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Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong





  Shinji glanced backward where he saw Misato, Ritsuko, and Asuka. All
three of them were resting comfortably on their individual Angel's back.
He noticed that all three girls seemed to be keeping themselves occupied
conversing with their Angels. 
  "So, you think we'll be attacked up here in the skies?" Shinji asked
for conversational purposes.
  "Yes, sooner or later," the Angel answered.
  "I guess that's cause the human species is very tenacious," Shinji
commented.
  "Perhaps," 



<new stuff 12/25>







  Halfway through their trip to Germany, they were indeed attacked by a
squadron of seven jet fighters. Oddly enough, they had no idea what
country was attacking them. They assumed it wasn't Japan, what with the
fact that the aerial battle taking place over another country's airspace.
Whatever country's fighters they were that were attacking them, it made
no difference.
  The Angels had no problems taking care of the attacking jet fighters,
downing each plane with well-aimed energy blasts. Because of how small
they were as they traveled through the air, the group could not be
locked-on by the jet fighters' missiles. And when they were close enough
to use their machine guns, they were easily taken down by the Angels.
  As the planes fell to the terra firma in blazing glory, the group
continued on with their journey, as if the intense aerial combat had been
nothing more than a momentary distraction.
  Shinji stayed awake the entire trip there, feeling there being no need
for him to sleep yet. He wasn't tired one bit. But then again, it could
be because his powers had made it so that he would never tire nor grow
hungry.
  When the Angels touched down German soil by some random airstrip,
Shinji was surprised to see all three girls sound asleep on their Angels'
backs. He was initially surprised and figured they had perhaps gotten
hurt in the aerial battle but realized otherwise when he approached them.
  Looking around, Shinji noticed that the airstrip looks like it was used
mostly for private use and not commercial use. Actually, he knew it was
that. All he could see was a long stretch of runway in front of him that
stretched for probably a good thousand yards. By the other end on the
left was a lone hanger where small jets were probably kept. Adjacent to
it was a small control tower used to communicated with incoming flights
wanting to land on that particular airstrip. 
  When Shinji looked at his watch, he realized that it was sometime in
the afternoon of the next day. They had flown clear through the night and
morning. This made sense since they left Tokyo-3 early in the morning, it
having taken a while for Ritsuko to reprogram MAGI. 
  He shrugged. It didn't really matter what time it was nowadays. To him,
it didn't matter if it was day or night. 
  Walking over to where Asuka was, he gave her a gentle nudge. He felt a
bit guilty about waking her since she looked so at peace asleep.
  "Huh?" Asuka woke up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, partially
disoriented.
  It took her a minute to take in her surroundings and realize that she
was still on her Angel's back. She was let down to her feet where she
stretched.  
  She blushed slightly as she wondered just how long she had been
sleeping. 
  "Where are we?" she asked, fixing her hair slightly. 
  "Germany," Shinji answered.
  "Already?!" Asuka's eyes widened. She could've sworn she closed her
eyes for only a few minutes. Had she slept that deeply that several hours
had passed just like that?
  Shinji smirked, "Didja know we actually got attacked by several jet
fighters along the way?"
  "We did? You're kidding me, right?" she didn't believe him.
  He shrugged, "Well, it doesn't really matter if we were or not. They
weren't of much trouble anyway. You and the others slept right through
the entire battle,"
  Asuka was silent for a moment. There was no reason for Shinji to lie to
her so there was no reason for her not to believe him.
  "How long ago was it when we were attacked?" she asked.
  "Around five hours ago, give or take," he answered, "Don't worry. No
fancy evasive maneuvers were used or such which is probably why you
didn't get woken up. None of the Angels even deviated from their straight
course. Once the jets came in close, they shot out a few energy blasts
and destroyed them. They didn't even slow down as they did so,"
  "Wow," Asuka was impressed.
  Shinji waved a dismissive hand, "It doesn't really matter if we got
attacked or not. What matters now is finding Nerv,"
  Asuka looked around, "I know where it is, but I don't know where we are
now,"
  Shinji looked around as well, "Well, I have no idea where we are. We've
been traveling for around ten hours so we're somewhere in Germany now.
All that I know is that we are on some kinda airstrip, like some kinda
airport,"
  "Well, I better go ask around," Asuka proceeded to walk toward the
control tower looming not too far from where they were.
  "I'll come with you," he said, following suit.
  "What would you like us to do?" Shinji's and Asuka's Angels asked.
  "Um, just stay here," Shinji said, "What over Ritsuko and Misato.
They're still sound asleep it seems but when they wake up, they'll ask
where we went. Just tell them we went to ask about where we are so we
know where to go. Just ask them to wait until we get back. We should be
back in twenty or so minutes,"
  "Would you like use to fly you over there instead of you two needing to
walk?" Ranma asked.
  Shinji shook his head, "Nah. There's no need. It's just a short walk
anyway. Besides, if they saw us flying up to them, it might freak them
out. That's why it's better for us to stop here and walk over there,"
  "Very well," Ranma obliged, "We'll wait,"
  Shinji and Asuka walked together, indulging in some light conversation
along the way.
  "Man, I feel dread and excitement over what's to come," Shinji
commented.   
  "What do you mean? All we're going to do is ask where we are," Asuka
said.
  Shinji shook his head, "No, not that. I'm talking about when we head
back to my homeworld. I'm going to have to fight Ranma, the man who
trained me to become the person I am today,"
  Asuka was silent.
  "I've seen plenty of movies where the student eventually grows up to
surpass his or her master, but with my case...." Shinji paused for a
moment, "I have no idea if that's possible,"
  "I've seen you fight," Asuka commented, "You're an incredible fighter
and an incredible pilot. With Unit-01 helping you out, you'll do fine,"
  Shinji smirked, "I wish I could think that but I can't. You have no
idea what the heck I'm up against,"
  "He can't be that powerful," Asuka commented, "You've got the powers of
God. You can't get hurt let alone die. You fight better than anyone can
possible dream to fight. Surely you're more than a match for this Ranma
person you're up against,"
  Shinji shrugged, "You have no idea just how powerful this guy is. The
thing is is that I'm told that it's beyond comprehension. It's literally
impossible to understand the extent of his powers. And what's funny is
that I hafta fight this individual,"
  Asuka said nothing for several long moments, "Well, I'm sure you'll
think of something,"
  "I really hope so,"

