Chapter 4: He's back

A/N: Thanks to those of you who reviewed. Ok, Misato is somewhere, but where? Find out below. Also this chap was proofread by YoungBoch, thanks man!

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

"Speaking in another language or flashback"

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Later that Night 2:00 AM

"BRING… BRING…" the phone was ringing.

"Wha… oh ok." Jason slowly crept out of his room and walked up to the phone.

"Hello…" he said drowsily.

Shinji and Asuka walked out of their room as Jason was picking up the phone.

"Hey… who's calling at this hour?" Asuka asked as she and Shinji stretched.

"WHAT… you're kidding me… ok, we're on our way…" Jason hung up the phone and turned to Shinji and Asuka with a very serious face. "We got to go, now. Misato is missing and Section 2 can't find her. Get dressed, we're going to NERV."

Jason went into his room and came out about twenty seconds later in a pair of baggy cargo pants and a hoody. His sword was slung over his back, with the strap going from his right shoulder to his left hip.

When the two pilots saw his sword they immediately took off for their room, coming back out in jogging clothes ready for a run. Jason looked at them with a confused face before talking again.

"Ok, let's go." Jason said as they took off for the door. "Here take these," Jason handed both teens knives as they went through the door. Each knife had a cover.

"Ok…" Shinji said as he took the knife cautiously.

"Alright let's go," Asuka said as she took hers and ran for the stair way.

They took the stairs instead of the elevator to get out quicker. When they got outside they all took off on dead sprints for the nearest Geofront entrance.

When they got there they finally noticed it was a little darker than what it should have been on the run through Tokyo 3. As they stopped they noticed that the power was once again out like when the ninth angel attacked.

"Shit," Asuka and Shinji muttered.

Jason just stared at the full moon that had lighted their way to the entrance. "We can't go to NERV." He stated, scaring the other two pilots.

"Why not? I thought that's where we are going." Asuka shot at him.

"Yeah, what gives?" Shinji added.

"Something doesn't feel right. Trust me, something isn't right about this." Jason started to walk away from the entrance as he stated this with an unusually calm voice.

The other two pilots followed him with confused looks wondering where he was going.

Jason walked into the middle of the street and just stood there. "What are you doing?" Asuka asked.

"Shhh…" he put a finger to his lips as he did this. Asuka shut up and Shinji stood next to her.

"What's he doing?" he whispered.

"I don't know." She responded. Just then Jason pulled out his sword and called out to somebody the Asuka and Shinji couldn't see.

"I know you're out there. You can't fool me. Come out to where I can see you," Jason yelled toward the other end of the street.

A small racket was heard as a man about the same height as Jason came out of an alley way. "How you doing pilot?" the man yelled.

"I'm just fine, how's your back?" Jason replied.

"Just fine, no thanks to you. The blue LCL is pretty potent stuff. Wouldn't you say?" Chris finished in English, smiling as he did so.

"Yeah, that's some good stuff. What do you want?" Jason was holding his sword in front of him ready to fight.

"Actually I'm here to warn you. I came out here to tell you that SEELE are the ones who took you're Vice-Commander Misato Katsuragi." Chris answered.

Shinji and Asuka couldn't understand anything that Jason and Chris were saying except when Chris said Misato's name. They were both now walking up to Jason's sides with their knives ready for battle.

"Why? What do they want with her?" Jason said before either of the two could talk.

"Hey what are you two saying, all I understood was Misato's name." Asuka rudely interrupted

"He just told me that SEELE has Misato." He said this without ever letting his eyes leave Chris.

Chris had made his way up to the other three teens in the street, so Jason finally got a good look at him. Chris was about six foot tall, had black hair, and looked like he was eighteen or seventeen years old. "They want her so they can get to you. They know that she was the one taking care of the three Eva pilots and they want you out of the way so they can take over NERV, and create another Impact."

Shinji and Asuka both looked at Chris in horror; they couldn't believe what they were hearing. "Another Impact, they're insane!" the two said at the same time.

"Wait, you're kidding right? Shit, we need to get Misato back now! But… how can I be sure you're telling the truth?" Jason asked Chris with a questioning face.

"Because I want a good fair fight with you again, I don't want you dead." Chris said as he turned to walk away.

