Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time

Episode 11: Maids (and) Girlfriends of Steel/Expanding Altered Episode 7's (plot) Pt. 1

(Warning: All intellectual properties belong to their original creators/current copyright holders. EVA to Gainax and Studio Khara, Reality Warpers to Yoshi3000, You get the idea.)

(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Re:Birth" by Hiroaki Iwagana and Asaya Kimijima)

(Generic P.O.V.)

Within the dark confines of Gendo's office at NERV's headquarters, Gendo is seen speaking with the now revealed to not only be alive, but also a Reality Warper Keel Lorenz, who had just filled the bastard king of anime in on the Warper's secret.

"So you mean to tell me that this world is only one of many alternate realities created as the result of people of the true Earth creating works based off of the creation of some depressed buffoon, and that Bishops is one of those being from the true Earth who has made it his mission to prevent Human Instrumentality?" asks Gendo as Keel responds "Indeed. His first act of defiance to our plans was the murder of the rest of our members, brought forth by his initial burst of Warper energy upon arriving to our world."

Gendo grits his teeth in anger before responding "How can we get rid of him, him and anyone associated with him?" as the former SEELE leader responds "We can't, not as we are now."

Hearing this leads Gendo to shout "And how so?!" before Keel answers "He's far too powerful! If you decided to confront him now, you would be destroyed in a matter of seconds as even without transforming into an ascended state, his Power Level exceeds a rating of one million. Even his team members are inching ever closer to matching him, slowly as it may be."

Rage was swelling inside of Gendo, rage that he was no longer in control of the plan that would reunite him with his dead wife, Yui. Gendo restrains himself before calmly asking "Then what can we do?" before Keel gives his concept for a strategy.

"For now, we train ourselves to the point where we can at least fight them all to a stand still. And in the meantime, we could always hire bounty hunters to gauge their strength, and if one of Bishops' men were to fall at their hands to give us some leverage, all the better for us."

Gendo asks "And how do you plan to pay for hired guns when this world thinks that you're dead?" as Keel simply smiles and replies "Funds have been acquired." as a portal opens inside of Gendo's office, revealing a Warper version of Post-Battle City Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters wearing a plum suit.

"Oh no, not you guys. The Multiverse already has enough problems with the likes of Josho Blackthorn and Pinkamena as is."

Keel responds "My dear boy, my associate and I only have plans for this world. We have no reason to be messing with the affairs of other Warpers unless our services were requested."

Marik simply goes "I'll believe it when Josho Blackthorn is actually revealed to be doing good for the sake of doing good, so just sign the papers so I can get out of here please."

The pair of evil mofos simply do as the former YuGiOh villain asks before he retrieves the paperwork, drops off their gift baskets and gets the hell out of Dodge so he wouldn't be roped into their evil machinations. What does this spell for our heroes? Nothing good, that's for certain.

(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond)

Oh, son of a bitch. That feeling that I had at the end of the last episode, more than just a feeling. I could sense Warper energy coming from Gendo's office, and that can only mean one thing: someone other than Rei squealed to him because the energy signature that was with him wasn't hers. This can only mean one thing: not only was I going to have to step up my training, but also move my plans a whole lot faster than originally planned. Right now, I was with the rest of the Knights of Ryujin inside of the GARD with the now level 4 Warper Rei who had decided the Warper path she had wanted to take.

"So you're planning on visiting Eos from Final Fantasy 15 to learn the basics of magic first?" I ask as she responds "Yes. I feel that the study of mystic arts would be a proper point of entry for my training, and my research has lead me to the worlds of the Final Fantasy role playing game series to be preferable for learning the basics of elemental combat and healing spells. However, I do feel as if the study of fictional ninja arts would also prove useful."

To which Lyna throws in "She isn't wrong, I mean Eria, Wynn and I have been studying magic for our primary fighting styles. The only reason that we're supposedly the weakest members of of the team is that we don't get to practice as often due to being the allabies for when they're doing training and Warper missions."

I reply to that by saying "Well you might have to step up along with us, and Rei might want to depart before the day ends." before Toji means "Wait, what do you mean by that, boss? You seriously want Rei out of our hair that quick?"

