REI UNLEASHED
Chapter 3
by Gunman
Disclaimer: Own nothing. Don't want to talk about it.
Authors Notes: I know that I said in the last chapter that I was going to have Gendo try to exert his influence over Shinji, but I decided to change that to have him try someone else first.
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It had been a week since Gendo's punishment.
Asuka and Kaji were already in Okinawa following a very public press conference in Tokyo-2 three days ago.
Dozens of requests for specific vacation times had been submitted, and approved.
Ritsuko had been coming in late for work the last week, and sub-commander Fuyutsuki had not been around for a while. In fact, unless he actually came into work some people thought he had died.
Having heard these rumors, Fuyutsuki was more than a little annoyed.
But at the very least, everyone was happy.
Well...
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The door to the commander's dark office opened as the ragged looking form of Ginza Rokubungi entered and walked up to the desk.
"What do you want?" Ginza asked with less than enthusiasm in his voice.
"What was that?" the blue-haired commander asked, obviously noting his tone.
"How can I help you... commander?" he said, grinding his teeth.
"Better. I have a list of things I want you to get for me. Here they are." she said, shoving the list into his hands.
He looked over the list. He gasped.
"What could you possibly need these things for?" he asked.
"That is not your concern. Yours is just to... go for them." she said with some emphasis on 'go for'.
"You can't expect me to..."
"I can. I do. And you will. Now get going!"
The man grumbled as he headed out. He was so upset with everything that he didn't notice the changes Rei had made to his dark office.
For one thing, the beautiful intaglio of the Tree of Life was gone from both the floor and ceiling. For another, there was more track lighting, comfortable earth-tone furniture, soft carpets, (several of them with Asian designs such as fish, samurai swords, and cranes), and a fifty gallon fish tank.
Rei looked over her office and smiled.
Shinji-kun may not be an interior decorator, but his suggestions were appropriate. My office is less bleak now. She smiled as she went over the reports on her desk.
The report from the press conference, as well as the transcripts from it, had been sent to Rei and she was amused to say the least. It had mostly to do with Asuka's rather shameless self-promotions and her own exploits in battle against the Angels. Very little was mentioned about Shinji and Rei herself, saying that they were little more than back-up.
What really amused her was that one of the reporters stated quite clearly that Shinji's purple unit had been victorious against three Angels and the rogue JetAlone robot prior to her arrival in Japan. Asuka had simply replied that Shinji was simply overburdened with luck, not skill.
Rei dropped the report off to the corner of her desk, not really wanting to read what the redhead had said about her. She had a fairly good idea what it was.
Still the press conference was sufficient to allay the fears of the public. And by now, Asuka was in Okinawa with Mr Kaji, enjoying the vacation she was promised.
At the very least, Pilot Sohryu and Mr Ryoji will be out of everyone's hair. I believe that is the expression I overheard from Major Katsuragi the other day. Rei thought. At any rate, whether or not the Angels attack now, it will be more peaceful. She then glanced at another report on her desk. Hmm. Dr Akagi has been coming into work late again. There is little in the way of pressing matters that require her attention. Still... she thought as she pressed in intercom.
(Yes, commander?)
"Please get Dr Akagi on the phone, will you?"
(Right away, commander)
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The apartment of Dr Ritsuko Akagi...
"Ooooh." Ritsuko groaned as she unceremoniously rose up out of her bed, a thin sheet covered her naked body as she reached over and grabbed her cellphone. "I'm up, I'm up!" she mumbled as she took the phone and pressed 'answer'. "This is Ritsuko." she said.
(Dr Akagi.) The familiar monotone voice said.
"Rei? Uh.. Commander?" Ritsuko gasped.
(While I am not opposed to you having an active social life, I still expect you to act responsibly as NERV's head scientist. You are exactly 47 minutes late for work, doctor.)
She looked over at the clock and hissed.
"I'm sorry, Commander. I'm on my way right now." she apologized.
(We will skip the court-martial this time.) Rei said as the line went dead.
