BOREDOM

by: Andross937

disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion or Dragon Ball Z. I do not claim any ownership over any of the characters of either series. I am not making any profit off of this story, and am only writing it for entertainment purposes. If the owners of either series wishes it, I will remove this story from the internet. I do not wish to offend anyone with this story. If anyone is seriously offended by this story, please notify me of the material you found offensive and I will attempt to remove it from the story. If it is impossible to do so, I may leave the story off of the internet. I do own the character Andross. He is not patented, but it would be greatly appriecated if anyone that wishes to use him would contact me for permission to use him before using him.

Authors Notes: Hey, sorry about missing last weeks update. I had trouble finding the motivation for this chapter. It was still kind of depressing because it was so serious, but I managed to get past it and now it will be back to the less then serious attitude, at least for a while. This is one of the shorter chapters in this story... Sorry, but I only had so much to do in this chapter, since technically it's really the continuation of the last chapter. Still, I think it's a good sized chapter anyways, just not one of my longest ones... Hope you enjoy it. I also hope that I was able to give the Shinji/Asuka fans, the Shinji/Maya fans, and the Shinji/Misato fans a treat each in this chapter. Surprisingly, I haven't heard anything of Shinji/Ritsuko fans... I'm still taking suggestions on the pairings, so send in what you think and how you think it should come to be... Suggestions of all kinds are welcome in reviews and e-mails!

-Story Begin!-

"How's Rei?" Shinji asked suddenly when they shut the door to Frazier's room.

Misato winced as she thought of how Shinji might react when he sees her.

"Rei's... alright. Her left leg is broken below the knee, but it's not bad... Thanks to some new technology that Ritsuko developed a month or so ago, her leg will be healed in a few days. So, you don't have to worry about her too much, okay?" Misato said, trying to reassure Shinji. Already she could see the pained look on his face.

"Let's go see her." Shinji said.

"Alright, she's in room..." Misato started to say, but was cut off by Shinji.

"325, I know. I can feel her ki, remember?" Shinji asked, his voice only slightly lighter then before.

"Yeah, okay." Misato said before they started to walk.

-NERV hospital - room 325-

Shinji paused at the door again. He took a breath for a moment, and felt her ki in the room. For the most part, it was the same as ever. He could almost see her just staring out the window, just like she did in class. Finally Shinji opened the door and walked slowly in, stopping at the middle of the room.

Sure enough, Rei was staring out the window as usual, but when she heard the door open she turned to face it. Her reaction to Shinji didn't change at all from the look she had when she had been staring out the window. Shinji stood nervously, as Misato stood at the door watching. Rei just stared at him for a few moments, before finally her expression softened a bit and the slightest of smiles appeared on her face.

"Pilot Shinji..." she said, her tone lighter and happier then usual, though barely noticable to those that didn't know her.

"I'm sorry Rei..." Shinji said sadly as he looked down at his feet again.

"What for?" Rei asked, becoming confused.

"I promised to protect you, but I couldn't get there in time to save you from being hurt. I'm sorry that I broke my promise." Shinji said.

Rei looked even more confused now, and even a little concerned.

"Were you not the one who killed Shin?" she asked.

"Yes... I was." Shinji answered slowly.

"Then you did not break your promise. You promised to protect me, not to protect me from all harm. If you were to try and do so, you would not be able to perform you functions as a pilot. I am a pilot of Eva unit 00, and as such, I will come to some harm on occasions. This is unavoidable. However, you can keep your promise by keeping me from death, and you did. Does this not mean that you kept your promise, since I am alive?" Rei asked, becoming more confused as she spoke.

Shinji smiled a little at that, seeing her logic.

"Yeah, I guess it does Rei. I'll try to do better next time though. I'm still sorry though, sorry that he hurt you." Shinji apologized.

"It is... alright pilot Shinji. Thank you." Rei said, her slight smile coming back at seeing Shinji smile again.

"Thanks Rei. I have to go now..." Shinji said before turning and leaving. Before he got out the door though, Rei spoke, and he stopped in his tracks.

"Perhaps, when I am healed... I will come over for a meal." Rei suggested.

Shinji looked back at her with a smile. "That would be great Rei. I'll see you then." he said before walking out, Misato following closely behind.

