Disclaimer: See chapter 1.
'Thoughts'
"Speech"
'Inner Self'
AN: Slight OOCness in this chapter.
Chapter 5: The Crises Has Started To Unfold
The phone. It was ringing, but he couldn't reach it or see it. He didn't really want to get to it, but it wouldn't stop ringing. However, he couldn't get up to answer it, as something was weighing him down. No, more like someone. Misato to be correct.
He remembered now, he had had sex with Misato, and they had fallen asleep afterward. Now, however, she was basically on top of him, which weighed him down, but he didn't mind too much, even though she was older, slightly taller, and stronger, she wasn't too heavy for his body to handle.
The phone, however, continued to ring. He didn't want to wake up his purple haired, smooth skinned angel, but he was left with little choice. He managed to wake her up, or at least get her awake enough to hear the phone, and she knew why he had to get up, so she rolled off him, and he stood up to answer the phone.
"H-hello?" he answered.
"Ikari-kun" was all heard, or needed to hear to know it was Rei, as she was the only one who called him that. Everyone else called him Shinji or Shinji-kun. .
"R-Rei?"
"Yes, it is me."
"Y-you're a-alive."
"Yes, what gave you indication otherwise?"
"W-well, you did disappear, and on no one has seen you before you disappeared, so it was assumed…"Shinji let the sentence trail off.
"That's what you get for assuming" was her smartass remark.
By this time, Misato had noticed that it wasn't just a simple message; otherwise he probably would've been back with her on the couch. She got up and stretched a bit, and picked up a few of her clothes off the floor and threw her shirt and her panties back on, and left off the rest and walked over to Shinji, who hadn't really noticed her as he was talking to whoever was on the other end of the phone line.
She came up from behind him, and wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Tomorrow at 10 a.m.? Alright, we'll be there" Shinji said and then hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Misato asked.
"You probably won't believe this, but, it was Rei."
"Y-you mean she's…"
"Alive? Yeah, and we're to meet her in the NERV building tomorrow."
"Why?"
"She wouldn't say why, but she said it was important. However, I get the feeling that the sake of the world will be resting on our shoulders once again."
"I guess we can't really ignore her then."
"Yeah. I don't suppose you know where my pants are?" Shinji asked.
"Why? You won't be needing them anytime soon" she said with a mischievous smile and then let go of him and turned him around and kissed him deeply.
Next morning, NERV Headquarters
"Major, Ikari-kun, please have a seat" Rei said once they were in the door to Central Dogma. They both took seats, and Rei stood up from where she was sitting to begin the briefing on the situation.
"As I have already told you, this is of extreme importance" she said as she walked over to one of the technical stations, and keyed in a few commands. The main screen in Central Dogma came to life displaying a star chart with a flickering red dot on it coming slowly towards the Earth. Shinji and Misato almost fell out of their chairs when they saw it.
"I-is that what I think it is?" the major asked.
"Yes."
"Another Angel…so Kaoru wasn't lying when he said there was more" Shinji said, barely audible, but Misato and Rei heard him.
"Apparently, he was correct. Therefore, the Eva Units are being rebuilt."
"But, what about the souls of the Units, those can't just be replaced with different ones! I won't allow anyone else to be killed for the sake of the Evangelion Project!" Misato yelled. Rei wasn't fazed by her outburst, almost as if she had predicted that the major would yell.
"Do not worry about that. The souls of the Units were carried by the pilots. For Shinji, the soul of his mom resides within him. Once Unit 01 is rebuilt, her soul will enter it once he synchs with it, and be enabled the use of the Evangelion."
"Then what about the soul of your unit?"
"It was half of Adams and half of Lilith's soul. Therefore, I will be rendered unconscious, as I am part of Lilith. I will, however, be able to pilot the unit once I am awake."
"How long will it take to rebuild the Units without Dr. Akagi?"
"She will be helping with this Evangelion Project as well."
"How is that possible, she's in jail!" Misato yelled.
"She is being released due to the need of her services for the renewed Evangelion Project."
"How is that possible, SEELE is gone, so there's no one that can really help, not that they really helped at all."
"It's not called SEELE anymore, but it still exists, just with less corrupt members that won't be trying to end the world for an unknown reason. I know this because I am a member, and won't allow them to become corrupt."
"And how is that?"
"Because I am the leader of the group, being the one to know the most about the plots of Gendo Ikari and all the details of the old Evangelion Project. Therefore, I will know when things are not going well, and how to avoid problems."
"Anyway" Shinji said. "How long until the new units are done?"
"Once the Doctor is released, it should take 4 months to rebuild Unit 01. Unit 00 will be rebuilt after that, but it will be renamed Unit 02, as Asuka does not posses the ability to pilot anymore. Also, the units will not look the same. They will be similar, however."
"In what ways?" Shinji asked.
"Unit 02 will look less like Adam, but will still be pale blue. Unit 01 will still be purple, but a darker shade, and will probably resemble more of a monster than the last Unit 01. Both units will be more powerful than their predecessors, as they were both built nearly twenty years ago and technology had become more advanced since then. They will, however, still have the umbilical cord, and a five minute battery backup, as battery technology has not advanced much. There will also be the need to use LCL in the plugs, like last time."
"So, basically, the units will be complete in roughly six to eight months?"
"Correct, as they will be building them at the same time to try and save some time and effort."
"Alright, then how long until the Angel gets here?"
"In about ten months we figure the Angels will start landing again."
"Angels, not Angel?"
"Yes, there are other ones, though further away."
'This is just great. More Angels, and only two months, if that, to get used to a new Evangelion unit' Shinji thought to himself.
'What, complaining that you still have to save the world, and protect Misato?'
'I'm not complaining. Just thinking how hectic things are going to get again.'
'Oh really? Then why don't you sound too enthusiastic, even though you won't be manipulated by your father again?'
Shinji wasn't sure how to respond to his inner self, and didn't really get a chance to, as Rei and Misato were done getting the details of what's to come (for them) out of the way.
"C'mon Shinji-kun, let's go home. See you later, Rei!"
"R-right. Later, Rei."
"Goodbye" was all Rei said before Shinji and Misato disappeared behind the steel door.