MyWay: Damn, I forgot to ask questions in the end... Me and my useless brain…

Yann-kun: It's not useless… less useful than others, but not useless.

MyWay: --rolls his eyes-- thanks, that's the encouragement I needed.

Yann-kun: Come on, you have to see the bright side!

MyWay: The bright side? And what is the bright side?

Yann-kun: How should I know what your bright side looks like… really, you try to make things way too easy…

MyWay: Say, are you trying to give me mental supply or do you intend to drive me into the psychiatry?

Yann-kun: This is a question for my attorney. I refuse to make a statement.

MyWay: Nobody likes me…

Kenuyasha: I like you.

Yann-kun: How the hell did you find your way in here?

Kenuyasha: Well, I wanted to go to work, but I turned off at the wrong gateway crossed a river and now I am here.

Yann-kun: That was no river that was the Atlantic Ocean!

Kenuyasha: --nodding-- Seemed too deep for a river anyway…

Yann-kun and MyWay: --sweat drops on their foreheads-- Gah…

Kenuyasha: So, now that I am here, let's PAR-TAY!!! --Cheering up the mood--

MyWay: What about the story? I can't let the readers down. I love them… in a platonically way…

Kenuyasha: Let's PAR-TAY while we do this story!

MyWay: Okay, sounds good to me…

Kenuyasha: Say, --this-- is in speech and !this! in thought; :..this..: is some doing while having a call; xxthisxx is some seamless doing in a sentence, right?

Yann-kun: No, )this( is in speech and $this$ in thought; --this-- is some doing while having a call; "this" is some seamless doing in a sentence, no doubt.

MyWay: "THIS" IS IN SPEECH AND 'THIS' IN THIUGHT; -:THIS:- IS SOME DOING WHILE HAVING A CALL; --THIS-- IS SOME SEAMLESS DOING IN A SENTENCE… --breathes heavy-- is that so complicated?

Yann-kun and Kenuyasha are playing a dice game.

Yann-kun: --turns to MyWay-- Did you say anything in the past 19 years?

MyWay: GAH!! --faints--

Yann-kun: Great, and I have to disclaim again… Evangelion, it's characters and writing talent are not in our possession. So, let's get on with the game, I am about to win.

Kenuyasha: In your wildest dreams, little boy!

Chapter Eleven: The Shower Of Pain

There he was, standing, butt naked as god created him, in front of the mirror. He was observing his wounds and counted them as a side effect

'Jeez, boy you look bad…' he thought as he looked down. 'Like something from outer space…'

"Okay, --clapping his hands together-- let's do it…"

He approached the shower.

'Okay… but how do I do it?'

He took a grip of that lever. He pulled it slightly to him. Result: Water began to flow out of the shower head. He pulled the lever to the right. Result: The water became cold. He pulled the lever to the left. Result: A very strong pain, occurring on his arm, told him, that the water became VERY hot.

After five minutes of continuous tries, how one should handle that shower, he got the idea and stepped inside. With good temperate water, he began to relax. Everything was fine… he washed his hair and took his time for doing so; no problems.

He soaped himself very good but he turned inside of the cabin. Without even noticing it, he made contact with the heat lever. He pushed the lever completely to the left with his butt, still soaping himself. The water gave no sign of reaction for about two seconds… Unfortunately he turned again, facing the shower head. The water however did not made contact with Shinji on his head, but about three feet below.

A/N: You think this is funny? I experienced this; it is not that funny if you're the boiled one!

THEN the water became hot in an instant. It took Shinji about 0,5 seconds to realize that HE stood in a stream of steaming hot water; and another 0,1 seconds to start screaming.

"HAAASAAAHOOOOOIIII!"

In the middle of his defence measures, he let go of the soap. After three seconds, the only solution left was done. Retreat! Shinji, not caring about the casualties, jumped out of the shower.

Luck, which was not with him today, refused to help him yet again. The soap, lying on the floor so innocently, was the first thing Shinji's foot made contact with. Loosing any balance left, Shinji fell forward and made a painful head-contact with the basin; then with the bathtub and finally with the floor.

----- kitchen ------

Misato, took a close look at her beer.