-Outside room 325-

"Inviting girls over to my apartment Shinji?" Misato asked, a little playfully as they left the room. Still, her face did not show her playfullness, but rather a bit of uncertainty. Shinji didn't see this though, as he had his back to her at the moment, already walking for the elevator to return to his room as he promised.

"As I recall, you said that it was 'our' apartment Misato. Besides, I'm not inviting girls over, but co-workers. It's not like I work with a lot of guys other then the two on the bridge. Besides, she's also my friend, just like Touji and Kensuke are, and I invite them over too." Shinji said, his smile returning almost full force.

"All right Shinji, I get the point." Misato said, rolling her eyes a bit behind his back. "Just make sure to use a condom when you take her into your room to be alone." Misato said teasingly.

Shinji was so stunned by what Misato said, he walked right into the elevator door before he even pushed the button. He bounced off, and left a little dent in the doors. He whirled quickly on her, a blush on his face.

"Misato! I wouldn't do that...!" he defended himself.

"Oh, so you would do it right out in the living room? Confident of your ability, aren't you Shinji?" Misato teased again, blushing a bit herself.

"N..no! I mean that I wouldn't do that at all... with Rei..." Shinji said, getting quieter towards the end when he realized that people were beginning to stare at them.

"Oh? You wouldn't do that with Rei?" Misato began, her voice still in a teasing tone as they entered the empty elevator and the doors shut. "So, does that mean you would do that with me?" she asked, her voice now becoming more then a little suggestive.

"Uh..." Shinji said, unable to think of what to say.

Misato made it harder for his brain to function properly as she leaned a little farther towards him, until he was backed against the wall, and her back was bent at an angle towards him, showing off her... assets. Shinji blinked hard for a few moments, trying to force his eyes to stay locked on her own eyes, and not let them wonder down lower. Despite his best efforts, his eyes traveled up and down her body more then once before he answered.

"...yes..." he said in a tiny whisper.

This threw Misato for a loop, despite the fact that she had partially expected it. She leaned back into a standing straight posistion and turned to face the doors again. Her mind raced, recalling that very special piece of paper that she had yet to burn. Seduce Him... running over and over again, until she squashed it flat in her mind.

"Well, don't try anything soon, and you might be rewarded Shinji." Misato said, though her voice was still a little playful.

"Okay." Shinji said nervously, nodding quickly, fast enough to cause a breeze in the elevator.

The elevator dinged as it came to its target floor and the doors opened. The two quickly walked around the people waiting to get on the elevator. Shinji wasn't paying enough attention to notice it, but one of the people stopped abruptly when he saw Misato's and his faces. That person stood there for a moment, wondering briefly why the two were blushing so strongly, before having to rush to get in the elevator before the doors closed on them.

-NERV hospitol - room 404-

When they re-entered Shinji's room, they found Ritsuko sitting pateintly in one of the chairs near Shinji's hospital room. She looked up from the clip board she had been examining, and smiled at them as they came in. She stood and waited for Shinji to approach the hospital bed and sit down.

"Ah, there you are. I had a feeling you would be walking around when I heard them page Misato to the Commander's office." Ritsuko said, her voice cheerier then usual.

Immedaitely Shinji lowered his head and his smile dissapeared. He looked back up at her with saddened eyes, eyes that were filled with guilt. Misato frowned as she knew what was coming next. She didn't say anything, as she knew that Shinji would want to apologize to everyone like this.

"I'm sorry Dr. Ritsuko. I didn't mean for any of this to happen." Shinji apologized.

"It's alright Shinji. What ever happened was an accident. None of Shin's actions are really your fault." Ritsuko said.

"I know, but it's hard anyways. I have his memories... they were given to me after he died. I know everything he did... I remember feeling each person die as he killed them. I remember what he did to you, Misato, and Asuka, and what he intended to do to all of you and Maya too." Shinji said, his voice becoming clogged with emotion as the memories swept over him again.

"I know Shinji... I know it's hard. I can't even begin to imagine having memories that aren't my own, especially when their such horrible memories. But... at least we know you're interested in women." Ritsuko offered.

"What!" Shinji exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah, especially the women around the base." Misato added.

"How can you take what he was going to do so lightly!" Shinji exclaimed.

