a pilot and is training to be partnered with Asuka, and they seem to be very close. If something happens to him, what damage can that do to WILLE and the world? And what damage could happen to Asuka? And you know very well how volatile that girl is."
Ritsuko was looking at Misato keeping a disdainful face, deep down she knew Misato was right, all they didn't need was to have sticklers on board, the pilots were the only assets WILLE possessed to think of winning this war against Gendo and NERV.
A hush prevailed in Misato's room, so she continued, but now she was calmer. "This boy has suffered too much already, he is trying to look strong, but we know very well that his head must not be giving him a break."
"I can't even imagine the guilt he must be feeling, every time he looks at someone's face or looks at the horizon it must bring up that crappy day ... And these sons of bitches aren't helping." Ritsuko stood listening to her friend's venting, she lowered her gaze as she thought about Misato's words, she knew that Shinji was dealing with something very big, she took a long drag on her cigarette.
"You know Misato, Shinji has a very strong mind." Ritsuko spoke as she looked up and let out another cloud of smoke. "Anyone would have blown their brains out by now if they went through half of what he went through ... You know, what's left in this world? Eight, ten, maybe 15 million people living on earth, I just hope it doesn't collapse until we're done with it once and for all. "
Misato looked at her and thought about everything her friend said, Misato was one of the people who was more than desperate to see the end of the war, to finally be able to have peace and help the world rise up somehow, she raised her hand, scratched her head and sighed tiredly.
"I'll try to talk to Shinji later, right now I have to see how the preparations are for Wunder to fly again." Misato spoke wearily as he picked up more sheets from her desk, plans indicated that they would do a test flight to see if everything goes back to the way it was before.
Ritsuko nodded and started to leaf through the technical report of energy tests involving the core of unit 01, but deep down she started to think about the future, would she see the end of the war?
Synchronization Room - Wunder.
Shinji was at the input plug doing a synchronization test, now there were four cylinders where everyone could do their respective tests, he was with his eyes closed trying to concentrate as much as possible on his task.
Maya was in the control room and analyzing the data on her screen, she frowned at Shinji's information, he had dropped 8% on this test, she leaned over, grabbed the microphone and spoke to Shinji.
"Shinji, is everything okay? ... Your score is down 8%." Maya spoke over the communicator, but she made a mistake seeing that she had spoken on an open channel, so all the other pilots could hear.
Shinji raised his head and spoke as confidently as he could. "Yes, everything is fine, I think it must be the tiredness." But the truth was different, deep down he was thinking about the graffiti on his door and soon bad thoughts start flooding his mind, he raised his hand and squeezed the space between his eyes.
"You know they are right, you will never be one of them." The voice spoke in his head, Shinji was fighting fiercely not to lose control over his thoughts.
- Go away. - Shinji mentally replied in the hope of dispelling his disturbance.
"It's no use, you know you're a monster, that your place was at the bottom of a cell." The voice in his mind continued without an iota of pity. "Do you really believe it will make any difference? That they are your friends, they are using you and when this is all over, they will throw you out just like your father."
- Shut up! - Shinji shouted mentally. - They like me, Mari, Rei, Misato... Asuka, all of them. -
Asuka listened to the conversation between Shinji and Maya, she was trying to talk to Shinji about what had happened, she had asked Mari not to interfere and to leave it to her, but every time she tried to do so Shinji somehow managed to evade the subject, Asuka thought resolutely about her plan.
Asuka nodded in determination, she wanted Shinji to open up to her and tell her how he felt, she chuckled to herself at the thought, after all she had opened up only a few times and it was hard to do that, her pride still did not allow such an act.
Asuka began to think about her life up to this point, how her mother prided herself on being a brilliant scientist, how unit 02 was going to be the best, when she was chosen to be the pilot, when she found her mother hanging from the ceiling after she had gone crazy, Asuka realized where this line of thought was leading, she shook her head hard to clear the images.
Asuka realized that Mari had privately turned on the Video Feed with her, Mari's face appeared in front of Asuka.
"Hi princess, so ... any progress?" Mari asked hopefully.