"Well, sometimes I am not that sure myself…" she admitted flatly.

"Sure, if I was as drunk as you are sometimes, I could not count freaky birds in my messy apartment as well." Asuka said half aloud from the side.

Everyone looked up as they heard a scream, coming from the bathroom…

"I have heard that scream before… and I know what got hurt." Toji said in sorrow.

Seconds passed by…

"Say, shouldn't we look after him? After all, he might be hurt…" Kensuke suggested.

They all looked at each other.

"Sounds like a clever idea…"

Now everyone stormed to the bathroom. Toji was ahead from all others and opened the door. Just to close it again and make a grimace of pain and condolence.

"How is he? Is he alright?" Rei asked and all stood in front of Toji.

"He is …. alive." Toji said with a little hesitation.

"Let us in!" Misato said and took a step forward. Toji, his arms extended sideways, guarded this door like a hungry watchdog.

"Nope, you can't enter."

All of them were frowning.

"You say, I am forbidden enter my own bathroom?"

"We won't let you in!" Toji said and pointed at Kensuke.

"We won't?" he asked surprised, emphasizing the 'We' part.

"Yes, we won't! Shinji does not wish to be seen in his current state. "

Kensuke began to understand. He placed himself protective in front of the door as well.

"I think you have a wrong picture of the situation… It's three versus two here… and Mr. Aida does not seem like a fighting machine anyway." Misato said, clenching her fist with a smile.

"Maybe… if you want to enter this room, no problem. But only over my dead body!" Toji said certain.

"That's the sentence I waited so long to hear…" Asuka said with bloodlust in her eyes.

"Say, is this a good idea?" Kensuke whispered silent to Toji.

"Well, --swallows-- at least, it's an idea, ne?"

"GET 'EM!!!" Misato yelled. The fight began.

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

"Sempai, did Section Two find Shinji yet?" Maya asked concerned.

"Unfortunately not… They sent two units to the house from which he called me, but he wasn't there…"

"Why not? He should know that we would send somebody to pick him up…"

"Well, he was in an apartment and it did not belong to him. So, the occupant was not that pleased… and called in police! Seems he ran away…"

"Uh oh… Ma'am, area scans complete." Shigeru said with a little fear in his voice.

Everyone turned around, a bad feeling in the stomach.

"How exactly am I supposed to interpret this 'Uh oh'?" Ritsuko asked a bit annoyed.

"Well, … 87 miles away… at 35,16,2 north and 144,12,17 east… the analyses are not certain, but there seems to be a blue pattern."

"An Angel? Now? --Curses several times; not determined for young readers-- Get major Katsuragi and the pilots here, NOW!" the blonde scientist commanded in a rather pissed voice.

"Target is coming closer with 10 meters per second… Estimated Target Arrival in 3.82 hours…"

"I hope we'll find Shinji in time…"

------ Katsuragi bloodbath apartment ------

"I guess, you've changed your mind, am I right?" Misato asked in a very heroic voice.

Only very grunting sounds came in response...Toji and Kensuke, lying on the ground, were still trying to guard the door. But, the success was zero. They only moved uncontrollable.

"So, let's see what we got here!"

But just as Misato was about to open the door, cell phones began to rang…

"Is that yours?" Asuka asked Misato.

"No, I think it's Reis!"

"I think all our cell phones are ringing."

------- Train central station; safekeeping storage ------

"Hey Al, take a breath here, this is real strong shit…"

"Come on, I just had some weed, I would fly away if I'd smoke more --thinks-- okay, gimme!"

The both low wage workers were interrupted by the sound of a ringing cellular phone.

"Say, is that a ringing phone or is the stuff from earlier stronger then we thought?"

"Well, I hear it too…"

They both began to look for the source of the sound. After 20 seconds, they found a bag, a ringing sound inside.

"Should we answer that call?"

"Al, we are the only ones here! So, whoever is on the other end wants to contact us, right?"

"Sounds logical…"

They opened the bag and pushed the green button on that phone.

"WHAZZUP??" Bob asked.

Bob did listen closely to the voice on the other end.

"Hey, what is it saying, tell me, I am curious, I wanna know, speak!"