I answer "On the contrary. I might as well tell you all this now so you can be prepared. I've got some seriously bad news: when I said that I had properly dealt with all of the SEELE operatives, I was apparently wrong."

Upon realizing what I just said, Shinji responds "Oh, don't tell me that-" before I interrupt and answer "Keel is still alive? Yeah, he is. Making matters worse is that he knows the secret...and it might have been my fault."

Eria then asks "Well we know you would never tell an ass like that the secret, so it do you think that when you electrocuted all of the SEELEs, that maybe he managed to absorb some of your Flames of Creation and survived?" as I give my answer of "That is a possibility. However, the bad news doesn't stop there. Shinji, you're probably going to get triggered by this, but...yeah, Keel has gotten to your father. He knows."

Shinji simply stands there for a moment before asking "So does this mean we get to kill him ahead of schedule?"

Of course that would be the one thing that he would add up to out of all of this. I answer "Unfortunately, not yet. Right now, the closest thing we can do is keep him in a bit of a Cold War scenario. They spill the details about us, we spill everything regarding NERV, the EVAs and Human Instrumentality...then we can kill both of them and flee the universe since wellllllll...let's face it, there really won't be anything left in the universe for us to deal with."

The third child just goes "Buzzkill." at the revelation as Rei stands in front of a wall before saying "Then there is no time left to waste. Please open a portal so that I can begin my Warper studies."

She wasn't wrong. If things were going to go according to plan, I was going to need all of the reinforcements I can get. I pull out the portal gun and target a version of Eos from Final Fantasy 15 where the timeline was in the midst of everything past the main game and DLC as I say "Should you ever decide to return, know that there is a possible spot within the Knights of Ryujin roster if you want it." as she turns to respond by saying "I shall keep it into consideration." before stepping into the portal to begin her own Warper journey.

With that our of the way, I turn to the rest of the Knights and state "Alright, time to step up your training to the next level. If the fight with the last Angel and its herald were a sign of anything, it's that the battles ahead are only going to become even more difficult from here on out, so we need to be prepared."

Jessie responds to this by stating "If I'm not mistaken, the Jet Alone indecent is the next canon event to take place. But considering everything that's happened that's altered canon so far, I assume that things won't be that simple." as I respond "Right. All the more reason for me to teach you guys...or at least the ones of you who actually use Ki for combat something that you might have saw either me, the Dai Gurrens or Ami use in our last fight: the Kaio Ken.

Kensuke asks "Isn't that the move Goku used to power himself up before he could become a Super Saiyan and then started using again once he combined it with Super Saiyan Blue?" as I answer "The same. Hopefully I can get you guys to be able to safely use at bare minimum a x5 amplification by the events of episode 7, so get ready for some serious training."

(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji, Toji and Kensuke)

(For this segment, the vocal keys are straight bold/normal font=Shinji, bold/normal font+italic=Kensuke and bold/normal font+underline=Toji)

Oh my god, that last round of training was absolute hell in a cell!

Tell me about it, I didn't expect fighting under 10x Earth's gravity would be that difficult with weighted training gear.

I ain't saying anything since I technically had a head start.

Oh crap. Dudes, we're on!

So we finally find one and reach the door where who do we encounter but this universe's version of Mana from one or two of the visual novels. She goes "You wouldn't happen to be Shinji Ikari, would you?"

Dude, she's totally into you.

Don't interrupt. Now, where was I? Oh yeah, me answering "Depends, who's asking?" before she goes "My name is Mana Kirishima. We're in the same homeroom at school, pretty much the only time well, pretty much anyone sees you and those two other guys around the school grounds anymore."

I respond "Yeah, about that. We kind of got set up with some sort of special invite only apprenticeship program, and part of it is basically an alternative form of school stuff where all we have to do on campus is attend a single class during the day. And in all honesty, we've learned a whole lot more with that than we were just sitting at school listening to that old fart just prattle on about Second Impact during every single class."

She goes "Tell me about it. You might not be around after homeroom, but it's actually gotten worse. Like, a couple weeks ago, you'd still learn something while having to listen to his ramblings, but now you're lucky if he actually sticks to the lesson plans for like, 5 minutes. Honestly, you guys lucked out big time."

Wow, and I thought it was bad before. Now I'd be surprised if that school still had any sort of credibility left by the time canon was over.

