{Warhammer returns from the light.}

	WH: You cannot measure a man by his height. It's the size of one's 
heart is what counts. So what if Shinji's a tiny man in a huge world? 
Inside, he could be larger than we all could. Or not. It's all up to the 
person in charge how tall you are. And that's you.

TekkaKnight Warhammer presents

Seraphim's Judgment
Part 6:
Vanished Son

A crossover of Neon Genesis Evangelion
And Teknoman
Written by Christian Clark


	From within the entry plug of Evangelion Unit 01, the only thing one 
could have seen was the LCL. But, if one could look beyond the mere 
substance, they would see infinitely much more. 

	In an endless void, Shinji curled his unclothed body into as much as a 
sphere as possible. The only thing he could hear was his own thoughts.

	<Where am I?>

	<The Entry Plug?>

	<EVA Unit 01?>

	<The Geofront of Tokyo-3? >

	<Japan?>

	<Earth?>

	<Nowhere?>

	Another mind, a warm and gentle voice, answered.

	<No. You are here. With me.>

	Shinji turned to see another figure there. In a glowing white haze, he 
saw a woman. The only area of detail he could see was the face. Her 
light brown hair was flowing throughout the void like under the water. 
Her face, although weary, held the same gentleness as the voice he had 
once heard. That was when he remembered. It was his mother! 

	<Okaasan? >

	She smiled and nodded. She floated to him and cupped his head with her 
hand. Her other wrapped around his body and she held him close. He could 
almost hear her sobbing when she replied.

	<Hai, Shinji. It's me. >

	In response, Shinji wrapped his own arms around his mother. He looked 
up to see her smiling face. She bowed her head down until both their 
foreheads touched.

	<My son� Now� witness the past through my eyes� and understand. >

	Shinji then saw everything. From the moment he was conceived. It was 
she and Gendou discussing the name of the baby. Shinji, if it was a boy. 
Rei, if it was a girl. Then, time sped forward. He saw a moment when a 
one-year old Shinji being held by his mother. Gendou felt sorry for the 
child that he had to grow up in a hell that the world had become. In 
response, his mother said that anywhere he goes and anything he does can 
become Heaven. 

	Seeing all this, gave Shinji a feeling of warmth. One that he had 
almost forgotten. Then, he saw something else.

	He saw his parents talking in front of a giant that looked a little bit 
similar to EVA Unit one. 

	"Yui� I still can't help but worry about what would happen if�" Gendou 
pleaded. Seeing him like that surprised Shinji quite a bit. The normally 
cool and calm Gendou Ikari, was concerned for his wife. 

	His mother smiled "Oh Gendou. Don't worry about me. Besides, someone 
needs to do it."

	Gendou sighed in resignation. And soon enough, Yui was placed into the 
Entry Plug of the primary Unit 01.

	A woman's voice came through the speaker in the Plug. "Now Yui, you 
remember everything that we went over?"

	"Of course Naoko-san. Let's get this started." Yui said cheerfully.

	"Alright. Starting synchronization process."

	The lights on the screen were lighting up slowly, but steadily. Yui was 
excited. If this was successful, just think of the other advancements 
they could make in other areas. That was when it happened. The screens 
overloaded and the alarms screamed their warnings. 

	Within, Yui screamed. She felt the emptiness of the EVA's mind invade 
her body. She only looked down for a minute to see her body was coming 
apart. 

Like in a computer image, small bits of her body tore off and started to 
swarm around her. More and more of the small pieces of her body sped up 
to the point where she could barely see them. She let out a final scream 
before the last of her body was lost. The swirling pieces dissipated 
within the EVA.

	The next time she opened her eyes, she was seeing Gendou striking the 
front of the EVA's face guard. 

	"GIVE BACK YUI!!" he screamed over and over again. When the giant 
wouldn't respond, he collapsed to his knees and cried with no control. 
That was when it hit her. She _was_ the EVA. She was seeing Gendou 
through the eyes of the EVA. She wanted to speak, to comfort Gendou, but 
could not.

	The images stopped and Shinji once more found himself with his mother 
in the void.

	<Okaa-san� I never knew� and all this time I� >

	<Don't worry Shinji. I'm here. >
      
	Three other minds soon came into the void.

	<As are we. >

	Shinji turned to see three others. Only they were less human than he 
and his mother were. The first looked like a woman made of glowing blue 
ice, her cool demeanor shining the haze about her. The second looked 
like a woman made completely out of fire complete with a scowl. The 
third had an aura about him that made the darkness about him darker than 
the void they were in. 