"Nothing, the brat is acting like nothing happened." Asuka spoke annoyed.
Asuka could see Mari lower her gaze.
"Action you'll have to use as your secret weapon."
Asuka looked at her confused, she began to wonder what Mari was talking about.
Mari seeing the look on Asuka's face, smiled and continued speaking.
"That's simple princess, when you two are alone, pin her against the wall and make him talk."
Asuka blushed at the insinuation, but deep down she knew Mari was right, she would have to take the initiative to get Shinji to talk, but she was not yet ready to do it the way Mari was implying.
Mari seeing that she had gotten her point, smiled and turned off the Feed, she leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes and began to think about everything that had happened.
But his train of thought was broken when the alarms went off and Maya's face appeared in front of everyone.
"Guys, we have enemies approaching, get out and wait in your EVAS for new information."
"Right." All four responded in unison.
EVAS Cages - Wunder.
Everyone was heading towards their EVAS, they were wet with LCL, they had all come out and went immediately to their cages, each of them were trapped in their own worlds.
Finally now they could prove that all the training was worthwhile and that the investment in this new driving technology was not in vain.
Shinji and Asuka entered their entry plug and began preparations, the same was happening in the next plug with Mari and Rei.
"Asuka." Shinji asked from his seat.
"What?" Asuka answered still without looking at Shinji, she was making the necessary preparations.
Shinji took a deep breath and spoke. "When all this is over, what do you intend to do?"
Asuka spoke what she was doing, she didn't expect that from Shinji, not now, but she decided to answer his question. "I don't know, maybe I'll stay in WILLE and help as much as I can, what about you?"
Shinji gave a small smile. "I don't know, not that I have any choice, after all I have seven years to think about what I'm going to do."
Asuka scolded herself for the stupid question, she had forgotten that Shinji had a sentence to serve, she sighed wearily.
"Sorry."
"Don't worry." Shinji replied in a good mood.
Asuka felt a pang of guilt run through her body, she took a few deep breaths as the LCL was placed in the plug, when they were submerged, she leaned forward and called for Shinji.
"Hey Baka." Asuka waited for Shinji to turn and look at her. "When we get back, I want to talk to you."
Shinji looked at her for a few seconds, deep down she knew what the reason for the conversation was and he wanted to avoid it at all costs because he believed he deserved such treatment and Asuka would never understand his point, but he nodded because he knew she would never give up.
Asuka saw Shinji's hesitation, but knew that it would be good for him to relieve the stress, as it would only be a matter of time before he burst out.
At the plug next to her, Mari took a long breath as she felt LCL's scent flood her nostrils, she loved every second of it, the scent, the way he held her body gently, she finally opened her eyes and looked down, she could see Rei preparing for battle, Mari had been thinking about Rei a lot these days and was building up the courage to talk to her.
"Hey Blue." Mari called out to Rei.
"Yes, Mari." Rei spoke as she turned and looked at Mari with her natural look of disdain.
Mari lost her nerve when she saw Rei's look, not because of the lack of emotion, but because she was looking into her beautiful ruby eyes, she took a deep breath to calm herself and made her mouth work again.
"When you get back, do you want to go out and talk?" Mari asked trying to maintain her detached pose, but even a person like Rei could see that she was nervous.
Rei looked at her for a few seconds and thought about it, she enjoyed talking to Mari, but she still didn't know how to have a long and lasting conversation, Rei still hadn't started a conversation with Mari after the incident in the simulators, the reality was that Rei was very confused, after all she had almost kissed Mari, Rei's mind these past few days had shown image of the two kissing many times and Rei didn't know how to handle it, but Rei was really in the mood for it, and her biggest fear was leaving Mari disappointed in her.
Mari seeing that Rei had not responded, began to feel worry rising, Mari's mind began to criticize herself for having brought up the subject, she was almost scolding herself when she heard Rei's voice.
"Sure ... When we get back, we can go to the dining hall and talk." Rei spoke as she turned to hide the blush on her cheeks, Mari can't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Misato was on the command bridge, even though Wunder was stopped, they had access to WILLE's system, and now with the return of unit 01's S2 engine, they could use their cannons to assist in the battle.
