Hello everyone. I'm glad you stayed to read the rest and I know this update is long but it's now mulitple chapters at once. As for the question concerning the timeline this is AU to some extent. The story is very deep and I hope you will like it as much as I do. If you have any thoughts and such by all means send me a review so I can feel better about myself :P. Anyway, here's the update, enjoy my friends.

Chapters 2- 4

Shinji stared blankly at the ceiling. His mind slowly drifting from the depths of sleep and his body quickly followed suit as he sat up. He could feel the collar of his white t-shirt sticking to his skin and the top of his sheets were damp with his sweat. It wasn't a dream, he thought. None of that was a dream. It happened. The siege at ROSE, his last stand to save Asuka, the lights, the sounds... it was all real. And yet there he was sitting up in his room staring confused at a wall. He buried his face within his hands and sighed. The images of that dream... no... that premonition crept into his mind like a disease that had begun to sweep a small town. It started with one image then the memories of it happening all over again soon arrived sending giant chills down his spine and causing him to feel his heart rise to his throat. Could it be that he was being given a warning? Was someone sending him a clue as to how to prevent what was to come?

The door to the room slid open and there at the doorway stood a fiery red head with a scowl on her face. Shinji didn't bother looking up as he knew that despite his premonition there was nothing that anyone could do to prevent the onslaught that was to come from Asuka.

"What the hell are you doing still sleeping? Why don't you make yourself useful and make something to eat. Misato left earlier without saying anything." she said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Not saying a word he tossed the sheets off of him and left the room ignoring the girl.

That was odd, she thought, he usually had something to say to her. She watched him enter the kitchen. His demeanor was different she could tell but the reason behind it was hidden. She followed him into the kitchen and watched him. He worked like clockwork, pulling plates and pans out of their areas and pulling ingredients from the fridge as if it were second nature, however, this wasn't the thing that made Asuka feel that there was something different about this morning. As she watched him, he didn't even acknowledge her. He worked and kept his eyes on his work. He did not once turn to her nor say a word. She walked over to one of the storage cabinets and stood in front of it. He was going to have to get something from it and if she was in the way he had to say something to her, right?

She waited and when he realized he was missing something he turned to where she stood and stared. Asuka noted his annoyance on his face and smiled. She opened her mouth to say something but he turned away and found what he was looking for in another cabinet. She frowned. What was up with him? How come he was acting so distant? This wasn't like him.

She looked up and noticed he had started to cook.

"Whatcha makin'?" she asked childishly, hopefully that will spark something. Shinji glanced at her from the corner of his eye and shrugged. Her eyes narrowed as she began to feel her own annoyance rise within her. She wasn't going to tolerate him ignoring her.

"Shinji, I asked you a question you dolt." she hissed.

"Oh, sorry, what was it?" he asked innocently.

"I asked what were you making?"

"Not sure but it'll be good, I hope."

"You hope? Geez, whatever it is it better not kill me and if it does I will personally rip you a new one." she said exiting the kitchen. She actually stopped a moment just to see if he would respond but to her dismay he did not even whisper under his breath like he normally does.

Moments later Shinji handed her what seemed to be some sort of soup concoction. She had never seen it before but she admitted to herself that it smelled better than what he usually makes. He sat across from her but still he acted mute. She began to get frustrated and finally she had to ask:

"Why the hell are you so quiet?" she said placing sipping the contents from her bowl. He blinked and leaned forward slightly.

"Have you ever had the feeling that something bad was going to happen but there was nothing you could do to stop it?" he asked. Asuka had prepared herself to laugh but the look on his face stunned that plan. She had never seen him so serious before and it was odd to look him in the eye when she could see deep concern in them. She decided that just this once she would hold back her sly remark and answer.

"You mean that gut feeling you get when you're nervous?"

"No, I mean when you know something is about to happen and you know there's nothing you can do. Not when you're nervous because you know you have a chance to come away clean." he said. She couldn't think of anything and such an odd question for him. She crossed her arms and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Are you on something?"

