Nothing Will Ever Change That

Nothing Will Ever Change That

Chapter 70: Father

A/N- Looks like I finally hit 100 reviews last chapter! And on yet another event, I hit 200 pages with this first paragraph! Yes! Talk about a birthday present! Thanks to all of my loyal readers and I hope you like where this story has gone, where it is, and where it is going. Now on with the chapter!

A/A/N- This chapter was proof-read by Frost-Eva-00. Thanks for your help Frost!

Asuka's Room – The Next Day

Asuka was finally out of the hospital and back in her room. Jeff has given me the day off after he saw what happened on the news, leaving me some time with my family. Dietlinde was getting her last breast feed right now. Ritsuko said that she should start to eat normal food at this point, so she gave us all kinds of baby food to feed her. She had also given us a high-chair to feed her in. I had to admit, I was not looking forward to teaching her to eat normal food. I knew that she was going to put up a resistance and ask for her normal meal, but she had to start.

"Okay, sorry but that's it," Asuka pulls Dietlinde away and sets her back in the crib, "I wonder how she's going to react to the change. If she took after me like you said, the stubbornness in that child will be impossible to deal with!" we both laugh a little, but it was true.

"Asuka, do you mind coming down here please?" Akagi's voice came over the intercom, "Alone?" that was odd. Why would she need Asuka alone?

"Yeah, I'll be right there," she answered back, "I'll be right back. She probably just needs to talk about Dietlinde. Watch over her, okay?" with that, she left. I waited there for about an hour, and after that, I started to get worried. What could be taking her this long? Just as I was getting up to call Akagi, the door swung open.

"Fuck!" she storms into the room.

"Asuka? What happened?" her face was red she was so mad, "Are you okay?" she turns to look at me.

"You love me, right?" I nod, "Then come here," she grabs my wrist and drags me to Ritsuko's office. When we get inside, I see Akagi standing with a very tall man. He looked like Asuka in a way, but I couldn't place what it was.

A/N- I will be writing the conversations in English, but if you want it to seem realistic, the German version is at the end after the Author's Notes. Thanks to AsukaAndMisato for the translation!

"This is the 'man' you spoke of? Pathetic." He spoke German to Asuka.

"Yes it is! He is the father of my child as well! Why do you even care?" the man jumped a little.

"Child? You're a mother! What have you gotten yourself into Asuka?" I couldn't stand this anymore.

"What the hell is going on! If you're going to talk, speak Japanese!" he looks at me blankly, "And who is this guy!"

"This bastard is my father. He wants me to go back home with him," back home? In Germany?

"He doesn't want, he's demanding it. Asuka, I'm sorry, but you will be leaving tomorrow," Ritsuko must be crazy! I'm not going to just let her go! What about Dietlinde? She will only have one parent!

"What! No! She's not leaving!" I was quickly shot down.

"Yes she is. Her father, Karsten, never signed a contract to let her work for NERV, therefore he can do what he wants." Asuka starts to yell again.

"Like hell he can! I'm not going with this asshole!" with that, Karsten walks up to her and leans down to meet her at eye level.

"You are still a child young lady, and you will respect me," Asuka turns red with anger again.

"Fuck you!" he then rose up and looked down on her, "You heard me!" in an instant, he backhands her across the face, leaving her to fall to the ground.

"Hey! What the hell is your problem!" I throw a punch at his face, but he caught it in mid air, "Damn you!" I throw another punch with my other hand, and he caught that one too.

"You're quite the disrespectful little brat, aren't you?" I look up at him with hate in my eyes. He lets go of my right hand and as I start to pull my other hand away, he thrusts it backward.

"AH!" he lets go of my throbbing hand. I look at it and find that I can't move it… my hand is completely backward, the back of my hand was touching my wrist bone.

"Hey! What are you doing! That's it; I'm calling security," Ritsuko presses a red button and within a few seconds, the room was flooded with police, and they all jump on him, "Whoa! Don't touch him!" what was she talking about? All of the men slowly let go of him.

"What… are you… doing…?" I managed to mutter above the pain. She looks down on me, and offers a hand to help me up.