  Misato and Ritsuko were waiting around rather impatiently when Shinji
and Asuka approached them at the end of the runway.
  "It's about time you guys got back," Misato said, "Where did you guys
go?"
  "We went to ask about where we were," Shinji answered, "Didn't Ranma
tell you?"
  "Yeah, he told us, but why didn't you wake us up?" Ritsuko commented.
  "But you guys were asleep," Shinji said matter-of-factly, "I didn't
want to wake you two up. I woke up Asuka because she speaks Germany and
could therefore ask in German where we are. If I woke you guys and you
came along, you guys would just be standing around,"
  Misato and Ritsuko said nothing. The seemed perfectly logical. Since
neither of them knew German, they would be of little use here in terms of
interacting with Germans. 
  "Asuka could've gone and found out the information on her own," Shinji
said, "I just went with her to keep her company even though I'm basically
useless now. I just figured the two of you would be of as much help as
myself,"
  "And what makes you think we don't know any German?" Misato asked, "You
shouldn't assume anything,"
  "Hey, I know you two don't know German," Shinji said, "I'm not assuming
anything. I already know you two and I know you two don't know German,"
  Misato and Ritsuko didn't say anything. There was no way to argue
against that. Misato had merely wanted to prove a point that the two of
them should not be left out of what was going on since they could be of
use, even if the would be absolutely useless in a situation like this.
  "Well, what did you guys find out?" Ritsuko asked, wanting to change
the subject.
  Shinji turned toward Asuka, awaiting for her to talk. The gesture made
Asuka feel as if she was given the responsibility of leading the team and
keeping them up to tabs on what was going on.
  "Um, we've landed in one of the private airports in Munich" Asuka
stated, "Nerv is located in the Harz Mountains by Goslar. That's around
four hundred miles north of here, give or take. That's probably around a
half-hour from here if we fly,"
  "Harz Mountains, I remember that," Misato said, "I remember something
about that when I was visiting Germany's Nerv a few months ago. Of
course, I have no real idea exactly where it is since I slept for most of
the flight back then and woke up when we landed,"
  "Well, that's not all that useful, huh?" Shinji smirked.
  Misato gave a shy smile, "I guess not,"
  "So, what do you guys wanna do?" Shinji asked, "Do you wanna go now or
should we stop to eat?"
  The girls' stomachs seemed to rumble at the same time.
  Shinji smirked.
  "I guess we should go eat,"