Did Rei just make a joke? She wondered as she put the phone back on the side table, next to the bottle of Jose Cuervo. She then scooted herself to the end of the bed, dropped the sheet, and walked over to the bathroom to get showered.
She smiled at the events of last night as she stared at the sleeping form of her date... and his brother.
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Rei pushed the intercom after she had called Dr Akagi.
(Yes, commander?)
"Have Pilot Ikari report to my office."
(Yes, commander.)
"And you. Secretary?"
(Yes, commander?)
"What is your name?"
(Uh... Hoshino. Jun Hoshino.)
"Thank you, Ms Hoshino. I was not aware of your name. I apologize for that."
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"Is something wrong?"
(I... the former commander never apologized. Never even asked me my name, ma'am.)
Of course not. He only knew the names of the people who could actually be of greatest benefit to him. The rest of his command staff had to deal with everyone else. She mused. "I am not the former commander."
(Understood, ma'am. Summoning pilot Ikari now.)
15 Minutes later...
"Commander. You wanted to see me?" Shinji asked as he entered the large, now furnished office.
"Come in, Pilot Ikari." she motioned for him to step closer.
He strolled up to her desk, not a hint of nervousness in him. He and Rei were friends after all.
"How can I help you commander?" he asked.
"Make love to me." she stated.
"WHA!" the panicked boy shouted as he suddenly crumpled to pieces on the floor.
He eventually picked himself up when he heard the sounds of Rei giggling, almost uncontrollably.
"What the... did you just make a joke, Rei?" Shinji asked in disbelief.
For now it is a joke, Shinji-kun. She thought. "Major Katsuragi is right. You do need to loosen up."
"Misato did?"
"You are much to tense you know. Since she has known you the longest, I asked what could be done to alleviate your... stress." she explained. "She suggested a small bantering of an intimate subject would be appropriate."
"Misato said that?" he asked, wondering when Misato had become so articulate.
"Actually she said that teasing you would loosen you up."
That sounds more like Misato. "Uh... right. So, what can I do for you now?"
"What do you want for lunch?"
The boy looked shocked. "Pardon?"
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Okinawa was everything Asuka had dreamed of.
The sun, the sand, the beaches, the lush green forests.
It was truly one of the most beautiful and romantic places he had ever been to. And she was finally here... with the one person she wanted to be with.
Of course her 'date' was sweating bullets due to all this. Ryoji Kaji had been assigned the task of escorting, actually chaperoning, the Second Child on this two-week vacation after a large press conference in Tokyo-2.
This did not bode well for the spy since his job was to snoop around NERV and find out it's secrets. How could one do that if they were hundreds of miles away from the place they were supposed to be snooping around at? Not to mention hundreds of miles away from his dear Misato.
He figured with Gendo gone he would have a greater chance of snooping around the facility to find the truth of the matter. But no... Rei was worse. She had sent him here... to Okinawa... with Asuka!
He suspected this was some elaborate plan to get him away from NERV.
He glanced at his watch and noticed the time.
"How's it coming Asuka?" Kaji asked. "We're going to be late for dinner."
"Great! What do you think of my dinner wear." she asked as she stepped out of her room.
"ASUKA!" Kaji gasped as soon as he saw her.
"What?"
"That's... that's..."
"Oh! Silly me. This is my new silk negligee, not my little black dress." she giggled. "Be right back." she said, running back into her room.
Only 12 days, 17 hours, 43 minutes, 25 seconds to go. Only 12 days, 17 hours, 43 minutes 22 seconds to go. Only 12 days...
(Well, you get the idea)
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"You mean my father was... scamming the UN?" Shinji gasped as his noodles slipped out of his chop sticks and back into his bowl.
"Yes." Rei said as she ate another carrot slice. "Commander Ikari had managed to convince the UN that Eva's production costs, the disposal of the Angels, and the daily operations of NERV, were ten times the normal cost they should have been."
"Oh my god... Ten Times?" he gasped.
"Yes. While Gendo may have been a ruthless commander and an unfit father, he was a skilled con artist."
