Neon

Genesis

EVANGELION
Chapter: 2
Lockdown

The sun hadn't even risen when Misato emerged from her room. She hadn't slept well, worrying about Shinji and Asuka's reactions to her ruling on the previous day's incident. Groggily, she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a couple beers from the fridge. She strongly advised Pen-Pen to remain in his fridge until she said otherwise and proceeded to wake up Shinji and Asuka.

Misato walked up to Asuka's door and knocks. "Get up Asuka." No response. Misato opened the door to find that Asuka is still asleep. Misato bent down and gently shakes Asuka awake. "Get up NOW, Asuka."

Half awake, Asuka rolls over and glances at her alarm clock. "It's 6:21 AM Misato."

"I know that." Misato snapped, folding her arms. "Now get your ass up and into the kitchen."

Asuka could see the fire in Misato's eyes. She was showing them no mercy this day. Aware now, Asuka quietly walked into the kitchen and sat there in silence while Misato went to wake Shinji.

"Get up Shinji."

Shinji slowly wakes up; the first thing he sees is Misato standing ominously over him.

"Get to the kitchen and sit next to Asuka." Misato commanded with the tone of a boot camp instructor.

"Yes, ma'am." Shinji responds nervously as he walks silently into the kitchen, Misato right behind him.

In the kitchen, Shinji and Asuka sat motionless, scared stiff. They knew that Misato had gone easy on them the following night. It came as a surprise to them as well. However, this day would not be the same. Misato was on the warpath and heading straight for them.

"Before we get started. I want to make one thing clear." Misato points at Shinji and Asuka and slightly raises her voice. "Neither of are to speak unless you are asked a question or told to. If you speak out of turn, BOTH of your punishments will worsen. Do you two understand?"

"Yes." Shinji and Asuka reply in unison.

Seeing that they were currently on the same page, Misato began pacing back and forth, collecting her thoughts one final time so she leaves no loopholes in anything she was about to lecture on.

"I will start by saying this. I'm very disappointed in the two of you. All this over a damn TV." She says in disbelief. "I know your parents taught you better, I know I have. As I stated yesterday, I can take the arguments but not violence. You two are teenagers," She begins yelling. "Not two year olds!"

Misato slams her fist onto the table startling Shinji and Asuka and causing them to recoil in fear. Neither of them has ever seen Misato like this before; at least in recent memory. Before long, Misato finally stops pacing and sits at the table, across from the two.

"I know you both have had horrible childhoods and horrifying experiences piloting the Evas, but that gives you no excuse to take those negative feelings and turn them into senseless violence. My life hasn't been a bed of roses, either. I lost my father at a young age too. But do you see me taking out my anger on others?"

"You just drink them away." Asuka scoffs under her breath.

"Did I say you could speak Asuka!" Misato snapped back, slamming her hand onto the table again.

Asuka lowers her head in guilt. "No."

Misato lowers herself back into her seat. "Don't let me hear it again." I don't want to have to make things worse, but if she speaks up like that again…Realizing that in order to keep that from happening, she would have to get to the punishment."Lets get down to business."

Both children sit up to listen to what Misato has to say. They didn't want to miss anything and end up having Misato beat their asses for forgetting it.

"After taking both your stories into consideration I have come to this conclusion." She pauses to build more suspense. "You both are at equal fault for this incident. Asuka began it by hitting Shinji. Had Shinji walked away, none of this would be taking place."

Shinji lowers his head at this comment. So Misato DOES blame me. As Shinji drifts into deep thought, Misato continues to deliver her findings on this incident.

"Shinji then, non-violently, took the remote and returned to his room. Asuka, you then grabbed Shinji and words were exchanged. Shinji's mentioning of your mother caused you to punch him in the face." She pauses to wet her throat with some more beer.
"But this falls under what I said earlier. Just because he said something negative about your mother, doesn't give you the right to physically harm him."

It was Asuka's turn to get the brunt of Misato's declaration. She's right. I let my emotions take over. She takes a quick glance over towards Shinji. Still, he had no goddamned right to say that shit about my mother.

Misato notices Shinji and Asuka's responses to her speech. She did, in fact, feel sorry for them. But, she had to put her foot down and play the bad guy this time. It was killing her inside to see her 'kids' suffer, but it was for their own good. Wanting to get this over with as quick as possible, she cut her speech down to the end.