Now I'm really glad that I took up Bishops' offer when I had the chance, because I the only reason I was still trying to get good grades was to get out of there faster, but it's like the universe made that a whole lot harder if I had stayed.

What did I just say about interrupting? But yeah, you guys are right, we lucked out by getting out of that stupid ass school when we had the chance and I wouldn't want someone like Sakura have their potential wasted somewhere like that. Alright, back to the point. I pretty much respond "Wow, it's actually gotten to suck that bad. I now pity anyone who attends that place. Wait a minute, we're getting off track here, what exactly did you want with me?" as she answers "Oh. I was kinda wondering if you'd like to well you know, hang out like regular people. Not having to worry about stuff like school or in your case, apprenticeships, what do you think?"

Parts of me are more than aware that she's trying to pick my brain for NERV secrets against her will, but dammit, she's a character from one of the few timelines where I actually get a W in life! I answer "What do you have in mind?" as she replies "I haven't really thought anything out...how 'bout a movie? We could make fun of "Hotel Transylvania 2"."

Well, she's been doing her homework on how to tempt me, considering how I absolutely didn't like the first one...like, at all. So I answer "Alright, you've sold me." before turning to the guys and saying "I'll meet you guys in a couple hours, there's a movie that needs tearing in to." before me and Mana depart.

They totally dig each other.

Oh yeah. How much you wanna bet that he spills the secret to her before the end of the series?

Hell, I'll give him until before that German brat, Asuka shows up.

(P.O.V. Shift: Eria)

Alright, first time the point of view gets turned to me. Better make it matter. Okay, so Mr. Bishops wanted me, Lyna and Wynn to step our magic practice so that we could stand more of a chance against whatever was gonna be coming our way now that Gendo and that one SEELE guy were Warpers now. Luckily during one of our last trips to Planet Creation, I found something that just might help with that: the Lina Inverse Official Magic Master Program! Admittedly, I've never really watched a lot of the Slayers series, just a couple of episodes and some of the OVAs with the first movie, but from what I've seen, that girl can kick some serious ass with her abilities. Now Lyna was almost done with the dishes from breakfast and Wynn was doing some dusting on Mr. Bishops' sword collection while I'm setting up our stuff to begin the lessons on the first DVD that came with my set before asking "If you guys are almost done, I've got the stuff from our system boxes set up. All we need is for you guys to meet me on the couch, and we can get started."

Lyna goes "Dishes that can go in the washer are in and I got a couple soaking, so let's do this." as Wynn replies "Coming." as like, half a minute later, I'm putting the first DVD into the Blu-Ray player so we can start the lessons before sitting down on Wynn's right. Hey, we usually sleep with Lyna on the left side of the bed, me on the right, and Wynn in the center, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it, am I right? Any way, I hit play on lesson 1 as we're met with the video presence of one of anime's more iconic magic users (now I feel like I should watch more Slayers).

"Welcome to the Lina Inverse Official Magic Master Program. I'm your host and mentor, Lina Inverse of Earth Dimension SLYR-417515-MM, and over the course of this 10 disc lesson guide, you'll be learning some of the more intricate means of elemental magics. Attack spells, spells for removing status nerfs, spells for actually raising your party's defenses and making them immune to certain afflictions, you'll be learning it all as part of the program. Now before we go into your first major lesson, let's run down all of the contents you'll be needing for the lessons on disc 1. Included in your starter kit, you should find a focusing point crystal, a bag of rocks, which you'll be needing about 5, a mat to place your materials on, and a small, pre-assembled target. If in the rare event that you didn't get any of these items or are missing any discs from the set upon opening, send everything back to the manufacturer along with the included 3x5 card with your shipping information, and a replacement will be sent to you within the next 30 days."

Yeah, I double checked all of our kits before doing this, so we're golden.

"If you have your materials all set up, we can proceed to lesson 1: levitation spells. We're gonna take one of the rocks and the focusing point crystal. Place the rock on the mat and focus energy from your internal reserves into your focusing point. Be sure to find the right balance, to little energy, and it won't work. And if at first your don't succeed, then pause the video and try again for as long as needed."