Shinji raised his eyebrow. Had Rei just made another joke, or cutting remark, and at his... Well, it's not like I can call him that, really. He thought. "So that's where you got all the money for the pay increases and the vacations and Asuka's trip."
"Actually, I was able to straighten out the budget enough to have the UN pay us only three times what NERV's actual costs are."
"But... isn't that... wrong?"
"Considering what Gendo was doing..."
Shinji nodded at that. "So, what are you going to use the extra money for?"
"A nice little cushion, for emergencies and such."
"Alright. But wait... if he was scamming the UN out of ten times the real costs of NERV, then where did all the extra money go?"
"Into a private account that was being used for his... special projects. These have since been discontinued." she said, not saying that the money was actually being used for brides, information, elaborate equipment, the freaking huge pyramid in the middle of the Geofront, and whatever else Gendo could think of. With that kind of money, he could do anything.
"As for the rest of the money." she started again. "That is another thing I wanted to talk to you about." Rei said as she pulled out what looked alike a folded piece of paper and a plastic bank card. "I managed to place a substantial amount of money into a private account for you. The total amount and all relevant information have been placed on that paper."
Shinji took the paper and looked at it. His eye shot wide open and he nearly fell out of his seat.
"You...how... where... I can't... wha..." he started to sputter as he saw the amount.
"Is the amount not appropriate?" she asked.
"Uh... it's not that, Rei. But... why so much?"
"Because you have risked and suffered more than any other person in NERV. You have been on the front lines of this war since the beginning. The majority of the funds, however, I have sent to local charities and rebuilding efforts, and even to countries that need food and medical supplies the most. As I have mentioned, I have kept a considerable portion in reserve as a sort of... cushion should anything come up. You have fought for all of us, including myself. This is only appropriate reward."
"But, uh, wasn't I getting paid before hand?" he asked.
"Not exactly."
"Huh? I wasn't getting paid for piloting?"
"Gendo did not think it appropriate to pay a person who could conceivably die in battle."
Shinji's expression was one of near horror and sadness.
So that's what father really thought about me.
Rei noticed Shinji's sad expression and immediately knew it was because of what she had just said. She stood up from her seat and moved towards the boy, wrapping her arms around him from behind.
"It is alright, Shinji-kun. You need not worry about such things ever again." she said as she nuzzled the side of his face with her own.
"I... I don't..?" he asked, feeling content in her arms.
"I promised once to protect you. I have not withdrawn that pledge. As I am now the commander of NERV, I will not willingly send you out to your death in a potential suicide mission."
Shinji turned to Rei, whose face was now an inch close to his own.
"Rei..." Shinji whispered, hypnotized by her sparkling red eyes.
"Shinji..." Rei whispered, entranced by his soft almost tearful blue eyes as she drifted closer.
RING, RING
Rei's serene looking face turned to one of sheer annoyance.
So close... she mentally grumbled as she reluctantly released Shinji and went to her desk, pressing the intercom.
"Commander Ayanami." she said with mild hint of venom in her voice.
(I'm sorry to disturb you, Commander. We contacted you as soon as possible.)
"Has something happened?" she asked, Shinji wondering just what the problem was.
(The sub-commander has been attacked)
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(One hour ago...)
Gendo had been out buying the commander's list of supplies, when he had sighted the aged Sub-commander walking out of an important-looking building, probably City Hall for all he knew.
And he didn't since he always sent Fuyutsuki to handle meetings like that.
He growled as the man got in his car and drove off. Gendo quickly followed, on his little moped bike that NERV had requisitioned for Ginza Rokubungi, all the way to his apartment building.
He had waited until Fuyutsuki had opened the door to his apartment building before he made his move.
"Hello, sensei."
The older man turned around to see a fist slam into his face, propelling him backwards into the apartment.
Gendo moved inside and closed the door. He was on Fuyutsuki in a second, wrapping his hands around the man's throat and squeezing.
"You traitorous bastard!" Gendo growled.
"ACK! ARCK!" Fuyutsuki croaked out as he struggled vainly against the younger man's grip.
"I won't forgive you for turning on me! But I'm not going to kill you yet. You're going to help me get control back from that treacherous doll and that disloyal doctor, do you understand?"