"Pilots!" Misato spoke as he opened a channel with units 02 and 08.
The images of the four appeared in front of Misato, they looked at her with full attention.
"We have another Mark.09 approaching, finish it off." Misato spoke seriously, she knew that these monsters could be destroyed, Shinji had proven that, she had complete confidence in her pilots.
They all nodded, Asuka and Mari were smiling, Shinji and Rei were with more serious expressions.
"Launch!" Misato ordered to the bridge technicians who promptly got to work.
Outside the Wunder, the EVAS were coming out of the access gates of the Wunder, they again were going to intercept the enemy outside the outskirts of the city, after all humanity didn't have much funds to rebuild the city as before, so all damage had to be minor.
Shinji was sitting in his seat with the city schematics, she opened a map in front of her to see the places where there were points where they could connect with the umbilical cables, but a feeling was with him, this was a similar feeling to the one he had when he was inside Unit 01, Fuyutsuki's words came into his mind, that his mother's soul was inside the core of unit 01, a question came into his mind, did the same happen to Unit 02 and Asuka's mother?
"Hey Baka, focus." Asuka shouted from her seat when she noticed Shinji's lost look, he promptly adjusted himself in his seat, he would think about it later.
"I'll mark on the map the spots where we can get power." Shinji speak as he signaled the spot where they could go, Asuka looked at the map and nodded, she started walking with her EVA to the spot.
After a few minutes of walking, they reached the point and connected, the red dot on the map signaled the approaching enemy EVA, it was quietly heading towards the city.
After both EVAS were in position, they waited for the target to be within range of Wunder's cannons to start the attack, both at the same time released their cables and rushed out to intercept their enemy.
Shinji can't deny that memories of them fighting Sahaquiel came into his mind, he refocused on task.
When the pair arrived on the scene, they could see the enemy EVA, he stopped in front of them and waited, again he was armed with some kind of scythe.
Asuka ordered her EVA to take the knife she kept in the compartment on her shoulder, Mari and Rei were doing the same.
After a few seconds, Asuka decided to attack, followed by Mari.
Again the superiority of the Mark.09 was evident, he was faster and was dodging the blows of the EVA 02 and the EVA 08, both units were fighting with everything they had.
Unit Mark.09 raised her hand, held EVA 08's knife and delivered a powerful kick to her abdomen, both felt the blow.
Asuka seeing this, again tried to deliver a sharp blow, but was blocked by the scythe the enemy was carrying, both were in a sort of arm-break, Shinji seeing all Asuka's effort decided to help, he concentrated and ordered EVA to drop one of her hands from the knife and punch the enemy's chest.
Asuka was about to curse Shinji for interfering, but she saw that the blow had the desired effect by pushing her opponent away, at this point unit 08 came up and landed a sharp blow on Mark.09's shoulder, causing him to drop his main weapon.
Mari tried to deliver another blow, but was blocked by the arm and received a hard punch to the side of the head, seeing that EVA 08 was disoriented by the blow, Mark.09 ran and grabbed him by the neck and squeezed with all his strength.
Asuka rushed to the rescue of Mari and Rei, but sensing Shinji's resistance, she looked at him and asked annoyed. "What!?"
"Asuka, his weapon." Shinji was looking at the scythe lying on the ground, "Take it and we'll have an advantage."
Asuka thought quickly and spoke for the quick. "Hang in there four eyes."
"Whatever you are planning do it soon." Mari's voice came up, everyone could see Mari's effort to speak, the nervous feedback from the attack was taking its toll.
Asuka ran and picked up the fallen scythe, she came running back at full speed, she jumped and fell as hard as EVA 02 could do, but her blow was stopped by the AT field of the enemy unit, Asuka cursed loudly as she saw that her attack was unsuccessful.
Inside Eva 08, both girls were struggling to breathe due to the grip the enemy was making, Mari was struggling with the controls, Rei was doing the same.
