Nothing Will Ever Change That
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Chapter 49: Another?
Asuka's Room
Asuka didn't really want a big party due to her thinking that she is 'fat'. I knew that this was going to happen! I couldn't even tell that she was pregnant! If she thought that it was bad now, wait until month seven! A few people still sent gifts though. She got many clothes, but Hikari sent clothes for a baby with the same note written on it as mine. I got her two gifts, one was car – I was the one that convinced Akagi for it – and a repeat of what she did to me for my birthday.
"I still can't believe Gendo got me a car too!" she now has a red van, which I was fairly surprised that she liked. Normally, she would hate things like this.
"Yeah, me too. So, I know that this wasn't much of a birthday for you, but I did do something that might make up for it," I walk over to the fridge and pull out a well-hidden cake. She baked for me on my birthday, so I thought I should do the same. It was a small one with white frosting.
"Shinji, I told you that you didn't have to… but thanks…" I hand her a slice and just then, Akagi came over the intercom.
"All pilots please report to my office immediately. Thank you." Damnit! I've heard that tone of voice before.
"Ugh… fine…" Asuka gets up and starts to walk towards the door, so I follow. We make our way to her office and see her with another kid. I knew it! The child was about our age, taller than Cass, and appeared to be African. Cass and Sam were already in there.
"Meet your new co-pilot, Gahiji Mugabe. He is from central Africa, he is twelve, and he will be living with Shinji from now on." He was only twelve! She seemed to be really forward with this one. The boy puts out his hand.
"Nice to meet you all. Like she said, I'm Gahiji," he had a strong African accent. A huge smile was painted on his face. What I never understood is that how did all pilots learn Japanese so fast? I swear, they're all prodigies!
"Hey, I'm Shinji, this is Asuka, that is Cass, and this is Sam," might as well make a good first impression. He did seem nice.
"Let's see if I can get this right, Samantha Simmons," he points to Sam, "Fifteen, American, pilot of Unit 06, and the sixth child. Shinji Ikari," he points to me, "Sixteen, Japanese, pilot of Unit 01, and the third child." He points to Cass.
"Whoa! Hold on! Don't say my name! Just call me Cass!" wonder why he was so picky about his name.
"Fine, 'Cass', Seventeen, German, pilot of Unit 05, and the fifth child. Asuka Langley Souryu," he points to Asuka, he's pretty good! "Fifteen, oh wait… sorry sixteen, – happy birthday – German, Pilot of Unit 02, and the second child." That was pretty impressive.
"Wow… looks like you did your homework. Here, I'll show you to your room," just like I did with Cass, I brought him to my room.
"So, this is where I'll be living. Not bad," he set down his bags and walked over to a bed… but it wasn't mine. NERV had already brought a bed in? That was fast.
"So, we have a sync test tomorrow, any idea what your score will be? Last time they checked me I was at an 82," not bad… but I was better. Hello ego!
"An 82? Not bad, I've got an 89. So, one question; why are you piloting at such a young age? I mean, I didn't even enter an Eva until I was fourteen," he shrugged. That was a stupid question, how was he supposed to know?
"Dunno, I guess they just liked my profile or something. They did have another pilot lined up to come here, but he quit or something. Anyway, I was wondering, why is it that they brought me in with only one sin left? I read up on them a little, but none of them looked exceptionally strong. Do you know?" If I only did…
"No, no I don't. NERV is a weird bunch, so I'm sure they have there reasons. Just make yourself at home," he got up and started to unpack all of his clothes and putting them into a new dresser NERV had apparently put in here when I was gone. Suddenly, an alarm went blaring.
"So, Lust finally came around…" I mutter as I walk away. Gahiji soon followed.
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In The Evas
I look over at Gahiji's Eva while NERV prepped us. It was a medium sized machine with a jet-black finish. The eyes were red, in fact, it resembled Wrath almost exactly. The only difference was the back, where – on Unit 07 – two spikes shot out of the shoulder blades. Soon, we were launched onto the surface. When I was up there, I saw that Asuka was here too.
"Whoa! Wait, why is Asuka here!" she was in no condition to pilot! Sure, she wasn't deep into pregnancy, but still!
"Why are you asking? To fight." Crap! Gendo was listening! I couldn't do anything for now, all o could do is try to have her stay on the sidelines.
"Uh… never mind… where is the sin?" trying to avoid conflict, I change the subject.
"We're not to sure that it is Lust, in fact, they look like Evas…" they? There was more than one of them? Just then, at least ten white Evas appeared on the horizon.
"What the hell are those things!" Gahiji was just as surprised as I was. They were all white, except for a few red lines tracing the body. They all had a mouth that extended all the way up their long heads.
"SEELE…" what the hell was SEELE! Akagi wasn't making sense.
A/N- I know that there wasn't too much character development here, but there will be. A special thanks to dark lancer from GameFAQs for giving me the name and origin of Gahiji. Will the children be able to fight off these new Evas? Why were they attacking in the first place? Find out in the next chapter; Eaten, until then, keep on keepin' on!