A Cut in the Bloodline
By: Screaming With Your mouth Shut
Chapter 2: The Facades of a Normal Existence part II
"I am not a doll."
Smack
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU LITTLE WIND-UP DOLL! ITS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT THE MISSION DIDNT GO AS PLANNED!"
Smack
"I am not a doll."
"YES YOU ARE. YOUR NOTHING BUT A DOLL. YOU ONLY DO AS YOUR TOLD AND... AND... AND..."
"I am not a doll."
Smash
"GRRRRR YOUR THE REASON HE LEFT US. ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
"N-no..."
"ALL YOU DO IS SCREW EVERYTHING UP. HE LEFT BECAUSE OF YOU!"
"N-no... h-he would not... leave...-"
Smack
"...because of me..."
"WHY CANT YOU JUST DIE! CANT YOU SEE NOBODY WANTS YOU! NOBODY CAN LOVE A USLESS DOLL!"
"I am not a doll."
"HOW COULD ANYONE LOVE A USLESS DOLL!"
"Shinji loves me..."
Crunch
"AHHHRRRRGGGG NOBODY LOVES YOU YOU USLESS FUCKING BLOW-UP DOLL! YOU HEAR ME? NOBODY!"
"Shinji... Loves me..."
Crack
"S-S-Shinji... l-loves...m-m-me..."
Slam
The furious redhead couldn't take much more, leaving the blue-haired girl to sob quietly to herself. Nobody attempted to help her make her way to the girls change room. Instead she was left to nurse her wounds from this week's beating. The bruisings all over her body may not be permanent, but the damage to her heart will last a life time.
Not for the first time in her life, Rei contemplated suicide.
Shinji's POV:
Now, where did I put those damn keys? Today diffidently wasn't going the way I planned. C'mon, I know I had to of put them somewhere. Uggghhh, I'm going to be late. That's the second time this week, Reika's not going to be happy. Remind me to buy her some ice cream on the way home, that usual lightens her mood.
There they are! What the hell were they doing behind the chair? Scratching the back of my head, I decided it wasn't relevant. I have a performance I need to attend. Quickly dashing out the front door, I get into my red Dodge Ram pickup, start the engine, and put my foot the floor spinning off towards the school. Lucky for me, we live in a small town, and traffic is never really an issue. Unlucky for me, we live in the mountainous outskirts of town, so it takes about 30 minutes to reach the school. It appears I only got 10 minutes to get there. Oh well, time to see what power this 6.4L puppy can put down.
Seconds to spare, now comes the horrendous task of finding a parking spot. Sure enough, there was one close to the entrance. Must be my lucky day. With that being said, I quickly locked up, and made my way into the school gymnasium, just as the dance performance started. Quietly, I sneak into the front row to my reserved seat. Reika's parts coming up, thankfully she didn't see me coming in late. I also learnt that the hard way. Once I was literally 3 minutes late. Lets just say, no amount of ice cream will ever live that moment down. Here comes her part. Just as she makes her way onto the stage, she takes sight of me and gently waves. I wave back. I'm so proud of her. Shes been working for butt off for this night, I've never seen anybody so determined in all of my life. She was right, she really was the star of the performance. Even the audience could agree, she stood out more from the rest of the dancers.
It wasn't till much later that the performance ended. I waited near the exit for Reika to finish changing. She made me agree on getting her ice cream again. What could I do, say no? She's got me by an invisible leash. After what felt like eons, she emerged from the change room. A smug grin graced on her face, I know that face... we're going to Peter's...
Peter's has probably, the most expensive ice cream in town. They have to import theirs from Europe, and it's all exotic flavors. I remember the first time I went to Peter's, 2 scoops and a waffle cone costed nearly 20 dollars. Mind you, it was good ice cream, just a little to expensive for my taste. Reika only discovered its existences only 4 months ago, something I silently curse myself to this day. For the amount of ice cream her and I go through, Peter's would drain my wallet in no time.
After choosing our flavors of ice cream, we walked to the till to pay for our desert. Reika went with two scoops of green apple cotton candy, I went with a scoop of mint-chocolate chip, and strawberry cheese cake. It's like this every time. Neither of us will get the same thing as last time, it's always different. Last time we went here, I decided to try out the bubble tea, and quadruple chocolate combo. Never again. Our total came up to 18 dollars and 67 cents, the same as always. Already, it was starting to melt, taking the first lick out of the bottom layer, I was greeted with the sweet taste of mint coating my tongue. A wave of ecstasy washed over me. Regardless of what its doing to your wallet, you cannot put a price on happiness.
