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Neon Genesis Evangelion
Man's greatest enemy is…
Chapter 5: Answers
The halls of NERV where buzzing with a sense of fear and mistrust, a few days ago something coursed a blackout which crippled an organisation that many considered the most powerful military force on the face of the Earth and later it was discovered that a crucial part of their defences had been targeted: Shinji Ikari, the Commanders son and one of the chosen children to pilot the colossal Evangelions series he was found in the office of Ryoji Kaji in a pool of his own blood and a knife sticking in his shoulder and some white tablets which he had coughed up. Shinji was now lying in a coma in NERV's medical facility and the doctors had predicted that the odds on the boy waking up again were very slim. And now only a few days later the scene of the crime had been discovered and with it hopefully some answers that would help find the culprits.
Rei Ayanami was walking along the halls of the medical facility looking for Ikari's room, she didn't know why but something deep inside was telling her that she should be with him at this time.
After walking around aimlessly she saw a room with two security men standing out side, it made sense that's where Ikari would be. Strolling up to them one of the security men stepped in front of her
"No admittance." He said in an unfriendly tone
"Would you step aside please." Rei said in her usual tone "I'm here to see Ikari."
"Like I said kid no admittance." The man replied, "Sorry but the only ones with access to the kid is the doctors and the Commander."
He hoped that this kid wouldn't make too much of a fuss remembering the trouble Major Katsuragi had caused when they turned her away,
"On whose authority do your orders come from?" Rei asked with frustration tainting her voice
"From the Commander. Now beat it." the other man said. Rei then walked away
'If I can't get access to Ikari then I'll just have to get permission from the Commander.' She thought to herself grudgingly 'I will get to see Ikari.'
Kaji and Captain Malcolm where walking the hallways of NERV towards Ritsuko's office, it was only 24 hours after they'd discovered the crime scene but it seemed answers where already coming to light, upon entering they saw the bottle blond sitting at her terminal she then rose from her chair, walked over to them and handed Kaji a piece of print out paper
"These are the results of the test I ran on toughs tablets." She said as she sat back down "I also cross examined it with the white powder you found yesterday. I'm afraid that the results are rather unpleasant." Kaji took a moment to look at the results
"What! Are you certain these are accurate?" he asked
"I'm afraid so." Ritsuko said, the door open and Misato walked into the room, her former lover and the head of section 2 briefly catching her eye before focusing on her attention on the head of project E
"Ok Ritsuko I'm here, what is it you wanted to show me?" Kaji then handed the paper to her
"I think she wanted to show you this, you're not going to like it though." Misato stared at the unshaved man quizzically for a moment before looking at the results her eyes then widened in shock
"Th…this can't be right, this has to be a mistake." She stared at the blond scientist pleading with her that what was written down was wrong
"I'm sorry Misato but there is no mistake." The doctor said trying to avoid the Majors gaze "You're looking at the chemical formula for Ecstasy. The doctors also pumped Shinji's stomach after they managed to stabilize him and they found a lot of this stuff in his system."
"Wait. You can't possibly think that Shinji was taking drugs do you?"
"No." Kaji said, "Shinji's a smart kid he knows to stay away from this shit, my guess is that he was force feed this stuff by whoever attacked him to make him more compliant."
"Looks like we need to find ourselves a drug dealer." Capt Malcolm said, "I'll call the head of Tokyo 3's anti-drug squad." "I like it, we find the guy who sells this stuff he can point us in the direction of our suspects." Kaji said still looking at Misato
"Use a crook to catch a crook good idea." Ritsuko said, "However you'll still need Commander Ikari's permission to give it the go ahead."
"Already on it." Kaji said before he and the Captain exited the room.
The two men had just made it a few steps away from the room when Misato came running after them sensing a very awkward situation that he didn't want to be involved in was about to occur Captain Malcolm decided to make himself scares
"You know I should really call the head of the drug squad." He said with a small smile gracing his lips "You should be able to handle the Commander by yourself." And with that he walked off in the opposite direction
'Thanks a lot you worthless bastard!' Kaji thought bitterly he then turned to the Lavender haired Major who was still clutching the results of the tests Ritsuko ran in her left hand
"I'm sorry Kaji," she said her voice shaking slightly "I've tried sitting on the sidelines and I can't take it, I need to get involved in this. It's the only way I can begin make up for my failures as Shinji's guardian."
"Don't say that." Kaji said as her put his hands on her shoulders "Listen to me Katsuragi you are not a failure." The two of them stared at each other in silence for a few moments then Kaji took the print out from her
"I need to show this to the Commander and get permission for our little sting operation. We can talk about what you can do to help afterwards."
The two of them made their way to the Commander's office in silence when they bumped into Rei on the way "Hi Rei." Misato said in the most cheerful voice she could muster "What are you doing here?"
"I'm on my way to see the Commander Major Katsuragi." Rei replied "I went to see Ikari earlier and was denied access, so I'm going to the Commander to get permission."
"Yeah. I couldn't get into see him either." Misato said glaring at Kaji "What's up with that."
"I'm sorry but I have no authority to override the Commander's orders." He said as he entered the room with the two girls in tow.
