1824 hrs.Undisclosed Date
CPT Lampright's Quarters
There's a knock on the door.
"Come in." Lampright said from where he was practicing martial arts shirtless in his living room, his dog tags swinging wildly as he moved.
"Umm, I-Shinji was wondering...you eat dinner alone
alot, right?"
"And?"
"And he thought it would be nice if we invited you over for dinner!"
"Uh...ok. Just lemme get dressed and I'll join you." Lampright said, a little suspicious of her motive.
1833 hrs. Undisclosed Date
Cpt. Katsuragi's Quarters, NERV Headquarters
"What's he doing here!" Asuka yelled.
"He's a guest Asuka, behave yourself." Katsuragi said.
Asuka lifted her nose.
"So, did you kill anyone today?"
"Not yet." Lampright growled and leered at her.
"So, what do you think of the Evas?" Katsuragi asked.
Lampright thought back to the first time he ever saw an Eva.
Dr. Akagi slid a picture of Evangelion Unit-00 across the table to Lampright.
"What do you think of this?" she asked.
"What do-what do I think of it? I think I'm going to need a bigger gun."
"Captain, this is a serious matter."
"And I'm being serious. I'll need a bigger gun."
"Captain, do you even know what that is?" she asked irritated.
"Nope. Not a clue."
"Captain, are you trying to tell you you haven't been briefed on any of this?"
"Nope. I arrived here less than an hour ago. Nobody's told me anything."
"I don't have the time for this!" she said as she got up.
"Oh yeah, and I don't have anything better to do!" Lampright said angrily.
"They're alright."
"Alright! Alright! The Evas are the only thing that can defeat the Angels, and you think they're just ALRIGHT!"
"Yeah, pretty much. They have obvious tactical flaws."
"Yeah! Like what!"
"Can you take a building with it? Can you conduct clandestine operations? And then there's the little thing about only a few minutes of battery life."
Katsuragi sighed.
"Great." she said as she got up from the table and moving to the food on the counter.
"Dumkoff. I could squish you with one step!" Asuka yelled.
"Yeah, if you could FIND me!" Lampright growled at her, planting his palms on the table and leaning aggressively over the table.
'Appearently saving her life only made her hate him more. She's so...' Shinji thought as he sighed.
"Alright, let's eat!" Misato said, returning to the table with a tray of things vaguely resembling food.
"Chow time." Lampright said as he took a bit of his food which almost made him gag.
'Why do I have a sudden longing for SERE cuisine?' he thought.
"How do you like my cooking?" Katsuragi asked.
"Great." he said trying to decide whether or not she was trying to kill him.
Suddenly he saw movement out of the corner of his eye. He looked over and thought for a second he was hallucinating. He stared at it harder.
"What the...?"
"Oh, that's Pen-Pen. He's a penguin." Asuka said with scorn.
Lampright turned to her, willing her head to explode.
"Thank you, Asuka. I never would have figured that out if not for your incredible intellect." he turned to address the Major.
"Why is there a penguin in your quarters?"
"He's my pet!" Katsuragi said with a smile.
"Makes sense to me."
'Last time I EVER accept an invitation for dinner from a CO.'
Lampright sighed.
"It's gonna be a long night." he muttered.
2209 hrs.Undisclosed Date
Residential Area, NERV Headquarters
"Yeah, we should...do this again...sometime." Lampright said as he walked across the three foot gap between his room and Major Katsuragi's.
"Alright!" she said as he entered his room.
Lampright suddenly remembered some paperwork had forgotten.
"Shit." Lampright said as he grabbed his keys and headed to the office.
As he approached the office, he realized something was amiss. The door was slightly open.
'I KNOW I didn't leave the door open.'
He examined the door as he opened it just wide enough for him to slip in.
'It's been picked. Great.'
As he entered, he saw a beam of light from a small flashlight. Lampright crept up on the figure, who was busy searching through the group's records, the flashlight held in his mouth. Lampright came up behind him and grabbed him in a choke hold, his elbow pressing hard into his neck until the figure passed out. Lampright grabbed a set of flex-cuffs from his desk and used them before turning on the lights.
"Mr. Kaji."
Lampright reached for his phone.
"Yeah, security. This is Captain Lampright. Yeah, yeah. I need a security team to the N-FOG office. Someone broke in and was sneaking around, lookin' through our files. Yeah, yeah, he's riot cuffed right now, and I'm watchin' 'im, just uh, hurry up. Roger."
"You picked the wrong guys to fuck with." he said to Kaji's unconscious form.
0812 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
Cafeteria, NERV Headquarters
The thirteen soldiers are sitting at a table, eating their breakfasts.
"Why did you do that Mr. Kaji!" Asuka screamed at Lampright, suddenly appearing from nowhere.
"I dunno. Why did he break into my office?"
"You arrested Kaji!"