"Trust me Shinji. We aren't taking it lightly, but we aren't going to let it bother us anymore, because it didn't happen. It won't happen, because you wouldn't let it happen. And the reason we can act so lightly now, is because aside from that, this was hardly different then any of the angel attacks." Ritsuko explained.

"Huh?" Shinji asked confused.

"If the angels win, then everyone on earth dies. So, we've already come close to the end of the world already. It's just that this time, the enemy was someone familair to us all. All things considered, with the power advantage Shin had over us, it could have been alot worse." Ritsuko said.

"I know..." Shinji said as more memories flashed in his mind. Memories of urges and temptations, and how it felt when Shin had given into them. He shuddered a moment before he let it pass over him and go away again.

"Hey Rits? I was wondering something. How come Frazier and Rei are going to be healed so quickly?" Misato asked. "I mean, they had some pretty serious broken bones." she continued.

"Well, that's actually thanks to Shinji." Ritsuko said with a large smile directed towards Shinji.

"Huh?" Shinji asked as he looked at Ritsuko in confusion. In his confused state, he didn't guard the direction of his eyes, and found himself lightly roaming over her with his eyes. He noted that she was once again wearing her lab coat open, and that the tight blue swim suite underneath showed off a few things before it got to the black tight skirt. Quickly he brought his eyes back up to her face again. He didn't catch the slight smirk on her lips, or the light in her eyes. Misato was having quite the effect on him with her teasing, that was for sure.

"We studied your DNA, and found out enough about why you heal so fast. We couldn't capture your full healing speed in any medication, but we were able to develop several safe drugs that are able to speed human healing enormously. Congradulations Shinji, you're still saving us from harm." Ritsuko said with her large smile filling with joy.

"T..thanks." Shinji said, not knowing what to say. "All that, because of me?" he asked.

"Yup. We're even only weeks away from curing AIDS because of what we learned from your DNA Shinji." Ritsuko added, the light in her eyes doubling.

"WEEKS!" both Shinji and Misato exclaimed.

"Yes, it's true. It's estimated that in two to three weeks, we will haved cured AIDS. A week after that, we will probably have come up with a cheep medication for it, and can easily destribute it to the entire world. You're saving millions of people Shinji, with a little help from us anyways." Ritsuko said.

"...wow..." was all Shinji could say before having to lie back on the hospital bed.

"Did I mention that we just cured Cancer too? All thanks to what we learned from your DNA Shinji." Ritsuko said, adding more to his thoughts.

Shinji's eyes widened, but he was hardly able to respond more then that. He was going into shock, while Misato could only sit at another chair and stare at the two. Shinji was helping to cure all that? It was nothing short of amazing, a fact that Shinji seemed to realize just before he fainted in his bed. It had been too much to take for him.

"Are you really serious about all that?" Misato asked Ritsuko.

"Ofcourse Misato. I don't joke about that. In less then two weeks, we will begin shipping the cure to the rest of the world for very cheep." Ritsuko said as she began to examine Shinji's sleeping body.

"Wow..." was all Misato said before she had to lean back. This would take a while to sink in fully. Shinji had saved the world, in more ways than she had even thought. A smile crossed her face, as she realized that she never thought that she'd have the slayer of angels and source for such powerful cures living with her as a roommate... and maybe a little more. She shook her head when that last part popped up.

Ritsuko looked over at Misato as she observed the shock sinking in more and more. She smiled as she observed her friend's eyes drooping a little more and more. She was tired... A smiled crossed her face again as she recalled how Misato had been up for the last thirty-six hours, waiting for Shinji to wait. She had only slept before that because Ritsuko had given her something to calm her nerves, and make her sleep for a while.

"Misato, you're tired. You should lie down and sleep for a while." Ritsuko said, her voice caring and slightly concerned for her friend as she got the sleeping Shinji to take a pill that would have him out for a while. He needed his rest too.

"Don't worry about me Rits, I'm fine right here. Besides, I don't want to go home until Shinji's released, and I don't have a bed in my office." Misato answered, her voice getting more laced with exuastion as she spoke.

"Well, you could share a bed with Shinji here. I'm sure that he wouldn't mind one little bit." Ritsuko said with a teasing smile.

Misato opened her eyes wide as a blush covered her face. Ritsuko only smiled more, enjoying the chance to tease her friend. Suddenly her smile turned a little suggestive.

"Actually, I'm a little tired myself. We could share him..." she suggested.

