A/N: Okay, it's time to get started on Chapter 38. Just a few notes though. I still plan to go through with the "Zany Antics", but I want to give you, the reader/reviewer some insight into what the "Zany Antic" is. You may voice your opinions through reviews, you can e-mail me, or you can drop a comment on my MSN Space. And after a while, whichever one has the most votes gets it. A few suggestions have been made, and they can be seen on my profile.
Now for some responses to the reviewers.
Materia-Blade: Ah… no. No yaoi/yuri pairings in this fic.
Jayhawk: If you got ideas, let me hear them! I'm listening!
Infinite Freedom: Err… no. No pairing of that sort either.
Ghostalker: Your ideas are being considered and deliberated over.
Now, on with it! Warning! This chapter contains some sexual themes and possibly degrading words.
Zack awoke from his peaceful slumber on the couch because his alarm had gone off at precisely 7:00am. He still felt really groggy.
"I don't think watching Jerry Springer Uncut till 3:30am was such a good idea," he said as he was waking up. "Well Pen-Pen was the one who got hooked on it. Yawn! Time to go wake the others up." He proceeded over to Rei and Ivana's room. He knocked on the door. "Wakey wakies! Time to get up!"
The response he got were some moans that sounded like someone awakening from slumber. Next, he went over to the room where Shinji and Asuka were sleeping. Then he remembered what he was planning to do last night, but forgot because he was watching Jerry Springer. He quickly got out the masking tape, and a hook, and taped it to their door. Then he hung Shinji's NERV issued baseball cap on the hook. Only a few people would actually know what this meant, and Zack hoped Misato knew what the "hat on the door" meant.
"You don't kick me in the balls and get away with it Asuka," said Zack to himself. "Now to go wake up Misato."
Zack then went to the laundry room to get dressed and ready for school. If his plan were to work, he would have to be able to leave very quickly. After that, he went to the fridge to get a beer for Misato. She had to be alert right away if his plan were to work. He knocked on Misato's door. "Wake up Misato! We need you!"
About ten seconds later, Misato emerged from her… state. Somehow, she took the beer from Zack's hand and guzzled down the can. "YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Burp!" She then noticed Zack. "What's up Casanova?"
Zack immediately went into action. "Uh Misato, there's something you need to see."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Zack then pointed to Shinji and Asuka's door. "Uh, what does the hat on the door mean?"
Misato takes a look for a moment. She tries to register "hat on the door" in her mind. She then remembered when she was in college doing… things with Kaji for a whole week. She remembered Kaji left a hat on the door. Then it came to her. "Oh my god!" she shouts.
She then went into their room where the two are sleeping. Of course, the two were sleeping. "Wake up you two! We need to have a talk!" She rips the blanket off of them. Next she rolled them both off the futon.
"Misato, what's going on?" asked Asuka. "What's Zack doing in here?"
Misato then checked the futon. To her shock, nothing was on it. No blood, no mess, no nothing. "No blood? No mess? No nothing? You two are still wearing clothes?"
Zack couldn't help himself. He was laughing like an idiot. Asuka now knew what Zack had done. He must have made Misato think her and Shinji were having a rollercoaster ride in bed. "ZACK!" Asuka went after him, but Zack had already bolted out the door, still laughing. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Kill who Asuka?" asked Shinji, who was obviously very confused and still getting the sleep out of his eyes.
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Somewhere in Tokyo-3, likely an alley or some other place where a bunch of bad guys don't want to be seen.
There were two men standing around in an alley. For some reason, if one were to look at them, you could tell they were bad news. One of them was about 5'7"; the other was about 6'4".
"So that's the one he wants?" asked the tall man.
"Of course she is you idiot," said the shorter man. "He's got big things planned for her."
"He'll do what he does to every girl. And when he's done, he gives them to the rest of us. It's not fair; he always gets the pure ones."
The shorter man scratched his chin. "Well he is the Ron. He can do as he wishes. All we gotta do is follow orders, and then we get paid, and still get some hoes in the end. She goes to school this way. So we ambush her, grab her, and shove her into the truck, and I doubt even NERV will be able to stop us."
"Yeah! Let's do it!" said the taller man.
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Misato's Apartment
By now, Asuka was really angry at Misato and Zack. She was angry at Misato for not giving her and Shinji the benefit of the doubt over their sleeping practices. Asuka figured Shinji would have a nosebleed and faint at the thought of going all the way. And she was really angry at Zack for playing that prank now she was ready to kick his balls out the back of his head.
Misato spent most of the morning apologizing to Asuka over what happened. Asuka told Misato to apologize when she was sober.
So now the three girls and one boy were on their way to school. They would probably end up meeting Elly and Zack when they got to school.
