Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ 01 ❯ 01:3 ( Chapter 3 )

01:3

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Disclaimer:I do not own Evangelion or any of the characters they are the property of their respective creators. Please be aware that no profit is being made from this work of fan fiction.

A/N: This was my first Evangelion fiction. Now as I am on my sixth work, presently I thank everyone who supported this story and took the time and effort to review. I now present you with this revised edition, now reformatted to meet the standards I have developed in my newer works and with the grammar (hopefully) sorted out.

Regards,

Hououza

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Dr Ritsuko Akagi could not shake uncertain feeling she was having. Ever since they had transferred the third child down into Central Dogma, his eyes had been open. It had happened just as she had finished getting him into the tank that Rei would usually occupy, the LCL had surrounded him and all of a sudden, his eyes had snapped open. She had stumbled back in shock and almost fallen over one of the consoles, it had been a few moments before she recovered from the shock and took note of the fact that his eyes were unfocused and simply starring off into space rather than focusing on her. Having taken samples from both the Second and First children she was performing a DNA comparison to see if either one matched the traces she had found on Shinji's body. It came as little surprise to her when both girls came up a positive match

"So that may explain the initial trauma but why the changes?"

She mused to herself as she poured over the bio reading being taken from the tube in which Shinji was encased. Something about them was wrong yet she could not yet narrow it down; too many hours of solid work relying only on the stimulant, effect of coffee was taking its toll. Deciding she was getting no further she turned and left the lab, only wishing to give her report to the Commander before returning to her apartment to get some much needed rest. Turning off the main lights leaving the floating form of Shinji Ikari, the Third child floating in darkness…however had she waited a little longer she would have witnessed a strange event, Shinji's eyes blazed and in a moment the gaze of each and every Rei in the vast tanks surrounding him turned their gaze upon him and smiled…

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Major Misato Katsuragi was not a happy woman. She had passed Ritsuko in the hall and the look the other woman had given her had prompted her to stop the blonde haired scientist and ask

"What's wrong?"

Ritsuko sighed, she knew that once the Commander heard of her findings Misato would most likely be in trouble as Asuka was under her guardianship

"I completed the tests…I know who raped Shinji…"

On hearing this news Misato's face darkened, she could already see why Ritsuko had wanted to speak with her

"Asuka."

It was a statement, not a question. Her red haired charge would be on the receiving end of a severe lecture when the Major returned home. If she were lucky, then that would be all she would receive but it was unlikely that the Commander would allow such an action to go unpunished…

"…and Rei."

The major let out a gasp with this revelation. She could not believe that the silent blue haired albino girl could be capable of such an action. The Major remembered the girl staying by Shinji's side in his hospital room, who would have ever expected that she had taken advantage of him while he was in such a state?

"Ritsu…"

"I have to tell him…but it can wait until tomorrow"

The lavender haired woman breathed a sigh of relief. At least this way she would have a chance to prepare for the storm that was to come

"Thanks"

"You owe me for this, big time"

With that last comment, Dr Akagi headed off to the elevator while Misato made a beeline to the parking lot and to her car. It was time she had a stern talk with Asuka…

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Asuka Langley Soryu was not happy, not only had her visit to Shinji been interrupted, first by the presence of her rival, 'wondergirl', then by the annoying Dr Akagi who had dragged them both to Nerv for another batch of tests. These however were more of a physical nature than the usual, she was beginning to worry that the good doctor may have worked out that it was she who had initially assaulted Shinji and been the caused of his lapse into the coma.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the front door slammed open and Misato's angry voice echoed through the apartment

"Asuka! Get out here right now!"

At the tone of her guardian's voice, she thought better of the comment she had been preparing to make and walked out into the living room. What she was not expecting was the ringing slap that the older woman gave her knocking her onto to her behind

"What was that for?!"

She screamed, her temper finally getting the better of her

"How could you?! What were you thinking?!"

Asuka looked at her guardian with a mixture of confusion and rage

"What the hell are you talking about Misato?!"

Asuka cowered back when her guardian turned to face her; the other woman's eyes almost seem to have fires in them

"How could you do that to Shinji?!"

Asuka's heat froze…Misato knew and that meant that the Commander most likely knew as well…

"I…"

"Don't."

"But…"

"The Commander doesn't know yet, I asked Ritsuko to hold off. She gave me until tomorrow; you had better find a damn good reason for your actions Asuka because if you don't then I am not going to bother to defend you against the Commander. I have never seen him mad before but when he heard about Shinji he lost his cool…he may be a bastard to Shinji himself but he will not let anyone else be…no matter what it seems he still sees Shinji as his son and will act accordingly. Now go to your room and stay there, I can't even look at you right now."

Asuka went in silence back to her room and pulled the door closed. Then she fell on her futon and began to cry, crying both for herself and for Shinji. The boy who she had abused so much simply because he had tried to be nice to her, to protect her, to love her…and finally when she had broken him and he had turned to Ayanami she had been unable to accept it and had forced herself upon him. There could be no excuse for her actions, she cried herself to sleep as she awaited her fate…

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The next day both remaining pilots and the major were summoned to the Commander's office. Dr Akagi had already arrived and stood about four feet from where the Commander sat. As she entered, the Major noticed a figure standing in front of and to the left of the Commander's desk. Once the three had stopped and saluted the figure stepped forward

"I am Kaworu Nagisa, the fifth children. Please to meet you."