"HEEK!"
"I can't hear you!" he said as he loosened his hold on the older man's windpipe.
"I...said...HELP!"
"There isn't anyone who can help you now."
SMASH!
Gendo crashed to the floor, his hold on Fuyutsuki released as the older man was suddenly embraced from behind by a pair of slim arms.
"Are you alright, sensei?" Yui clone-1 asked as she held the older man tightly.
The old man breathed in much needed air before answering.
"I am fine, Yui. I... thank you."
"Of course." Yui clone-2 said, standing up and holding a now dented table-top phone in her hand.
Fuyutsuki looked at the pair. The Yui-clone who had her arms wrapped around him was wearing a pair of small denim short with a white t-shirt with pink trims. The Yui-clone who had knocked out Gendo with the phone was wearing a black t-shirt with longer jean shorts.
"I will prepare an herbal medicine and draw a therapy bath for you." Yui clone-1 said.
"Thank you, Yui."
The second clone looked at the phone She looked at the phone. "But now how will I call Section 2 for assistance?"
The door to the apartment suddenly exploded in as three dark-suited men sprang into the room, their guns drawn as they surveyed the room.
"Sub-Commander, are you alright?" the head agent asked
"Fine." he wheezed. "And you're late."
"We apologize, sir, for letting him out of our sight." the agent said as the other two grabbed Ginza and hauled him out of the apartment. He pulled a cellphone out of his pocket and dialed a number. "This is Section-2. Patch me through to Commander Ayanami."
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He groaned as he woke up and looked around the room. It was cold and dim, with a metal spring cot against the wall, and a toilet and sink in the corner. He had been here before.
The room where he was tortured and left to heal.
His head was throbbing as he suddenly heard the door to the room open up and footsteps walk in.
"You have been a very bad boy, Ginza." Rei said as Dr Akagi stepped in behind her with a small wheeled cart with a syringe on it. "Attacking the poor sub-commander like that, and you did not get the provisions that I sent you for."
"Are you going to torture me again?" he asked, realizing he was strapped to a chair in the middle of the room.
"Of course."
"Electricity again?"
"No. I have something much more... unpleasant."
"What is that?" he asked, finally noticing the cart with the syringe on it.
"I originally wanted to fill this little syringe with heroin, but I had a better idea." Rei gave a sadistic smile. "Several years ago, Army Research at the Pentagon was experimenting with several different types of new vaccines for all forms of viruses and diseases. One of them was a vaccine for anthrax. This vaccine proved successful, however, it had a variety of... severely uncomfortable side effects."
Ginza looked at her.
"The soldiers who were inoculated with this vaccine named these side effects after the person who developed the vaccine. They called it... The Kane Madness."
Ginza paled. He had heard about this 'madness'. The so-called side effects consisted of debilitating stomach cramps, severe diarrhoea, memory loss, partial facial paralysis, temporary blindness, drooling, bleeding gums, erectile dysfunction, and uncontrollable flatulence.
Some times all in the same hour.
"This syringe contains a modified dose thanks to Dr Akagi. You won't have these problems for an entire month like the test soldiers who were inoculated with it. You'll just have it for a few days at most. Enjoy." she said as Ritsuko suddenly shoved the needle into his arm and injected it all into him.
A pair of Section-2 guards he did not see, as they were standing behind him in silence, loosened the straps and let the man fall to the ground.
Rei, Ritsuko and the two guards walked out as Gendo suddenly felt his stomach cramp up.
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Authors Notes:
Hope everyone liked what I did to Gendo in this chapter. I originally wanted to pump him full of heroin, but apparently you can't do that. Something about it being inhumane.
Oh, well. I had something planned for when Gendo tries to get Shinji, but I didn't want that to happen so soon, so I had to come up with something else for when Gendo went after Fuyutsuki. Since I couldn't pump him full of drugs, I decided to do some other chemical torture. For some reason, The Kane Madness, from the movie Evolution, came to mind.
I hope everyone liked what I'm doing with this story so far, and will give me good reviews for this chapter and story.