"Well, --squints eyes and shrugs at the same moment-- something about an emergency and returning to NERV Headquarters…"

"Hell, I never knew you've been there…"

"Makes us two, dude! --thinks hard for some seconds-- I know what to do! Let's fume a destroyer-mixture!"

So, those two completely unimportant guys sang "Roll roll roll you joint, gently down the hand. Merry merry merry joint, comes to me in the end" and did what they were singing.

A/N: Don't do drugs, they are BAAD!

------ Katsuragi residence ------

"Hey girls, it's NERV. They say-"

"-It's an angel attack. Misato, you won't believe, but we hear the same message on our cell phones!" Asuka said with a light tone of bad mood.

They packed their stuff and were about to leave, as Misato stopped short.

"Is it just me, or did we forget something?" she asked with a stern expression.

"I don't know…"

"Clothes… check. Car keys… check. Gas… taxi. Money… enough for the taxi. Perhaps we did not forget anything after all."

"What about Shinji???" Asuka and Rei asked in union.

"AH, right, let's take him with us."

As they opened the bathroom door, they all stopped any movement. They just stood there, thinking about what to think of the picture that was offered to them here. A shower running, a young boy lying on the floor; his face up, just like other body parts. His arms and legs were positioned in a way no one would believe to be possible. His face was a mixture of pain and joy; he was drooling.

"Okay girls, he is dreaming about at least one of you two if not both, that's for sure. And those dreams seem to contain matters that should not be spoken out aloud in front of children. So --smirks complacently-- you two will handle that!"

Asuka jerked back, shock written all over her face.

"HANDLE THAT???" she yelled and pointed on highest part of Shinji's body.

"Girl, get a grip and control your hormones… you are supposed to cloth him, not to rape him."

"I-I-I was not th-thinking that!" Asuka mumbled in self-defence.

Misato only smiled and got closer to Asuka.

"Then, why are you stammering? Look at your hands, they are shaking! --watching Asukas shocked reaction with glee-- Do it like Rei, she is thinking the same but she doesn't give a sign to others!" Misato said lecturing.

Rei did not try to argue about that, she just suffered a slight blush.

"Alright girls, pack your late Christmas present and get your rears going, we are in a hurry."

"I have a better solution. Those two dead stooges want to dress him for sure, right boys?"

The response could not be identified as a yes, but Toji began to move again, controlled.

"Kens…. Gimme a hand…"

It only took three minutes to dress Shinji, but they needed nine minutes to stand up. Shinji was still unconscious. And he was still dreaming and drooling.

"Boys, pack in an extra boxer short for Shinji." Misato said after she called a NERV taxi.

"Why is that?"

"Because, if he keeps on dreaming like that, he'll definitely need a fresh one."

"MISATO, could you stop saying such things?"

"Why, can't we handle that? Is that image too tempting for you?"

But Misato did not smile, her expression was a bit stressful. Being chased by a 15 year old German girl who is out for her blood is nothing to laugh about; at least not for Misato.

"I don't want to interrupt this little catfight, but may I remember all present people that an angel is attacking." Rei said in a calm voice.

Silence…

"Okay, I'll kill you after I killed that angel. Let's go!"

They all went out.

"Thanks Rei, you saved my life" Misato whispered as they got into the elevator.

Rei remained silent. Her mind was occupied with something else.

What will happen? What is this thing out there? Why is the author writing so much crap? Perhaps we'll see in the next chapter.

Yann-kun and Kenuyasha are trying to revitalize MyWay, who is not coming back to the land of conscious people.

Kenuyasha: I think, you overdid it!

Yann-kun: Be silent and help me here…

Kenuyasha: Hey, you're not pissed just because you lost in that game, are you?

Yann-kun: No, I am pissed because I lost in that game and now have to do the mouth-to-mouth part of this process.

Kenuyasha: Well dear readers, we want to spare you that scene and we wish you a happy new year!

Yann-kun: And even if it's a little late, a merry Christmas!

Kenuyasha: If we get this boy conscious in time, you might be able to read his New-Year Fanfiction, but the way this looks here, I would not count on that fact…