"Hey, tell me where they are keeping Misato!" Jason yelled.

"They have her down at the docks. I wouldn't go down there without any artillery, though," Chris threw over his shoulder as he walked away. The two teens put their knives away as Jason slid his sword back into his sheath, sending a 'shink' through the air.

"Damn, where the hell are we going to get guns?" Jason said as he turned to the other two pilots.

"Well since the power is out can't we just break into a gun store, grab some guns, and go get Misato?" asked the only girl in the group, as they started to walk toward the docks.

"Well yeah… but that would be stealing." Shinji responded.

"So, we're Eva pilots and we're out on a mission to save Misato. I think they'll understand." They had just walked up to an artillery store as they were talking.

"I don't care if it's stealing or not. No one is going to kidnap any of my friends." Jason said as he kicked down the door to the shop. No alarms went off since the power was out. They all walked in and looked at the racks and racks of guns waiting to be used.

"Damn, I know nothing about guns." Jason said as looked around for a weapon.

"Don't worry I know enough," Asuka stated as she picked up a .9mm and put it in her pocket. "Here," she said as she tossed Jason the same type of gun she picked up. "Just squeeze the trigger."

Shinji was looking at the guns all around and wondered which he should pick. He was choosing in-between a sub machine gun and a .9mm semi-automatic. "Hey, Asuka which is better: sub machine gun or a .9mm semi-automatic?" Asuka looked at Shinji with an eyebrow raised up.

"Uh… the sub machine gun. Shinji?" Asuka's voice was shaking a little.

"Yes Asuka. What do you need?" Shinji asked while he picked up the gun.

"Why are you so calm?" Asuka could almost be seen trembling when Shinji held the gun in his hand.

Jason was just sitting off to the side with big eyes. He could see a dormant ferocity in Shinji that was clawing to get out, and it almost scared the shit out of him.

"I don't know. I just feel like I need to get to Misato as soon as possible. I don't want to waste any time worrying." Shinji stated with a serious voice.

"Ok… then let's go," Asuka said as she picked up some magazines and handed them to Jason and Shinji.

All three stepped out of the gun shop and took off for the docks. Asuka and Shinji were running in front while Jason was running behind them. When they reached the docks they slowed down and got behind a building.

"Alright, take my lead," Asuka ordered.

"Ok."

"Ok… Asuka be careful." Shinji looked at Asuka and gave her a loving kiss. She immediately gave the kiss back, they both stood there for a moment basking in each others warm, until Jason ruined the moment.

"Ok, that's enough. We got to save Misato." Jason said as he looked around the corner of the building. "Hey someone's coming." He motioned the other two over to him.

"Ok, back up." Jason moved back behind Asuka and Shinji again and got ready to fight, slowly drawing his sword.

Asuka held the gun up and peeked around the corner. "Ok, it's only one guy. Wait till he passes and Jason I want you to grab him and knock him out as quietly as possible." She whispered to the other two. Asuka and Shinji moved behind Jason as he stood waiting on the man to reach the corner.

When the man came around the corner Jason silently moved behind him and grabbed him in a tight head lock and dragged him behind the building. The man was just about to pass out when the other two teens looked at the man.

"KAJI!" they yelled in unison.

"Wait you know this guy?" Jason looked up to the other teens.

"eah… I… ink… eh… oo…" Kaji strained under Jason's headlock.

"Oh!" Jason released him. "Sorry 'bout that." Jason scratched the back of his head.

"Man, you're strong for your age. Are you the new pilot?" Kaji and Jason stood about the same height looking each other in the eyes.

"Yeah, Jason Frost." Jason extended his hand. Kaji took the offer before looking at the other two pilots.

"Where have you been Kaji?" Asuka asked worriedly.

"I've been hiding from NERV. Gendo ordered that I be killed, so I took off. What are you guys doing here at the docks? Don't tell me you're trying to save Misato." Kaji said in his usual calm voice.

"No, we're just out at three in the morning carrying around guns and knives for fun." Asuka stated in her hand-on-hip position.

"Ok, I get the picture. How did you plan on getting in there? They're pretty heavily guarded and they know your faces quite well."

"We don't know. We really didn't take any time to plan. We just took off for here after raiding an artillery shop." Shinji tossed in.