  "Hey, does this place serve good frankfurters?" Shinji asked, "I mean,
we are in Germany where that came about. I'd like to have that with
sauerkraut and some strudel on the side,"
  Asuka smirked, "Yes, they serve those. Um, do you even know what
strudel is?"
  Shinji shook his head, "Not at all. All I know is that it's German so I
figured, since I'm in Germany, I might as well try German food,"
  Shinji and the others were in some random diner. They stood out like a
sore thumb since they were basically a group of Japanese, save for Asuka,
in a German diner. Since they spoke in Japanese, it was easier for them
to be noticed. The four Angels whom sat along with them were easily
noticed, constantly recognized as quadruplets.
  When the waitress came, Asuka ordered the orders for all of them, the
four Angels declining the need to eat. Actually, Shinji didn't need to
eat since he wasn't all that hungry but seemed to have decided to eat for
the sake of eating.
  As they waited for their orders to arrive, they indulged in
conversation.
  "So tell me more about your world," Misato asked Shinji, "Is it very
similar to our own? I'd like to know more about it. Do you think we'll
adjust to it quickly?"
  Shinji nodded, "I'm sure you guys'll adjust fine. Your other selves
adjusted fine so there's no reason why you guys shouldn't. It's not much
different from this world. The technology is different and it might take
a bit of getting use to but other than that, you should be fine,"
  "How the technology different?" Ritsuko asked, very curious.
  "It's more advanced," Shinji said, "But not vastly advanced. The
computer technology of that world is more advanced, what with the fact
that the other Ritsuko carrying over what she knew of MAGI from her world
and creating a new breed of computers based on MAGI. The technological
tree is very different between this world and that. It's kinda hard to
explain. It's better if you just see it and experience it for yourself,"
  "Man, I'm looking forward to it," Misato sat back in her seat.
  "I must admit, I'm kind of eager to see that world as well," Ritsuko
commented.
  "Man, I can't believe you guys can so easily up and leave, just like
that," Shinji said, "At least with your other selves, there was no
alternatives. At least with you guys, you can still choose to live here
and live peacefully,"
  "What makes you think that?" Misato asked, "Keep in mind we blew up
Nerv. I'm sure the people on this world won't just simply forget about us
having done something like that,"
  Shinji gave a meek smile, "I guess you have a point,"
  The continued to indulge in conversation as they waited, talking about
nothing in general.
  "You live in Goslar, right?" Shinji asked Asuka.
  Asuka nodded, "Yes, how did you know?"
  Shinji smirked, "Well, keep in mind I do know about you from your other
self,"
  "Right, I keep forgetting about it," Asuka gave a shy smile, "Anyway, I
lived there with my grandparents,"
  "Do you like it there?"
  Asuka shrugged, "I have nothing to complain about if that's what you
mean. However, it would be nice to visit them before I leave. I mean,
it's not like we'll ever come back, will we?"
  Shinji said, "Well, I don't see why not, but we can't really visit for
long. I doubt we will ever come back. That's why it's a big decision. If
you leave, you'll never see your family again,"
  "I'm prepared for that,"