"What?"

"You don't keep drugs here do you?"

"What? NO! I don't do drugs! Why would you think that?" he yelled.

"You're acting strange, more weird then any other day." she admitted.

"I was just thinking about something!" he assured her.

"Oh god, it wasn't about that damn kiss was it? I told you I was just bored don't look so much into it."

"No, it's not that. I was just thinking, that's all."

"So, you don't think about that?"

"Yes... I mean no... I just had this strange dream. No, it couldn't have been a dream it must have been a vision or something. I saw things and heard things. It had to have been real. There's no explaining it."

Asuka stared at him wide eyed.

"Okay, now I'm convinced you are on something." she said.

"You don't understand." he said giving up.

"How am I supposed to understand a drugged up idiot?"

"...because..."

"Because what? Spit it out, Third!"

"It's mostly about..."

"Out with it!"

"It's mostly about you."

Asuka sat quietly, her eyes blinking. She placed her bowel onto the table and stood without saying a word. She turned and left and once she was out of sight Shinji could have sworn he heard someone throwing a laughing fit in the other room. He hung his head and sighed. This wasn't going to be easy, he thought. How would he know when the events from his vision were beginning to shape? Would he have to defy his initial thoughts to change his future? Would he have to live in fear because at any moment his destiny would place him in a position that he could not get out of? It was all too complicated.

He heard the door to the small apartment open and he knew automatically who it was. He watched as a tired looking Misato passed him and then tossing a handbag onto the floor and rummaging through several files she had sprawled on the floor. She took one of them and placed it into her bag and when she turned to Shinji she eyed him and frowned.

"Get dressed. You and Asuka are needed."

Chapter 3

Asuka, Shinji and Misato arrived at NERV HQ around late afternoon. For some reason he gained an odd feeling deep within his stomach. He was nervous.

Asuka on the other hand couldn't keep her gaze of him. She was confused to say the least of how to make of him. He had been acting weird the entire day and it was ruining her usual high of taunting him. She found herself glancing at him in the car.

She was concerned.

Yes, yes, hard to believe but she couldn't help but feel this. It was an awkward feeling that was for sure. She couldn't help but relish on the question he had asked her earlier.

Have you ever had the feeling something bad was going to happen and there was nothing you could do about it?

Her mind began to spin like a top hellbent on staying up. She couldn't get that question out of her head. It began to eat away at her as if she was keeping the answer to that question hidden from herself as if her own mind didn't want to admit something that could potentially hurt her. She couldn't put her finger on it but this moment right now, her sitting in the backseat with Shinji driving up to NERV felt as if it happened before. She shook it off. There was no way, she wasn't a believer of déjà vu.

She sat in Unit-02, her EVA, and relaxed. This was the fourth time this evening they wanted her to calibrate her sync with the EVA. It was bothering her and clearly it was showing up within the control room. She tried her best to relax and focus but her mind was not tolerating her behavior. Constantly Shinji's voice crept into the bowls of her brain and forced the same question into her mind again and again. And that was the least of what was happening.

The vision... it was about you, Asuka.

That did it. Why her? Well, she was eye candy and she could understand that someone like him who couldn't even score a date would dream or even fantasize about her. And she was alright about that but what she wasn't alright about was that she had a dream too...

... and it was about him...

"Alright, get them out of there." said Misato as she wiped her face tiredly with her palm. Ritsuko, head scientist, turned to her and frowned.

"What's going on, Major?" she asked.

"I don't know, we've been under the same routine, they eat the same, they do the same things, I don't understand it but I can't explain why both of them have Sync percentages of only five percent. We should have done something when this first began to happen." said Misato.

"There was no way to predict that both pilots are having trouble. At least Rei has not been effected." said Ritsuko.

"Maybe it's because they're living together? Could that be it?" asked Misato.

"I doubt that. They had been doing great before hand. There must be another reason."

"Do you think they're mentally unable to cope with synchronizing with the EVA's anymore? Could it be mental trauma?"

