Neon Genesis Evangelion - Nothing Will Ever Change This

Disclaimer- I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion or any of the characters. I do, however, own the characters that I introduce into the NGE storyline.

Chapter 29: Hungry

Arcade – 3:00

"Great idea coming here, Shinji. This is exactly what I needed!" we were all at the arcade after school. Asuka was upset because Gendo refused to transfer her classes, so I brought all of us here.

"Good, now lets play some games!" as a joke, I guided her to the DDR pads. I knew that we had to use these to train to get in sync, so I knew we would be evenly matched. As Cass and Sam watched, we started the game. She chose a steady rock song, and we started. It was a pretty long song, so it got tiring. When it was over, Sam and Cass knew that we got high scores; Cass said it looked like a mirror the way we moved. The scores popped up on screen; Asuka: 10,000 Shinji: 10,000. Saw that coming.

"Okay, now that the couple is done showing off, it's my turn! Come on, we can be on teams for this one; me and Sam against you and Asuka." He pointed to the laser-tag room. It was a huge maze designed for hunting and being hunted. Much of it was lit by a black light, and the walls were lined with stickers that shown in the light.

"Want to make this a little interesting? If me and Asuka win, you have to pay up ten dollars. Same with me. Deal?" he nodded and smiled.

"Hello! I was in training for ten years! I'll win easily!" Crap! I forgot! We're so screwed. We got in line and waited for our turn. When we got to the front of the line, Cass and Sam put on the yellow suits and got the yellow guns. Asuka chose the red ones, so I did too.

"Both teams, please chose a location to start!" a voice rang through the room. We did so, and music came on. It was a song called 'Headstrong' by 'Trapt', pretty cool, really got the blood pumping!

A/N- I do not own the song Headstrong or Trapt. I hate disclaimers.

"Beguin!" Asuka ran off to the left, and I went to the right. Almost immediately, I came to a dead end. There was a broken mirror on the floor. 'Bet I could use this' I thought. I picked up a medium sized piece and went on my way. I went back and turned a corner to find Sam looking very nervous. I quickly go back around the corner and wait.

"Hey Sam!" I yell she comes running to me and fires. I bring up the mirror and reflect it back at her. Lights on her suit flash.

"Ah crap!" she yells in frustration. One down!

"See ya!" I say as I walk off. Looking for Cass, I hear a scream of frustration. Asuka was out. Great, now it's just me and him. I turn a corner and see nothing.

"Hey Shinji," I hear a voice but I can't see anything. I look up to see him standing on one of the walls. I run as fast as I can and lose him. I find a small hole and get in it. "I'll find you eventually!" I hear him yell right next to me. He hasn't noticed me yet, thank god for black lights!

"Found," I say as I jump up and pull the trigger to my gun.

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Outside Of Arcade

"Eight, nine, ten. You win, nice one Shinji." He counted off my ten and congratulated me. Just then, a loud alarm blares.

"Damnit! I was just starting to have fun!" Asuka complained.

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NERV

"Unit 01, launch! Unit 02, launch! Unit 05, launch! Unit 06, launch!" Akagi called off as we jettisoned to the surface.

"Gross! What is that?" Sam was looking at a large, yellow slug slowly making its way across the city. It would go over buildings, and they would disappear.

"No idea! The MAGI doesn't know either. Just fire a few rounds and see what happens." We did so and the bullets just got caught in the flesh, eventually sinking into it.

"What the hell? How will we kill it if we can't shoot it?" Asuka was right, how will we kill it? If guns don't work, I doubt knifes will. It lifted up its head and looked at Sam with its huge stalk-eyes. It then spit a large glob of green liquid at her. This stuff now covered her whole lower body.

"Oh, that's just great. A sin that hacks spit wads," just a few seconds later, she began to scream. Smoke was rising from the liquid. Sam fell backwards and soon, just her upper body remained. "AAAHHH!" her scream echoed through all of our com links. Blood was running through the open hole that was her hips.

"You son of a bitch!" Cass charged at the blob and drew his blade. He jumped high in the air and landed on top of it. "AH! Crap!" smoke started to emit from his feet. "I can't even touch it? Fine!" he leaped off and on his way down, he sliced down the creature's head. A green liquid leaked from the cut.

"The MAGI has confirmed that it is a sin, Gluttony!" Dumb asses.

"Gee, do ya think?" Asuka was trying to be funny.

"I don't care what it is, its going to DIE!" he grabbed one of the eye-stalks and ripped it of. The creature howled in pain. Cass did the same to the other eye. "Let's see you fight now!" it actually did. The slug leaped high in the air and landed on the still screaming Sam. The whole Eva was now under Gluttony. We couldn't hear her anymore.

"SAM! Get off of her!" Asuka ran over to it – as did I – and sliced at it with her progressive knife with the skill of a flyswatter. She landed a few hits, but it didn't move.

"Ah, screw it!" I was ready for the pain as I grabbed a hold of it and lifted it up. "CRAP!" my hands were burning with pain. When I finally got a good hold on it, I threw it over head to a mountain. The hands on my Eva were bare, free from armor and bleeding profusely.

"Sam? SAM!" I heard Cass yell as I look down to see nothing but a few orange spots where her Eva used to be. Cass charged at the sin and began to rip it apart. Chunks of meat flew everywhere. Soon, nothing was left of it. His Eva fell to the ground either in physical or mental pain. A slight whimpering could be heard over the com.

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Sam / Cass's Room

"Cass… I'm so sorry…" I was next to him as tears ran down his face. He was laying on his back on Sam's bed. The expression on his face was normal, aside from a steady line of tears running down his cheeks.

"Whatever, I'm used to death," He was lying. Trying to hide his shame, he rolled to his side facing the wall, "and death is expected in these situations. It doesn't affect me."

A/N- Sorry, no comment for this chapter. All I can say is that Cass was obviously hurting, but wasn't showing it. How will this loss affect the pilots? How will it affect Cass? Find out in the next chapter; Grave, until then, keep on keepin' on!