Answer 1: Well, let's truly hope so.
Answer 2: In some way, I think they will have an encounter.
Answer 3: Hey, I am cruel, but I am not that inhuman!
Disclaimer: All right, I'll save my pocket money and will buy Gainax. But until that day, Evangelion and its characters do not belong to me!
Personal Note: Sure the last part wasn't that good. I want to see you guys write being tired and drunk. THAT'S NOT EASY, but sometimes quite funny ;-)
You know, I thought I had some bad things for Shinji in reserve. But what some of you wrote, that's the real knock down! AND: I do not hate Rei, but hey, she really hasn't got many emotions. She is cold hearted, but that's no reason to hate her! gives Rei a hug... she doesn't care
"this" is in speech and 'this' in thought; -:this:- is some doing while having a call; --this-- is some seamless doing in a sentence (or something like that...). And from now, I'll bring up some things that happened to me.
Chapter Six: The Voyage goes on!
"Alright, here we are. Shinji has not come home. We know that he took the train."
"Correction. We do know, that he had intended to take the train and was on the way to the train station. We do not know if he got to the station or the train."
"Thanks Kensuke. Let's think logical. What could have happened?", Toji asked.
"Let's think about your worst nightmare. Multiply that with all the cruelty of this world, subtract any possible luck he has and add the amount to his day. That's what happened to him, most certainly.", Kensuke said.
Hikari: 'Forced to write tests with mittens, clean the toilets with his tongue, crawling home over glass shards and being kidnapped. Now some drunk thugs use him as a punching ball.'
Toji: 'Head first suspended on his balls over a fire and a bottle of Tabasco in his ass. Misato and Asuka waiting around the fire for their roast to be done and doing naughty things. And Shinji can only watch.' [AN: THAT'S cruel!]
Kensuke: 'Captured by some communists, now tortured. Electric shock, poison, beating up, breaking bones, almost drowning and getting body parts cut off. Then, lying on a cliff immobilized and getting eaten by cancers.'
Rei: 'What's a nightmare?'
Everyone, except Rei, made a grimace of pain and sorrow.
"I don't think that will bring us far. I think we should take a look --- Kensuke, what the hell are you doing?", Toji asked as Kensuke took his laptop out.
"I want to check something out.", Kensuke was typing his keyboard wildly.
"Is Aida-san always like that?", Toji and Hikari turned around, quite surprised, that Rei actually acted.
"Most of the time...", Toji said and shook his head, "He's doing military things all the time. Kensuke "THE SPY" Aida... I think he lost his-"
"HEY, I've got something! I've just hacked into the database of the train company. They've found a schoolbag in a train. The bag contains some schoolbooks, a broken laptop and a wallet with a NERV ID card. It's Shinji's!"
"I always knew you're a genius!", Toji put one hand on Kensuke's shoulder.
"Really, --looking on Toji's hand-- you just said I was a fuckin' freak."
"Yeah, you are a fuckin' freak, but an ingenious one!", Toji said smiling.
"Sure, whatever...", Kensuke typed something, "That's strange..."
"What's strange?", Hikari asked, as an attempt to join this conversation.
"The bag was found in the Yomada Line-"
"What's unusual with that? It's his line home!", Toji asked, behaving like a genius.
"Yes, but the train they found Shinji's bag in was headed the opposite way."
"You mean, he took the wrong train?", Hikari stated.
"Seemingly."
"It's most logical that Pilot Ikari got out at Tomarochi station.", Rei, to the surprise of all present people, gave that conclusion.
"How come?", all three asked?
"Pilot Ikari most probably seated himself and put his SDAT on, like he usually does when he has to wait for something. Because he listens to classical music, he probably closed his eyes and counted the stations down in mind. The fifth one, the one that would bring him to his destination, is in this case the Tomarochi station."
Everybody's jaw was down the floor.
"You know, sometimes you are scary!", Toji said with fear in his eyes.