"Cut that out Ritsuko!" Misato exclaimed, her blush increasing two fold.

Ritsuko couldn't contain her laughter anymore. Misato blushed even harder, a difficult feat, as Ritsuko laughed at her. Finally she gained control over her laughter again and spoke more softly and carringly.

"Misato, I have a bed in my office. I have to go check on some things, and you can use it for a few hours. Why don't you go and take a nap at least?" Ritsuko asked.

"Alright Rits, I will." Misato said as she stood tiredly.

"Here, let me help you." Ritsuko said as she let Misato lean against her as they left the room.

-thirty minutes later-

Shinji moaned slightly and mumbled something as he heard a knock. He tiredly opened his eyes to find himself still in the hospital room. He had fallen asleep, and for once, once, he woke up with his clothes on. Though, he noticed that his shirt was missing...

The knock came again. He looked up at the door as it opened. Maya walked in, looking around a little nervously. The last time she had been in here, nearly three hours ago, Misato had been in here alone with Shinji while he was still unconscious. She was surprised to find Shinji waking up, and Misato no where to be found.

"Are you just waking up?" she asked nervously.

"No, I woke up... I don't know how long ago. I walked around a while, but then Ritsuko drugged me again or something..." Shinji said unsure of himself. "Listen, I'm sorry, about what Shin did..." he said as Maya walked the rest of the way into the room and shut the door.

"No, it's alright Shinji. It's not your fault." Maya said, fidgeting a little as she sat down.

"That's what everyone's been saying. But, I'm still sorry." Shinji said.

"I understand." Maya said slowly.

"Hey, are you on break?" Shinji asked suddenly.

"Y..yes. I came to check on you. I was here earlier, but you hadn't woke up yet from your medications. We've been having to use to some pretty strong drugs to keep you under, especially since we can't give you any injections." Maya explained, her nervousness slowly fading.

"I see. You should visit more often, it's nice to have you around. You should come over when you get the chance too." Shinji suggested, trying to befriend her.

"Really? Well, I don't know. Sometimes I go with Makoto and Shigeru to do something." Maya said, a slight blush coming over her face.

"That's alright. They're just as welcome as you. I'm just saying that we should all be friends if we're going to be working to save the world together. Especially once Eva unit 01 is ready to be used." Shinji said, his smile returning.

"Alright. When we get a chance, we'll all come to visit. That sounds like it would be nice. Listen, I have to get back to work. My break is ending soon, and I'll have to hurry to be back in time." Maya said apologetically as she stood to leave.

"That's alright... I have to get up to... go visit Asuka. I have to apologize to everyone, and she's next." Shinji said as he stood and began to look for his shirt.

"Alright, I should go then. Ritsuko will want you back here in half an hour, because that's when she has to run some more tests." Maya said as she headed for the door, a blush on her cheeks again as she observed Shinji without his shirt.

"Thanks Maya." Shinji said with a smile.

Maya smiled back and left the room. Shinji didn't notice the red glow on her face as she walked out at a hurried pace. She headed for the elevator, and got on, thankful to be away from the shirtless Shinji. She had been informed about Shinji's muscle development, but that was nothing compared to actually seeing it.

-NERV food court-

Asuka sat at a table, eating her food alone. There were few other people in the food court besides her. She was finishing her small meal, and moving on to her icecream dessert. The door opened, but she payed it no mind. Then, someone sat at the table with her moments later, placing a bowl of icecream of their own in front of them. At first, she thought it was Kaji, but she looked up surprisingly to see Shinji.

He sat across from her, not touching his own icecream, but just looking down at it. He looked weak to her, weak and vulnerable. She could tell that he knew exactly what he looked like. She wondered breifly how someone so strong, and someone that looked as strong with his developed muscles, could look so weak.

"I'm sorry." Shinji said quietly.

"Shinji, you're an idiot. You're an idiot if your apologizing for what Shin did. He was a different person, not you." Asuka said over a spoon of icecream.

"But, he wasn't a different person..." Shinji began to say, but was cut off.

"Yes he was Shinji. We become different people when we give into our darkness. We do things we would have never considered doing before. So, yes, he was a different person. None of us, not you, not me, no one can be blamed for the darkness that lives in us. So don't be an idiot, and don't apologize for his actions. Eat your icecream." Asuka said before continuing to eat her own icecream.