"We can't touch him. He's the Brigadier General of the German army," of course he was! When I was up, she helped Asuka to her feet.

"You… bastard…" she holds her bleeding cheek with one hand. A few drops of blood drop to the floor. Seeing her like this sent me over the edge.

"You're her father, and you do this! You have no right!" he walked up to me and I see all of the police put a hand on their gun holster.

"Do you enjoy your other hand? Then back off," with that, he started to walk off. Akagi rushed over to Asuka when he went out of sight and looked at her cheek.

"It's just a cut, it won't scar. Shinji, we need to get you to the OR now, you could be bleeding internally," at this point, I didn't care. Actually, I knew I was bleeding because blood was pooling on the end of my wrist. That pain… was like nothing I could describe, even looking at it hurt.

"Fine, but Asuka's coming with me. I'm not leaving her alone," Akagi started to walk away.

"Okay, just come on! We need to hurry!" both of us follow her to the OR.

"Asuka… are you okay?" she was so proud, she didn't even show pain.

"Yeah, just pissed off. What about you?" she hasn't seen my wrist yet, I've been hiding it from her to at least TRY and ease her mind.

"Y-Yeah… I'm fine…" good thing she was on my right. I was able to hide it from her.

"Then why are you sweating? Shinji, just tell me what he did. Are you bleeding?" with a sigh, I lift up the injured hand, "Oh my God!" now that she knew, I didn't have to hold back the pain anymore.

"Shit this hurts! What the hell is wrong with your father!" I had nothing to brace the pain either. I couldn't move my fingers, so I was unable to clench a fist. Just feeling my heartbeat in the wound hurt bad enough to make me scream.

"Shinji, I'm so sorry! Why'd you do anything? You knew I'd be fine!" that must have looked funny, me trying to stare down a guy that's easily six-ten.

"That's not the point and you know it! He had no right to hit you! I promised you I would never let you get hurt, and not only did I break that promise, I couldn't do anything about it!" that just came out of nowhere, but it was true. Back on the beach I gave her a set of promises that she could hold me to, and I've already broken all of them. I've cheated, she been hurt – by my hand none the less – and was almost killed.

"Oh shut up! The guy is friggen seven feet tall; of course you couldn't do anything! I'm fine, it's just a scrape," scrap my ass! Blood is dripping from it! I decided to drop it there because we were getting to the OR, and I was getting pissed again.

"Okay Shinji, just lay down and wait for me to come back," she left and I sat down on the cold metal stretcher

"I am NOT looking forward to this," I look down at my throbbing hand and cringe at the sight. My hand was starting to turn purple and the veins are popping far out of the flesh, trying to get any amount of blood. It was starting to go numb, so it didn't hurt that much anymore.

"Try passing something the size of a watermelon out the size of a straw, and THEN we'll talk about pain, okay?" I couldn't help but laugh at her. Even after what had just happened, she still managed to keep her sense of humor.

"What if he really pushes this? What if you have to leave?" she waves a hand in the air.

"I'm not gonna leave! I don't care what he does, I'm not leaving," that was comforting, but it didn't help the thoughts that crossed my mind. What would become of us? Who would Dietlinde live with? What about the SEELE attacks? I had to get rid of these thoughts; of course she was going to stay.

"Okay Shinji, you ready?" I saw Akagi come back into the room with three other people.

"As ready as I'll ever be," she starts to prepare syringe with some drug, "Whoa! Don't put me to sleep here!" all of the doctors look at me with the 'is he crazy?' face on.

"Shinji, you know the pain you felt while it happened? Well fixing it will be about ten times worse. I am going to put some kind of-" I cut her off.

"Oh no you won't! With her father roaming around here, I am NOT taking my eye off of her!" Akagi laughs a little.

"Fine, if you want I'll lock the door, okay?" she thought it was going to be that easy, didn't she?

"Do whatever you want, but you're not putting me to sleep," with a sigh, she puts down the needle. Good girl!