The four women regarded the boy. He was dressed in the male school uniform; his silver hair cut short and his red eyes gazing at each one of them in turn

"Dr Akagi, the pilots are to have an immediate synch test, see to it."

"Yes sir."

With that they all turned to leave but as Dr Akagi was about to leave the room Gendo's voice echoed across the room

"I expect your report regarding the third child immediately after."

"Yes sir."

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The three children sat silently in the simulation plugs, now at varying depths as Dr Akagi measured their sync ratios

"How is Asuka doing?"

Misato approached her long-time friend with a worried look. She still could not quite forgive Asuka for what she had done to Shinji yet she still could not bring herself to leave her to whatever fate the Commander might have in store for her. Ritsuko read of a series of figures from the screen in front of her

"She's jumping between 62% and 83%. Rei is stable at 76% and Nagisa is holding at 81%"

"81%?"

Misato was somewhat taken aback by this sudden development. Who was this boy that he could get such a high score on his first testing?

"Yes, and holding."

She agreed with Misato, how could this boy have such a high score? However, she knew something Misato did not, this child had been sent by SEELE, the organisation that secretly controlled NERV. All the things about the Marduk report were simply lies concocted to disguise their true motives and the reality behind the Eva's.

After a few more moments, she flicked a switch on the control panel in front of her

"That's all for today. Exit the plugs, then change and report to the briefing room."

Orders given she gathered up the paperwork from the days test and prepared to face the Commander and reveal to him the identities of those who had raped his son…

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As the fifth child entered the changing rooms, he pondered the nature of these lillum. Such complex creatures, why did they act so? His thoughts were interrupted when he felt another presence in the room. He turned to see a figure standing there, a boy of around fourteen years of age

"You must be Shinji Ikari, the Third child"

The figure did not reply, instead it let out a low growl and charged…

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As soon as Asuka entered the changing rooms, she depressurised her plug suit and stepped into the showers. The blood like smell of the LCL filled her nostrils, causing a definite sense of nausea. She rinsed her body first and then went to work on her hair, working the shampoo from the long red strands to remove ever trace of the foul smelling substance.

The sound of a door opening and closing caught her attention

'Wonder girl must have left'

It was only a moment later she heard a strange sound from the other side of the changing rooms. She heard what she thought was a growl and then silence. Slightly unsettled she turned off the water and wrapped a towel about her naked body, she moved over to the screen that separated the male and female sections and pulled it back slightly…

The walls were stained red, blood and viscera covered every surface. She felt like gagging but suddenly there was a presence beside her and everything went dark…

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'What are you going to do with her? Tell me!'

The other Shinji simply laughed

'Even after everything she has done to us you still are concerned for her safety, how pathetic…I am simply going to give her a gift…one that will make her more…compatible, with us.'

There in his hand he held a small red object, or rather the idea of an object. A perfect replica of the S2 organ he had taken from the seventeenth angel. Shinji could only look upon his other self in horror as he felt the nature of the idea that his dark half had formulated; he desperately tried to hold it back but could only watch as he mounted Asuka's unconscious form…

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As Asuka's eyes slid open, she began to focus on the object in front of her. It was a face, one that at first she did not recognise, soon the red eyes and the hair brought a name to the front of her mind

'Nagisa'

As her mind struggled to full consciousness she realised that the head was no longer attached to a body, it's eyes locked in a look of surprise, the last thoughts forever engraved in death. In desperation she turned away from the gruesome sight, then as her face turned upwards, her blue eyes met the now green and corrupted ones of the third child

"Shi…"

He cut her off as his lips pressed over hers. She tried to fight him off her, part of her screaming that this was wrong yet she could find neither the strength nor the will. Slowly he pried her mouth open and she felt his tongue invading the cavity…

All of a sudden, something was wrong, there was now something else. An object was being pressed across the junction and into her open mouth. With renewed vigour, she tried to resist him, to break the link and prevent the transfer of this thing into her. All to no avail, since the changes had overcome him he had become far stronger and he easily was fighting of her attempts to break free. Then the pain came, a terrible burning in her mouth and throat as this unknown thing burned its way into her flesh. Mercifully, she blacked out again, overcome by the pain…

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When Asuka opened her eyes once more she found herself back in the female showers

'It must have been a dream'

Uncertain she crossed to the curtain and gingery pulled it back. The floors and walls were clean and there was no sign of the carnage she had witnessed before. Whatever had happened must have been some form of delusion…

"Pilot Soryu, please report to the Commander's office immediately"

She had known that this was coming…now she would have to face the Commander and explain herself and her actions of why she had abused and raped his son…

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Deep within Central Dogma the face of Shinji Ikari contorted into a twisted smile

'Soon my Asuka you will join me. Rei too shall submit to me. Then I shall show them the true nature of their folly…isn't that right mother?'

High above Unit-01's eyes flared for a single instant before fading once more…