It took about 2 1/2 hours, but eventually we managed to complete the lessons on disc 1...which was kind of lackluster speed since the run time for the DVD was only a hour and 20 minutes. Wynn actually adapted pretty well, especially better than I did since it took me 5 tries to get lesson 1 down. She's stronger than she lets herself know, and Lyna and I always try to make her realize that. You think coming out of the closet to your two best friends who you've been in love with for years is an easy task? Well let me tell you something, the look on Wynn's face when she did it pretty much said the polar opposite, and that's a fact, Jack. Sorry, I just really wanted an excuse to use that line, but my case still stands.

"And with this, you have now completed level 1 of the program. You're on your way to being a great magic user, but you have to keep it up. When you're ready, insert disc 2 to continue on to the second level of the program. Until then, ta ta for now."

I pop out the first disc before going "Soooo, break for lunch before starting disc 2?" when Lyna gets an idea that I can get behind by suggesting "We could do that, or we could give our beloved green haired cinnamon roll a special reward for being so good with these lessons."

Wynn starts going beet red before responding "I-it was only level 1. I'm sure that the lessons are gonna get a lot harder to where I-I can barely keep up." as I go "Don't sell yourself so short, Wynn. You did a lot better with those lessons than me and Lyna did. Most of which you had down pat on your first try. Keep giving it your all, and you'll be the best out of the three of us." before me and Lyna give her a reassuring peck on the cheek.

Then Lyna asks "So you guys feel like ordering out, or something else?" as I go "Think that the one sub place downtown is busy?" before Lyna responds "Lemme ring 'em up. Hopefully their stuff didn't go bad during the last Angel attack where they had to drain all the power in the city."

Okay, so we're gonna deal with this, so check back with us around like, another 2 or 3 P.O.V. shifts, if not the next episode. Bye for now.

(P.O.V. Shift: Jessabelle/Jessie)

I was expecting my turn to have a focus scene, just not this early in. As most of you might be aware, yes, I do share physical similarities with the Musashi/Jessie from the Pokemon anime. And as of late, it's become a bit of a problem as I've been receiving the wrong mail as of late, all of which were for Jessies from different Pokemon timelines. Naturally, this got real annoying, real quick, so I decided to actually do something about it. Supposedly the salon on Planet Creation I'm doing this in: "Beauty by Big Jim" has one of the best stylists in all of the Multiverse, so hopefully they can do something about this. I finally get called up to have a seat in chair 1 where I come face to face with the so called "Ace of Hairstyling" himself: and it's a bloody version of Jimmy from Ed, Edd, n Eddy pulling off a goddamn JoJo pose.

(Track Change: "Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town (EDM Remix)" by The Du)

"Oh, such genuine magenta. Tell me, my dear, how can Big Jim make you more glamorous than you already are, for I love a challenge."

Well apparently the little retainer wearing pain magnet decided to use Warper's Edit in spades as not only were his teeth perfect again, but he decided to make himself what he probably thought a hulking beefcake was with heavy focus on his upper body. I respond "Simply put, I need a style change so I don't get confused with a Pokemon character when my mail gets delivered." as he responds "Oh yes, the common mistaken identity problem. Fear not, it's nothing I haven't dealt with before. Now just lie down, close your eyes, and let me do what I do best: make. You. Look. Beyond fabulous.

I can't really explain it, but I can feel like I'm in good hands. As if the Multiverse was put on hold, just to deal with my problems. 45 minutes later, and I'm told to open my eyes to reveal that not only were my bangs expanded, but my hair wasn't in a curve anymore. It laid flat across my back and was cut so that it reached the border of my spinal cord and pelvis with a downwards arrow motif. "Big Jim" holds up a mirror and goes "So, is it fabulous, or is it fabulous? I hope you don't mind, but I added some green highlights to better accentuate the sheer power you emit."

My god, it IS fabulous. I answer "Absolutely fabulous. I can't thank you enough, "Big Jim"." as he responds "Big Jim" needs no thanks, your satisfaction is simply enough, along with the knowledge that I spread beauty across the Multiverse. Now go forth, mighty eagle queen, spread your wings and soar beyond the drab and the mundane."

I exit out of the salon after paying the 350 Dimensional Credit fee, feeling like it was worth every last bit of what I spent. Note to self, go to him whenever I feel the need to be...fabulous again.