Remembering that I had to make a quick trip to the office to grab something, I quickly gathered up Reika, and made my way towards the office. Taking my usual parking spot right in front of the building. Turning the engine off, I made my way towards the front doors of the office, until something caught my eye. Something I did not want to see. The last thing I wanted to see matter of fact. I rubbed my eyes, hoping that I was just seeing things, I prayed so bad that my mind was playing tricks, but they weren't. Something overcame me, something I haven't felt in a long time. Fear. Parked right across the street from my office, was a black SUV, sporting NERV logos all around. Inside were to Section-2 agents, one seemed to be on the phone, the other on a laptop. Speed walking towards the entrance, I started panicking. Oh no... they've found me... fuck... fuck... fuck... My speed increase as I made it inside of the office building, hoping that they haven't noticed me. FUCK! How did they find me. How did they find us. Shit... Realizing that Reika was still in the truck, I darted out the door towards the truck, got in, started the engine and gunned it as fast as I could go.
Reika spoke up after a few minutes, clearly noticing that there was something bothering me. Her voice was full of concern and worry.
"Something wrong?"
I frowned.
Somewhere in North America...
"Bingo!" the younger agent exclaimed.
"Yep, that's him, alright." the older agent followed, equally as enthusiastic as his partner.
They watched as their target hastily made his way back to his truck and drive off.
"Seems like he noticed us, did you see the look on his face?" the young agent asked, with a hint of concern.
"Who cares? Once we report this back to the Commander, we'll be heros!" the older agent said excitedly.
Hearing the old agent closing the laptop, he immediately reached over to his phone, flipped it open, and dialed headquarters. A smile beamed across the younger agents face, this was their chance to finally make a name within the Section 2 agency.
Hello?
"Yes, hello, this is agent-04852 reporting, requesting to speak with Commander Ikari."
What is the meaning of such request?
"We found him."
Silence, then...
Right away, forwarding you to Commander Ikari's line, plesae stand by.
This was followed by more silence, then the voice of their boss, spoke through the receiver.
Yes?
Judging by the tone of his voice, he sounded annoyed. Normally, annoying the Commander was something to avoid at all times, luckily for us...
"We've located Shinji Ikari, sir."
You have?! Excellent. You are to report back to me, immediately. I've sent a escort helicopter to come get you.
"Right away, sir."
And with that he hung up. The young agent looked towards him, he started smiling as well. The younger agent could tell by looking in the older agents eyes, they were both thinking the same thing.
PAY RAISE!
The older looking agents smile suddenly turned into a frown.
"The Commander is going to need proof of this, we don't have any, don't we?" the older agent sounded defeated.
The younger looking agents smile grew even wider. Pulling out his phone, he proceeded to show him the photos he had taken when he was 'pretending' to be talking into it. The older agents frown turned back into a grin. Starting the engine, they drove towards the rendezvous point where they were to be picked up and return to headquarters. As they sat, watching the VTOL land right in front of the vehicle, the experienced agent couldn't help but chuckle. Today had been a good day.
Gendo's POV:
Yes, indeed today has been a good day. Yui was in a good mood this morning. Waking up to the love of your life riding you like there's no tomorrow was definitely something I enjoyed. And now, I'm about to make her mood even better. Putting the phone back onto the charger, I made my way back into the bedroom, were my wife had been waiting for me to return. Opening the door, I was greet with the sight of a very naked Yui, wrapping herself up in a bed sheet, giving me a very annoyed look. I couldn't help but smile, after this, I was surely guaranteed round 2.
"Who was that?"
"Section-2."
This time her voice was of surprise.
"Oh? What did they want?"
"They called in regards of our son."
"Oh, I see... what did they find this time?"
With a large shit-eating grin, I walked over, sat down beside her, pulling her close.
"They've found him."
Slap
"DON'T JOKE ABOUT THAT, GENDO ROKUBUNGI!"
Holding the side of my face, a giant red mark faintly appeared were her hand had struck. This wasn't the reaction I was expecting. She was pissed. I knew Shinji is a touchy subject for her, maybe because after all these years of looking for him, she was starting to believe that they may never find him.
"I'm not, we are to report to NERV, section-2 will debrief us with there findings."
Her eyes were as wide as saucers. I couldn't help but look on with pride. Husband of the year award goes to... me!
"We still have time, Yui..."
Looking over at the clock, we still didn't have to report to NERV for a couple of hours, might as well make the use of it. Before I had a chance to say something else, I was tackled to the bed, with enough tongue to last me three life times.
2 Hours later...
"We're late."
Swiping my ID card, the large metal door hissed open, letting Yui go first, I proceeded to walk behind her. She's been anxious about what Section-2 would say. I'll admit, I am too. But I'm also curious to see how he has changed. I just hope that he didn't turn out like I did. I wouldn't hear the end of it. I still don't hear the end of it. The elevator dinged, bringing me out of my musings, stepping out and into our giant office, we were greeted with the beep of the intercom. Rushing over, I pressed the button to answer.
Sir, the Section-2 agents you sent have arrived.