"Oh, so you guys were just going to go in head first without a plan. Hmm… you'd think the Eva pilots would know better."

"Hey we don't even know if Misato is alive or not. We wanted to get here as fast as we could." Jason yelled at the older man.

"Ok, how about I take you in as prisoners and then let you guys go free once we get in there. I've been trying to find a way to get to you guys without being caught by NERV anyway."

"Wait you're working for SEELE right now? Wouldn't they recognize you?" Asuka asked with a saddened look.

"I am working for SEELE but under a different name and rank. I'm just a guard now. I've also been trying to find a way out of the organization. Are you ok with the plan?" Kaji glanced around the corner.

"Yeah, just let us keep our weapons. We'll hide them. The only thing you'll have to take is my sword." Jason said handing it to Kaji.

"Ok, but I got to put cuffs on you guys. I'll put them on but not latch them." Kaji put the cuffs on the kids and started walking them up to one of the buildings.

Another guard spotted them as they walked up. He pointed his gun at the prisoners. "Who are they?" the guard asked.

"These are the Eva pilots. I found them snooping around one of the other buildings. I'm taking them inside to put them with the Vice-commander." Kaji explained in a monotone voice.

"Ok, what's the password?" the guard asked stopping the guard. He looked right at Jason who was itching to just deck the guy.

"It's berserker." Kaji stated in his fake monotone voice.

"Ok, take them inside." The guard motioned for them to pass.

As they walked by Asuka looked up to Kaji and Jason whose eyebrows were twitching. "What's wrong?" she whispered.

"Two words: breathe… mint…" Jason responded.

"Yeah…" Kaji agreed.

The group walked into the building and went down a hallway, passing several pictures and doors. When they reached a picture holding the SEELE emblem Kaji moved it out of the way to show a pad with buttons on it. As he pushed some buttons it beeped like a phone. After he was done a 'click' was heard back up the hallway in the opposite direction they were facing.

"This way," Kaji whispered as he walked them further down a hallway. They stopped in front of a door that was labeled 'Janitor.' Kaji pushed the door open and revealed a long stair case that went down into complete darkness.

As they walked down a small humming sound could be heard. It continued to get louder as they walked down further.

"How long are these stairs?" Asuka whispered back to Kaji.

"About another two minutes of walking. No more talking, they have these stairs monitored."

Something was nagging Shinji. He kept hearing this small pop every to often. When he tried to find it's location by listening for it. He could tell it was coming from the right of him. 'Ok, Kaji is in front of me and Asuka is to the left of me, which leaves Jason to the right. What is he doing?'

When they reached the bottom of the stairs Kaji opened the door and the three Eva pilots squinted for a moment until their eyes adjusted to the light.

As their eyes focused they found that they were in the middle of what looked like a very mini-Geofront. Its ceiling was only about forty feet up but it was about two football fields long. All three teens looked on with surprise, waiting for Kaji to take them to where Misato was.

"Ok, we still have a ways to walk. Come on kids." Kaji pushed them forward making it look as if they were really prisoners.

They continued to walk for another minute or so in silence except for that small pop that Shinji kept hearing. He glanced over to Jason to see him cracking each of his fingers slowly. When he looked up to Jason's face he noticed that the funny and happy Jason he knew wasn't anywhere to be seen. He looked like a solider or warrior getting ready to fight.

Not too long after Shinji looked up to Jason, Kaji walked them into a building, where they walked down a small hallway and entered an unmarked door. Inside was Misato sitting on the bed crying.

When she heard them come in, she looked up to meet the eyes of Kaji. When she saw those orbs again she almost threw herself at him, but stopped herself when she saw that the other three pilots entered behind him; each in handcuffs.

She broke down into more tears, when she saw this. 'So he fucking betrayed us again! Why! Why Kaji!' she screamed in her head.

Shinji and Asuka went to her side. "Hey, he's with us. Don't worry. We have a plan to get you out of here." Asuka whispered into Misato's ear.

She immediately looked up to Jason who was standing in front of them with an emotionless face. He nodded and turned to Kaji, who was just leaving.

"I'll be back, don't worry. I have to go get your supper for today," Kaji stated monotonously.

Jason took a seat on the end of the bed. "Hey what's up with you?" Shinji whispered over to Jason.