"Let's get a train and then we will see if we can find him or not. Come on jerk, move it!", Hikari pushed Toji, who was still perplex, forward. The rescue team was on it's way.
------ City Sewers ------
"Great, simply great... I've lost my trousers button, got bitten by a rat, smell like shit and now the batteries of my SDAT ran out. --looks up to the... well, he can't see the sky, but the ceiling-- And if I have to make a contract with devil himself, you're gonna SUFFER!", Shinji shouted, scaring all rats around him.
Shinji continued through the sewers.
----- some time later, somewhere near the Tomarochi station. -----
"Okay, where should we start our search?", Toji asked and clapped his hands together.
"Hey, that was your idea. You should know...", inflamed with rage Hikari and Toji began an argument.
"We should go the way to his home. That's the way he took most probably.", Rei said flatly.
Kensuke got next to Toji and rammed his elbow into Tojis side playfully.
"See? I told you Ayanami would come in handy!"
"Yeah whatever..."
So, the rescue troop wandered towards Shinji's home.
------ Section two headquarters -----
A phone began to rang.
Both present agents looked at each other.
"I will not answer that call!"
"I answered the last one!"
A third agent, a rookie, entered the room.
"Hey, the phone is ringing."
Both agents looked again at each other.
"We leave the precedence to you.", Urashimo said smiling.
"Yeah, could be for you anyway.", the other said, restraining a laughter.
The third agent looked at his two colleagues suspiciously, then picked up the phone.
"Hello? Section Two agent Hideyaki -:looks confused:- I don't know anything about that -:looks scared:- no, I was not told -:holding the phone away from his ear:- We are doing our job as good as we can -:waits:- I'll hand you over, one moment please. Alright guys, who of you had the pleasure of talking to major Katsuragi about an hour ago?"
Urashimo looked depressed. "Could be me..."
----- City sewers -----
Shinji, exhausted and hungry, seated himself under another gully, the sun shining onto him slightly.
"Again no ladder... OK, lets relax for a minute and then we will find a way out of here."
----- The street above -----
"Hey Kensuke, can you take care of the girls for a minute?"
"Where are you going?"
"Men's business!"
"Ah, I understand. Hey girls, have I ever told you about how I hacked into the school's computer and received the answers for the upcoming test?"
"You wouldn't dare!", Hikari, in her Class-Representative mode, was angry as hell
Toji, running into a side street was looking for a place where he could give in to nature's call, found a street drain. Not thinking about any harm to no one, he opened his zipper and disburdened himself.
----- Some metres below -----
'I think, my day could be worse...'
Shinji was in some kind of doze. He was daydreaming. The tropical island, a mixer and a solar cell. Suddenly he felt real comfortable, all his burden was gone, warmth was coming from inside and he was happy.
'I can hear the ripple of a stream.'
Just then he realized, that this was not his imagination.
'It's unusually warm and wet...' he opened his eyes.
"What the..." he cursed silent. As he looked up, he saw the disaster.
------ Above -----
'Ahhh, that's good.', Toji thought.
"AAARRRRGGHHH!!", somebody screamed from under him. Toji, not loosing one more drop, packed in and ran back to his friends.
'Better don't get caught.'
"Hey Toji, did you hear that scream?"
"No, no I haven't heard anything...", he said with innocent air.
"Let's get on with our search!"
------ Sewers ------
"I can't fuckin' believe this... you seat yourself for only a minute and BENG... somebody pisses on your back... if I ever get a hold of this asshole, I will knot his dick for eternity..."
Shinji Ikari, now surrounded by the aura of devil himself, was running through the sewers like a madman. After what seemed like an eternity, he found what he was looking for. An exit out of this shit.
"Thank you very much."
As Shinji approached the ladder, he saw that it was more then just rusty.
"I'll bet my ass, that thing will not hold. But who cares, either freedom or death."