"But Shinji, that gave you no excuse to do what you did either." She's no longer I understand that you are trying to change yourself, Shinji, and I'm glad you have made that decision. But this is not the way you should do it." She lets out a loud and extended sigh. "I think I've yapped enough. It's time for 'Camp Misato' to begin.

(A/N: Name from my Spanish teacher's pre summer detentions, 'Camp Covotta')

Both children tense up. The name 'Camp Misato' indicated that this will be worse than boot-camp; maybe even worse than Third Impact. With that in mind, they both brace for the worse.

"First off. You both will not be permitted to leave this apartment unless there is an emergency. She turns her gaze to Shinji) Think of it as house arrest.

"Is that all?" Asuka blurted out, forgetting that Misato had issued a gag order earlier. It takes a glance from Shinji for her to realize what she had done.

Misato's gaze switches to Asuka and she narrows her eyes, sending chills down Asuka's spine. "Not quite, Asuka. You two will be under house arrest for the next 30 days.

To Shinji, this felt identical to when his father place him under house arrest after he had attacked his father after Gendo made him fight Unit-03 which had Toji inside.

"Secondly, both your television privileges will also be revoked for the next thirty days as well. You are also forbidden to use the phone or have any friends over for the same amount of time." She scowl morphs into a smirk. "You guys picked the best time to do this. The day before summer break."

Neither Shinji nor Asuka realized that detail. They forgot that Monday was the last day of school for this period. Misato planned all this to greatly inconvenience the two. She wasn't as stupid as they both thought; and that brain was about to institute a new rule that could literally KILL Asuka and Shinji.

Now to drop the bomb. "One last thing. For the next thirty days as well, neither of you are allowed to cook."

Shinji and Asuka both almost pass out. They knew what this meant, instant curry for the next month. A strong, unpleasant pain formed in both their stomachs.

"Actually, neither of you are allowed to cook when I am home, meaning breakfast and dinner. Any meals in between you are allowed. But you MUST clear your plate during breakfast and dinner or another day is added to your punishments." She finishes her beer and crushes the can. "All my decisions are final. No amount of groveling or bribing will lighten the load. All it will do is make it heavier on yourselves.

Misato stands up and pushes her chair in. She eyes both children one last time before ending the 'Misato Tribunal'.

"Mr. Ikari, Ms. Soryu." Both Children raise their heads upon being addressed. "Return to your rooms and take time to let all I said to sink in. Neither of you are to leave your room until I say so." Misato subconsciously prepares for what would be sprung from her next statement. "You are now able to speak."

Seeing the floor finally open, Asuka does not hesitate for a second before speaking her own opinions. "I fucking hate you Misato! I have to stay in this hell-hole for the next thirty days…" She points to Shinji and continues yelling. "…with this jackass?

"That is correct Asuka." Misato replies, folding her arms and standing her ground against Asuka's verbal assault.

"Mein Gott im Himmel!" Asuka cries out in frustration. "I hope you die from alcohol poisoning, you fucking slut!" She stomps to her room where she slams the door closed behind her.

Misato places a her hand on her head following Auska's outburst. "I think Asuka took it. well." Leaving things as they stand, she walks to the kitchen cabinets and begins gathering several condiments to begin making breakfast.

As Asuka was throwing her temper tantrum ,Shinji had quietly entered his room. He lies on his bed and begins listening to his SDAT player, but his classical music is quickly drowned out by Asuka's blaring rock music. Shinji throws his head into his mattress and wraps a pillow over his head in an attempt to muffle the music.

"Will that bitch shut the shit she calls music off!" Shinji yells over the music.

At this time, Asuka couldn't care less what anyone said. She was blaring the music so no one could hear her strings of German, English, and Japanese vulgarities. But her swears were not aimed at Misato or Shinji. She was yelling at herself.

"I'm such a fucking kusotare. Scheise, Scheise, SCHEISE!" She hits herself on the head and throws herself onto her bed and begins to cry. "Shinji must hate me know." She buries her head into her pillow and begins crying her heart out. Why was she crying over the fear of Shinji hating her? Why am I so upset?

In the kitchen, Misato was busy trying to make some kind of breakfast while also trying not to burn the apartment down, and Asuka's music wasn't helping too.

"That music could cause someone to walk into a mass of people with guns blazing." She lets out a sigh. "Well, I guess its Asuka's way of letting off steam. Right, Pen-Pen?"