The Commander's office was as cavernous, dank and foreboding as usual and both Kaji and Misato liked to spend as little time in it and as few visits to it as possible. Both the Commander and Vice commander where seated at the desk playing chess
"What is it?" Gendo asked without even looking at the trio
"New development." Kaji said approaching the desk "I also need your permission for me to use a little outside help for the investigation."
"What kind of 'outside help' are you talking about?" Fuyutsuki asked as Gendo took the paper from the government agent, silently he scanned the results before handing it to Fuyutsuki
"I see, I assume your guessing that the third child wasn't addicted to these are you?" Misato looked at the man her eyes filled with anger
'How dare he imply that Shinji was wilfully taking these things, how dare he talk about him like he's gutter trash.' And she would have told him this had Kaji not answered first
"No sir I don't and with your permission I will get in touch with the Tokyo 3 anti-drug unit." He said in a calm voice "We find the guy who sells this stuff he maybe able to point out our suspect." There was a long pause as the Commander considered Kaji's request
"Very well, you have my permission to proceed. You are dismissed." He said as he moved one of his pieces, adjusting his glasses he saw that Kaji and the Major hadn't left and that Rei was also there
"What can I do for you Rei?" he asked as Fuyutski made his move
"I went to the medical facility earlier to visit Ikari but was denied access and was informed that only you and the doctors are allowed into see him." Rei said, "I came to request permission to…"
"Request denied." The Commander interrupted "No one is allowed access to the third child. Now since you didn't hear me say it the first time: you are dismissed."
The three of them then left in silence Fuyutsuki then looked at his former student as he took one of his opponents pawns
"Was that really a wise move?"
"Are you talking about letting Mr Kaji track down a drug dealer or not allowing Rei to see the third?" the Commander replied as he strategize his next move
"Both. You're going to have difficulty explaining this to the committee." The Vice-commander said
"Why do they have to know about it, after all they started this little game." Gendo said as his remaining knight took Fuyutsuki's king "Check mate." The two men stared at each other for a moment
"Another game?" Gendo asked,
"No thank you, a man's pride can only take so much of a battering for one day. I really miss the days I used to be able to beat you at this game." Fuyutsuki replied as he exited. A few minutes after his co conspirator had left Gendo rearranged the pieces as he did he picked up his knight, these chess pieces had been specially designed and hand crafted and the horse he was holding had a horn on it's head.
Rei walked behind the two adults in silence she was still reeling from the Commanders words, for as long as she could remember the Commander had allowed her access to things that no one else was allowed to see some very terrible and horrific things but she'd never made a request before, the one time she asked for something and she was shot down, but instead of discouraging her the feeling of being with Ikari only seemed to grow and this strengthened her resolve
'I will get to see Ikari.' She thought with even more determination.
"How dare he! That cold hearted sonva bitch" Misato fumed as she kicked one of the vending machines "How can he talk about his own son like that?"
"What, you where expecting a big teary dramatic scene from him?" Kaji replied, "Let's stay on track shall we." "Right, your gonna let me get involved with this case." Misato said in a tone that told the man she was walking next to that this wasn't a request, Kaji thought for a moment
"Well I'm still awaiting the results from the search of the Magi systems but it's taking too long with the three of only work part time on it was well as all the other stuff they have to do, so you can go talk to Ritsuko and see if we can borrow Maya for a while." He said as picked up his cup of steaming dark liquid from the now dented machine "I'm gonna check in with Captain Malcolm, tell him we have the go ahead."
"Alright" Misato said as Kaji made his way towards the elevator. She then turned around and saw Rei who had been so quiet this whole time Misato had forgotten she was with them, she then recalled Shinji telling her about the 'Hell hole' that Rei lived in
'Even with Section 2 security looking out for her Rei might not be safe.' "Rei, could you accompany me to Ritsuko's office?"
"Yes ma'am. Why?" Rei asked,
"I'd feel better knowing you were somewhere I could keep my eye on you." Misato replied "Then afterwards we can go to your place so we can gather some of your things."
"Why?" Rei asked again
"Because you're going to be staying with me for a while." Misato said before taking a sip of her coffee "Until this is resolved it might not be safe for you to be living by yourself so." There was a long silence between the two of them as Rei considered the Major's offer and Misato decided to play her trump card
"I'm sure if Shinji were here he'd be relieved to know that you were safe." Hearing this made Rei's heart jump and this made the strange emotions she was feeling grow
"Will the Commander approve of your proposal?" Rei asked
"Who said the Commander has a say in the matter." Misato said before draining the Styrofoam cup of its contents, Normally Rei would never do anything that would go against the Commander's wishes but she was kind of angry at him for not allowing her to see Ikari
"When shall we go?" she asked, hearing this brought a smile to Misato's lips.
A.N. Well here is the fifth chapter in this tale so what do you think excellent, average or poor send me toughs reviews and tell me. I'm afraid this this the last chapter of this story for a while because I'm going on holiday for three weeks pretty soon plus I'm kinda running low on ideas for this story so if any of you have any suggetions check my profile for my e-mail address and send them to me. Untill next time peace out.