Nothing Will Ever Change That

A/N- Okay, I'm going to start doing something beginning with this chapter. From now on, I will not post a new chapter until I get five or more reviews. I'm not doing this to be cruel, but I feel like I'm post chapters too fast, so I'm setting a 'timer' so to speak. You are free to curse me out for this, but I will just ignore it. Now on with the story!

Chapter 68: Tell Me Everything

Same Place

"We needed to talk with you. We have a few questions," he raises his head slightly and the conversation begins.

"You do realize that I'm busy, right? Go back to your cursed child," what the hell!

"You son of a bitch!" I lunge at him and punch him in the face, knocking his glasses to the floor, "Say that again! I dare you!" he just sits there with his normal expressionless face, "Now you WILL listen to us and you WILL answer us! You got it?" he doesn't lose his composure, and sits still, "Good boy," just thought I'd throw that in there! "Now, first off, what the hell are those white Evas? I heard you say SEELE, but what is that?" he stands up.

"You really want to know? Fine, but don't blame me if you don't like the answers I give you. SEELE is the organization that is above NERV, they control the choices made for the Evas. After they learned how to make a self-piloted Eva, they want the other ones gone." I thought NERV was on top?

"Why do they want our Evas gone? And why do you care? If they found an Eva that is self piloted, we're out of danger. Just let them have em!" he laughs a little, "What the hell is so funny!"

"There is so much you don't know… they don't want only the Evas gone, they want YOU gone too, especially Ms. Langley here," why Asuka?

"Wait, what! Why do they want me?" he once again smiled.

"You should be happy, they want you alive. You have proven yourself to be the best fighter out of all the pilots. They want to make an Eva in your image, with your fighting style, your personality, and your soul." Soul?

"Why are you protecting us then? Why do you care?" he walked over to me and stood directly in front of me.

"I can't lose Unit 01… and I won't lose you kids," what was so special about Unit 01?

"Why can't you lose Unit 01 or us?" he once again smiled.

"Why can't I lose you kids? How heartless do you think I am? Shinji, you are my son whether you like it or not. Despite what you may think, I love you. Asuka is the mother of my grandchild, and Sam… her parents were close friends of your mother…" Was he being… nice?

"You… love…" I knew my eyes were wide as dinner plates. He just nodded with his normal face on, "W-What's so special about my Eva?" my voice was uneasy.

"That… is a conversation for a later time…" like hell it was!

"No, you are going to tell us now!" he just stood there.

"Shinji, did you love your mother?" I only knew her for two years before she died, but I have vivid memories of her.

"Of course I did! What does she have to do with this?" he went to go sit back down.

"Your mother never really died. After you were born, the Eva project began. Rei was the first person to enter an Eva, as you know. Your mother was the second, assigned to pilot Unit 01," she was what! "On the first activation test with Unit 00, Rei was nearly killed, and on the first activation test with Unit 01, you mother disappeared." I'm not in the mood for bedtime stories.

"Don't fuck with me! I'm not in the mood for lies!" he looked up at me from his chair.

"You don't have to believe me, but it's the truth. After we did the sync test with her, it came out to be at a 78, more then enough to start the Eva. When she entered Unit 01 and tried to start it, she screamed, then the comm. link went black. When we opened up her entry plug, nothing but LCL was found. The MAGI is 89 sure that her soul still inhabits you Eva. If you don't want to or can't believe this, then explain how you occasionally black out in fights and end up annihilating any of your foes, even when you have a zero battery charge?" just like when I went up against the twelfth angel.

"I… can't… if you think she's in there, then why haven't you tried to get her out?" he nods his head.

"We've spent over a thousand hours trying to do just that, it's proven to be impossible." Should have seen that coming. He brought up my hopes, then shot them down like an elk. "Is that all?" like hell it was!

"No, there's one more thing; why do you hate Dietlinde so much? She's only a baby!" Asuka finally spoke up.

"I don't hate her; I hate how she was conceived. Two kids having some fun went a little too far and slept together, two pilots none the less. I don't care if your getting married now, 'Dietlinde' as you like to call her is nothing but a sin. Hell, her parents are too," he'd better watch what he says, "You're a killer and Asuka's basically a whore," hope he likes blood.