"WWWAAAAAARRRRRRKKK!" Pen-Pen squeals while flapping his flippers at mach 26million.

Misato then notices the toaster on fire and rushes to put it out. Her solution, throw it into the sink and turns the faucet on. She turns to Pen-Pen with a smile across her face. "Problem solved."

A sweat-drop appears on the penguin's head. We're all gonna die. He thought as he waddled quickly into his refrigerator.

Misato lets the two remain in their rooms for about two hours. By that time, she had a meager breakfast set up, black toast and orange juice. After cleaning the kitchen, she made her way to Shinji's room, and opens the door. He is still lying with the pillow over his ears.

"You can come out Shinji. Your breakfast is on the table."

Shinji sits up and removes the pillow from his head. "Ok Misato. I'll be out in a sec."

Misato leaves the door open and cautiously walks to Asuka's room. Her C.D. had reached the end and her room was silent. Afraid of what Asuka might be like, Misato knocked first then entered. Asuka was curled up in a ball, asleep. Quietly, Misato tip-toed to Asuka's bed and quickly notices that she had been crying.

Not wanting to face the wrath of Asuka for the second time in two hours, Misato shakes her up gently and whispers to her. "Asuka. Wake up, Asuka."

Asuka slowly opens her eyes. They were red and puffy from her tears. Slowly, she sits up and faces her guardian, but says nothing.

"You can leave your room whenever you want now. Breakfast is in the kitchen when you're ready. Ok?"

All Asuka does is nod. Misato smiles and leaves the second child and joins Shinji in the kitchen.

"Um. Misato." Shinji said looking over at the nearby sink.

"Yeah?"

Shinji points to the sink. "Why is the toaster in the sink?"

"Oh that. Well it sort of caught on fire so I threw it in the sink to put it out." Misato replies innocently.

Shinji stares at Misato, dumbfounded. "You know it was the toast on fire. If you took the toast out, the toaster would be fine."

:I had to act quickly. If I didn't, the apartment would burn down." Misato said, over dramatizing the event.

"Whatever Misato. Shinji takes a look around, trying to find Asuka. "Did you tell Asuka she could come out?"

"Yep. She'll be out soon." Misato responded as she removed the trashed toaster from the sink.

About 5 minutes later, Asuka emerged from her room, and silently sat at the table and tried to eat Misato's breakfast, washing the toast down with the orange juice. As Shinji cleared the table, Misato walked to the front door and grabbed her coat.

"I have to get to work. Pen-Pen will be keeping an eye on you guys so don't try to sneak out." She waves and walks out of the apartment.

Shinji remains in the kitchen, trying to decide what to do with the toaster and cleans the dishes. Asuka still sits in silence, deep in thought. Shinji notices this and tries to break the silence.

"Do you want something to eat, Asuka?"

Asuka looks up and stairs at Shinji as though he had five heads. "I thought Misato said we couldn't cook?"

Shinji responds to this by holding up his right index finger and shakes it back and forth. "She said we couldn't cook breakfast or dinner."

"I guess you're right." A small smile began etching its way across Asuka's face. "She said we could cook when she isn't home."

"And as long as we eat all of her food, we're fine." Shinji added.

Asuka gets up and pats Shinji on the back, relatively hard if one might add. "Great thinking Shinji. I guess you're not an idiot all the time."

"I guess so." Shinji strains to reply, rubbing the area on his back on which Asuka whacked him.

They both share a laugh and then Shinji gets to work making an edible breakfast of Belgian waffles. All Pen-Pen can do is watch. He knew they were right and couldn't get them in trouble.

At NERV headquarters, work is slow as usual. Since all the angles are destroyed, NERV has become a defense center for Tokyo-3. The EVAS will only be used if something catastrophic was to endanger the city. In the command center, Misato is chatting with the usual personnel.

"Shinji and Asuka did that?" Maya gasped as Misato finished telling the story about Shinji and Asuka

Misato nodded her head "Yep. It surprised the hell out of me too."

"I'm surprised that it didn't happen sooner." Said Aoba. "They have been at each other since Asuka was transferred here."

Misato only shrugs at Aoba's comment. "They usually keep to themselves when they are at home. Except for the occasional war of words, it usually stays quiet."

"The peace can't last forever." Aoba was going back into his usual pessimistic tone. In reply to this, Maya raises her hand and smacked him across the back of his head.