"No, actually security arrested Kaji. I just tied him up."
"Why you-"
"Don't care." Lampright said.
"I can't believe you had him arrested!"
"I can't believe I'm still having this conversation. Bye." Lampright said as he commenced completely ignoring Asuka.
Asuka continued to yell at the soldiers, just as Major Katsuragi walked in.
'Oh, thank God!'
"Captain Lampright, we need to talk. Now!"
The other twelve looked at him. Lampright stood-up, shrugged, and walked out with the major.
"Captain, what's this about you arresting Mr. Kaji?"
"You see, there seems to be a misconception about that. I didn't arrest him. Security did."
"Lampright, you have thirty seconds to explain yourself."
"He broke into MY office and was rifling through MY stuff, and I have to explain why I had him arrested! What's wrong with this picture!" he said, becoming more than slightly irrate.
"Look, let me explain something to you, since you obviously don't know. Mr. Kaji is very well connected. He's even got the ear of Commander Ikari for some reason. You can't just go arresting him."
"Well, I did. This conversation is finished." Lampright said, storming off.
He headed for his office. Kaji came around a corner just as Lampright passed. Lampright turned and grabbed him by the collar, forcing him against the wall.
"Whoa! Calm down!"
Lampright lifted him several inches off the ground.
"Let's get a few things straight, pretty boy. I don't care who you are, who you've paid off, or who your friends are. If I ever so much as SEE you near my office again, I'll shoot you myself." Lampright said, without an ounce of exageration or falsehood. He heard footsteps coming around the corner, so he set Kaji back on the ground.
"What are you doing to Mr. Kaji!" Asuka yelled.
"We were just having a 'discussion' about where Mr. Kaji can and can't go, weren't we, civilian?"
"Yeah. Nothin' to worry about Asuka." Kaji said, throwing on his best smile.
0834 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
Major Katsuragi's Office, NERV Headquarters
"Hey, beautiful." Kaji said, strolling in with several papers under his arm.
"Kaji, I am REALLY busy-"
"I have some information you might want on everyone's favorite captain."
"Kaji! You are in ALOT of trouble right now for that crap! I'm pretty sure Lampright's about to beat the living hell out of you too. This is the last thing you need to be doing. Go TRY to make yourself or something."
"Suit yourself, babe." he said, throwing the documents down on her desk and leaving.
Major Katsuragi continued her work. She picked up the file folder, her curiosity nearly getting the better of her, but she threw the folder in the shredder at the last moment.
1606 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
N-FOG Office, NERV Headquarters
"Hey guys!" Lampright yelled, grabbing the attention of the other twelve soldiers who were cleaning weapons.
"What!" Cooper yelled.
"NERV doubled their security for the evening and night! We're goin' out!"
"Woohoo! Lock your doors and hide your daughters!" Maloy yelled.
"Hey, you know they're showin' that new movie about the battle for Taiwan at 1730. Who's in?" Cooper asked.
"I'm game. I wanna see how bad they fucked it up." Lampright said.
"Heh-heh, yeah. Let's do it." Maloy said.
"Me too." Howard said.
"Well, who ever's goin', meet at the bottom of the main surface elevator at 1645." Cooper said.
"Cool. I'm gonna go change." Lampright said.
1638 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
Residential Area, NERV Headquarters
Major Katsuragi carried her groceries down the hall. She fumbled for her keys, accidentially cracking a bottle of red wine against the door. As she unlocked the door, the wine began to seep through the bag.
"Shit!" she said, as the wine began to stain her shirt and drip to the ground, leaving dark stains on the carpet. She pushed open the door and let it slam behind her, failing to close all the way. She practically threw the groceries down on the table, knocking several miscellanious objects to the ground. She threw her shirt in the washing machine
and began to take a shower.
1640 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
CPT Lampright's Quarters, NERV Headquarters
Lampright stuffed an extra pistol mag into his pocket as he left the room, careful to lock the door behind himself. As he turned to leave, he noticed the dark stains on the carpet.
'That looks like-'
Lampright went to knock on the door, and realized it was open.
'Shit.'
Lampright drew his pistol and snuck into the room.
"Major?" he said quietly, as he noticed the items knocked off the table, assuming a struggle. He decided to check the bedroom and turned down the hallway. Lampright came around the corner and was face-to-face with Maj. Katsuragi in a towel. Less than four inches seperated them.
"Lampright?"
Lampright swallowed and blushed.
"Uh, I apologize ma'am. I...uh..."
They just stared each other in the eyes for almost a minute. Misato leaned forward and kissed Lampright on the lips. Lampright gave in at first, then suddenly pushed her off of him.
"No, no, no. This isn't right. You're my-my CO. I-I can't-" he stuttered as he turned even brighter red.
"Shut-up." she said as she pulled his head forward, causing their lips to meet again.