They were minds, like Shinji and his mother were.

*************************************************

	In one of the more populated areas of Tokyo-3, a woman knocked on the 
door of an apartment near one the entrances of NERV. The door was 
answered momentarily by an American woman of medium height with 
shoulder-length hair. 

	"Nodoka-san! I've been expecting you! I got your message," the smaller 
woman said. Nodoka smiled and bowed.

	"Thank you Sera-chan. And I got your reply. I thank you for letting me 
stay for a while." The taller of the two said as she stepped inside. 

	"Oh, it's no trouble at all. Besides, I do not get that many visitors 
around here." The smaller of the two said as she gestured to her 
somewhat messy apartment. Well, somewhat messy to her. Seeing the mess, 
Nodoka would have fainted were it not for the strength she had acquired 
over the years. 

	"I can see why." She said with a nervous expression.

*************************************************

	In the Central Dogma, several days had passed since the battle with 
Zeurel. Still, there was no sign of Shinji inside or out of the Entry 
Plug. 

	Ristuko held Maya's shoulder and gave her the same look that came with 
the same question. Maya shook her head. No success. The news made the 
chief scientist sigh in resignation and rubbed her tired eyes with her 
hands. Ever since the loss of Shinji, Ristuko had gotten a total of 21 
hours of sleep in the past week. To be quite frank, she was reaching the 
end of her rope.

	Sliding into her chair, Ristuko found the weight on her eyes to be too 
much. Even with all the caffeine and nicotine, her body could only go on 
for so long. A finger tapped her shoulder, and with what little strength 
she had seen an equally tired Misato. 

	"Get some rest. I'll take it from here." Most times, they both found 
themselves at odds. However, with Misato more and determined to get 
Shinji back...

	"No. I can do it." She replied and tried to get up. But found she 
landing on her rear rather unceremoniously. Her eyes more close to being 
closed than ever.

	"Oh, is that so Ritsuko?" her friend countered and bent down to pick up 
her from the ground. "I am taking you home. Where you will get more rest 
than usual. Ikari says that we should only do this in regular shifts. 
It's becoming too much for us, he says."

	Looking forward, Ritsuko sighed, "I hate to admit it� but you're 
right." Then, she passed out from exhaustion. 

*************************************************

	  In the classes of the school, Touji found Kensuke's usual jabber to 
be almost transparent. He couldn't figure out why, but he couldn't get 
seeing that empty Entry Plug out of his mind. Shinji, one of his newest 
friends and fellow pilots, was gone. Just like that. He turned to see 
Rei staring at a paper on her desk. That was something definitely worth 
looking into. 

	He peered over her shoulder to see what the picture was of. It was 
hand-drawn picture of Shinji, smiling and on a bike. Somehow, that 
seemed something rather out of place for the Shinji he knew. Though, it 
did look like something that would be nice to see. Shinji, smiling and 
playing like a regular teenager, instead of being the usual 'Mr. Gloom 
and doom'.

	"You miss him?" he asked taking the desk in front of her.  

	She looked surprised momentarily, but then sighed in resignation and 
nodded. 

	"So do I," he admitted, "who did that? Doesn't look like anyone that 
Kensuke or I would know about would it?" 

	She blinked and replied, "I drew this."

	The response made his eyes almost bug out. The picture was good. It was 
very good in fact. He would never imagine Rei 'the sterile' could be so 
good at free-hand drawing. 

	"Suzuhara-kun." He looked up as she continued. "Why do you miss him?" 

	"Well," he said while turning the desk to her, "he's my friend. When 
you got friends you want to keep 'cause you like 'em and all, you can't 
help but worry. You feel the same?" 

	A long pause answered his question. Until, "Hai. He is the first 
person, other than Ikari-san, to show that he cares for me. I think� I 
think he is my first friend. So, I can not help but worry for him."

	Touji couldn't help but smile after seeing this. "Well then," he said 
while standing up and bowing formally, "if it would please you 
Ayanami-san. Since you are a friend of Shinji, any friend of his is a 
friend of mine." He ended with a smile, making himself look not too 
serious. 

	Rei blinked several times in utter and complete confusion. Then, a 
smile slowly grew from her face. "Though I do not know why, I would like 
that very much Suzuhara-kun."

	Returning to his seat, Touji smirked and whispered, "Ok. Once Shinji 
gets back, I am going to make sure you two stay together for as long as 
I can."

	The comment made Rei's eyes expand to a size she never thought possible 
as she lost balance on her chair and fell over. The only sound after 
that was Touji's mirth-filled laughter.

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