  Goslar was a beautiful city. 
  It didn't look much like a modern city like Tokyo-3. It was a very old
city, dating back several centuries. It consisted of giant brick and
wooden buildings, most of them looking rather Victorian in design. There
were giant cathedrals and libraries much larger than ones Shinji had ever
seen before. 
  The residential area were mostly buildings, none of them having
single-family houses. There were no skyscraper-type buildings or even
upright rectangular buildings. The buildings there looked mostly like
giant houses with massive roofs. If the building was around six stories
tall, the roof made up three of those stories.
  The building were located among sparse trees, the city build around a
forest instead of trees being planted after the city was settled.
  Shinji and company walked down a random busy street. 
  "There seems to be a lot of hotels around here," Shinji commented.
  "The Harz Mountains is not located all that far from here," Asuka
commented, "It's known for its ore deposits and were mined from around
the early Middle Ages. Goslar is a famous mining city. The city is quite
a tourist attraction. That's why there are so many hotels. They're for
the tourists,"
  "It's beautiful," Misato commented, looking around, "It makes me wish I
had taken time to wander around the city instead of being in Germany's
Nerv all the time when I came by on business,"
  "The city is said to be much more beautiful if it weren't for the fact
that half of it was washed away when Second Impact occurred," Asuka
commented, "Where we are is a much like the way Tokyo-3 is. The real city
of Goslar was washed away. This one was rebuilt on higher ground. It's
located only a short distance from where the real Goslar was so people
consider merely an extension of it,"
  "Where's your place?" Shinji asked.
  "It's just up the road," Asuka pointed.
  The group approached a quaint looking building near the top of an
inclined road, a corner building. It looked only slightly different from
the other buildings. It looked like an upside-down 'U' with a large gate
that was its front entrance.
  They all followed as Asuka led them to the entrance and pressed on a
button on the intercom located to the right of the sturdy steel front
door. After a few seconds, a voice emanated from the intercom. 
  Although Shinji didn't know German all that much, he was able to make
out the short conversation.
  "Hello?" the voice asked in German.
  "Grandma," Asuka said in to the intercom, "I know that this is a
surprise, but it's Asuka. I'm back home,"
  "Asuka? How can that be? You're supposed to be in Japan," the voice
said.
  "It's a long story," she replied, "Can you please let me in? I've got
some friends here with me,"
  "Okay,"

  Shinji and the others entered Asuka's apartment building.
  The apartment building was rather cozy, what with it only being
inhabited by Asuka's grandmother and a live-in nurse there to watch over
her grandmother.
  Shinji couldn't help but wonder if it was a good idea to be here. It
was a bit of a waste of time to be here in the first place. But then
again, if being here allowed Asuka the opportunity to say goodbye, then
so be it.
  Asuka's grandmother was a very short elderly lady. She stood no taller
than five feet tall and had a head full of gray hair done up in a bon. At
the elderly age of sixty, she was what people considered a very beautiful
woman given her age.
  Grandma, as Asuka seemed to call her, looked absolutely ecstatic to see
her grand-daughter. She gave Asuka a warm embrace as Asuka returned it.
Shinji couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth seeing Asuka show such a
sense of warmth toward her kin. Perhaps it was because the Asuka he knew
usually kept to herself and rarely showed her emotions so openly.
  Asuka introduced everyone, making up names for the Angels. She told her
grand-mother of how Shinji and the others were friend from Japan. They
all greeted her and bowed politely, even the Angels. When she had queried
of why they were there in the first place, Asuka seemed to dodge the
question, seemingly giving an indication that she was there to visit
Nerv. It wasn't necessarily a lie.
  "My, what a striking young man," Grandma commented, regarding Shinji,
"He seems to be the same age as you, perhaps slightly older. Is he your
boyfriend?"
  Asuka blushed, "No. We're good friends. We're pilots together back at
Japan. Also, Shinji here speaks some German,"
  "I don't speak lots of German," Shinji said brokenly, "I understand
little,"
  Grandma smiled warmly, "Well, you speak enough for me to understand.
So, how are you two getting along?"
  "We get fine along," Shinji said after a moment. He felt very
self-conscious of himself as he tried to speak German. It made him kind
of regret having told Asuka that he spoke and understood some German.
  "Grandma, just leave Shinji alone," Asuka said, "Can't you see you're
making him uncomfortable?"
  "Fine, I'll speak to you then," Grandma turned toward Asuka, "So, how
long will you be staying? A few days? When did you get back?"
  "Um, we just got back recently," she said, "However, we can't stay
long. Um, we've got matters to attend to and I just wanted to stop by and
let you know that I'm fine and everything okay,"
  Shinji excused himself, wanting Asuka to have some time alone with her
grand-mother. The others followed suit, all of them ending up waiting
outside by the front gate.
  "What's funny is that this Asuka's able to do what the other one hasn't
been able to do," Shinji commented.
  "What do you mean?" Misato asked curiously.
  "She's able to say goodbye," he said.
  Misato and Ritsuko said nothing. They had no one to say goodbye to.
They had no kin, all of them having died years before. Neither of them
had many friends, their life mostly revolving around their work.
  Before long, Asuka came running up to them.
  Shinji caught a glimpse of something in her hands, something that
looked along the lines of a child's stuffed monkey. He didn't really know
what to make of it but believe she brought it along for sentimental
reasons. Funnily enough, he also noticed that she no longer sported those
red synchro hair-clips the one he knew always wore.
  "Wow, why'dja remove your synchro hair-clips?" Shinji asked, very
surprised.
  Asuka smiled, "Well, there's no more reason to wear it anymore. I'm no
longer an EVA pilot,"
  Shinji chuckled, "Wow, you're so different from the Asuka I know. She
never removed those clips and continues to wear it to this day. What's
with the doll?"
  "It's just a childhood toy," she answered, "I'm bringing it back with
me because it has sentimental reasons,"
  "Sentimental reasons?" Shinji asked.
  "Think of it as something along the lines as the group picture you
carry with you," she answered. In a sense, what she did had a profound
form of symbolism, not that she did that on purpose. Abandoning the
synchro hair-clips meant she was relinquishing her life as an EVA pilot
and bringing with her her childhood doll the acceptance that she was now
just a regular girl once again.
  "Ah, I understand," Shinji smiled.
  Asuka was doing what he had done long ago, starting her life all over
again.
  