"He probably left early so he could go make out with Elly," said Asuka. "It was all part of his two-pronged plan."
"I doubt Zack has the capacity to think that far," said Rei.
"Whatever," said Shinji. "Why don't we just ignore him and don't let whatever he did this morning ruin your day."
"I agree," replied Ivana. "But if tries another stunt like that again, he will regret it."
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It was a beautiful summer day. The sky was blue, the birds were singing, the bees were buzzing, the children were laughing and playing. It seemed like a cheerful day for Elly. So cheerful, that she had a skip rhythm going while she was walking. School bag on her back, she looked like your typical schoolgirl on her way to school.
"Ah, I can't wait to get to school. I'll get to see Shinji, Toji, and Zack. Yay!" she said as she continued to skip along, humming a catchy tune to herself. Little did she know of the trouble that was lurking ahead for her.
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The two men that had Elly locked in their sights had spotted her. "Is she one?" asked the tall man.
"Yeah she is," replied the shorter man. "She's only fourteen years old. Quite a nice piece of work too." He pulled out a gun. "Let's do this. Right as she comes up to the van, we move. I'll put her out, and you stuff her into the van, then our third guy will drive off. Got it?"
"Yes sir!" said the tall guy.
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Elly now was whistling as she skipped on down the street. Ten more minutes and she would be at school. As she looked up ahead, she saw this really tall guy in her way. "Excuse me Miss," the tall guy started. "I just wanted to ask you something."
"And what would that be Big Guy?" she replied.
Suddenly, Elly felt kind of funny. She suddenly couldn't feel her body. 'What the…'. As she collapsed to the ground, she was caught by the man.
A short man appeared. He was holding a taser. "Now! Bag her and stuff her in the van!"
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Tokyo-3 High School
"Burn in hell you son of a bitch!" Asuka shouted. Apparently, some idiot ran through a light, and almost decked her and Shinji. If she wasn't watching, they both would have been sent flying.
"Not even a driver yet and she's already succumbing to road rage," said Ivana.
Once they entered school grounds, they found Zack sitting on a bench. He saw the four and approached them. "Hey guys, have you seen Elly anywhere?"
"You're about to see your one way trip to Hell!" replied Asuka. She began to punch him.
Zack this time, was expecting retaliation. "No seriously," he said while blocking her punches. "Elly didn't show like she was supposed to."
Asuka didn't listen. She kept up her assault. Suddenly, Zack noticed she was getting ready to kick. 'Oh no,' went through his mind. His mind was telling him "Counter! Counter!"
To Asuka's surprise, Zack suddenly knocked away her hand and gave her a push with his hand to her midsection. This caught her by surprise as she stumbled back and fell back, only to be caught by Shinji who also fell back but with a girl on top of him.
Zack realized what he had done. Then he saw the look on Ivana's face. "OH SHIT!" he said and took off. Ivana was after him in hot pursuit. They ran around the school and out of sight.
Rei checked on Shinji and Asuka. "Are you okay?" she asked.
"What day is it today?" said Shinji in a daze.
"Today is Tuesday," replied Rei. "Are you okay Asuka?"
"Of course I'm okay!" said Asuka in a rage. "Where the hell did that jerk go?"
"They ran around to the front of the school," said Rei.
So the three EVA originals raced around to the front of the school. They saw Ivana standing by the flagpole as if she was waiting for something.
"Hey Ivana, did you catch him?" asked Asuka.
Ivana shook her head. "No I was unable to catch him. But he has to come down sometime." Ivana pointed up, and everyone gasped.
Zack was atop the flagpole, and he appeared to have no intent of coming down. "You'd be surprised at how long I can stay up here!"
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Gendo Ikari's Office (He's busy. Don't disturb him)
Gendo Ikari was going about daily work. He looked over some Section 2 reports about the teachers his pilots had. Rei Ayanami's math teacher was apparently so boring that he put one of the agents to sleep. Shinji Ikari and Asuka Sohryu's teacher was a down-to-earth. Their class got his agents hungry because it was a cooking class. Zack Harper, Ivana Kharlamov, and Toji Suzahara had this blonde bombshell that had just gotten out of teacher's college. He made a note to Fuyutski to tell the Section 2 agents to stop ogling the teacher and focus on watching the pilots. As for Elly Simpson, she got a jerk for a teacher. He decided to make plans to meet this teacher and… force him to apologize for his behaviour towards Elly.
Just then his phone rang. Even Fuyutski knew not to disturb him right now. Whoever was calling better be calling about something important. He picked up the phone. "This had better be important Fuyutski."