As he began to climb up the ladder, he prayed everything he had, that only this ladder would not break until he gets up there. He closed his eyes and continued his way up. The ladder groaned, but he kept on going. After some seconds, he opened his eyes again. He was on the top of the ladder. As he pushed the manhole cover aside, he got blindfolded. Nevertheless, he crawled outside and began laughing.
"I did it. I am out of that shit..."
Tears of happiness were running down his cheeks.
After a minute of joy, he got up and he couldn't believe his luck.
"That's my apartment! I am home! Thank you god, thank you!"
"Sempai, could you take a look at these findings?"
"Coming --a phone began to rang-- oh, I'll be there in a minute."
She headed back and picked up the phone.
"Dr. Ritsuko Akagi -:waits:- oh, good morning sunshine. Already sober? -:sighing:- alright, what's your problem -:checking some data on her own computer:- Shinji? You are their guardian. They are in puberty and it's your responsibility. By the way, you weren't any better! -:takes a sip from her coffee:- You're not serious! -:her mood becoming bad:- You want to tell me, that you have lost Shinji Ikari, the third children and our best pilot? -:waits:- how could you ever become major? -:grumbling:- contact section two! -:rolling her eyes:- these guys never do their job right. -:deep sigh:- I'll do what I can.", She hung up the phone.
'She is no better than Kaji...'
----- The place, where Shinji Ikari could find calm -----
Shinji, blinded by his luck and his tears, passed a young woman who was busy with some shopping-bags. He had never seen her before, but who cares? As he reached his door, he found it open. Without wasting another thought, he entered.
He didn't care about his shoes. The only thing that was important to him was food. So he entered the kitchen and wanted to open the fridge. But there was a cupboard.
'What? They must have altered the kitchen...', he looked around and found the fridge. As he opened it, he was real shocked.
"Vegetables? Fruits? FOOD??? Alright, something is wrong. MISATO? ASUKA? ARE YOU HOME?"
No response.
Shinji wanted to make a call, but he had difficulties finding the telephone. 'What's going on here?'
When he found it, he dialled the only number he could think about.
------ NERV Headquarters -------
"Alright Maya, I am coming.", just as Ritsuko was about to approach Maya's desk, her phone rang again.
"Jesus, what's wrong today? Just a second...".
The shy assistant nodded.
In a pretty pissed voice: "Yeah? -:her expression showing surprise:- Shinji-kun? Misato is looking for you. We're all worried. Where are you? -:now looking confused:- Can't be, I just talked to her, she must be at home. -:lighting a cigarette:- I seriously doubt, that the Misato Katsuragi I know would actually do hard work such as altering her kitchen -:frowns:- say, is there a second fridge with only beer inside? -:showing an expression of understanding:- it's simple, you are in the wrong house!"
------ Wrong house -----
"What do you mean with 'the wrong house'?", Shinji scared up as he heard a scream.
"THIEF!"
Shinji turned around to see the woman from a little while ago pointing a finger at him.
"No wait, I just-"
"HELP! THIEF! --runs out of the apartment-- CALL 911!"
"Great, simply great..."
Shinji tried to run after her, but as he reached the exit of the building, he heard a policeman asking for the culprit's whereabouts.
Shinji, retreated into a side street, thinking about his options.
'What will happen if I get caught? They will think that I am a bum from a slum who tried to break into that apartment. I seriously doubt that they would believe me, that I am the most important person on this planet now.'
In front of him, he saw the gully he came out. The policeman to his left and another police car to his right...
'Well, I guess I don't have any choice.'
Shinji climbed down the ladder as his attention was caught by a sudden jerk.
'I can see it coming...'
The ladder broke and Shinji fell. The landing was relatively soft, but a pipe of the ladder hit him in the face, so he was unconscious again.
Will Shinji ever find his home? Will he find out about the piss incident? What happened to agent Urashimo?
Well, take your time and I'll take mine. Later we will see what will happen. I am not sure if it is good, but hey, here in Germany it's two o'clock in the morning, so I just finished it half asleep...