Rei began to feel the effects, she started to see black edges closing up, and she started to think about her life, how much she still had to live, how much she had to learn, she felt a twinge of anger and determination take over her, she opened her eyes and started to force the controls, she ordered the EVA to push the enemy's hands away.
Mari began to feel the tightness begin to loosen and was finally breathing normally, she looked down and saw Rei struggling, Mari could feel Rei's determination by the mental link they shared, she grabbed the controls and began to share Rei's thought, they both ordered the EVA to react.
Asuka and Shinji were desperately trying to break through Mark.09's AT field and help Mari and Rei, Shinji was watching the battle he thought with determination.
- Come on EVA 02, stronger -
Asuka could feel that Shinji was ordering her, she looked at the controls and could feel the energy flowing, she saw the field begin to crack and the blade begin to penetrate it.
EVA 08 squeezed Mark.09's hands hard, they could feel the bones in the enemy's hand snap with the effort, they watched as they managed to release his deadly grip, they grabbed their weapon back again, Rei and Mari screamed with effort as they penetrated the knife into the enemy's core, at the same instant, Shinji and Asuka broke the AT field and penetrated as deep as they could the scythe they could into Mark.09's back.
Inside the Mark 09, the blade of EVA 08's knife pierced its core, and the scythe that EVA 02 carried pierced the input plug that charged the dummy system, the Mark.09 growled in pain before shutting down completely.
All the pilots stood looking at the now motionless enemy, they all had the same thought, had they made it? The thought was broken when Misato appeared on the communicator.
"Okay guys, from the readings EVA is incapacitated." Misato looked nervous on the screen. "Let's bring him to WILLE for studies on that thing, we're sending emergency batteries."
Shinji and Asuka nodded as they stood up, they had not pulled the scythe back, the same was true for Mari and Rei, their EVAS stood up and they could see Mark.09's fallen form on the ground, the feeling they all felt was one of relief, again they had defeated the mighty Mark.09 and proved that the double entry system worked perfectly.
Wunder
"Man, that was intense." Mari spoke up next to everyone, she was grinning from ear to ear.
"True." Shinji replied timidly.
"It was sort of." Asuka replied arrogantly, Shinji shook his head slightly, Mari only let out a sarcastic laugh and Rei maintained her usual carefree manner as she walked with the group.
The group arrived at the infirmary where they would have a medical checkup to ensure their physical health, a medical team was waiting for them along with Ritsuko and Sakura.
"OK, very good." Ritsuko spoke as she approached the group of pilots. "Let's do the usual." All the doctors and nurses nodded and got to work, Sakura was checking on Shinji, as she approached she spoke in her normal tone of voice.
"Okay Shinji, please change over there, but come without your shirt already."
In the infirmary, four small rooms were divided where the pilots' post-battle checkups would be done, they were simple, only divided by a thin curtain, inside there was a stretcher and a small table with some standard medical equipment.
Shinji blushed a little but nodded, he went to the designated place to have some privacy to change, there were a set of hospital clothes there, which consisted basically of a white t-shirt and white pants, he got dressed as quickly as possible and went out, by the way it was only one pants.
Sakura seeing that Shinji was already ready, asked him to sit down, she could see that small purple marks from his bruised ribs were still visible, she tried to disguise them as she looked at the several scars he had.
"OK, let's get started." Sakura spoke smiling as she began to palpate Shinji's chest and abdomen for internal bleeding, no one yet knew the effects of the EVAS nerve feedback on the pilots' bodies.
"Uh!" Shinji groaned shyly, Sakura stopped her movements and looked at him with an apprehensive look.
"Did it hurt?" Sakura asked clinically.
Shinji let out a small laugh, he looked at her and spoke. "No, it's just that your hands are cold."
Sakura went back to doing her work, but she can't help but giggle. "OK, your body doesn't appear to be internally damaged, I'll take a blood sample."
Shinji nodded again, the procedures with the pilots were not different from the ones he remembered from the NERV days, he looked at Sakura who was preparing some vials for the blood collection, he was wanting to ask her something, but he didn't want to disturb Sakura.
