Answer 1: Well, sooner or later, he probably will.

Answer 2: Take a look at the series! He's fucked up anyway...

Answer 3: I don't have a clue!

Disclaimer: Alright, I am at 93,57 Euro right now (about 111,79 dollars). So, the day, I will own Evangelion and it's characters, is coming closer. But I am not there yet... So, I do not own it up to now. Understood?

Personal Note: All I wrote in the last chapter did not happen to me, so nobody pissed on my back so far. AND nobody will do that to me, so stop looking that way!

I was told to give an evidence for my non-hate for Rei. Well, that is kinda difficult. Let's say, it's kinda difficult without blaming myself and saying something disgusting... looks ashamed

Alright, cheer up. I found a pre reader and spell checker. He is lingering around somewhere here. Yann-kun is his name. He hasn't published anything yet, but he's working on that! By the way, this could be the first chapter in ages I write sober and well rested.

"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 just because you can't see it, that does not mean, glass is not there! I've learned that the very hard way!!!

Chapter seven: The sky turns dark

There he was again. The tropical island in the middle of nowhere. Only him, a housebroken cupboard and a blurry image of Murphy.

"You know, once I was just like you.", Murphy said with understanding in his voice.

"Unfortunate, only a handful of friends, no girlfriend, no mother, bastard father, being in life danger while piloting a skyscraper high robot and only wearing the same stupid clothes whenever I wear something except my plug suit?"

Murphy scratched his head. "Well, my life wasn't that bad but it was almost like yours."

"Poor devil...", Shinji said while taking a sunbath.

"I've heard that many times, but I think you're the first one who knows what he's talking about."

"Trust me, if you haven't existed, it would be called Shinji's law by now!"

Then, Shinji sniffed and felt disgusted.

"Jesus, did you fart or something?", Shinji held his hand under his nose.

"No, this is not me. You're in the city sewers. Did you expect a place such as this to smell like lavender?"

Shinji's vision became blurry and the island was disappearing again; the unpleasant smell increasing.

'Wet?' Shinji felt his backside being wet.

He opened his eyes. All the happiness was drained from his body. He felt like shit again.

"I hate my life..."

Shinji sat up and moaned.

"My back --another painful moan-- and my head..." when he stood again, he continued: "Alright. If I go that way, I should reach the broken part of the sewers. I should be able to get out there... Let's go." Shinji walked towards the darkness.

----- In the middle of the city ------

"Say, what are we going to do, if we get to Ikari-kun's house, but didn't find him?", Hikari asked out of boredom.

"No clue... visit Misato-san, take a look at her permissive spare time outfit, grab a beer and wait for Shinji.", Toji said with a drooling smile on his face.

"SU-ZU-HA-RA!!!"

"Hey, just a-", the rest of Toji's sentence was cut off by Hikari's insulting wave.

"Howcanyousaysomethinglikethatatatimelikethis?Yourbestfriendmightbeinbigtroubleandyouareonlythinkingabouthalfnakedwomen!Youreallyareastooge!", Hikari said within the amazing time span of 4.1 seconds.

Toji, who only understood half of it, crawled in front of his secret love and begged for mercy.

"I am sorry, please..."

"You know, if they would confess to each other, they would have fewer problems.", Kensuke said to Rei while going on.

"Confess what?"

"That they love each other!", Kensuke said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Rei turned around and took a look at the two 'love birds'.

"They are arguing. Is that love?"

Hearing those words, Kensuke turned to face her.

"You know what love is, don't you?", Kensuke looked at her in disbelief.

"No, I was not taught about love.", Rei said in her usual flat voice. Kensuke somehow expected something like that.

"Love is probably the most difficult thing to describe. Let me see...If you love someone, you feel good around him. You'll miss him if he's not around. And you are worrying your ass off if you don't know if he is alright or not.", Kensuke thinking about other explanations when Rei thought a bit herself.

'Hmm.. When Ikari is around, I feel good. When he is not around, I miss him in some way. And I am worried about him right now.", she nodded.

"Anything wrong?", Kensuke wondered about Rei's nodding.

"I love Ikari-kun!" Rei said calm.

THAT did it. Everybody went silent at once.

"Y-you what???", Toji stammered.

"I love Ikari-kun. Love is very easy...", Rei went on and after a minute of discomposure, the others went on as well.

"Sometimes, Rei is real scary...", Toji said shortly. The other two nodded.

[AN: What worth is luck, if it's happening at the other end of the town?]

------ NERV Headquarters -----

"Alright Maya, now you." Again, the Doctor didn't get far; the phone rang again.

"I – DON'T – BELIEVE – THIS", Ritsuko Akagi, usually the last person to flip out, was flipping out right now. She picked up the phone.