"We have to do more tests to verify that. In the meantime we have to ask Commander Ikari on his take of the matter. With these synchronization graphs he's not going to be happy about it." she said. Misato looked out the control window and at the EVA's that stood motionless and without feeling. Her job would be on the line if she couldn't get these teenagers to do their job. Something had to be done and fast. There was no telling what could happen if their sync percentages went negative. If that were to happen it was possible the EVA's would reject the pilots or even become aggressive enough to lash out. Misato leaned forward on the control panel and pushed a button and said, "Alright you two, come out."

"Are you sure? I can still try." said Shinji.

"Nein. I can get it together. Just give me a few more minutes." said Asuka. Misato felt herself loose some of her patience.

"You've been in there for nearly three hours. What makes you think that a few more minutes would make a change?" she said. The intercom went silent.

"I can do it. Just give me more time." insisted Asuka. Misato jammed her fist into the intercom.

"We don't have time! Get your assess out of there NOW!" she shouted.

Asuka and Shinji walked down the corridor from the EVA hangar and into the standby deck where Misato waited. The two of them didn't dare say a word as the doors to the standby deck opened but in the back of their mind they couldn't help but curse the situation. Misato was sitting on a bench, her arms stretched over both sides as if she were relaxed but they both knew this was only to diminish their own nervousness, Misato was horrible at concealing her emotions. The two teens sat on a bench opposite her and waited. Neither of them could find the words to say.

"What's the problem?" Misato asked, her eyes hidden underneath her bangs. Asuka couldn't help but look over at Shinji who wore an expression of sorrow and stared pitifully at the floor. What a wimp, she thought, she was going to have to answer herself.

"There isn't a problem. Today was just a fluke that's all." she said crossing her arms. Asuka then heard her guardian laugh underneath her breath as if she indeed said something funny.

"A fluke? No, when your sync percentages goes down one percent that is a fluke. Both of your percentages have gone down half of their initial readings. Please explain that Ms. Soryu." she said. Misato only addressed people by their last name when she was angry and this was no different. Asuka didn't like where she was going with this and retaliated.

"Excuse me, Ms. Katsuragi," Asuka began adding a mocking tone in her voice, "I don't see you piloting a God forsaken machine and risking your neck almost every damn day."

"Watch your mouth."

"Or what? Huh? You're going to punish us? Huh? Miss Oh-I-am-Commander?"

"Asuka, don't." pleaded Shinji.

"You're out of line, Miss Soryu." Misato hissed, her voice sounding lethal. Asuka didn't relent as she went on to say, "Maybe this is why Kaji likes me more than you because he's sees potential in me and not some hag that thinks she could run everything because she's the almighty Major."

"Asuka, please." begged Shinji.

"I will not tell you again, stand down, Second Child." Misato said viciously. Asuka ignored the warning and continued to pound on the insults.

" Stand down? To you? Please you are no major. You don't even act like someone I would want to respect. You're just some hag--"

A whipping sound erupted into the room. Shinji stared wide eyed at Asuka who was slumped to one side and holding the side of her face and looking up at Misato who stood over her, fury inhabiting her eyes. Asuka slowly turned to Shinji and what he saw in her eyes surprised him. She didn't say it but he knew she was asking him for help but he couldn't do a thing. He couldn't defend her. She wanted him to say something, anything but he sat there and said nothing. After several moments of tense silence Asuka stood up and walked out leaving Shinji to fend for himself. He looked up at Misato and opened his mouth to say something but before he could she lifted her hand to stop him.

"Just go."

He nodded and went on to catch Asuka.

Chapter Four

Asuka found herself walking alone. She had thrown her plugsuit away and was now sporting her backup clothes she stored in her locker at the base. This was her way of telling NERV she had quit. She had taken pride on piloting the EVA but to know it was not appreciated the glamor of it all dissipated. She had nothing now. Nothing. Should she even go back to the apartment to collect a few things? No, there wasn't any point. What was she going to do with them? There's no point in returning. Maybe if she caught a train she could go somewhere but the question still remained... what was she going to do?