Shinji sat stunned for a moment, before his smile returned full force and he picked up a spoon of his icecream.

"Thanks Asuka." he said before beginning to eat.

"Whatever Shinji..." Asuka said before taking another bite and swallowing. "One thing's for sure." she said, holding her spoon out in thought.

"Yeah, what's that?" Shinji asked.

"I'm not arm wrestling you, even in my Eva." Asuka said with a laugh.

"Yeah, well, I'm not fighting you in your Eva either. You really surprised him with that AT-field trick." Shinji said with a chuckle of his own.

"How do you know that?" Asuka asked.

"I have his memories. I got them when I killed him..." Shinji said looking down at his icecream again.

"Then... do you remember... what he did..." Asuka said, finding herself unable to finish her sentence.

"To you? Yes. I'm so-" but Shinji was cut off again.

"Don't apologize for him I said. Just tell me one thing, and tell me truthfully. When I bit him, did he enjoy it, or was he angry?" Asuka asked.

"H... he enjoyed it." Shinji answered slowly.

"Thank you Shinji. Thank you for telling the truth, and for saving us. Now finish your icecream before I do." Asuka said, a bit of a grin at the end.

Suddenly the icecream in Shinji's bowl dissapeared in a blur as Shinji ate every bite of it in less then a second. Suddenly he groaned and gripped his head. He rocked back and forth in pain as he mumbled.

"Icecream headache!" he exclaimed.

"So, even Shinji isn't invicible to the power of an icecream headache. I should have gotten a picture of that." Asuka said laughing as Shinji recovered.

"Har har, very funny. Hey, where did they assign you for living? No where near Rei I hope. How she lives in that broken down apartment, I have no idea. I'm going to have a little talk with someone about that." Shinji rambled a little.

"They haven't assigned me permanent quarters yet, but I've been sleeping in a private barracks here at NERV. The First child lives in a broken down apartment building? Why?" Asuka asked.

"I don't know. But the place looks like it would fall apart if I set a foot in it. That's one of the reasons why I hover around there instead of walking. My weight alone would bring it down on her head." Shinji said.

"You're kidding, right?" Asuka asked, not sure if she believed him.

"Nope. Seeing that place makes me real glad that Misato offered to let me live with her when I got here, rather then getting stuck in that place..." suddenly an idea came to Shinji. "I'll be right back..." he said as he stood and pulled out his phone as he walked a few feet away.

Asuka could hear him talking, but was unable to make out what he was saying. He talked into it a minute, before smiling and hanging up. He walked back and sat down with a big smile on his face.

"What do you think about living with Misato?" Shinji asked.

"Huh?" Asuka asked.

"I asked, what do you think about living with Misato? I think it would be better then living in Rei's building." Shinji said.

"Umm... don't you live with Misato?" Asuka asked.

"Yeah, but there's another room across from mine in the hall. It's even bigger then my own, so it should fit you comfortably." Shinji said with a smile.

Asuka sat and thought about it for a moment, before finally nodding.

"Alright, living with Misato wouldn't be bad at all. Just as long as you don't try anything Shinji, or I'll cram my foot so far up your butt, I'll kick your teeth out." Asuka threatened.

Shinji looked hurt for a moment. "I wouldn't try anything." he said in his defense before his smile returned again.

"What, you aren't going to ask how I plan on doing something like that to you?" Asuka asked.

"No way! The last time I asked something like that, Ritusko shot me with flamethrowers!" Shinji said in a slight panic.

"By the way, why are you wearing pajamas?" Asuka asked.

"I guess that my clothes were ruined after the fight... that and, everytime I wake up in the hospital, my clothes are gone. I guess that they have to do some kind of scan on me or something, that or they just want me to wear their hospital pajamas while I'm in the hospital. I'll have to have another talk with Ritsuko about that..." Shinji trailed off.

"Right..." Asuka said as she finished her icecream.

Shinji went and got more food for himself, since he still had a bit of time before it was time to go back to his room. Asuka got another bowl of icecream. They sat in silence for a few minutes, just eating their respective foods. Then, just as they finished, the sounds of high heels tapping on the floor caught their attention.