(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond)

Gendo and Keel will most likely make my job a whole lot harder, so I need to do some things to make their jobs harder too. I was currently deep in the sub levels of NERV HQ in front of the giant tank of Rei clones with the protocols to release all of them. Yes, this was high risk, but I needed as much of an upper hand as I can get right now as I proceed to have each of them taken that could be taken out of the tank taken out before handing each one a black Raven style cloak to cover up what needs to be covered. Right now, I've got about 51 clones to deal with as I give my orders.

"I assume you are wondering why I extracted you all from your tank, so I'm just going to get to the point: each of you is about to become part of something a whole lot greater than what was originally planned for you." Before opening the portal and continuing "Now, I need 30 of you to step through this portal and receive some things. You'll have to do some paperwork, but that shouldn't be a problem for any of you, but know this: you'll need to change your first names to avoid confusion with another of your fellow clones. She had set off on her own mission earlier today, and you will have to perform a similar feat."

They all reply "Yes, master." before I navigate the awkward and continue by saying "Once you've dealt with the papers, I'll have some one rendezvous with all of you to begin the next part of your mission. I also recognize that while I did mention that 50 of you will have to take the journey, I realize that there are 51 of you here. I need one of you to remain here in Tokyo 3 to act as an alibi for the Rei that departed earlier. Act as she would, fulfill her standard NERV and school duties, pretend to trust commander Ikari while secretly reporting directly to me, and do not reveal your part of this mission until I give permission."

Thinking over which one to fill Rei II's shoes, I point to the clone in front of everyone else before going "Think you can handle the job?" as she blankly answers "Yes, master."

She stands beside me as the others step through the portal to the destination I selected: Planet Creation. Yes, the Order was most likely going to be pissed at me for this, but hopefully once they actually see the episode, they'll realize the reasons for my actions. This just left two more things to handle to ensure my faction wins out in the end...technically three. First I pull out my phone and dial up someone.

"Yeah, Mura? It's me, Bishops. Can you do do me a solid and either you or one of the Dai Gurrens meet with a bunch of Rei clones on Planet Creation at Order HQ? Something quite possibly stupid, reckless and hopefully bound to give me an advantage against a ghost from the past working with someone I really wanna mess with. Yes, I will pay you to work with them. I can look for some bounties to raise the money, but I just need you to train them for a while. I don't know, at least until episode 24's altered canon? Alright, we'll work something out. Alright, goodbye."

Well that takes care of one thing, now for the other two. And luckily, one of those things is just a few floors up with the legless corpse of Lilith: the Angel that gave rise to the EVAs in the first place. One elevator ride later, and I come face to face with the masked monstrosity itself with Unmaker in hand, ready to fire.

"I'd say I was sorry about this, but I can't risk letting your involvement in the apocalypse become a factor in my endgame...and frankly, since your DNA was used in creating the EVAs and the Rei clones, you're just as responsible for all the bullcrap in the world as NERV, SEELE, and to an extent myself are."

Pulling the trigger, I make sure that Lilith won't be used for any more EVA units in this timeline before letting out a small Ki blast to finish off the remains. Now there's just one more thing to take care of for the time being.

(Location Shift: Secret SEELE Base- the Moon)

Not gonna lie, I was kind of expecting the moon base from the "Rebuild" movies to come into play somewhere in the future, I just wasn't expecting it to be now. Traversing the halls of the facility, I finally come across the room I was seeking: the room where one Kaworu Nagisa, sans shirt and all.

"Would it kill you to put a shirt on, Mr. Nagisa, or should I say Tabris?"

That caught his attention as he vaguely responds "Mayhaps, and mayhaps not to both of your questions, it's your personal preference. What is it that you want with me this day?"

I answer "There's been a change of plans regarding future Impacts and Human Instrumentality, being that they aren't happening."

The silver haired Angel asks "I doubt that my brethren would give up that easy. What of Lilith?" as I reply "Dead. The plans made by the other members was far too much of a flight risk. Better we just take care of the remaining Angels should they fail to listen to reason. Right now, I have a new mission for you: you're to work alongside me under the guise of being part of an apprenticeship program that I run. You'll be working alongside others, while their numbers are currently few, more will most likely come into play later on."