She turned a street corner and saw a woman leaning up against a wall smoking a cigarette. Asuka couldn't help but keep her gaze on the mysterious person. She looked so different than anyone else. In a society where everyone practiced unity it was rare to find someone expressing individuality. The woman's jet black hair covered her left eye allowing the right one to analyze her surroundings. She wore deep violet eyeshadow that went extremely well with her gold eyes. She wore violet lipstick and her lashes were so darkened with mascara that it seemed as if she literally painted it with black paint. Asuka even noticed the woman's brilliant physique. Curves, all curves. She looked sexy and she didn't find a problem showing it through her skin tight shirt and jeans which by the way was also black.

She was just about to pass the woman when the woman whispered, "You're Asuka, right?"

Asuka blinked and stood still. She turned her head slightly and responded, "Yeah?"

The woman smiled as she leaned against a nearby wall in an alluring manner. She took a giant inhale of her cigarette and flicked it into the street where a car promptly ran over it.

"The famous pilot of Unit-02 EVA. I am honored." she said, her voice low and endearing.

"How do you know that?" asked Asuka.

"Oh, I have my sources, Child." the woman responded with a smile, "In any case I just want to talk with you for a little bit. Maybe you can shed some wisdom as to why you are no longer a pilot."

Asuka's eyes narrowed.

"I didn't quit."

"My child, there's no need to lie. I can see it in your eyes. The life of a pilot is riddled with sacrifice and nothing in return for your contribution to society."

"I'm leaving."

"Hold on, love. I have a proposition that I think you will find... angelic." she said.

"You have a minute."

The woman smiled from ear to ear.

"You come work for us and we will make you Lieutenant of your very own squadron of specially made EVA's. You'll be the boss and all decisions related on the field will be given to you. As for compensation... how does a million dollars in any currency a year sound?"

The woman watched as the young teen girl's brows raise steadily up her forehead. Asuka opened her mouth to say something but quickly shot out, "What's the catch? There has to be a catch."

The woman smiled at the words.

"You are a very smart young lady. I only have one demand."

"And that would be?"

"You steal your EVA and bring it to the coordinates I will provide."

Steal the EVA? The task almost sounded impossible until the woman added, "Oh, don't worry, you won't do it alone. We are currently recruiting someone else to help you in the endeavor however I personally think he will take a little more convincing than it will you."

"And if I refuse this offer?"

"Honey, this isn't an episode of the 'Sopranos' alright? If you refuse, you refuse, I cannot force you to do anything but I can persuade you and I think this would be a good step for your future."

"I'll think about it."

"Alright, you sleep on it but when you get your answer I'll be waiting here every night at eight. Don't leave me here waiting too long." She said smiling. Asuka wondered if she had an unnatural ability to maintain a smile for long periods of time. The woman pulled out a small blue card from her pocket and handed it Asuka.

"Oh you guys have your own business card huh? How professional." said Asuka as she read the card, "Administration of Divine Aspects and Maintenance? What the hell does that mean?"

"You're a smart girl, you figure it out. Now, I have more business to attend to so I'll leave you to it. Have a nice day, Asuka." she said. The woman leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek and went off.

"What a weirdo." whispered Asuka.

The woman turned a corner and retrieved her cellular phone, she dialed a number and held it up to her ear.

"Hello?" said a masculine voice on the other line.

"It's done. She's a feisty one but a little more prodding and she'll be good to go." she said.

"Well done, I'm off to find the male. Oh and I almost forgot, the head of the administration thought our organization could use another name."

"Oh really? This should be interesting. What is it?"

"Rightful Order of Selected Evangelions or for short, ROSE."

"That's pretty, you sure the commander doesn't have a sensitive side?" asked the woman.

"Yeah, I doubt it but lets leave it at that. Stay low, Mariamnè."

"You too." she responded.

And with that she hung up the phone.

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