Nothing Will Ever Change That

Chapter 83: Who Are You?

A/N- This chapter was proof-read by Frost-Eva-00, thanks for the help!

A/N/N- Sorry for that late chapter post, I really tried. To all of you people out there cussing me out in my e-mail, next time, try reading the FanFiction home page, I wasn't able to post anything. They were doing a system checkup, and therefore leaving me – and all other authors for that matter – unable to update stories. Thank you toSir Yzal for actually being the one to bring it up on the review, and thank you to all that wait patiently.

Asuka's Room – 3:15 PM

"Shinji, Hurry up already! We were supposed to meet Sam fifteen minutes ago!" as always, I woke up late and had to rush. I was just finishing up in the shower and stepping out of the tub.

"I'm trying! Just hold on!" I could hear rustling as I grabbed a towel. Just as I took it off the rack, the door swings open.

"Get dressed! Sam's going to be so pissed at us if we miss this!" she throws a pile of clothes at me and walks out. Did Asuka just walk in on me naked… and acted like it was nothing? Huh… that was… scary. She would always yell at me when she would see me like this… almost always. I get dressed as quickly as I could and walk out to see Asuka walking into her room, "I just dropped off Dietlinde with Akagi, are you ready yet?"

"Yeah, let's go." She grabs my left wrist and drags me out of her room and down the hallway. Why was she in such a rush? She's never been concerned about time before.

"You know, I can walk on my own…" she continued to drag me without a word, "I could just rip away from you. You know that right?"

"What makes you think that, huh? I'm way stronger then you!" that was true… but…

"I know, but I can do it without pain… look down…" I say that with a smile. She looks down at my hand and rips her hand away.

"I'm so sorry!" I just laugh, "What's so funny!" I had to laugh; the look on her face was hilarious!

"You jumped out of your skin!" I couldn't believe that I was joking about this; I guess that I've just grown accustomed to it, "You should have seen your face!" she literally started to fume.

"That's just wrong!" she points at my hand, "I don't want to be teased with THAT!" I don't care how 'wrong' it is, it's funny! We start to run again and I look down at my hand… it's pretty gnarled by now. A bullet entry and exit wound, a scar across my wrist, a few fingers are either broken or dislocated from carelessness, and on top of all that, it's a dark shade of grey… I think I might have it amputated. It's not like I'll miss it, hell, it would be better then having people staring at this! Asuka was right, it's actually repulsive. I'll have to ask Akagi about that later. Asuka bursts through Sam's door panting, "Sam… sorry… we're late…" we see her sitting on the sofa, patiently waiting for us.

"Don't worry about it, can we go?" Asuka's eyes went wide.

"You… mean… we didn't… have to HURRY! Are you telling me that I saw him naked, grabbed his nasty hand, and damn near had a heart attack, and we didn't have to hurry!" she acted like seeing me was new…

"You saw Shinji naked? Really?" she smiled a little, "How'd ya like it?" well… I hope she liked it!

"Shut up!" she couldn't come up with a comeback, with Cass gone, she was fresh out of material. Sam laughs a little as she gets up.

"Hey, if you don't like it, I'll be happy to take him," hello! Where did that come from?

"Like hell you will!" Asuka looks over at me as she said that and blushes under her rage.

"I'm just joking!" I hope she was! "Seriously, let's go," she guides us out of her room and walks next to me, "So… whose car are we taking?" I should have seen that coming. Sam loved to tease Asuka about her van, and it would always piss her off!

"Let's see; a van or a sports car…" she looked over at me, "Let's go with the sports car!" as long as I get to drive, I'm okay, "I'm driving!" wait… what?

"Asuka… what are you talking about? You can't drive yet, you still have to-" she cuts me off.

"Take a test? Already did! I got it about a month ago behind your back! Come on, hand over the keys!" Asuka driving my car… my 950 horse power car… seat belt please! With a shaking hand, I reach into my pocket and hand her the keys. Come to think of it, this might be easier. Driving with one hand really sucks!

"Um… o-okay…" we finally get out to the car. I sit in the middle just in case; I know how she can get, "Just remember that the gas is a little touchy."

"Yeah, yeah, I know!" to my surprise, she actually pulled out of the parking lot like a human being. Up until we hit the free-way, it was okay.

