Nothing Will Ever Change That
Chapter 73: I'll Do Anything
A/N- This chapter was proof-read by Frost-Eva-00. Thanks for the help!
Asuka's Room – The Next Morning
I've been raking my brain trying to think of how I was going to get past the NERV security. I knew that after what happened last night, there was no way they were going to let me leave… unless I called in a favor. Gahiji could help me, but the question was if he would. I pick up the phone and call his cell.
"Hello?" the first time he's actually picked up the phone when I've called!
"Hey, it's Shinji, look, I need a favor. Will you meet me in Asuka's room in a few minutes?" a few seconds of silence follow, "Just come on!"
"Okay, just calm down, I'll be in there in a few minutes," and he was. In about five minutes we were sitting on the sofa in her room, "Okay, so what did you need? I was asleep!" like I cared.
"Look, all I need you to do is give this to give this to one of the guards," I hand him a small envelope and he looks at me with a confused look, "just do it, please? I really need this." He took the envelope.
"Whatever…" with that, he walked out of the room. I jet over to the door to watch what was about to unfold between him and the guards. He said a few words, and then handed it to the guard. He opened it and went wide eyed, then said something over the intercom.
"All active NERV guards! Get down to hall seven now!" within a few seconds, Gahiji was tackled to the floor… and my chance showed itself. I sneak out of the door with a small smile on.
"Sorry man, I told you I needed this," I put a death threat on my own life in there! Now that I was out of NERV, I run down to Rei's old apartment. It took me a few minutes to get there, and along the way one single question popped up; should I be doing this? It's not like I had much of a choice at this point. I whip open the door to her broken down house.
"Hey man… enough of the noise…" her house has become a refugee for addicts and sellers. The floor was littered with either dead or passed out junkies. I step over a few and head to the main room to find one man sitting in a large chair counting off hundreds.
"Who the hell are you?' the man looks up at me with blood-shot eyes… apparently he was on it too.
"My name doesn't matter… I'm looking for work. Got anything?" he laughed a little.
"Run along and play with your toys kid, you don't want work here," he went back to counting the money. I go over and slam my hand on the desk he was working on.
"I'm no kid… I'm a killer… I'll do anything. Sell, push, anything you got." He rubbed his chin for a second, and then spoke up with a large smile on his face.
"Okay, I like your attitude kid. Fine, you want a job?" I nod, "One thing before you do; if you tell anyone of what you do here, you WILL die. Understand that?"
"Yes… now what do I do?" he reaches down under the desk and pulls out a Colt 47.
"Your job is simple. When people refuse to pay us, they tend to make me loose money. We also have a few rats in the organization; you will deal with them too. All I want you to do is… negotiate with them," he aims the gun at one of the passed out junkies without looking, "With this," he sends a loud bang through the house, "Got it?"
"Y-Yeah…" he slides the gun and a knife across the table to me, and I pick it up, "How… will I find them?" he gets up out of the chair and walks across the room.
"I'll take care of that. In fact, I have one of those rats I told you about right here," he opens Rei's closet to reveal a man tied up against the door with duct-tape over his mouth. He's obviously been beaten badly, but air still filled his lungs, "Show me your loyalty kid, take care of him." the beaten man looked up at me with terrified eyes.
"Before I do… what exactly does this pay?" he laughed a little.
"Look… I can say that it's enough. I'd say about 80000 Yen per head you bring back. Sound good? Good, now deal with him." he walks back o his desk.
"I'm sorry…" I bring the gun up between his eyes, and close mine.
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Ten Minutes Later
"Man! You're ruthless! You actually made him watch it coming!" my employer has been praising me for the kill for about five minutes now, "Okay, you've proven yourself. You can – and will – call me YY, got it?" an odd thing to be called, but I guess you wouldn't want your name to make it public with what he's doing.
"Sure… how will you contact me when you need me to… negotiate?" he walked back around his desk and put a hand on my shoulder.
"You got a phone?" I nod, "Well then give me the digits!" he laughs a little as he took out a pad of paper. I told him my number and he put the piece of paper in his front pocket, "Now… I doubt you want your name out there… so what should I call you…?" he starts to walk around me like a hungry shark.
"What ever you want…" when he made it back to the front of me, he got a smile on his face.
"I know! From now on, you'll be called Monster, got it?" monster… Akagi was right.
"S-Sure…" he walks back over to the desk.
"Okay, now for your pay from today. I think this'll cover it," he hands me a wad of money with a rubber-band on it, "Remember to keep your phone on, I could call you in the middle of the night, and you WILL do your job. Before you leave, tell me one thing, what's up with your hand?" without a word, I take the wad and head out the sun-bleached door.