"Fine, but you asked for it. Try to hold still, okay?" she walks over to me and places a hand on the wrist, "Okay, I think we're ready here. Brace yourself, Shinji," before I could respond, she grabs onto my hand and lower wrist, then separates the two. With a loud 'crunch' sound, my wrist pops back in place.

"Ah fuck! You weren't kidding! Good God!" I heard Asuka gasp a little at this. Hell, the sound it made alone was nasty!

"Okay, we're almost done here," wait… what?

"Akagi… please tell me you're kidding!" she shakes her head, "What more is there to do!"

"Hey, I told you that you needed the drugs. Too late now, your heart is beating too fast. Okay, can you hand me a scalpel?" scalpel? What was she doing! "Okay, brace yourself again," before I could object, she cuts into my skin.

"Ah…" a small grunt echoes from me as she pokes around under my flesh. I notice that Asuka has looked away… I don't blame her! After about five minutes, my hand started to get its color back.

"Shinji, don't look for a second," I turn away, expecting more pain, "okay, where is the needle on your hand?" my hand? What needle?

"It's… not on my hand. Why?" I hear a small gasp coming from her, "Ritsuko, what's wrong?" I look at my hand to see a long push pin sticking straight up out of my palm and Ritsuko covering her eyes, "I told you not to give me any drugs!" she shakes her head.

"I didn't…"

A/N- I'm posting this chapter one review early for a reason. I need your input. Okay, I'm not in the best of moods right now. I've gotten two reviews and three personal messages telling me to end the story. So I am. Within the next five chapters, expect it to end. Unless someone objects, I'm done. Anyway, what does the needle mean? Is Shinji okay? Find out in the next chapter; One Less, until then, keep on keepin' on!

A/A/N- Here's the translated version;

"Das ist der 'Mann', von dem Sie sprachen? Erbärmlich." He spoke German to Asuka.

"Ja ist es! Er ist der Vater meines Kindes ebenso! Warum sorgen Sie sich sogar?" the man jumped a little.

"Kind? Sie sind eine Mutter! Was haben Sie sich in Asuka verschafft?"I couldn't stand this anymore.

"What the hell is going on! If you're going to talk, speak Japanese!" he looks at me blankly, "And who is this guy!"

"This bastard is my father. He wants me to go back home with him," back home? In Germany?

"He doesn't want, he's demanding it. Asuka, I'm sorry, but you will be leaving tomorrow," Ritsuko must be crazy! I'm not going to just let her go! What about Dietlinde? She will only have one parent!

"What! No! She's not leaving!" I was quickly shot down.

"Yes she is. Her father, Karsten, never signed a contract to let her work for NERV, therefore he can do what he wants." Asuka starts to yell again.

"Wie Hölle kann er! Ich gehe mit diesem Arschloch nicht!" with that, Karsten walks up to her and leans down to meet her at eye level.

"Sie sind noch ein Kind die junge Dame, und Sie werden mich respektieren," Asuka turns red with anger again.

"Leck mich am Arsch!" he then rose up and looked down on her, "Hörten Sie mich!" in an instant, he backhands her across the face, leaving her to fall to the ground.

"Hey! What the hell is your problem!" I throw a punch at his face, but he caught it in mid air, "Damn you!" I throw another punch with my other hand, and he caught that one too.

"Sie sind ganz der respektlose kleine Bengel, stimmt dass?" I look up at him with hate in my eyes. He lets go of my right hand and as I start to pull my other hand away, he thrusts it backward.

"AH!" he lets go of my throbbing hand. I look at it and find that I can't move it… my hand is completely backward, the back of my hand was touching my wrist bone.

"Hey! What are you doing! That's it, I'm calling security," Ritsuko presses a red button and within a few seconds, the room was flooded with police, and they all jump on him, "Whoa! Don't touch him!" what was she talking about? All of the men slowly let go of him.

"What… are you… doing…?" I managed to mutter above the pain.She looks down on me, and offers a hand to help me up.

"We can't touch him. He's the Brigadier General of the German army," of course he was! When I was up, she helped Asuka to her feet.

"Sie...Bastard…" she holds her bleeding cheek with one hand. A few drops of blood drop to the floor. Seeing her like this sent me over the edge.