  Shinji and the others walked down slightly declining road that dug in
to the mountainside. From what Asuka had told them, the entrance in to
Nerv was located around a hundred yards within the side of the mountain.
  "Man, I can't believe I'm going to be entering a totally different
Nerv," Shinji commented, "It's so weird, what with the fact that I'm used
to a Nerv Headquarters being located within a GeoFront,"
  "Well, Germany's Nerv Headquarters is much different," Asuka smirked,
"There's no GeoFront. All it is is a giant base located deep within the
Harz Mountains. Oddly enough, the interior of this Nerv looks very much
the same as the one in Tokyo-3,"
  Misato scratched her chin, "Hm, now that I think about it, you're
right. They are similar. When I visited here a while back on business, I
didn't notice that the layout was similar,"
  "That's because all Nerv Headquarters' layout are much the same,"
Ritsuko said, "Nerv's layout was designed specifically in case they were
ever to be attacked by Angels,"
  "In my world none of the other Nerv bases were ever attacked by
Angels," Shinji commented.
  Ritsuko shrugged, "Well, we never knew that. It was built this was
merely as a precaution. Keep in mind every contingencies were thought up
when Nerv bases were being designed,"
  "Not all contingencies," Misato smirked, "I don't think anyone ever
thought of a contingency such as a person from another world coming to
this world in hopes of stealing an Evangelion and blowing up Lilith,"
  Shinji shrugged, "I guess you have a point," 
  They continued walking along.
  "Is there a Central Dogma in this base as well, much like the one in
Tokyo-3?" Shinji asked, "I know quite a bit about this world based on
what I know of my world, but I still don't know everything,"
  Ritsuko nodded, "Yes, there's a Central Dogma in this base as well. It
was used to hold Adam,"
  Shinji's eyes widened, "Really? I never knew that. I knew of Adam being
kept in Germany before it was to be transported to Tokyo-3, but I didn't
know it was being kept in Germany's Nerv's Central Dogma,"
  "Because of the ore deposits that is still located within the mountain,
it helps block off Adam's presence on this world from the Angels,"
Ritsuko commented, "That's the main reason why Nerv was built in this
particular mountain, to house Adam,"
  "Whoa, that's pretty heavy stuff," Shinji said, "I never knew about
that. Seems like stuff gets even deeper on this and my world than I
originally thought,"
  "There's a good chance the case you said that was used to carry Adam
when he was being transported was lined with the ore," Ritsuko said,
"However, there's a chance that there wasn't enough since you got
attacked while on transport back on your world,"  
  Shinji shrugged, "Hm, that could be it. But then again, I don't think
I'll ever know the real truth behind why I was attacked back on my world
back then. However, this guess does make it very plausible that that is
what had caused it,"
  The group walked up to a pair of giant iron doors that was the entrance
that lead to the interior of Nerv.
  Shinji sighed, "How come I'm not surprised it's closed,"
  Misato smirked, "It's open as frequently as any entrance that lead down
to GeoFront over in Tokyo-3. You shouldn't be surprised that it would be
closed. God forbid curious individuals enter Nerv and start wandering
around. Keep in mind Nerv is supposed to be cut off from the public and
something like this usually stops a hundred percent of the nosy public,"
  Shinji shrugged, "I guess you have a point,"
  "You want me to knock the door down?" one of the Angels asked. It would
be a piece of cake for someone of his power level.
  Shinji contemplated for a moment before saying, "No,"
  "No? What do you plan on doing?" Ritsuko asked.
  Misato walked up to the card reader and slid her Nerv personnel card
through the card reader. It indicated that it was an invalid card and
that access was denied.
  "Yeah, like that was going to work," Ritsuko smirked.
  Misato smiled, "Hey, it couldn't hurt to try. At least this way, we
know it wouldn't work,"
  "What do you plan on doing Shinji?" Ritsuko turned toward the young
man.
  Shinji kicked at the door, hard. When he brought his foot away from the
door, there was an imprint of his foot in the door.
  "You've gotta be kidding me!" Misato gasped, "Don't tell me you're
actually going to try and knock the door down yourself!"
  "Why not?" Shinji asked, "What's wrong with that?"
  "Well, first it's insane," Misato commented, "And second, why not just
have the Angels do it?"
  Shinji shook his head, "I'm sure they can knock it down, but I can't
keep depending on 'em. I should use this as an opportunity to force
myself to get stronger so that I can knock this door down,"
  "Um, I don't mean to be a cloud on your parade, but the door weighs
close to a hundred tons. It's ten feet thick of solid steel," Misato
commented, "And N2 mine could blow up in this tunnel and it would only
partially damage it,"
  Shinji shrugged, "It doesn't matter. Considering what I hafta fight
against, if I can't do something as simple as knocking down a door of
this caliber, I'm screwed,"
  Everyone stood off to the side as they watched Shinji go about kicking
at the door with all his might. All he did make dents in it with his feet
and fists. After ten minutes of constantly hitting the door, the door
gave no indication of yielding under Shinji's devastating attacks.
  "Aw screw it," Shinji turned toward Ranma, "Just blow it up,"