"Wow… not bad Asukaaaa!" Sam grabs onto my hand as we enter the no-speed limit area. The car roars down the street, accelerating from a nice twenty-five to ninety in a few seconds.

"Asuka, Slow down!" she had that wicked smile on as her hair blew far behind her in the wind, "For the love of God! SLOW DOWN!" she glances over at me.

"Oh come on! You expect me to drive like a grandma in this baby?" I thank my lucky stars that people steered clear of this car, "Hell no! Sam wants to get there fast, right? Well, we still got a good seventy unused miles!" she speeds up a little, "Damn! I wish I had this car!"

"Me too, Now please don't mess it up!" with a sigh, she releases the gas and lets the car slow to a steady fifty, "Thank God!"

"Wimp…" she took the exit and parked about a block away from the embassy, "Whatever, we're here anyway." Sam still clenched my hand and the armrest, staring forward, "Sam, you okay?"

"Uh… huh…" she sat there wide-eyed, and damn near sweating.

"Sam… can I get out?" slowly, she opens the door and crawls out. Painfully, I take my hand back, "Okay, Asuka will be going with you, but like you said, I'll be behind you guys. Get going, it's almost four," Asuka wraps an arm around Sam's shoulders and walks.

"Come on, why are you so scared? Loosen up!" she walked with a smile on her face, holding onto a still pale Sam. As they walked, I could see Sam start to calm down. To think that the girl with almost as much attitude as Asuka could get so scared! Like we planned, I followed a little ways back. As the embassy came into view, so did a man waiting on a bench. I was out of range from hearing anything that Asuka was saying but she was talking. When they approach the man, I leap behind a nearby corner and try to listen in.

"Are you Samantha?" a monotone voice…

"Sam, and yes, now what do you know?" she was being forward with this. I guess she would be her parents got killed for no reason. I'd like to know something about it if it were me.

"Right to the point, aren't we? Who is this young woman?" he was obviously talking about Asuka.

"That is none of your business! Tell her what you promised!" wow… both of them are serious.

"Fine, Sam, as you know… as you thought, your parents were bakers. This was true, for a short time." A long pause, then Sam spoke up.

"Okay… and? Don't tell me that's all you know!" he chuckled a little.

"No, no, I just thought that you knew what happened after that. So you really don't know anything, do you? Well, a month after they opened the bakery, they had a little visit from NERV. You are quite familiar with them, aren't you? The Fifth child, not bad," I hear a groan come from Asuka, "Sorry, anyway, a woman named Yui Ikari went into their shop simply to buy something. Just as she was leaving, a rain of bullets showered the building. All of them came out alive, and after seeing the white truck drive off, Yui grabbed the two and took them back to NERV," wait Yui, my mother?

"Whoa! Wait up! Yui, Are you serious? Why did she take them?" Asuka knew about my mother, but Sam didn't. I'm sure she picked up Ikari, but she showed no sign of it.

"Because she felt like they were in danger. She was such a sweet woman; she risked her life to save them. Yui told them that an organization was out to get her, and now that they saw what had happened, they were in danger too. The organization was called SEELE, and they wanted her because she was supposed to be the First. They believed that she wouldn't be a good enough pilot; she had too much family and therefore too much compassion, so they wanted her gone. SEELE thought she was asking for help for some reason, so now your parents were a main target," they wanted her dead? Why the hell didn't he tell me this too! So SEELE wanted her gone, now they want all of us gone… who are they?

"So… it was all her fault… Yui did this…" damn! Now Sam thought it was her fault!

"Hey! Back up! She didn't do this on purpose! If you let me finish, she tried to get them out of it. She knew that they would be hunted; so in short, she employed them as NERV agents. At first, they declined, but after they heard that they would be investigating SEELE, they wanted in. Yui begged them to find out the truth behind SEELE, because with it, she could bring them down. There was never any solid proof that they were being hunted, but it was obvious. In fact, up until recent years, there wasn't even any proof of SEELE to begin with." There was no hiding it now. Giant monsters, millions of bugs… yeah, you can't really ignore that, "Anyway, your parents job was to find out the truth about SEELE. They were given the license to kill – which they never used – full time Section 2 watch, and any resources they may need. A pretty hefty load for two people, no?"

"Slow down, so SEELE killed them?" Asuka sounded annoyed.