They both turned their heads towards the door to see Ritsuko walking into the cafeteria, a smile on her face. Shinji looked down at his watch, and wandered what was going on as he still had ten minutes before he had to get back to his room for the tests. Still Ritsuko seemed to make a beeline straight for them at her casual pace, until she finally stopped at their table.

"Good, your both still together. I was afraid that Shinji might have already returned to his room. There is something that I should show you both." Ritsuko said with a pleased smile.

"What?" Shinji asked.

"The newly modified Evangelion unit 01." Ritsuko said, her smile growing even larger with pride.

-Eva cage 07-

The elevator rose up towards its target floor. Riding inside of it was Ritsuko, Asuka, Shinji, Rei, and Misato as they were heading to get their first look at the finished unit 01. Shinji could already feel its ki, and it was a little different then before. It wasn't very different, but something had changed about it... He just wondered what it was they had done.

Ritsuko watched the display above the elevator doors carefully, waiting until they were almost there. When it came to the proper number, and the doors were about to open, she spoke.

"Let me introduce all of you to the newly improved Evangelion unit 01!" she exclaimed in excitement.

The doors opened just as she finished her sentence. When everyone looked up at the restrained Eva, standing over them seemingly looked down at them, they could hardly contain their gasps. For the most part, the Eva appeared the same as before, except for one incredible difference. A spike potruded out of the back of each of its elbows, and a circular bright spot was now on the palm of each of its hands, evidence that the Eva now had energy pistons like those of the Third angel...

"Wow..." was all that Shinji could say as he flew upwards immediately to finally stop infront of the Eva's face.

Shinji stared into its darkened eyes for a few moments, wondering if they would light themselves once again, and growl at him. He waited, but nothing happened. Then, he looked over at the shoulder wings of the Eva, and noticed something about them was also different. At the base of both the shoulder wings was a small cannon that came out, apparently able to rotate around at anything infront of the Eva.

"Hey Dr. Ritsuko, what're these cannons!" he shouted down before he even reached the ground infront of the group.

"Those cannons fire cross beams and flares, just like the Third and Fourth angel could. As you've also noticed, we installed energy pistons based off of those of the Third angel. Actually, those are the very same energy pistons that they Third angel used, but we can replicate them now." Ritsuko said proudly.

"It took you this long just to install some cannons and pistons?" Shinji asked, sounding a little confused and a little skeptical.

"No, it took us this long to study the energy pistons, learn to replicate them, install them, and make sure they work. We also had to study the corpses of the Third and Fourth angel to learn how to properly replicate and use their cross beams and flares and then learn how to apply them to the Eva. Also, these are not the only modifications and improvements we made." Ritsuko said, still sounding proud of her work despite Shinji's doubts.

"Oh really, please explain." Shinji asked.

"We've used what we've learned from the corpses of the Third angel, the Fourth angel, and the Fifth angel to improve the Eva's battery life, more then double the AT-field strength, give it slight hover ablities that are mostly useful for giving it better jumping distance and more grace, and installing shoulder socket energy whips incase the Eva looses its arm." Ritsuko explained.

"Huh..." was the collective response of everyone around except for Rei, who easily figured out what Ritsuko was saying one her own.

"Thanks to what we learned from the three S2 engines we recovered from the angels, we were able to learn how to improve the effenciency of the Eva's internal battery, giving it more then double the length of time should the Eva's umbilicle cable be severed." Ritsuko explained first.

"That's a good thing to have..." Asuka admitted.

"Also, studying the S2 engines, and the body of the Fifth angel, we were able to learn how to increase the power of the Eva's AT-field, more then doubling its strength. Admittedly, this was one of the more time consuming things of all the modifications." Ritsuko continued.

"Having a stronger AT-field then the angels we fight will deffinately be a good thing." Shinji said to himself.

"Thanks to what we learned from the corpses of the angels, we were able to also implicate hover abilities in the Eva. However, we were unable to give it abilities as advanced as the Fourth and Fifth angels. Rather, it is closer to the abilities of the Third angel. The Eva will be able to use its hover capabilities to luanch itself into the air as if jumping, but farther and higher then if it simply used its legs, and also with more grace. Also the Eva will be more balanced in battle, and less likely to fall down." Ritsuko explained further.

This simply drew a nod out of the group.