On the walk home, I take out the butterfly knife he gave me and slowly made a notch on the side of the gun. In this neighborhood, nobody cared what you were carrying unless it was drugs. When I get back to NERV, I sneak back in and go into Asuka's room. I fall back onto her bed and stare at the ceiling. The trip would cost about 400000 Yen, so that was four men I had to kill… and I've already done one. I take out the gun and stare at the notch on it. A human life was being represented as a deep scratch on metal, and I was the one doing it. I had a reason though… I needed to get to Asuka… but I was a killer… apparently I've grown used to it.
"Shinji, Can I come in?" I hear Akagi's voice outside the door. I shove the gun into my back pocket and go over to open the door, "Are you alright? We think Gahiji is…" I cut her off.
"No, that was just a weird joke from him. He told me about it and I told him to leave me out of it. He got into trouble, didn't he?" she laughed a little.
"Yeah… listen… I'm sorry about last night…" I go back over to the bed and sit down.
"Don't worry about it," I noticed that she wasn't apologizing for what she said about me, "Are you sure that there isn't a way to get Asuka back?" she slowly nods her head.
"I'm sorry… we really can't do anything. She's out of our hands now," she's not out of mine though. I go over and pick up the once again forgotten Dietlinde. Her eyes have changed… there more… lifeless. They weren't full if joy as they normally were. She just stared at me blankly as I cradled her.
"You can leave now…" with a sigh, she leaves. I go back over to the bed and lay down with my child, "You deserve a better life… you deserve parents that actually show they love you… at least you have mommy, right?" a single tear falls from my eye. She lies down on top of my chest and tries to relax, "I'm so sorry Dietlinde… I'll get mommy back soon…" Dietlinde looks up at my teary eyes and begins to whine herself. I wipe off my tears and try to comfort her, "I'm sorry…" I whisper under my breath. She once again sets her head down on my chest.
How could I do this to my family? I love them both so much, yet I've lost Asuka, and now its obvious Dietlinde isn't comfortable around me. Even if I did get Asuka back, there's no way that I would ever be able make up for what I've done. I still had to try though… I won't give up that easily. Just as I was about to fall asleep, my phone rings.
"Get your ass down here now, no excuses." The phone goes dead. YY hopefully had another job for me. I take Dietlinde to Akagi's and ask her to take care of her for awhile. Now I was turning into a liar, I told her that I was going for a walk, when in reality; I was going to kill a man. When I finally get to Rei's old house, I saw that YY was waiting for me outside, "Took you long enough! Look, you need to hurry, go to this address and take out the guy with black hair, a white shirt and white pants. You can't miss him; he's a good six-five. Get going! He won't be there much longer!" I take the address from him and run off to the number written on the paper. It wasn't that far away, just a few blocks. I saw him instantly as I turned the corner into a new neighborhood. He was talking to another man in all white… great… now I was dealing with a gang! I had to take him out from back here… I couldn't risk being seen. I take out the gun and line up my shot carefully at his head. A few seconds pass as I make sure I'm lined up, I only get one shot. When I felt confident about my aim, I pull the trigger. He instantly falls to the ground and I jet off as fast as I could. I've never ran so fast in my life, but I was pretty sure that no one saw me. I finally get back to Rei's old house and see him still outside.
"YY! I… got… him…" I couldn't catch my breath.
"Are you joking? He's dead? You actually did it! Damn man, he's taken out ten of my guys, and you kill him on your first try! Listen, you've earned a bonus, whatever you want, you got it!" I knew that I couldn't ask for the whole amount of money I needed, but I did have an idea.
"Thanks… can I get a flight to Germany? I need to go see someone," he goes wide eyed.
"But then… fine, I did say anything… you'll leave tomorrow night, got it?" that was a little too easy… so I pushed for one more favor.
"I need one more thing… I'm sorry… but I want out. I can't do this anymore; you were right, I'm just a kid, and I can't handle it anymore," he laughs a little, "Please."
"You know, I am normally right. Fine, you're out, but you need to take out one more guy. His name is T-Bone Mendez; he's been killing off my suppliers, so you know what to do. Take these, you'll need 'em." He handed me a few clips of ammo. With that, he walks off.
A/N- Can you guess where I got that name from?
I had no idea where to look, and I only had until tomorrow night to do it. All I could think of was to simply ask around.
A/N- Like Shinji's new job? Just in case I didn't make it clear in there, he hates it. Will he find T-Bone? How will he do it? Will he finally get to Asuka? Find out in the next chapter; Fight For Your Life, until then, keep on keepin' on!