Of course he seems a bit skeptical about my orders before asking "And you ran this through all of the other SEELEs with them agreeing to it?" as I respond "The others are dead as well. Representative Lorenz became deranged to the point where he killed the others. I was lucky enough to escape, but he's still out there. Trust me when I say that you'll be far safer under my command compared to his."

I finally manage to convince Kaworu as he responds "As you wish. When do we depart?"

"We'll have you out of here tonight, I can introduce you to your new associates in the morning."

With the three things I've pulled off today, things should hopefully swing in my favor come the future. Gendo won't have Lilith or an extra Rei clone to initiate 3rd Impact, Kaworu will be in my corner for the final battle, meaning one less obstacle in my way, and I'll have even greater numbers when the time comes for the fall of NERV. Now I just need to make sure we all survive through episodes 7 through 26.

(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji)

Well the movie sucked like I expected it to, but I'll admit that it's more fun to rip into shlock Mystery Science Theater 3000 style when you're doing it with someone who who gets it. So Mana and I were walking to the penthouse where I said I'd meet the guys while digging into the movie even further.

"Holy crap, that movie was even worse than I expected it to be." I go before she responds "I know, right? You know, I think Tartakovski as making these movies this bad just to get back at Sony for canceling the "Popeye" movie he wanted to do."

She did technically have a valid point, he did want to make a CG "Popeye the Sailor" movie, but Sony turned it down in exchange for more "Hotel Transylvania" movies and an animated series. But I'd be willing to admit that it wasn't the worst that Sony's animated feature department could do, that title still belongs to "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", to which I dread the sequel's release as I simply answer her theory by going "Still better than "Cloudy" though." to which she replies "Oh, big time."

I push the button at the next crosswalk and wait for the light to change as Mana says "Thanks for hanging out with me today, Shinji. I'm sure you have more important things to deal with involving your whole apprenticeship program thing."

I answer "It's no big deal, usually we get things done for the day by the time you asked me to go with you anyway. Plus it didn't hurt that I actually had a good time ripping into a bad movie with someone else. Especially if they're someone as skilled at it as you are."

Well I manage to get her blushing as she replies "That was nothing, you should've been there when me and my friends tore into "Strange Magic". It wasn't pretty."

I give a slight laugh before responding "I haven't even seen that one, but I have heard terrible things about it, like how it's not even "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "so bad, it's good" bad. Like, absolute garbage level bad." as Mana responds "You have no idea. If you want, I heard that the DVD is out, we could rent it and you can experience the stupidity for yourself." before I go "Challenge accepted. Let's see how much absolute schlock that thing can dish out before one of us rage quits."

She goes "Game on. How about tomorrow, same time?" as I answer "I can see about getting the guys to loan us our usual hang out, if you have a phone, I could add my number on your speed dial."

Mana responds to that by going "Real smooth." before pulling out an LG Optimus Zone 3 from her pocket book and hands it to me while I do my stuff and add her number to my phone before handing hers back and say "I'll call you tomorrow with the details. So...see you then?" before she answers "It's a date." as she heads off in her own direction.

"Smooth, kid. Real smooth." I hear from behind before I turn and see Bishops with our universe's version of Kaworu next to him in front of the hotel's door. Of course I have to ask "Uh, why the hell is he here when his EVA isn't even finished yet?"as Bishops responds "I'll explain to you and the others later, but for now, meet Kaworu Nagisa, the newest member of our little program."

Of course I knew that he was gonna be the last Angel we'd have to face, but since we're already fucking around with canon already, I'm not gonna bitch about it that much as Kaworu looks at me and says "We were bound to cross paths eventually, better to meet with my so-workers now and be in the know than to be left in the dark."

Well he wasn't wrong. We make our way up to the penthouse where Sakura was watching the Warper News Network where Whis from "Dragonball Super" was interviewing a version of Menat from "Street Fighter", Toji was checking his social media feeds and Kensuke was looking into a team vehicle, you know, kinda like how the A Team has their van.

Then Bishops gathers us around and introduces the rest of them to Kaworu, explaining on how he'll be apart of the program and other jazz, but I got to wonder one thing. I ask Bishops for a word in private and ask "You didn't tell him, did you?" as he answers "Not yet. I'll disclose the secret soon enough, but for right now, I'm taking a break from disclosing it since I'm pretty sure I just pissed off the Order significantly."