He felt a sting on his arm, when he looked down he saw Sakura removing some blood samples, when he saw that she finished he decided to ask.
"Sakura? ... Can I ask you something?" Shinji spoke timidly, he remembered the words of a Wunder crewman about him murdering three billion people.
Sakura was putting away her equipment, she looked at him and waited expectantly.
Shinji took a breath and spoke. "How is the world?"
Sakura lowered her gaze, Shinji noticed this and began to regret asking. "Sorry."
Sakura looked at him confused, "For what?"
"From your asking, I can tell that it affects you." Shinji replied sadly.
Sakura gave a small smile, she took a deep breath and began to speak. "Don't worry about it, it's a sad matter, but you deserve to know." She handed the vials of blood to an assistant. "After the third impact, more or less more than half of the world's population disappeared ..." Sakura stopped as she saw Shinji's gaze drop and his posture change, she began to regret speaking.
"In these next fourteen years, some nations went to war ... One has accused the other and so on."
Shinji was looking down listening to everything Sakura was talking about, his guilt was at the highest level, he was deeply regretting asking, but his head was forcing him to ask.
"How many people are left?"
Sakura paused and looked at Shinji intently, she was debating whether to answer. "The latest calculations say something around 10 to 15 million."
"Oh my God." Shinji spoke as he raised his hand and covered his eyes, he was fighting hard against the feeling of wanting to cry, really he was sorry he had asked.
Sakura seeing this put her hand on his shoulder and spoke as reassuringly as possible, she knew that this information must have finished him off. "Shinji, that wasn't your fault."
Shinji nodded weakly, even though he didn't say anything, even a blind man could see that he was lying, Sakura wanted to help Shinji somehow, but didn't know how, she decided to speak the first thing that came into her head. "I'm sorry Shinji."
Shinji raised his head weakly and looked at her. "For what? ... I'm the one who should be apologizing."
Sakura was about to speak, but was interrupted by Mari who was on the other side of the curtain. "Hey! ... You guys are taking too long in there, you better not be doing anything kinky or the Princess will kill you."
Shinji stood up and got fully dressed again, he turned to Sakura and replied as reassuringly as he could, but deep down he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. "Thank you, Dra. Suzuhara."
Sakura only nodded as she saw Shinji leave the small makeshift room, she was wondering if she had done the right thing in having told Shinji the truth, but her line of thought was broken with the entrance of Ritsuko asking for the report on Shinji's health.
The group was going to the cafeteria for lunch, Mari was chattering about the battle and random things, Shinji was not listening, because, his head was focused on Sakura's words, he knew that she had not spoken this information out of spite, after all he was the one who asked, but knowing that he had really caused the death of more than three billion lives was frying his brain in guilt.
Asuka realized this, after all she had managed to eavesdrop part of the conversation between the two, she was feeling annoyed that Shinji had asked this to Sakura instead of her, but she knew Shinji too well, she knew that he must be keeping everything to himself and it boils down to self pity.
"Hey Baka." Asuka spoke as she approached Shinji, she realized that he hadn't been listening to her, he was trapped in his world, she raised her hand and poked Shinji's ribs, that was enough to bring him out of his world.
"Ouch!" Shinji spoke as he looked at Asuka confusedly.
"That's for ignoring me." Asuka spoke between teeth to Shinji.
Shinji nodded as he massaged the spot where Asuka poked him and replied as calmly as possible. "What is it?"
"What were you and Sakura talking about?" Asuka asked hoping to get Shinji to talk about it without her having to ask.
"No big deal, medical stuff." Shinji replied with a false smile, but he shuddered in fear as he saw a blue glow in Asuka's eye patch.
Asuka was annoyed that Shinji wouldn't open up to her, so she thought she should push a little, even though she knew it was wrong, but if Shinji didn't relieve this pressure on his shoulders, sooner or later he would end up doing something without thinking.
Shinji swallowed dryly, for he knew the look Asuka was giving him, he knew that his answer must not have convinced Asuka and his usual pose coupled with the blue glow in his covered eye showed just that.
Asuka was about to say something else when Mari decided to get their attention. "Hey did you guys hear what I said?"
