After Dempsey/Shinji, Rei and Asuka set up camp, Asuka goes off to find some food while Dmepsey/Shinji do the same thing, except this time they separate. Dempsey/Shinji traverse the ruined city of Tokyo-3, this place gives him the creeps especially those giant red beings lying dead on the buildings, the fissure that has teeth and the weird floating diamond-like platform suspended by a large pole. He feels like this is some sort of dream you eat some weird food but this takes the cake. Dempsey/Shinji slams a round inside the .45 just in case of those giant dead beings might come back to life or something else equivalent to a zombie might come at them.
"Who are you?" asks the voice.
"Huh? Names Dempsey kid, and you must be Shinji Ikari." replied Dempsey, he should talk talk aloud at the moment, it will cause a scene.
Dempsey wondered how can a kid like him would cause something like this? Seriously.
"I wanted to save her..."
Dempsey forgot that Shinji could hear him inside his head. So, he has to talk to him mentally.
"Save who?" asks Dempsey.
"Ayanami...I just wanted to save her" Shinji replied.
Dempsey/Shinji stops and begins to see things...A giant being with halo's and wings pulling out a figure thats shaped like a woman except its red. A giant hole opens up in the sky and a blinding light appears.
"What happened to her?" mentally asks Dempsey.
"I don't know...I tired to reverse the damage I done but...I didn't"
The American felt sorry for the kid, he's not surprised this girl with one-eye hates him. Dempsey feels like he's fading away almost like disappearing. Next thing you know he's in the kids head now.
Shinji has control over his body again but Dempsey still remains.
"Okay kid, try to find something in that apartment over there."
Shinji nods and walks over to his former apartment, the walls over the area is infested with graffiti and mocking words about him. He journeys his way to his room number. He grips the gun tight and takes a deep breath. He opens the door.
The room is now ruined, S2 residue is everywhere, tables have been flipped over and the windows are shattered. Shinji wanders in the room where he once slept in, he remembered when Asuka slept next to him there. In the distance he hears a song: I don't want to set the world on fire.
He closes his eyes and tries to sing along.
"I don't want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
In my heart I have but one desire
And that one is you no other will do"
He doesn't know if he should cry or what. The world hates him now for what he did, he had one chance at redemption but he blew it. If only he didn't pull those spears. Dempsey felt Shinji's sadness, forced to fight in a war he doesn't want to be in, he wishes he would kill the kids asshole of a father along with that bitch who treated him like a son at first then a prisoner and when her found someone that cares for him, that someone died.
"Hey Shinji, take your time okay?" advises the American.
Shinji notices two guns leaning on the wall, a MTS-255 shotgun and a ARX-160 covered in S2 residue like the other objects in the room.
"Okay Shinji, I'll clean those."
Dempsey takes one of the guns and begins to dismantle them and clean their parts from inside-out.
"Hey kid, are you watching?"
"Yes." Shinji responds.
"Cause chicks dig guys that know their weapons! And could cook."
Shinji chuckles a little, it reminded him of the advice Kaji gave him. After he was done repairing the guns, Dempsey lets Shinji call shotgun on his body again. He finds a backpack and holsters both the weapons, he see's Asuka waiting for him in the entrance of the room.
Shinji into her harsh eyes and looked away from her as he puts own the bag and gives him the guns.
"Your thinking I'll just use these to betray you right?" He pulls out the ARX-160 and the MTS-255 then tries to give them to her.
She takes the assault rifle only.
"You keep the shotgun, I don't need to protect you now." she huffs.
Shinji gripped the Russian shotgun tightly in anger, he grabbed the container and pulled out a doll and threw it at the back of her head. Asuka stops and turns, her eyes are full of fury but she notices that the doll was hers.
She picks it up and places it in her bag.
"Thank you...And can someone please turn off the that music?"
Meanwhile...
"You stay away from my sister you freak!" warned Kodama Horaki pointing an FN FAl at Rei. Near Rei is an injured Nozomi Horaki, Rei is carrying a magnum python.
"Rei stop, this isn't you!" cried Hikari.
The Horaki sisters lived through third impact and made a shack of whats left of Shunjuku. They lived a peaceful life until Rei came.
"Give me back that turbine then!" she growled, this time her voice seems to have a slight German accent.
"The mannequin thing!?"
"Yes, I was making a turbine!" she cocks the revolver.
"Okay..." Hikari gives the incomplete turbine to Rei.
"Vhy thank you!"
"And as a reward..."
She approaches the injured Nozomi and pulls out a med kit. Rei quickly patches up the wound and gets rid of the bullet then gives the confused young girl a kiss on the forehead.
She leaves the premises humming some tune.
"And I was like oh nien you didn't!?" Asuka talked joyfully to Shinji, along the way to the camp site, the two started chatting and Asuka started telling funny stories about Mari and her for the past few years. Its almost as if she's back to the normal Asuka.
"Yeah, and that when I found out the person I was making out with was Maya, we swore to never talk about it." she wipes off a tear from her eye.
They are getting near the campsite.
"You know, I can't believe we started becoming friends after what I did."
Shinji smiles warmly. The two stop and notice the campsite's spire is now modified with something, on the beams are two makeshift electric turbines made from mannequins, generators and electric fans
"What the hell? What are these?"
"Hey don't touch those!" yelled the voice causing the two pilots to turn to see Rei holding the third turbine and wielding a magnum.
"Those are the turbines to power the spire so we could power the generator and live for the night" warned Rei as she puts down the third turbine.
For some reason, Rei creeps Dempsey out, something wasn't right with her. He controls the body again and Shinji's eyes again.
"Okay blue jay, just smile all ready! Makes you not human."
Rei still has a blank state.
Dempsey/Shinji presses his hand on her face causing Asuka to panic and blush heavily. He tries to make Rei smile which are just failed attempts.
After the event and Shinji making marshmellows, the two go to bed while Rei stands out guard wielding the magnum sitting on the ground. She then grabs her bag and pulls out a hacking device.
Her eyes begin to glow blue.
"You haven't seen ze last of me Maxis..." Rei growls and grips the gun tightly.
The three pilots wake up to see the wunder descending upon them. Misato and Ritsuko come out of the hatch.
"Oh no..." winced Shinji.
Dempsey knew about Misato, she looks hot yes but she put a bomb on Shinji's neck.
"Specimen BM-03, come with us."
Dempsey switches places with Shinji and his eyes glowed green with anger. When they got into the flying battleship, he received a glaring from the crew in which he returns one at them causing one of them to soil themselves. Someone tries to put a a choker and a handcuff on Dempsey/Shinji, he loads the shotgun and points it at the person.
"Put that on me, I'll rip open a new for you!" Dempsey warned. The person is revealed to Sakura Suzuhara, she stutters in fear as she holds on to the choker.
"Oh, Sakura, I'm sorry." Shinji apologizes as he switches places again.
"That's okay Shinji."
Sakura puts on the choker on Dempsey/Shinji. Dempsey hated the crew of the wunder, they do nothing but glare at him.
"Sure, glare at the guy with a shotgun!" he spins the shotguns cylinder magazine.
"Expect some trouble if you keep it up!" Dempsey growls as Shinji's eyes glow green again.
"Put your weapon down BM-03, we mean no harm." Misato harshly inclined.
"Harm!? There's a fucking bomb on my neck! That's enough harm!" Dempsey yelled as Shinji's voice turns into his.
Misato knew Shinji doesn't yell, this is a different Shinji.