"You know what? I'm sick of you insulting my family!" I reach over his desk and grab him by the shirt, "You can say whatever you want about me, but NEVER insult Asuka or Dietlinde!" he just stared at me.

"I only speak the truth," With that, I bring him up to eye level.

"Yeah? Well so do I; one of these days, I WILL kill you. But as for right now," I let go of his shirt, and as he begins to brush off, I punch him square in the nose. He falls back onto the ground and starts to get up again, "So Asuka's a whore, huh?" I step on his chest to keep him down, "How about you say that again?" his back is pinned against the floor, and I just keep adding more pressure. A soft grunt comes from him "What? I couldn't hear you, say again?" another grunt – this time louder – echoes from his throat. He is finally starting to show pain by squinting his eyes, "I still can't hear you! Speak up if you want to be heard! Isn't that what you always told me?" he finally mumbled what sounded like words.

"I… can't…" at this point, I'm basically pushing as hard as I can on him.

"What? You can't what?" he just kept quiet, "Talk!" I suddenly feel a pulling at my shirt.

"Shinji! That's enough!" I turn to see Asuka tugging at my shirt, "Get off of him!" why was she defending him?

"You got off easy you old prick," I step off him and he inhales a deep breath. Nothing more said, Asuka and I walk off, "Why'd you stop me?" I ask when we exit the room.

"I can't have you going to prison again! I will not let Dietlinde grow up without a father!" was I killing him? Crap! He couldn't breath! I could have killed him! There were mixed emotions with that statement. On one hand, there was nothing more I wanted on the earth then to see him die, but on the other hand, I couldn't stand to go to prison and miss out on Dietlinde's childhood.

"Sorry, just sixteen years of anger coming out, it won't happen again," she looks at me and smiles.

"Hey, I didn't say you couldn't do it again, I said don't kill him. Beat on him all you want," we both laughed at her comment. That I could work with! "How about you go pick up Dietlinde? Looks like you could use a stress reliever," beating on Gendo was a pretty good one too!

"Sure, I'll meet you back in your room," with a wave, she turns the corner into her room. I keep walking until I get to Akagi's office. Her door was open, so I just walked in.

"Oh! Hi Shinji, here to pick up Dietlinde?" to my surprise, she was holding Dietlinde in her arms.

"Uh… yeah," she hands Dietlinde to me.

"Have a good day!" with that, she began to type on the computer. Did she skip working to hold Dietlinde? She really was part of the family. Without a word – basically because Akagi seemed to be swamped with work – I head out. Dietlinde looks up at me the whole way there which made me realize something; she did see me as a father. I was bale to make her happy, I was able to make her laugh, and for that, she saw me as a father. I loved that. When I finally reach Asuka's room – which had become my home lately – I see that she was in the shower… well… not SEE, but heard. I set Dietlinde in her crib and lay down on Asuka's bed. She always kept it so messy, it was practically never made. I was okay with it though, it was comfortable enough without being made. I lay my head on her pillow and inhale her sweet smell. My whole life I was never going to forget jut how radiant her aroma was. Man, I sound like a perv talking like this! But it was true, nothing calmed me more then this… well… aside from actually BEING with her.

"You enjoying yourself?" I look up to see Asuka standing there in a towel. I didn't even hear her turn off the shower, let alone walk out of the bathroom.

"Sorry, I was just relaxing." She heads over to her closet.

"Sure you were, now turn around for a second… or not, I don't care," like I've said before, we have become so familiar with each other's bodies, that sort of thing didn't really bother either of us. Just out of trying to be respectful, I turn around. A few minutes later, she spoke up again, "Okay, you can look now," I turn around to see her in the silk night-dress I bought her.

"Asuka? Why are you wearing that?" she just looks at me with a sarcastic smile.

"You said it was a gift, right? Well it comfortable, so I'm going to wear it. It that okay? Or will it make you uncomfortable?" she smiled as she spoke that last part.

"No, I'm fine with it. I was just curious," just then, a loud alarm starts to blaze. "Looks like SEELE is back," after grabbing Dietlinde, we both jet out.

A/N- SEELE is back for another attack! Will there be new Evas? Will our young pilots be able to beat them? Can I come up with worse questions? Find out in the next chapter; Tiny, until then, keep on keepin' on!