"I was listening." Rei spoke gently.
"Thanks Blue." Mari spoke with a smile, but turned back to Shinji and Asuka. "And what is your excuse?"
"It's none of your business Four-Eyes." Asuka growled at Mari who only stared back at Asuka, the truth was that she was not afraid of Asuka, and after a few seconds flashed her a wry smile.
Asuka snorted as she picked up her tray and began to think about what she would take for lunch, the same was followed by the rest of the group.
Mari was feeling bored, it was already night and she was alone in her room, Asuka was with Shinji or doing something else, she huffed, got up and started looking through her movie collection in search of something to pass the time, but the reality was that Mari didn't want to spend the night alone.
Mari got up and left the room, she was wondering if she should call Rei to watch a movie with her, after much debate, she gathered her courage and went towards Rei's room, Mari felt her anxiety increase each time she approached.
"Shit, it's not that hard." Mari cursed to no one, she was starting to get frustrated with her lack of courage, her hands were shaking and sweating.
As Mari stopped in front of the Rei's door, she raised her hand to knock on the door and hesitated, again she felt the adrenaline, she closed her fist and her eyes, took a breath to calm herself and pull herself together, she opened her eyes, knocked on the door and waited.
After a few seconds, Rei opened the door and Mari could see a flash of surprise, Rei's eyes widened softly when he saw that it was Mari on the other side of the door, Mari wanted to say something, but felt that the words caught in her throat.
- Who knew that the amazing Mari Makinami would be having trouble talking to anyone. - Mari laughed internally at her shyness in front of Rei.
"Hi Blue." Mari gestured as confidently as possible, she was praying that Rei wouldn't notice her nervousness.
Rei stared at her, she could see that Mari was nervous and was trying to hide it, deep down Rei could feel that she was also anxious, she raised her hand and shook back, Rei was feeling upset because she didn't know how she should act in moments like this, but she didn't let it show.
Mari gave her best smile and spoke. "Blue, I don't know what you're doing, but would you like to watch a movie with me?"
Rei stared at her with her fierce gaze, she pondered the proposal carefully, for she didn't want to hurt Mari's feelings, she had never watched a movie before, so she thought it would be an interesting experience.
"Yes, that would be good." Rei replied timidly.
Mari smiled at Rei's shyness, she raised her hands and spoke relieved. "Shall we go then?"
Rei nodded and left the room to accompany Mari towards her room, they both walked silently along the way, when they reached their destination, Mari opened the door and invited her in, Rei looked around and wondered where Asuka was.
"So, which one do you want to watch?" Mari sat on the floor in front of her collection and waited for Rei.
Rei approached and looked intently, but soon lowered her eyes, Mari noticed this and asked. "What was it Blue?"
"I don't know which one to choose." Rei replied sadly. "I've never seen a movie before."
Mari raised her eyebrows at the answer. "Never?" She received a nod from Rei.
Mari thought for a moment and spoke up to lighten the mood. "No problem, so we have plenty of options, from drama to comedy." Mari leaned forward and looked through her collection for something light, she smiled as she saw a musical comedy movie from before the second impact. "That one, I believe you'll like."
Rei looked at the cover and analyzed it, she found the man's pose interesting, he was holding on to a pole and it looked like it was raining, but what intrigued Rei the most was the fact that he was holding an umbrella and he wasn't wearing it, after analyzing the cover, she turned it over and read the synopsis of the movie, it looked interesting.
Mari put on the device and sat down on the couch followed by Rei, before the movie started, Mari had picked up some snacks, put them in a jar and offered them to Rei, Mari laughed a little at Rei's innocence and explained to him that one usually eats something when watching movies, she got a nod from Rei.
As the movie went on, Mari was happy when Rei let out discreet giggles for the scenes, she felt relieved to see that Rei was enjoying herself.
While the movie was playing, Mari was so focused on the screen in front of her that she didn't even notice Rei turning her head to look at her, Rei remembered a page from a book she was reading, she found the scene quite interesting. Rei calmly closed the space between them.