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE DRUNK, YOUR BEERSUPPLIES RAN OUT OR YOU SIMPLY WANT TO GO OUT FOR A DRINK.-:inhaling dangerously-: Consider your words wisely, your salary depends on it. -:lighting another cigarette-: Well sunshine, I've something you lost -:smiles-: Yes, he called not long ago from a apartment on the other side of the city -:waits-: I don't know -:tipping on her computer-: I can't ask him -:waits again-: Well honey, I've lost him -:holds the phone away-: Unlike you, I found him. Be that far, then you can insult me!"

She hang up calmly, laid her cigarette aside and exhaled. Then she grabbed up the complete phone and threw it down the hall. The crashing sound made everyone look up.

"Now they shall try..."

With a smile on her face, she headed over to Maya.

------ The Katsuragi household ------

"That wench! --snort-- Who does she think she is? Some sort of super-natural mega brain genius?", Misato argued into the apartment.

"She IS a fucking super-natural mega brain genius!", Asuka stated from the living room. That was definitely the wrong answer! A flying beer can, which missed Asuka's head only by an inch, was more than just a proof.

"If I had wanted an answer, I would have asked for it."

"But, you were asking...", Asuka said puzzled.

"I was talking to Pen-Pen!", Misato said annoyed.

Pen-Pen, who spent his whole day in his fridge, chose this moment to walk out of his fridge across the whole apartment and into the bathroom.

'Weird animal...', Asuka thought.

------ The sewers ------

Shinji was on his pilgrimage through the sewers, at the edge of madness, as he reached a junction. That fact is not very special, but looking to his right, he thought he was hallucinating.

'An apple???'

There, at the lights incident, was an apple. Not just an apple, but an apple in front of a real hungry guy!

"God --admiring the 'sky'-- thank you!"

Shinji zombie-walked to the apple, but stopped because he heard a deep grumble.

'Stomach, is that you?'

The next grumble was mixed with the sound of something big moving.

'It's not you, right?'

Then, the head of a crocodile moved into the light.

'Alright, it's not you. --looking up-- I am taking back that –thank you-'

Shinji could see, that the croc was big. Really big. It was just behind the apple.

"Okay you oversized handbag, give me that apple!", Shinji said loud and annoyed.

As he moved forward carefully, the croc moved forward itself.

"You shit eating frog, leave me alone!", Shinji shouted.

Just as Shinji was about to grab the apple, the alligator snapped at him. Shinji, saving his hand at the last moment, took some steps back.

"Fuck it Godzilla... Why are you protecting this apple? You're not a freaky vegetarian!"

The crocodile moved closer to the apple.

"You know, I could use some new boots!", Shinji threatened.

Just then, the croc ate the apple in one quick movement.

"AAAARRGGGHH, YOU ATE IT! YOU ATE MY PRECIOUS APPLE! YOU WILL PAY!!! I WILL COME BACK WITH MY EVA AND THEN I'LL DONATE THE WHOLE BRIDGECREW BOOTS, BELTS AND HANDBAGS!!! EVERYTHING MADE OUT OF YOUR SCALY ASS!!!"

Shinji, who just witnessed the first vegetarian crocodile having its lunch, went back to his original plan and just left the croc behind.

"Even reptiles turned against me. How much worse can this get???", Shinji said while stomping through whatever covered the ground.

------ Just in front of the Katsuragi apartment ------

"Well, here we are. What now?", Hikari asked.

"We cannot search through the whole city.", Kensuke said ensured.

"Perhaps we should talk to Major Katsuragi.", Toji suggested.

Rei ... didn't say anything. She just thought for herself.

"Hey Ayanami, are you with us or are you off the planet?"

"What? I think we should talk to Major Katsuragi and inform her about what we found out."

Rei in front, they all headed for the apartment.

"We found out something?", Kensuke asked silently.

"Who knows..."

------ The vice-commanders office ------

Kozo Fuyutsuki tried to call someone, but no one on the other end answered his call.

"Damn it, what is she doing? Why are ingenious scientists never at hand when you need them?", he asked as the gave up his call try.

------ At the edge of the city -----

Everything was quiet around the forest, except for some cursing.

"Damn thorns..."

As Shinji Ikari crawled out of a hole, he thought he was dreaming.

"Free?", he asked. No one answered.

"I AM FREE! SHINJI IKARI, THE POOR DEVIL OF THIS CITY IS NOW FREE AND NOTHING COULD EVER POSSILBY RUIN HIS DAY!!!", Shinji shouted into the forest.

There he stood. His arms extended to the sky, his head thrown back into his neck and laughing like a madman.

"I got through all your challenges and survived. Confess, I defeated you!!!"

Just then, a bolt of lightning struck into a tree nearby. Rain began to fall.

Shinji let his body flag.

"Seems you're not out of torture possibilities yet... I got the note. Don't mess up with god."

Shinji Ikari walked through the forest to the city; the cold rain kept on falling down.

Will Shinji leave the forest alive? What does Rei think? Will the Third Impact be prevented because of Rei's sudden occurrence of feelings?

I don't know the answer to these questions yet, but I'll let you know!

endermon: Satisfied now? Could you be so kind as to delete my name in your author alert list now?

Well, I am sober, but not really rested...