"Stop being so pessimistic. You always find the bad in things."

Hyuga only chuckles at the recent events. "I would have thought you'd be used to Aoba's glum look on life by now, Maya."

"Yeah. We've worked together for months." Aoba rubs the back of his head. "That really hurt."

"You are just so damn depressing. That's what you are." Maya snapped back.

Misato finally decides to restore order to the bridge. Otherwise, there could very well be a massacre before her very eyes. "God people. There's no need to kill each other. Ok."

"Sorry Major." Maya apologizes. Giving Aoba one final Keep your mouth shut look, she turns back to Misato. "So what did you do to Asuka and Shinji?"

"Something disturbing I bet." Aoba commented. This time Misato whacked Aoba outside the head, giving him two visible lumps on his head .

"If you must know, I placed them under house arrest for 30 days."

"Wasn't that Shinji's punishment for almost killing Commander Ikari a while back?" Hyuga asked.

"Yeah. I felt it would be appropriate for this incident."

"Well, I just hope they don't end up killing each other; being stuck in that house together for a month." Maya notes as a series of chills run up her spine.

"I'm sure they'll be fine. Besides," Misato winks. "They could spend some 'quality' time together.

Aoba leans over and whispers into Hyuga's ear. "I knew she had an ulterior motive."

"What was that Aoba?" Misato blurted. She managed to hear what Aoba had said.

"Nothing." Aoba stutters and begins whistling to himself.

By this time, Aoba's actions have begun to be amusing. At least to Maya. "You're just looking for a butt whooping, aren't you?"

"Just quit while you're ahead, Aoba." Hyuga suggests, fearing for his coworker's own life.

Aobe makes the decision to shut his mouth before he is thrown off the bridge. Maya is the first to speak again.

"Do you really think they might get together, Misato? They seem like total opposites." Maya seemed a bit skeptical. She always knew that the two would be cute together. However, their split personalities were the only thing keeping them apart.

"Well…" Misato takes what she has seen and puts it simply. "Shinji has made the decision to try and break out of his shell." She sniggers to herself. "Can you see a Shinji with a sense of humor?"

"That'll be interesting. Don't you think Aoba?" Hyuga said, rubbing his chin at the prospect.

Aoba nods, keeping to his vow of silence.

"Has Commander Ikari been found?" Misato asked, trying to change the subject. From what she had read in the reports from Fuyutsuki and the other NERV personnel who saw the event first hand, Rei merged with Lilith and afterwards, Gendo Ikari seemed to vanish off the face of the earth.

Maya only shakes her head. "Nope. We're starting to wonder if he will ever be found. It's been seven months."

"I guess Commander Fuyutsuki will be put in charge." Misato leaned back in her seat. In that case, they would probably need a new Vice Commander. I wonder if they will offer me the job? The room remains hushed for quite a while. Before long, Aoba breaks his silence.

"What ever happens, happens."

Casual conversation is exchanged for the duration of the day since there was nothing better to do.

Back in the Katsuragi apartment, Shinji and Asuka had finished their real breakfast and returned to their rooms to pass the time. Asuka had decided not to blare any music, so this finally gave Shinji the chance to enjoy his own. Five hours passed in silence. The tension from the previous night's events was seemingly nonexistent. This lull in life gave the duo a chance to reflect on many things. It was not until around 2:30 PM that there came a rapping at Shinji's door.

His low volume music made it possible for Shinji to hear the initial knocking. Pausing his player, he sat up and called out. "Come in Asuka."

Asuka slowly walks in and closes the door behind her. She hesitates for a moment. She had dug herself into a position that she was neither accustomed to nor enjoyed doing. Being remorseful was a sentiment that she rarely, if ever, used or experienced. However, this time, she forced herself to swallow her pride. She knew that if she didn't straighten this one out, who knows how upset Shinji could get the next time something like this happens.

"Can I talk to you Shinji?"

Shinji folds up his earphones and places the S-DAT player on his nightstand. "Sure. Have a seat if you want." Asuka walks over to Shinji's bed and sits next to it on the floor and lets out a sigh. "What's up?"

"I don't normally do this so don't get used to it Shinji." She takes one final cleansing breath. "I…I'm… sorry…Shinji."

"Asuka, if anyone is to be sorry, it's me."