"I hate tense situations. It reminds me of my training too much…" Jason whispered back, "…and I don't feel right with a gun in my pocket."

"Wha…?" Misato almost yelled. Shinji and Asuka both covered her mouth before she could finish. "Where did you guys get guns?" she whispered once the two took their hands off of her mouth.

"We raided a gun store on the way here; we weren't going to come unprepared." Asuka stated.

"So you guys came here to save me? How did you know where I was?"

"Yeah, the leader of the assassins told us where to find you. What, do you think we would just let you rot here? We may seem like we don't like you, but you're the closest thing we have to a mother in the real world." Shinji whispered to Misato with a small smile.

"Yeah, he's right." Asuka added. All three looked over to Jason as he sat there staring at the wall. "Are you ok?"

Jason was shook from his thoughts when she whispered to him. "Wha… oh… yeah, I'm fine. Just remembering some of the training NERV put me through."

Just then Kaji came back in with a gun in his hand. "Hey come on! We got to go now!" he said as he tossed the gun to Misato. Shinji and Asuka pulled out their guns as Jason did the same.

They all took off down the hallway until Kaji stopped at a closet. "What are you doing?" Asuka yelled at him.

"Getting something," he pulled out Jason's sword and tossed it to him. "Here, can't forget this, now can we?"

"Thanks, now let's get the hell out of here."

All five took off running down the hallway as fast as they could, exiting the building in a matter of seconds. While they were running in the open air of the small cavern some sirens could be heard going off.

Just as they reached the stair way that lead back up to the surface, a few gun shots could be heard going off. A couple bullets ricocheted off the walls around the exit.

They all ran up the stairs as fast as their feet would allow them; Kaji and Misato in the lead with Shinji and Asuka just behind them, while Jason with his sword drawn brought up the rear.

They somehow reached the top without getting shot at, but that changed when they got outside the building the entrance to the small Geofront was hidden in. Kaji pulled Shinji and Asuka behind him while Misato and Jason followed as they ran around the corner of the building for cover.

"Ok, I'm out. Now how do we get home?" Misato asked as she cocked her gun.

"I don't know. Let's worry about getting to the Geofront first." Kaji stated trying to regain his breath.

"Hey the powers back up." Shinji noted as he looked at a street light that was shinning not too far away.

"Then call Section 2 and tell them we're at the docks!" Asuka yelled at Shinji.

"Right…" Shinji pulled out his cell phone. "Hey… yeah, we're at the docks… we're pinned down by SEELE… get your asses down here now!" He hung up the phone, with a pissed expression. "They should be here soon."

"Who is going to be here soon?" asked a man as he came around the building with a gun pointed at Shinji's head.

"Not you!" Jason yelled as he ran around Shinji and cut off the man's arm with a vertical slice coming up from the ground.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" the man screamed as he fell to the ground without his left arm, which was lying on the ground. Blood was covering the man's and Jason's clothes.

"Holy shit!" Shinji muttered as he watched the man scream in pain.

Just then several shots could be heard as screeching tires added to the surrounding sound. A lot of men ran around the corner just to be startled by the small group pointing their guns at them. All the men attempted to point their guns at the small group from NERV, just to be shot by Asuka, Misato, or Kaji or cut down by Jason. Shinji just stood there unable to pull the trigger.

When all then men fell to the ground, Jason looked around the corner. No one but men in black suits was standing out there. Jason took a step out and showed the agents that they were over here. "Yo, we're over here!"

All the agents jogged over to their location, ready for a fight.

"Are you ok?" one of the agents asked.

"Yeah, we're fine." Kaji responded.

The agents recognized Kaji and went to arrest him.

"Hey, what the fuck do you think you're doing? Leave him alone. He just saved my life!" Misato yelled at the agents.

"But ma'am, commander Ikari ordered him arrested on sight," the agent protested, not thinking about the in pending doom about to hit his body.

"Commander Ikari is dead. His orders are no longer in place. Now leave agent Kaji alone." Misato boomed at the agent.

"Yes… ma'am…" the man muttered as he backed away.

Misato looked back at the rest of the group to see a down fifteen year old. "What's wrong Shinji?" Misato asked forgetting what she had said about his father.