"Hold on, I'm still not done. They actually got into SEELE's database at one point, and finally knew the truth. After four years, they finally knew the truth. Unfortunately, they weren't at NERV, they weren't even in Japan, therefore out of the sight of Section 2. They had other matters to attend to… like their daughter's birthday… you know the story after that…" SEELE killed them right there. Cowards…

"Then what the fuck are those letters for? Who was Karsten Langley!" Sam – I could hear – was crying.

"Temper, temper. Karsten Langley was head of SEELE; I think he still is actually. Those letters were warnings to keep away. Most of them said that SEELE would leave them alone if they did, but your parents were too deep into it. Most were written in a code known only by SEELE and NERV, and few weren't threats. The last one that was sent to them wrote, 'This is your last warning. The council has promised to leave you be if you leave us be. You don't know what you're getting yourself into, this goes deeper then you can imagine. Please, just walk away and forget about this.' They obviously didn't listen." Karsten… was head of SEELE? How? I thought he was in the army!

"No way! Karsten was head of SEELE!" Asuka sounded surprised to say the least.

"Was? I told you, he still is." I couldn't help but chuckle, so did Asuka, "What are you laughing at?"

"Who's head now? He died by the hands of the Third," I hear the man gasp. I look around the corner to see him wide eyed, "What?" he lunges at Asuka and grabs her shoulders, "What the hell!"

"Where is he now? Tell me where Shinji is!" he knew my name?

"Let go of me asshole!" I see Asuka struggling under his grip.

"Tell me!" I run over and pull Asuka away from him.

"What the hell is your problem! Don't you ever touch her again!" Sam told me to stay hidden… oops… "I'm the Third! Now what is the problem?" he reaches behind him and pulls out a gun. I let go of Asuka and whip out my blade, flicking it open and jumping behind him. I put the blade under his neck and whisper in his ear. He still held the gun in the air, "Give me one reason I shouldn't slice you right now…" the gun was aimed at Asuka, and after seeing this, I put some pressure on his neck with the blade, "Drop it…" the gun falls to the floor.

"Calm down… I was giving that to you. SEELE will hunt you down too, you need protection. Stay in NERV, and stay with someone. Sleep in another person's room, do whatever you need, just don't ever be alone. When you're in NERV they can always see you, but they can't get to you. Don't you have a fiancé? Stay with her, you need her," tell me about it. I take away the knife and flick it closed.

"Sorry, bad habit." I pick up the gun and hand it to him, "I don't have a fiancé, just a friend. You can take this back, I won't need it," with a shaky hand, he takes it back. "So, killing him was a mistake, huh? Whatever, we've beaten SEELE before," he shakes his head.

"True, but they won't use Evas. Old fashioned guns will do just fine, like with Sam's parents. They only use Evas now so that they can take Asuka. Where is she by the way?" this guy knew all about us, but he didn't know what we looked like?

"Right here!" his eyes went wide.

"Y-You're Asuka?" his eyes skimmed over her body, "No… it can't be… I thought you were pregnant…" she would be on her ninth month right now, "By… him…" he looks at me.

"I thought you knew about us? Asuka gave birth two months ago, and yes, I'm the father. Before you ask, she was my fiancée, but not anymore. Now back to SEELE, do you have any idea when or even if they are going to kill me?" he shakes his head.

"No, I don't. I do know that they will try to kill you. You killed their leader, so they of course would want revenge," should've seen that coming, "Just do as I said, and you'll be fine," with that, he begins to walk off.

"Where do you think you're going!" he waves a hand in the air.

"SEELE is hunting me too, I have to keep moving. See ya!" he actually had some emotion in the last part. He turns a corner and leaves our plain of view.

"So SEELE killed them…" Sam – who still had tears on her cheeks – spoke up, "Well… looks like I'll have to finish what they started."

"Sam, don't even think about it! We can't have you in danger too!" I had to keep her out of trouble. If they got Asuka, Sam and me, there would be no way for Gahiji to fight alone. Plus, none of us wanted her dead.

"Drop it… let's go," she starts to walk back to the car. We follow what she said, the look on her face was actually scary, and neither of us wanted to mess with it, "Asuka, you drive," she was asking her to drive!

"Um… o-okay…" we climb into the car and Asuka drives off… and actually acts human.

A/N- A new realization, huh? How'd you like the discovery? I know that it was a little corny, but there will be A LOT more to this. See what happens in the next chapter; Bet Me, until then, keep on keepin' on!