"Excellent, have them escorted to my office. Also, bring Dr. Akagi, and Sub-Commander Katsuragi here as well."
Very well.
With that being said, the line went silent. Now we wait. Looking over at my wife, she had been sitting, occasionally fidgeting her hands, starring deep into space. Turning back towards my desk, I sighed, the seconds ticking by slower then normal. This would be the first time we've heard anything from our son in years. Looking over at her again, she was shaking. Frowning, I walked over to her, and place my arms around her. She slowly returned the embrace. Feeling her shivers and shakes come to halt, I let go and looked into her eyes.
"I'm sure he'll still be the same Shinji you and I both know."
Even as I heard those words escape from my mouth, I felt that I wasn't so sure myself. Crossing my fingers, I prepared for the worse.
25 Minutes later...
Dr. Akagi, and Sub-Commander Katsuragi entered the giant office. Behind them entered the two agents that had been summoned. Dr. Akagi didn't look to happy that she had been called so abruptly. The older looking agent walked up to my desk, and dropped a yellow tapped folder right in front of me. Inside the folder, were a collection of photos. I reached in, and grabbed one of the pictures.
I smirked as all the occupants of the room gasped. It diffidently was him, there was no mistaking that. He still looks relatively the same since we last saw him. Mind you 14 years older. Quite the build too. Seems like he kept in shape after all these years. Other then that and a little facial hair, he looks... the same...
The next few pictures were a surprise. Photographs of him walking into an office. The name of the office... Ikari Drafting & Construction LTD? What the hell? I was shocked. It was that easy? He named the bloody company after his last name, how the fuck did we not find this? Another thought came to me. Something didn't seem right. Why didn't we find this... we should of. We've ran multiple scans of the name "Ikari" in all directories. Not once did this company show up. Sub-Commander Katsuragi noticed this as well.
"Ikari Drafting & Construction? How come we haven't heard of this before?"
The younger looking agent was the first to speak up, opening his mouth, he explained his discovery.
"I noticed this too, his company apparently built the hotel we stayed at. I took the liberty of researching myself, and was shocked at my findings."
He stopped. The look on his face showed he was hesitant to explain the rest. I was getting inpatient. Gesturing with my hand, I signaled him to continue.
"Well its just that..."
He paused for a moment, then spoke up once more.
"The company has existed for... almost 10 years... sir..."
Grabbing the bridge of my nose, I sighed. This just keeps getting better and better. Not only has locating him been the biggest challenge NERV's faced, but hes been right under our noses this entire time. He clearly made zero effort to hide himself. Sighing again, I picked up one of the photos and just starred. All of this was giving me a massive headache.
Dr. Akagi held a dumbfound expression. That was incredibly rare for someone as unfazable as her. Needless to say, everyone was shocked. Overjoyed, but shocked. Reaching my hand back into the yellow envelope, I took out the two remaining photos. These two showed him getting into a pickup truck. I don't think anybody realized it at first, but there was someone else in the truck, sitting in the passenger seat. Girlfriend? Wife? No, this girl looked... young? Looking no older then thirteen. Eventually everyone else caught on as well. Something seem wrong here. A million questions flooded my head at once. Mainly who was she, and what was she doing there. I looked over to my side to see Yui equally as stunned as the rest of them. Now everyone was wondering who she was. Hoping that one of the agents may have an answer, I asked.
"Who's the girl in the truck with him?"
The younger looking agent looked up again. Just by the look on his face, I could tell that we were in for another surprise.
"We didn't know for sure either, so we sent the pictures to the lab to get them analyzed. We have just received the results an hour ago."
"Okay, now who is it?" Yui spoke, a slight tremble in her tone. She hadn't said much since we arrived at NERV. She had been to preoccupied with her thoughts about Shinji to even notice any conversation going around. But I could tell this question was eating away at her. She wanted to know more then anybody else in the room.
The younger agent looked at the older agent, then back at us.
"His daughter."
A/N: Chapter 2 is here. I see that this fic has gained more reception then my previous fics, I thank you all for that. If you haven't already, and your a big ShinjixRei fan, then please checkout the group I've made. Its full of my personal favorite ShinjixRei fics, some you might enjoy. The next chapter is where the action starts happening. I've already established all the basic details I need. Everything else will build up as the story progresses. Chapter 4 of my other fic "Us verses Them" will be out next. I've gotten a couple private messages about my fic "Pursuit of Happiness", I haven't abandoned that fic, just having trouble in what I want to write for the next chapter, but in time, I'll have chapter 3 out for it asap! Back to the topic of this fic, the T rating will change in the next chapter to an M rating. As the summary states, this is a darkfic, as I plan on adding dark, adult oriented themes within the story. Anyways, thank you for reading, please review, favorite, follow, do whatever you want idgaf. Cheers.