"It is Gendo," said Fuyutski. "The Section 2 agents have bad news. Elly Simpson has been kidnapped."
"Have the other pilots sent home immediately, and put on heavy guard." He then looked at another report. "And make sure the Sixth Child gets down from the flagpole at Tokyo-3 High. I want the Seventh found immediately." He then hung up the phone.
'So, who wishes to mess with me and my pilots.'
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Misato's Apartment
The others were shocked at the information they had been given. Elly had indeed been kidnapped. Zack didn't take this very well at all. He was quiet throughout the entire briefing. Yes he had finally gotten down from the flagpole.
"So you are all to stay here until this situation with Elly is over," said Misato. "You five are not to leave the apartment complex until the situation is resolved."
"Where are you going Misato?" asked Shinji.
"I'm going down to NERV. I don't know when I'll be back. Oh yeah, and you won't be going to school until Elly's kidnappers are caught. Alright I gotta go!" And with that she left.
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Elly stirred as she was waking up. 'What the hell happened?' she asked herself. She then snapped to consciousness. She was in what appeared to be a very large room in a building. Almost large enough to be a party room, but too big to be an office.
"Ah, so she has finally woken up." A tall and almost wiry man in a very expensive white suit walked in. "I was hoping those two didn't rough you up too much. You still seem very much intact, and pure."
Elly tried to stand up, but she couldn't. She found out she was handcuffed and her legs were cuffed to a large chair. "What the hell's going on?" she asked.
"Before I explain, let me introduce myself," he said. "I am the Ron."
Elly's eyes opened with realization. "Hey you're that pimp I've been hearing about. Why do I have to be raped by you? Lemme out of here now!"
"Oh don't worry," said the Ron. "It won't be me having fun with you." He turned on a television set. "You'll have your fun with the highest bidder.
Elly looked at the screen. There were lots of numbers being tallied up. The Ron was going to put her up for auction. "That's trafficking and you can't get away with that!"
"That's what the other 572 girls I've sold said," replied the Ron. "Look at those numbers. Already at $5,550,000! You'll be a record seller in no time. But I have other businesses to attend to. Enjoy counting the numbers. And don't worry, while you are here, you will be treated well. I can't afford to have my merchandise damaged."
And with that, he left the room. Elly bowed her head down. She had never felt so helpless in her entire life. 'Where are you guys?' she asked herself. 'Zack, please help me…'
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Briefing Room
After six hours of talk and discussion, there were no leads on where Elly had gone.
"Do we have any sort of leads?" asked Misato.
"We have one," said Gendo. "But we are still waiting for him to arrive."
A Section 2 agent walked in. "Sir, he has arrived."
Gendo smiled. "Good. Bring him in."
'Who was the Commander talking about,' thought Misato.
The man walked in. Misato choked on her breath. It was Kaji. "Well, I see we have gotten ourselves into quite a predicament," he said. "And I some great information."
"What do you have?" asked Kozou.
"Not long after Miss Simpson was kidnapped, an auction began. And the figures being tallied are huge."
"What are you getting at?" asked Misato.
"I'm saying that whoever kidnapped Elly is putting her up for auction. And whoever he is, he's in this city. To get more information, I also entered the auction."
"You're sick!" said Misato.
"Calm down Major," said the Commander. "Good work Kaji. Do you know who is behind this?"
"Actually I do," the badly shaven mad replied. "It's the Ron. And he is going to sell Elly to the highest paying pervert out there."
So now after further discussion, they learned where the Ron was staked out. So now they went into rescue mode.
"How will we get in?" asked Misato.
Kaji spoke up. "I could get in, but there's a BIG catch."
"And what would that be?"
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Misato's Apartment
"So it's the Ron?" asked Zack. Zack had gone on a hunch and checked out the online black market. Turns out someone was selling an EVA pilot in an auction.
"Yes," said Ivana. "He will sell Elly to the highest bidder tonight."
"According to this," said Zack. "There's a pimp convention at this address in Tokyo-3. I bet that's where Elly is." Zack then got up from his chair and took out his 9mm.
"What are you doing Zack?" It hit Ivana what Zack was going to do. "Zack, you can't!"
"I don't care," replied Zack. "I'm going to that convention."
A/N: And that's this chapter. I'll say right now that pimping is bad and ANYONE who takes part in such an activity should be locked up and have the key melted down. I don't support pimps, I just needed it for the chapter. They will get their just deserts in the next chapter.
Oh yes, and a few people have submitted ideas for "Zany Antics". You can give me your ideas through reviews, you can e-mail me, or drop a comment on my MSN Space. Remember, you can vote too, as long you don't vote on your suggestion.
That's all for now. Until 39, be cool!