“Total Quarantine…….who does he think he is……..Shinji’s his own son for god sake!”
The reason Misato’s liking for the Commander had fallen was quite simple, after they had taken Shinji into the NERV hospital the Supreme Commander had in fact proved himself to be the “Most heartless man on Earth!” as many of the nurses and residential staff put it. ***************** (Flash back)
Shinji’s vision was blurred; all he saw were rushing lights, and slurred voices. Eventually everything began to clear, things came back into focus. He was in one person bed; it was a bed he knew well, it was the same one he’d ended up in after every Angel battle. Slowly he slid his head over to the left; Misato had fallen asleep in a chair right next to his bed. He tried to reach his hand over to wake her up, but when he tried to move he suddenly realized he could not. Looking down his bed he realized he’d been strapped down 4 leather belts, impeding any movement.
“Awake already Shinji?”
Shinji turned his head to see Doctor Akagi step into the room; the faux blonde had a small smile on her face. It was the same smile that Shinji had grown accustomed to, it was a smile that the doctor always used whenever she knew something the he did not.
“Doctor Akagi, why am I tied down liked this?”
Looking the boy over as if she was judging him, seeing if he was worthy of her answers, Ritsuko nodded her head and decided to answer the boy’s question.
“You’ve been infected by a creature Shinji, we think it might have been an Angel, but we’re not sure, we have run a few more tests to be sure. Shinji, can you tell me everything about what happened to you last night?”
Shinji’s eyes widened, and his face paled a considerable degree. It all came flooding back to him, the swirling darkness, the wings sticking from it’s back, which had resembled a bats in their shape. He remembered struggling to get to the apartment door, only to suddenly be over come with unrivaled weakness in his body, as though his brain had stopped working. He remembered the darkness standing over him, and he remembered the eyes, a two blue voids, conveying a single emotion, one that Shinji had dearly sought ever since his childhood. Love.
“Shinji? Are you alright?”
The young pilot’s train of thought having broken, he slowly turned his head to answer her question.
“I-I’m sorry Doctor Akagi, but I can’t remember anything.” The doctor nodded her head, he could tell he she knew he was lying, that sort of thing had never been his strongest suit.
“Well if you do remember anything, tell me.” Turning around the doctor opened the door to Shinji’s room, revealing a distinctly angry Asuka, and the ever calm Rei, standing outside his room. The two girls suddenly fell forward; it seems they had been listening in on Ritsuko and Shinji, why though he had no idea.
“Don’t you two know it’s rude to eaves drop on others conversations?” Ritsuko said with an air of amusement eminent on her face. Rei and Asuka got up; wiping the dust from their clothes, Asuka then turned a dark glare on to the creator of the Magi. Turning away with a huff, Asuka stomped her way over to Shinji’s bed.
“Well you’ve done it again Third Child! Hikari and I were going to go to the mall and go shopping, but now you’ve ruined my last chance for fun day. Well what do you have to say fro yourself?”
Shinji’s mind being just woken up, did not realize the severity of the situation, and decided to rely on old tactics. “I’m sorry.”
……………..Not one of his more intelligent maneuvers.
“Your sorry?!!!! I could be over with Hikari right now, buying new clothes, actually using my time productively, and your sorry! God Shinji, I’d thought you’d sunken low, but not this low!” As usual the raging volcano that was Asuka Sohryu Langley had lived up to reputation as he lowered Shinji’s self esteem sow low that it was now dead and buried.
“Pilot Sohryu, stop insulting Ikari.” Silence reigned on the room, slowly Asuka turned around to stare into the red eyes of Ayanami Rei. Rei had been called emotionless before on numerous occasions, and in most cases one would be right, however right Rei’s face was a look of anger bordering on hate. You’d have to be fool not to know of the extreme amount of hate Rei and Asuka shared for one another. No one knew exactly why the two girls hated each other so badly. While most of their fights consisted of Asuka yelling and Rei saying almost nothing; there were rare occasions however when Rei chose show that she did have emotions. And every time it was because Asuka had over stepped an unknown boundary. The boundary had always been Shinji Ikari.
“Oh? And should I? Just because you say so First Child, is that it? Well listen here DOLL! I’m not gonna stop, and you can go fuck your self for all I care.” And with that Asuka turned once more to look strait into the eyes of Shinji Ikari. “Well Third Child, what are you gonna do, going to protect your precious little doll, or are you just going to sit there and do nothing like a coward.” Shinji was getting angry, he had done nothing to make Asuka angry, yet she insulted him none the less! If a person had looked at Shinji’s belt straps, they would notice the straps were straining very hard to hold something down, but they wouldn’t last long. “Just as I thought………..nothing but a coward.”
Asuka then felt a hand on her shoulder, spun around and came in contact with the open palm of Rei Ayanami’s left hand. Asuka stood there stunned; the shear thought of the First Child showing a sign of anger was laughable to her, the thought of her lashing out with physical violence sounded as possible as Antarctica having a forest fire. So when Rei hit her, it was like the physics that made up her entire world had been shattered.
However the shock passed quickly.
Asuka’s face quickly changed to one of anger, going so red it would put a ripe tomato to shame. Her fist clenched so hard she drew blood; Asuka tried to take a swing at Rei, however before she could a, she heard the sound of a very angry Shinji.
“Stop!” Asuka slowly turned her head around to see a frightening sight. Shinji had managed to rip apart his belt straps, although this is an amazing feat to perform, it was not what had scared her. If you looked down Shinji’s arm, all you would see was darkness, swirling darkness. Where once there was the arm of boy, there was now a claw gripping the shoulder of Asuka. And staring right at her was the face of Shinji Ikari, whose eyes had become two dark blue voids.
************* (End flash back.)
Misato sighed and took a sip of her coffee resting right next to her papers; she looked up at her ceiling and continued contemplating the day’s events.
After that the commander of NERV, Gendo Ikari, had Shinji placed into a total confinement cell. The only person who was allowed to see the boy was doctor Akagi, who was only allowed to take tests on the boy, to see if he had been infected with an Angel. The results had come back saying that Shinji had not been infected by an Angel. What’s more was that Ritsuko suspected that the creature that had attack Shinji, might still be in Tokyo 3.
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The doctor has not realized my true motive. Excellent. It shall make things all the more simple to make you like me. Just 2 more times are all I need, and then you can take your vengeance on your father, on NERV, on the world. How I long to free you from your chamber of confinement, to spare you the pain of loneliness here and now, but I must wait, let the power which gave birth to me, seep into your blood.
How I wish I could touch you.
What will happen to Shinji?
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