"You just said Gendo is dead, Misato." Asuka shot at her as she hugged her boyfriend.

"Oh…" Misato looked down to the ground in shame, "sorry Shinji."

"It's ok… just… don't let it happen again." Shinji whispered.

"Ok…" Misato was still looking down as Kaji came up and wrapped his arms around her to comfort her.

Seeing this Jason turned and started to walk away. Nobody noticed he left until Asuka looked up from hugging Shinji. "Where's Jason?" she asked to no one in particular.

"Huh? I don't know. Could he have gone home?" Misato asked as her and Kaji looked up.

"No he just walked away. He's right over there," an agent pointed at Jason as he talked.

Jason was just walked past a building when he turned and punched in hard, leaving a dent in the aluminum siding. As he pulled his hand away he sat down on the ground; sobbing uncontrollably.

The group ran toward Jason as they watched him sit down. They ran even faster when they heard him crying. As they reached him they could here him talking. "Why! God damn it! Why! Why do I feel this way? Why do I feel so alone! GOD DAMN IT!" Jason screamed the last part into the air, crying again when he brought his head back down.

"Jason, what's wrong?" Shinji asked as they reached him.

Jason looked up to him with red puffy eyes, they seemed to ask for forgiveness. "I don't know… I… just feel really lonely… Sorry if I scared you guys." Jason got up and looked at the rest of them. "Sorry…" Jason looked down to the ground.

"Don't worry about it. We need to get home," Misato stated, "and you need a shave Mr. Kaji."

"Ok…" 'Well the old Misato is back.' Shinji thought as they turned to a car waiting for them.

Everyone got into the car: Misato and Kaji up front (Kaji was driving, thank god) and the three pilots in the back; Jason on the right, Asuka on the left, and Shinji in the middle. They waited for a while, as Kaji drove them home. Shinji and Asuka soon fell asleep, as Jason was staring out into the night sky. Misato had been copying Jason when they reached home.

"Hey wake up you two." Misato nudged the sleeping lovebirds as they got out of the car.

"Huh… oh, ok. Asuka come on, wake up. We can sleep better inside." Shinji moved Asuka a bit as they talked. She woke up and followed her boyfriend out of the car as Jason was entering the apartment complex with Kaji. The group all met up in the elevator and waited patiently for it to reach the right floor.

When the elevator door opened the group walked out into the hallway and up to the apartment door. As they entered a beeping could be heard.

"OH SHIT!" Kaji yelled as he pulled everyone out of the apartment as fast as he could. "RUN! NOW!" he yelled at them.

Taking his advice the group took off for the other end of the hall way. They took the stairs out of the building and got outside just as the bomb went off. The entire third floor of the apartment complex was vaporized in the blast. The top half of the building fell onto the bottom half causing the entire building to fall to the ground.

"Oh… my… God…" was all that could be heard for any one in the small group as the turned around about two blocks away.

Everyone just stood there shocked that SEELE wanted them dead so bad as to kill everyone in that building. They were in shock for what seemed like forever until firefighters and policemen came to the scene on took them away, removing any chance of harm to come to them. Commander Fuyutski and Maya arrived at the scene and had the group taken to NERV by some Section 2 agents.

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Later that day 2:00 PM

The group had been given some of the living quarters to sleep in for awhile. The three teens were had fallen asleep about two seconds after they lay down on the beds in their new rooms. Misato and Kaji had stayed up to talk about some certain issues. They were sitting at the table of the room they had been given. Shinji and Asuka were given their own room and Jason received his own.

"What did you do?" Misato asked Kaji.

"I just did what I was told to do. I spied for SEELE and NERV, plus even the Japanese Government. I guess Gendo just used me until I was useless to him." Kaji shrugged.

"Well, whatever. I'm glad to have you back." Misato walked over to him and gave him a big hug. When she pulled back she looked Kaji straight in the eyes and leaned in to kiss him. He leaned forward and met her lips with his own. They just stayed like that for a few minutes before parting. When they were done Misato got up and walked into the bed room of the small apartment like living quarters. Kaji followed and some sounds and giggles could be heard.

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A/N: Well Kaji is back, and Misato is fine. But why did Jason feel lonely? Where are they going to live? Well hope you liked it. Please review.