Lampright's head swam as the blood stopped flowing to his brain.
"I-uh-"
"You wanted it, I can tell." she said, pressing her damp chest against him and whispering in his ear.
1645 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
Surface Elevator, NERV Headquarters
"Where the fuck is Lampright?" Cooper asked irritated.
"Who knows. We're gonna miss the movie though. I say we leave'im." Maloy said.
"Yeah, I agree. Fuck'im." Howard said as he push the button and the elevator began it's ascent.
"He doesn't have a clue how much of a good time he just missed." Cooper muttered.
2026 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
MAJ Katsuragi's Quarters, NERV Headquarters
Lampright surveyed his situation and took stock of his options. If somehow he could manage the unlikely act of breaking contact with the sleeping major, whose arms were wrapped around his bare chest, as well as the arm of his she was laying on, that still might not be the best course of action.
'I'm not suring running out on her would simplify the situation. It's not like she doesn't know where to find me. Nope, stay the course.'
"Misato! I'm home!" Shinji said from the door, waking the major.
The two officers looked at each other, eyes wide.
"Shit." they both said in unison.
Lampright grabbed his clothes and hid flush against the wall.
'Escape!' Lampright thought as he quickly got dressed.
"I don't want Shinji to know about this." the Major said as she quickly dressed and went out.
He could hear her making nervous small talk with Shinji.
'Not a good actress.' he thought as he scanned the room for an escape route.
'The window!'
Lampright silently crossed the room and checked it.
'Shit it's like, a hundred feet down. Fuck that.'
He suddenly had another idea. He moved to her mirror and fixed his clothes before displaying his best 'stop wasting my time attitude' and opened the door.
"I told you Major, there's no way anyone's coming in through that window. I think you've wasted enough of my time on what was SUPPOSED to be my day off!" he said angrily as he left, slamming the door behind him.
2248 hrs. Undisclosed Date +1
Tokyo-3
The three soldiers are walking down the street.
"What you doing tonight, G.I.?" a hooker asked.
"Not you." Cooper said pointing at her with both index fingers as he continued to walk past her.
"There a problem with her?" a punk pimp-wannabe asked, stepping from the shadows.
"Was I NOT clear?" Cooper asked.
Several other thugs came into sight. Cooper looked at the other two and grinned, sucker-punching the pimp in the stomach then lighting him up with a wicked upper-cut.
Maloy kicked the closest one in the groin. Howard grabbed the one nearest to him by the collar, slammed him against the brick wall, and proceeded to beat his head against it.
"This is better than the movie!" Cooper yelled breaking another thug's nose.
"Ain't it!" Maloy responded, inverting the punk he was holding and dropping him into a metal trashcan, which he then kicked as hard as he could, leaving a large dent in the side.
"I love a good melee!" Howard yelled, catching a kick and snapping the assailant's ankle, then pulling him forward and head-butting him across his brow, blood flowing freely.
The thugs kept coming like ants. The three were suddenly back-to-back, fists up, surrounded by about a dozen.
"Playtime's over. DRAW!" Cooper yelled.
The three drew their pistols, and the thugs scattered.
"That was AWESOME!" Howard yelled, high-fiving Cooper.
Sirens suddenly sounded as a police car turned the corner.
"Shit! It's the bacon!" Maloy yelled.
"Scatter!" Cooper yelled.
The three each ran in a random direction.
2254 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
CPT Lampright's Quarters, NERV Headquarters
"Lampright, we just got a report that three guys beat-up a dozen other people near one of our elevators, the police thought we should know. Could you go and check out the eastern service elevator." Major Katsuragi said over the radio.
Lampright sighed
"No need, I know exactly who administered the beating."
"Don't tell me-"
"Yeah, three of my left through that elevator and should be returning about now."
"Dammit Lampright! I can't have your-"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
2326 hrs.Undisclosed Date +1
Residential Area, NERV Headquarters
Cooper is sneaking down the hallway, lightly knocking on a door.
"Maloy? Maloy, you there?"
There's two knocks from the other side.
"You got Howard?"
Another two knocks.
"Sweet." Cooper said.
Now that everyone was accounted for, he could go to sleep.
0812 hrs.Undisclosed Date +2
Cafeteria, NERV Headquarters
"Where the fuck were you yesterday? The Major find some extra work for you to do?" Cooper asked.
"Yeah, something like that. So how was the movie?"
"You know a war movie's never as good when you were there."
"True, true. But it still sounds like you guys had fun last night."
"Why would you say that?"
"Police sent a warning that three people had beat the living shit out of about a dozen petty thugs. It was near one of our surface elevators, so they informed us."
"It was awesome dude! You shoulda been there! It was-wait a minute, does the Major know it was us?"
"Yes." Lampright said, taking a sip of his orange juice.
"Is she pissed?"
"The major and I came to an understanding."