"Stop it baka!" Asuka nearly yells. "It's my entire fault and you know it! Stop trying to comfort me. I don't need it!"

"Then why the hell did you come in my room?" Shinji snapped back.

"I was bored. I needed something to do!"

Shinji immediately slides back a bit; remembering the last time Asuka said she was bored. Asuka immediately takes notice on Shinji's action and calms down a little.

"I'm not gonna do that Shinji, so you can relax. I'm not THAT bored." Asuka says, nearly joking.

Seeing that things were safe, Shinji. Scoots back towards Asuka. "Ok. You scared me for a sec." He lets out a loud sigh; letting his heart rate slow back to a safe speed.

Asuka giggles and stands up and leans against one of Shinji's walls and looks around his room aimlessly. What am I doing? I'm actually comfortable around him. "So what have you been up to, third child?"

Shinji reaches over and grabs his S-DAT player and tosses it to Asuka. "What else do I do when I'm bored, I listen to that."

"Let me guess." She pretends to think hard "Ode to Joy?"

"Nope. It's Pachelbel's "Canon.""

Hearing this, Asuka's voice becomes more somber. "The last piece we played before Third Impact."

Shinji nods. "Yes. Me, you, Kaworu, and.Rei."

"I wonder what happened to wonder child." Asuka lowered her had at this. She never did get along with the girl. She was just… Rei and something about that had always struck a sour note with Asuka. It is strange how a person's opinion about a person can change after they are gone.

"She was part of Lilith when 3rd impact started." Shinji recalls the events ever so vaguely. "She probably died when Lilith did."

A few uneasy moments of silence pass. The both recalled memories they had of Rei. Her fiery will to pilot Eva Unit-00, and her ferocity during battle. They both have had awkward relationships with her, but now that she is gone, they realize that she was the same as they were, in her own way. Asuka finally decides to break the tension.

"This is getting to be a bit depressing if you ask me."

"You're right." Shinji pauses for a moment. "What did you do today, Asuka?"

An obvious expression of embarrassment formed on Asuka's face. "I…um took inventory of the entire house so that Misato would…um…know what to buy when she goes shopping next time." She holds up several pieces of paper. Each one was covered, front and back, with Asuka's handwriting. "I wrote this as an apology to Misato for calling her a slut earlier."

Shinji was pleasantly surprised by what Asuka had done. "Really? That was nice of you."

With that, Asuka began getting into her defensive state of mind. "I was bored to death and I felt my brain melting into mush. I needed to do SOMETHING!"

Shinji waves his hands before him, as if he was warding off a possible pouncing by the red lioness. "There's no need to get mad Asuka." He laughs quietly. "I hope you put a new toaster on the list."

"Don't worry, it's on my "To Get" list." She replied after scanning the list. "Shinji?"

"Yeah..."

"Are you really trying to change your personality?"

Shinji lies down on his bed and thinks for a second. "That wasn't really my intention yesterday. I just snapped. However, it seems that Misato saw this a different way. Why do you ask?

"You just seem a little different today. It's something, but I just can't put my finger on it. Shinji could see that she was fidgeting while she spoke. Shinji stands up and walks over to Asuka and leans on the wall, next to her.

"Don't think about too much. It'll just hurt your head."

"I guess you're right." Asuka chuckled heartily. " I think I'll leave ya alone now. I just wanted to someone to talk to before I went insane."

"Hey, if you ever want someone to talk to, you can always come to me." Shinji offered as Asuka lifted herself from the wall. Hearing this, Asuka turns and flashes Shinji a look that seemed to yell you have got to be kidding.

"I don't think I'll ever be THAT desperate again, Shinji." And with that, she walks out of the room. Shinji remains leaning on the wall, thinking about the events that have just taken place. She's never done that before. Usually the only times we talk are when we disagree on something. But this was a plain casual conversation. Be what it may, it seemed to be no significance at this time. He sighs and picks up his recorder and begins listening to it again. I guess it was nothing. The peaceful music lulls Shinji back to sleep. He doesn't wake up until he hears someone entering the apartment. He puts his recorder away and leaves his room.

"Hey, Misato."

"Hello Shinji." Misato replies happily as she puts her jacket away and walks to the kitchen for her after work drink. "How was your day"

"Boring, though you probably already knew that." Shinji sighed as he plopped into one of the adjacent seats at the table.