  The interior of Nerv was bathed in red light when Ranma blew the
massive door off its hinges with a semi-powerful energy blast.
  Everyone within Nerv, having gotten word of what happened to Nerv over
in Tokyo-3, were on edge that something bad might happen to them. When
the alarm went off, all of the personnel within Nerv didn't know what to
do. Although they were cautious and were expecting to get attacked, they
weren't prepared to actually deal with it.
  Shinji and the others basically breezed through Nerv unhindered. What
heavy resistance the Nerv personnel could muster was of trivial effect
since Shinji had four Angels walking alongside him protecting him and the
three girls. 
  They slowly made their way toward the command center. Sniper shots were
taken toward all of them, even the girls, none of the bullets getting
through and easily intercepted or caught by any of the four accompanying
Angels.
  Even when several guards lined up in a straight line and opened fire
toward the group's general direction, the Angels stood in front of the
incoming fire and deflected and caught all projectiles. 
  Shinji smirked, "Man, considering how they believed they layout of Nerv
was advantageous to them when they built the base, it sure seems to
backfire on them when they hafta deal with someone that already knows how
the layout of a different Nerv is,"
  They took their time heading toward the command center, knowing that
time wasn't really of the essence, at least no more than usual. This was
because they knew that Nerv did not have enough time to move Unit-01.
Besides, there were no pilots so Unit-01 stayed right where it was all
this time, waiting to be stolen.
  Shinji couldn't help be amazed at how efficient a small group of Angels
were. Just having one Angel was probably more than enough to take over
Nerv, but having four of them was complete overkill. Angels were not only
extremely strong, but were most likely exponentially stronger when
grouped together.
  The three girls were all on edge. Even though they had a funny feeling
they were more safe now, even with guards spraying bullets in their
general direction, than, say, taking a leisurely stroll through the park,
each one of them couldn't help but be nervous. Perhaps it was the fact
that they were being shot at, even if none of the bullets were getting
through, thanks to the Angels.
  Before long, the group reached the command center.
  Shinji looked around, "Man, this command center looks exactly like the
one in Tokyo-3,"
  "Gee, I figure you'dve figured that out by now, what with the fact that
all of this Nerv's interior is virtually identical," Misato smirked.
  Shinji blushed and gave a slightly laugh, "You have a point,"
  Ritsuko walked past the unconscious bodies that lay around the command
center, the personnel that worked there taken down when they entered the
chamber, and walked up to the main console.
  "Damn, I figured it couldn�t be that easy," Ritsuko sighed.
  "Whatcha talking about?" Shinji asked. 
  "Everything's in German," she answered, "It'll take me a while before I
can figure everything out and activate Unit-01 for you to steal,"
  "How long will it take?" he asked.
  Ritsuko shrugged, "I have no idea. It could take a few minutes. But
then again, it could take a few hours,"
  "Not if I can help it," Asuka smiled, "I may not know what this console
does or exactly how to use it, but I can tell you what's written on
what,"
  Ritsuko smiled, "That'll be of great help. Shinji, in the meanwhile, I
think it's better that you go down and retrieve Adam from Central Dogma
in the meanwhile. Perhaps by then, we'll have this all figured out,"
  "Okay," Shinji said.
  Shinji turned toward the Angels, intending to give them commands.
  "Ranma, please accompany me to Central Dogma. The rest of you Angels,
stay here and protect Ritsuko, Misato, and Asuka. See that they come to
no harm,"
  "As you wish," all the Angel said.