Mari was so focused on the scene that she didn't even notice Rei approaching, when Rei rested her head on Mari's shoulder, she felt her body become rigid, she turned her head slightly when she saw a mane of blue hair on her shoulder, Mari smiled at the scene, put her arm around Rei's shoulders and hugged her lightly.
Rei had her head on Mari's shoulder and was feeling her embrace, she didn't know why, but she found the whole situation relaxing and pleasurable, as the movie went on, Rei was relaxing to the point that she began to fall asleep.
When the movie ended, Mari grabbed the remote and stopped the movie, but when she looked at Rei, she realized that she ended up sleeping on her shoulder, Mari then smiled and squeezed her lightly, with her free arm, grabbed a blanket that was within reach and covered Rei as much as she could without waking her up. Mari stopped for a moment to marvel at the beauty of Rei's face, she could spend hours looking at the details of his delicate face, his porcelain pale skin and his beautiful red lips, Mari began to feel the effects of the day on her body, falling asleep smiling along with Rei on the couch with her head resting on Rei's head.
It was late at night when Asuka returned to her room, she was doing some tests with Dra. Akagi on how the angelic contamination that was stuck behind her eye patch was doing, she was told that everything was within normal parameters and that she should not have intervention.
Asuka wanted to use this time to talk to Shinji about the graffiti incident, but her body wouldn't allow it, she was too tired and had to put it off until later, she wished she could help Shinji, but she would need energy to do that, all her body would allow was to take a quick shower and fall into bed.
As she passed the key card and entered her room, Asuka felt her eyes widen at the scene in front of her, she saw Mari sleeping on the couch together with Rei, they were both hugging and Mari was smiling, Asuka looked and saw that both were still in their clothes. Asuka let out a light laugh and went to take a shower.
NERV
Gendo was in his office as usual, next to him was the briefcase he always carried with him everywhere he went, his office was cold and dark, but this didn't seem to have any influence on Gendo.
Gendo answered the phone that was ringing, he answered and heard Fuyutsuki calling him in the hangar, he just nodded and hung up coldly, getting up, he picked up his suitcase and started to go to the place where he was called.
When Gendo arrived on the scene, he found Fuyutsuki standing next to Sebastian, in front of them was the imposing Unit 13, he was lying in a giant mold, his body was pierced with the two spears of Longinus.
"What is it?" Gendo coldly asked the trio who were staring at the giant in front of them.
"Repairs completed." Fuyutsuki spoke wearily.
"Well, everything is on schedule." Gendo was standing like a statue as he stared at Unit 13.
"Are you sure about this Ikari?" Kozo asked his old friend.
"Yes, the scenario is maintained." Gendo replied coldly.
Sebastian was standing there looking at EVA 13, he turned and faced the duo arguing next to him, he would like to know what was this scenario Gendo was talking about, his grandfather who was part of the Seele committee wanted to do the instrumentality, he knew that Gendo had plans of his own.
"What's the scenario?" Sebastian asked the pair next to him.
Gendo didn't bother to turn around to answer. "I will succeed where Seele did not." He spoke turning and walking away without giving a chance for a reply.
Sebastian stared at Gendo's back with a fierce look, he disliked him for the fact that Gendo had betrayed the committee to his mere desires, causing everything his grandfather had worked to conquer to fall in seconds with the ambition of a single man, he looked at Fuyutsuki and continued.
"I am here, I am not a mere host." Sebastian growled at Fuyutsuki who only looked at him and spoke calmly.
"Easy Sebastian, all in good time." Thus Kozo left the large room.
Sebastian was now alone with his soldier, he didn't like being left out, he turned and faced his man, "I don't like this."
"Sir, with all due respect, but what is this scenario?" Number 01 asked curiously.
Sebastian looked at his most loyal soldier and spoke. "The evolution of the human race, no matter Gendo's ridiculous scenario, I will see to it that the committee succeeds, I will not allow this traitor to succeed at our expense."
With that, Number one can't help but feel a shiver run down his back, he had already heard about Seele's Human Instrumentality project, but now he had no choice, they would have to go all the way.
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