"Thanks to what we learned from the Fourth angel, we were also able to give the Eva shoulder socket energy whips. Essentially, should the Eva lose its arm, it can grow an energy whip like that of the Fourth angel. It can cut through heavy armor, stab through an Eva, and it can still hold simply objects like the barrel of a pallet gun or the Eva's foot without causing damage." Ritsuko explained the last thing.

"Cool!" Shinji exclaimed.

"And, there is one more thing Shinji. Using what we learned from the Third angel's regenerative abilities, and from your own DNA, we were able to give the Eva the ability to regenerate wounds at incredible speeds. Should it be stabbed through the stomach, the wound can either heal over a period of several minutes, or the pilot can will it to heal in seconds. However, if the pilot increases the speeds at which it can heal like that, then its healing speed will be slowed to normal for another hour. So, it is advicable that if the Pilot believes that they can withstand the injury and continue to fight, that they do so incase the Eva sustains heavier injuries later in the battle that require more attention." Ritsuko excplained.

"You mean, that some of my own DNA is in the Eva helping it to heal faster...?" Shinji asked confused.

"Yes. Not only that, but because of your body storring such high amounts of energy, your DNA is also another reason we were able to increase the life of the internal battery." Ritsuko said.

Shinji just looked up at the Eva and stared at it in wonder. His blood was flowing through that thing? That was why its ki felt different then before.

"Also its physical strength was inhanced by twenty-three percent. We aren't sure as to which of the modifications we made caused it though..." Ritsuko said, but Shinji finished for her.

"It was my DNA. You gave it the DNA of me, and I've been enhanced... You made it stronger then before by using my DNA..." Shinji said as he floated upwards again.

He stopped infront of the Eva's face again. Questions began to fly through his mind as he looked it in the eyes. What exactly was the Eva? Was it a type of angel that they made, or just close enough that they could use angel parts in it. But it had to be close enough to humans that they could use his own DNA too... What would it be like piloting a creature/machine that had his blood in its viens?

-change of perspective-

Towards the top of the room was another catwalk. Few people were on it, mostly tech workers making sure everything was in its place and that the Eva was ready for use. However, in the shadows near the door, was someone that was watching, yet remaining unnoticed by everyone, that was not a tech. Kaji watched with wide eyes as he listened to Ritsuko's explanations through a microphone device. They were using the angels to enhance the Evas? And Shinji could FLY! He would have some interesting things to report to report to SEELE for sure.

Quietly he slipped out through the door. He began to casually walk down the halls, until he snuck down an empty hall. He was about to try and make it to an exit, when suddenly all noise stopped. He couldn't hear anyone walking through the metal hallways anymore. This made him nervous, and his hand made its way to the pistol he had. He pulled it out and cocked it, ready for anything.

He kept walking, looking this way and that as he went. Suddenly his breath caught in his chest as the lights began to go out all around him. It was seemingly random, but the effect was the same, as he was plunged into darkness. When there was no more light for him to see by, he pulled out a tiny flashlight he had, no more then the size of something he would have on his keychain. Despite its small size, its light was powerful in the darkness. He kept walking, listening for any sounds at all.

Something else was wrong. He should have come to a door by now, but he had found no doors or other hall ways. Thinking he had taken a wrong turn before, he turned around and started walking the other way down the hall. Several minutes later, he had still not come to the intersection that he knew he should have come across. Panic was seeping into his body, despite the training he used to suppress it. He began to run.

Soon he was running as fast as he could down the hall, but after a few minutes of running, he still did not come to the intersection. Something was very wrong here. His grip on his gun began to tighten even more. Finally he stopped, trying to slow his breathing, and listened.

A minute later, he had gained control over his breathing again. Still, he had heard nothing since just before the lights had gone out. He shined his light down both directions of the hall, but still he saw nothing but an empty metal hallway. Then, a ping of something small and metal dropping caught his attention, causing him to turn suddenly and point his flashlight and gun down the hall.

"Looks like you won't be telling SEELE about the Eva or Shinji anymore Mr. Ryouji..." came a voice from directly behind him, so close he felt the breath on the back of his neck.

He whirled around and fired his gun five times down the hall, but nothing was there. He slowed his breathing again, and tried to will the ringing in his ears to go away. A minute went by, but nothing happened. No sounds came, and nothing moved anywhere, not even him. Then, something grabbed him by the top of his head...

To Be Continued...!