"Yeah. But it was for your own good. Just be happy I didn't snap the day it happened. I guess being in shock can do that to you." She scans the room then returns her gaze to Shinji. "Where's Asuka."

As if by cue, Asuka emerged from her room and walked into the kitchen. "Right here Misato so don't you worry."

"I wasn't. How was your day Asuka?" Inquired Misato. Asuka walks over to the table and throws four sheets of paper in front of Misato then grabs herself a seat. Misato thumbs through the papers and looks at Asuka with a blank expression on her face. "What's this?"

"It's an entire inventory of the house." I had nothing better to do so I made this list to help you know what we need next time you go shopping.

"You did this?" Misato exclaimed with a hint of shock in her voice. "I don't believe it. I never thought you would ever have the mindset to do something helpful for someone else."

Hearing Misato say those words caused the dormant rage she felt the day prior to well up once again and soon erupted in a fashion similar to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. "Why do you have to question everything helpful I ever do? I try to do one good thing and you throw it back in my damn face. I am not the god dammed spoiled little bitch you think I am. I DO have a heart, even if you won't fucking see it!" Making her point, she rose from the table, nearly knocking her chair onto the floor and storms to her room. Shinji watches the whole incident and for once feels sorry for Asuka. Going against his good will, he to lashes out at Misato.

"Why the hell did you do that Misato?" Shinji exclaimed in pure anger. Misato staggers back a few feet at Shinji's outburst. "She spent a good 5 hours going through all the shit in this house to make it easier for YOU to know what we need! She wanted to make it up to for her comments earlier. She didn't have to do it, but she did out of the goodness of her heart." He turns his back to his guardian. "Don't you have a heart?" With that, he follows Asuka's lead and enters his own room. Leaving Misato alone.

For the second time in as many days, her kids have left her speechless. What's happening here? Asuka actually did something to help someone else and Shinji DEFENDED her. She thinks for a second then a thought comes to her head. Maybe something DID happen between those two. She immediately turns her attention to the incident at hand. I better talk to Asuka, again. Misato makes her way to Asuka's room and knocks.

"Asuka, may I come in?"

"If you want."

There was still a sense of annoyance emulating from Asuka's voice. Misato carefully opens the door and walks in, closing it behind her. Asuka was sitting on her bed, holding her knees against her chest. She turns her head to make eye contact with Misato.

"What do you want? Are you here to say more shit about me?"

"I just wanted to say sorry Asuka." Misato said, sounding a little passive. Asuka was no dummy and picked up on it.

"You don't mean it."

This time it was Misato's turn to get heated from Asuka's comment. "If I didn't mean it, then why did I even bother saying it?"

"You're only apologizing because Shinji yelled at you. You don't mean it." Asuka got all into Misato's face and was close to screaming at her.

"Asuka, what do I have to do for you to accept my apology? I'll do anything." Misato was never one to grovel. However, she knew that if Asuka was ever going to forgive her, even though it was a stupid argument, she would have to give her something in return.

Asuka knew this and was already scheming what to have her do. "You will do…Anything?" Asuka pauses to think for a moment, pacing to and fro around her room. "Ok Misato, here's the deal. I will accept your apology only if you make ONE decent breakfast and ONE decent dinner alt least one day this month we are forbidden to cook. And it can't be instant."

Wha… how the hell can I do that? I've never cooked anything "edible" in my life. All the soul searchihgn in the world could not save her. She backed herself into a dead end alley with a hord of armed gunman waiting at the mouth ready to pump her full of lead the minute she tired to escape. "Ok. I'll do it Asuka."

"Than I forgive you." Asuka smiles happily. She then points right at Misato. "But if you don't hold up to your end of the deal, than my forgiveness in invalid."

Misato nods and leaves the room, shaking her head. She returns to the kitchen and begins drinking another beer. God I'm loosing it. I guess I'm a little soft after all. She chuckles and begins cooking an instant dinner. The rest of the night flows without incident. Both Asuka and Shinji remain in their rooms all night leaving Misato to reflect on what she might have started. If today was a preview of what's to come, she may need to check into a mental institution.

To be continued in

Neon

Genesis

EVANGELION

Chapter: 3

Warning

Okay. Revision two is now done. To give you, the reader of the extent of this revamp, this chapter went from 4,500 words to nearly 1,000 more. Quite an improvement if I do say so myself. I've started working on Chapter 3 but it will take a while.