I have to ask "What did you do?" as he answers "Pretty much set up the emboldening of our forces using the Rei clones that were supposed to play a part in episode 23's main plot, one of which is filling in for the Rei we sent off earlier today."

"Just out of curiosity, how many of them were there?" I ask out of a sort of morbid curiosity as Bishops replies "Counting the one we have filling in for Rei II, 51."

Holy freaking hell, how many teenage lifeless loli human Angel hybrid clones does one group of people need anyway?! I mean having like 3 or 4 backups, I can understand. More than 10, now that's pushing it. But 51 clones? Are they freaking planning on starting their own version of the Clone Wars after wiping out all the humans? I respond "Damn, either SEELE is hell bent on making sure their plan goes smoothly or they had some real sqwicky plans for those clones afterwards." as Bishops bluntly responds "Probably, wouldn't put it past them for wanting to add to their "evil factor". So where were you?"

I answer "You know, out and about. Caught a movie, it sucked, stuff like that."

Yeah, he wasn't buying it as he goes "If you're gonna get Ms. Kirishima out of her predicament involving the TRI-DENT program, you should help out her associates too. Not only can you earn some extra brownie points with her, we can use as many allies as we can get now that Gendo and Lorenz are now bigger parts of the problem."

Even from the kitchen, I can hear Toji mentally go "He totally digs her" as the three of us get the team together and give Kaworu his introduction and info on when our next training session starts.

Something tells me that by the end of episode 7's events, we're probably gonna have 3 or 4 new team members, and if Mana just so happens to be one of them, I'd be down for it.

"Knew you digged her."

Dammit, Toji, don't interrupt my bit!

(P.O.V. Shift: Lyna)

Yes, finally my turn to have one of these point of view bits. Okay, so everyone's gone home for the day with Bishops getting Kaworu set up a couple floors below the penthouse. Eria, Wynn and I were getting dinner ready after a fairly long day, but something's been on my mind for a while. I kinda wanna talk to Wynn and Eria about it, but I think it can wait until after we eat and deal with dishes and stuff. Later on, the three of us were in our room getting ready for bed, when I finally decide to get this thing off my chest by going "Before we go to sleep, you guys mind if I ask a question, and it's kind of an important one."

Eria answers "What is it, Lyna? You know that you can always talk to me and Wynn about important stuff." as I go "Well I know we can officially be a thing now, and I love every moment I get to be with you guys."

I can almost instantly see Wynn start semi-panicking as she responds "Oh god, this is the break up talk. I-I can't handle this." as I try to reassure her by saying "No no, I'm not breaking up with anyone. I would never do anything to hurt you guys, especially Wynn. What I was going to suggest was that maybe we could each set up our own group of shared friends...with benefits for when one or more of us can't be there for one another. we wouldn't have to have sex with them if you felt like it would be cheating, but I'm just saying that we all have needs, mainly regarding to be around others. You two are the things I hold closest to my heart, and you'll always be my number 1s, but now that we're Warpers and the rules of conventional living don't matter anymore, we should probably factor that into our lives. I mean we live in one of infinite universes where anything can and will go down, and we should have a few extra people alongside the Knights to have our backs."

They ask if they could have a few moments to think it over, before Eria finally responds "Wynn and I have thought it over, and we're technically down for it...but we need to set some rules first."

I easily respond "Absolutely, what did you guys have in mind?" as Eria answers "We were namely thinking 12 shared ones, 4 for each of us, and then no more than 6 individual ones. Mainly since if we decide to do ones from a Sekirei timeline, we'll basically have a full Pokemon team's worth. And each of us has to sign off on who we want in the shared group."

Wow, Wynn and Eria were being really lenient on this as I answer "I can easily work with that." before Eria responds "Good, if we wanted to, we can start adding to our lists as early as tomorrow. Now then, I think we should do something to seal the deal." with a bit of a sensual tone, so that means you guys have to go now, we're most likely gonna do stuff that Wynn doesn't like people watching us do. Come back to us tomorrow...or the next episode.