  "I've been thinking," Shinji began as he and Ranma descended toward the
belly of Nerv via an elevator.
  "What is it?" the Angel asked.
  "I feel bad about us having to destroy Adam before we leave," Shinji
said.
  "What must be done must be done," the Angel said, "It's your 'will' and
I'll never argue it,"
  "What do you think I should do?" Shinji asked.
  "You can do whatever you want," the Angel said, "I won't argue against
you,"
  Shinji's lips became a thin line, "Why does it hafta come to that?
Surely you must rather Adam not be destroyed,"
  "It doesn't matter what I want," the Angel said, "I have no will of my
own so whatever decision you decide I will carry out, even if it means
killing my own father,"
  Shinji sighed. Sure, an Angel was an Angel, but still, it was a living
creature, right? Right?
  "Do you think it's possible I can just give you Adam and you take him
back home with you without Third Impact occurring?" Shinji asked, "The
most important thing is that we can't have Third Impact occurring. That's
something catastrophic and can not happen,"
  "I'm sorry but I can't give you an answer to that," Ranma said, "For
all we know, my coming in contact can cause Third Impact. But then again,
I might be able to not have Third Impact occur if I could. Unfortunately,
that question something that I can't answer,"
  Shinji sighed. He then asked, "What do you think I should do?"
  "I can't decide for you," Ranma answered, "It's not my will to say,"
  "Why not?" Shinji asked.
  "Like I said earlier, I have will of my own," Ranma said.
  "Well, um, I command you to have a will of your own," Shinji said,
"Now, tell me, what do you think I should do?"
  The Angel paused. Given a will of his own, he thought about it for a
moment.
  "I think it's better to destroy my father," the Angel said, "Having it
done any other way is a risk that doesn't need to be taken,"
  Shinji sighed, "Man, I really wish it didn't have to come to just
that,"
  "Sometimes, it must be," Ranma said, smiling, a first for him, "It's
all for the better,"