(Generic P.O.V. Shift)

Within the confines of another hotel on the outskirts of Tokyo 2, we can see Mana sitting on a bed while responding to a phone call.

"The plan is going as scheduled, but do you really think that I'm gonna get him to fall for me and spill NERV's secrets in only a couple days?"

The voice on the other line responds "I don't care if you have to be his "50 Shades of Gray" puppet to get the boy to spill, we're showing off the TRI-DENT prototype in only a few days, and we will be damned if we allow the Jet Alone project to show us up."

Mana retorts by going "Whoa, let's not go that far. Look, I can be a bit of a bitch at times like any other regular teenage girl, but even I have standards. Using sex to make a guy spill government secrets and leave them high and dry afterwards, that isn't one of them.", leaving the voice on the other end to respond "Need I remind you that we technically own you and your little buddies? You three will follow our orders to the tee, or you'll find yourselves back on the streets faster than you can say "insubordination". Do you understand me?"

Mana relents by going "Fine, I'll do what you say." before the voice responds "Good girl. Now, we'll check on your progress tomorrow, so don't fuck up."

the voice on the other line hangs up as Mana collapses on the bed with a groan of annoyance at the fact that she and her friends were basically having their necks stood on by their so called "saviours". She needed to figure out a way to get all three of them out of this situation, and hopefully before it was too late.

(Ending Theme: "Red Sun Over Paradise" by Logan Mader & Jamie Christopherson- Metal Gear Rising: Revengance OST)

Current List of Power Levels:

Desmond Bishops (me): 1,535,000/62,935,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x41)/76,750,000(Base Super Spiral)

Shinji Ikari: 46,700/93,400(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Mana Kirishima: 6

Musashi Lee Strasberg: 7

Keita Asari: 5.75

Rei Ayanami (Rei II): 5950* (Warper Status: LV. 4)

Rei Ayanami (Rei III): 7500* (Warper Status: LV. 4)

Individual Rei Clones: 7500 each* (Warper Status: LV. 4)

Toji Suzuhara: 35,000/70,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Kensuke Aida: 34,500/69,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Sakura Suzuhara: 34,000/68,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Hikari Horaki: 5.2

Misato Katsuragi: 5

Wynn Miyabi: 4150 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Eria Aoi: 4200 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Lyna Hikari: 4200 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Pen Pen: 3.25

Shigiru Aoba: 4

Maya Ibuki: 4

Mokoto Hyuga: 3

Ritsuko Akagi: 4

Jessabelle Musashi: 5900 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

"Big Jim" (Earth Dimension EEE-84917-Gamma): 18,000

Fuytsuki Kozo: 3

Gendo Ikari: 1500 (Warper Status: LV. 4)

Keel Lorenz: 51,600 (Warper STatus: LV. 5)

Ami (Earth Dimension SJ-12639706): 54,000/216,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken=x4) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Marik Ishtar (Earth Deminsion YGO-34187-Delta): 812,000

Kaworu Nagisa: 21,000* (Warper Satus: LV: 3)

(Author's Notes: Alright before I go into what's coming, and what's been established, I better get this off my chest. In regards to the Netflix redub of Evangelion that's coming on the first day of Summer this year, A: I'm considering it another Prime timeline, it's still the same events from the original anime along with "Death and Rebirth" and the "End of EVA" movie, just with new voice actors. And B: For those new voice actors, I'll give the redub the first 8 episodes to surprise me. Yes, they can never replace the ones we all know and love, but they just might be decent. Now then, we're actually incorporating versions of the "Girlfriend of Steel" visual novel's events into altered episode 7's canon with the TRI-DENT project being a rival of Jet Alone's team and Mana and her friends are unwilling pawns in all of this. How will Mana and company get out of their situation, you'll just have to read on and find out. Also since SEELE's moon base from the Rebuild movies is here, you should probably expect Mari to be making her debut in due time, probably during the same time I introduce Asuka.

That being said, next time, we get into more of Shinji and Mana's developing relationship, more stuff with the maids (probably filling their lists now that they're opening their relationship up, though fair warning: this account does not condone stuff like polygamy, but friends with benefits I'm in a grey area with for relationships.), and Kaworu getting a taste of life with the Knights...through means of having to deal with bounty hunters (guess who hired them). So until next time, DSX62415, out.)