  Shinji knocked down the giant door that led to the chamber that was
Central Dogma. The door was of the same dimensions as the one he tried to
knock down back at Tokyo-3. However, this time around, one solid
open-palm strike sent the door blowing off its hinges and inward in to
the chamber.
  A loud clank could be heard as the door crashed to the floor a good
distance away. As the two of them entered the room, Shinji didn�t really
know how to react to what he saw. The chamber was every bit as large as
the one in Tokyo-3. However, with this one, there was no Lilith crucified
on a giant red cross. Instead, there was a lone normal-sized desk located
in the direct center of the giant chamber. On that desk was a gray
suitcase-looking object.
  "Is that Adam?" Shinji asked, walking toward the desk.
  The Angel followed suit, "Yes. That's him,"
  When he reached the desk, Shinji turned toward Ranma.
  "You're not gonna do anything funny, right?" Shinji asked.
  "No," the Angel said, "Your 'will' is my command. If you think I'll
disregard your command and come in contact with Adam, then you have
nothing to worry about. I will do nothing of the sort,"
  "Okay, just making sure," Shinji said.
  Walking up to the case, he realized it actually was a suitcase.
  Shinji opened it up.
  Inside was Adam. The interior of the case was lined with what looked
like a foam-like cushioning with a single circular dish-like object. In
that dish was Adam in an embryo form.
  "So, this is what Adam looks like, huh?" Adam said. He had know of Adam
in an embryo form but had never seen him before. This was his first.
  The Angel twitched slightly, sorely tempted to reach out and touch
Adam. Deep down inside, he wanted to come in contact with his father, so
he could bring him back home. However, Shinji didn't want him to. Shinji
planned on destroying Adam. 
  Shinji closed the suitcase.
  "All right. We've got Adam, let's get going," he said, turning around
and heading for the exit, suitcase in hand.
  "Y-yes. As y-you wish," the Angel replied.

  Shinji entered the command center and saw Ritsuko and Asuka hard at
work.
  The layout of the main console was different so Ritsuko had to have
Asuka translate what was being displayed on the screen. It was a slow and
tedious process but Ritsuko was slowly progressing toward activating
Unit-01.
  Misato was just lingering around. Since she was of little help, she
wanted to stay out of the way. At the current moment, she was crouched
over one of the downed personnel, giving him gentle slaps in attempt to
waking him up. She believed it was better to have one of the command
center personnel at the console instead of Ritsuko and Asuka.
  The three Angels were there as well, waiting patiently to take down
whatever feeble attempts Nerv would make in the near future at taking
back the command center.
  "How goes everything?" Shinji asked.
  "We've managed to find out where Unit-01's located," Ritsuko said
rather proudly, "It's located in EVA bay five,"
  "How far along are we?" he asked, "Will it take a while to activate
Unit-01?"
  Ritsuko shook her head, "Not really. We've figured out how to activate
the speaker system around Nerv. It's best that you head down there and
wait for us. When we get Unit-01 activated, we'll contact you,"
  Shinji said, "That's sounds like a good idea,"
  Together, Shinji and Ranma left the room.







<all ive got so far.....>





Shinji: You know what I just noticed?

Misato: That Ranma's really Asuka's father since no one knows who Asuka's
father is in the anime and that's why Ranma gets weirded out in all those
'Just Won't Die' chapters whenever Asuka indicates that she has a crush
on him since it would basically mean she has an Electra Complex without
even realizing it?

Shinji: ................

Misato: That it would make sense because Ranma actually visited the 'Neon
Genesis Evangelion' world once before during his decade-long
disappearance at end of 'Just Won't Die 1' but readers most likely missed
out on the clues OneShot dropped?

Shinji: ................

Misato: That the readers will most likely go back and read the end of
'Just Won't Die 1' to make find out if I'm lying or not?

Shinji: No. I wasn't thinking of anything about that.

Misato: Then what?

Shinji: I noticed that no one really knows what outfit Asuka is wearing
in 'Just Won't Die Reborn' since OneShot hasn't once described what she
was wearing.

Misato: So what? No one should have any idea what Ritsuko or I or even
you are wearing. Heck, I'm sure readers forgot you're still wearing those
guard's clothes you stole from long ago.

Shinji: .................



-OneShot
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/index.html


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