Okay, here's the final of Garden of EVA 1:6 (I added a bit with Maki
after the game... and some general fixups. Let me know if your spot any
last minute errors. Thanks.
Also, please reply to me personally about this question, but does anyone
know the name of a popular teen soapopera where the girls loose their
virginity left and right (like 90210, but more current--and there has to
be at least one :) ). I need it for a future fic reference.
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Garden of EVA 1:6 - Love Sucks!
Book 1: Sucks
Neon Genesis Evangelion characters and situations created and Copyright
by Gainax, Project Eva, ADV Films - Used without permission
Garden of EVA series created, written, and copyright 1998-1999 by Jim
Lazar
A series set within episode 26 of Neon Genesis Evangelion that really
sucks.
<Speech text in angle brackets is thought by character.>
"Speech text in double quotes is spoken as Japanese."
E-mail comments and/or criticisms to: mailto:jimlazar@earthlink.net
Previous parts and my other fanfiction can be found at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar/anime
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Just assume I wrote a warning about all the sex, bad language, and
bloody guts for this spot. Thanks, that'll save me some time.
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Round three.
Misato was running full speed towards two of the blue enemy units.
As she neared them. She screamed when they started firing bullets and
rocket shells at her. <Stupid little brats.> Whether she was thinking
about the enemy or her teammates who had forced her and Kaji into
playing in the championships was anybody's guess.
"Misato, two second jump jet burst! NOW!!" Hikari ordered over the
intercom.
Misato frantically searched her controls. "Jump jets... jump
jets..."
Hikari sighed irritably. "Left thumb button! Hold it down for two
seconds!!"
Misato's entry plug shook under the impact of another explosive
shell. "Ah!!" She held down the button Hikari indicated, which caused
her Eva's jump jets to ignite and lift her Eva into the air. As it rose
into the air, it flailed its arms wildly. Her displays showed the
scenery and the attacking Eva's diminishing under her. "Oh shit!!! I'm
afraid of heights!" After the two seconds had elapsed many times over,
she finally let go of the button when she had to put her hands over her
mouth in order to avoid making a mess in the entry plug.
After tracing a smooth arc over the two enemy Evas, her Eva touched
down. The jarring of the entry plug as she landed caused her to finally
lose her lunch. As she had been told to do if not instructed to do
anything else, Misato took off running in a straight line again. As she
ran, she wiped the sushi off the front display.
The two blue Evas that she had just jumped over spun around and
gave chase.
Hikari smiled at her tactical display as she traded sword blows
with another Unit Five like her own. <Not bad. She got two of them away
from the main battle. If she can keep them busy long enough...> So
concerned over Misato, Hikari almost missed seeing a second Eva with a
progressive knife lunge at her from behind. She did a quick side flip
and dodged the attack. She followed with a quick swing of her sword and
managed to slice her attacker between two pieces of armor covering its
leg. Blood spurted out of the wound.
Without any time to relax, Hikari deflected a sword blow from her
original opponent. <Shit.> She scanned the tactical display and saw that
she was pretty much on her own.
Although the second Eva was wounded, it was merely a flesh wound
and wouldn't prove to be too much of a problem to the pilot. Hikari was
managing to fend off their blows, but was being slowly pushed backwards
towards a group of buildings. <They're trying to pin me down.>
-E- -V- -A-
Asuka swung her pike in a wide arc, slicing two nearby Angels in
half before her pike embedded itself in her real opponent: a blue Unit
One.
Asuka felt her pike enter the soft flesh of her opponent and smiled
in triumph. "Now, Kaji!!"
Kaji swung around in his Unit Eight and hefted his long-range rifle
in his arms. He pointed it towards the Eva Asuka had skewered and
fingered the trigger. <Line up the target... squeeze the trigger...> He
remembered his quick and dirty training and blasted away. The bullets
went wide of the target. Way wide. A nest of the sickeningly cute Angel
babies went up in smoke instead of the Eva.
"Pika.... chuuuuuuuuu!"
"Dummkopf! Line up the target first!!" Asuka was barely able to
hold her enemy still using her long pike. Unfortunately, she couldn't
finish off the enemy without first releasing it from the end of her
pike. Under normal circumstances, she might be able to withdraw the pike
and dispatch the Eva before it could damage her, but she could see
another enemy Eva approaching fast from her flank. "Kaji! Blast this
thing fast!!"
Kaji's reply came over the intercom. "I'm trying... this thing
won't fire straight."
"You child molesting, half-inch-long dick, shit for brains! Blast
this Eva on the end of my pike before the one coming up from behind me
kills me!!"
"You little slut!!" Kaji emptied his clip in the direction of Asuka
and hit the Eva at the end of her pike instead. It went up in a huge
ball of fire.
<Just as I thought... he can't shoot to save my life unless he's
trying to kill me.> As she gloated about her cleverness in getting him
to finally hit the target, she spun around just in time to slash her
other attacker across his Eva's chest. "Ha!"
She did a side flip and parried one of the arm blades of the Unit
Ten. <Crap... I hate these damn Tens.> She managed a glancing blow to
its shoulder, but in the follow up the enemy got his left blade through
her defenses and cleanly sliced off her right arm.
Asuka's entry plug shuddered at the blow. She glanced at her damage
display. "Only a flesh wound... Kaji! Will you put a new clip in and
start firing at this guy already?"
"I can't get a clear shot!"
"Like that would help!!" She grinned as he started firing again. As
the enemy unit exploded, she cheered. Her cheering stopped when the
explosion blew off her right leg. "Shit!" She hopped around, using all
her skill to keep her balance.
A warning from Kaji saved her life. "Asuka, look out, five
o'clock!" Or would have saved her life if he'd gotten the direction
correct.
Asuka looked at five o'clock and was promptly impaled by a sword
from the opposite direction. "You bastard!! You two-timing,
mother-fu..." The rest of her expletives where cut off when her Eva
exploded and her intercom was automatically disabled.
-E- -V- -A-
Hikari saw Asuka's indicator fade from the tactical map. "Shit,
we've lost Asuka. It's six to five now." Although one of their drones
was still firing away at two blue Eva's that were attacking Touji,
Hikari never included drones in her counts. If Kaji didn't technically
have two kills already and Misato didn't have two of the enemies chasing
her--and thus not bothering the rest of the Dark Eva Knights--she'd have
considered the count six to three.
Hikari's sword flashed out again and scraped across her enemy's
sword, causing sparks to fly. <This guy has got to be the best Eva
swordsman I've ever fought. He's countered every blow I've thrown at
him.> She scanned the surrounding area. <How can I stop this jerk?
Everyone is occupied...> Hikari saw one of the enemy Eva's vanish from
her display. "Good going, Kensuke!! Um... Touji could use some help...
the one that killed Asuka is almost on top of him and he's got two on
top of him already."
"Already on my way... what about you?"
"I'm one on one with this guy... he's good, but I can handle him."
As she talked, she spotted something in her side display. She did a side
flip to get into position.
"Kaji... see if you can blast any of the Evas by Touji."
Hikari saw a building about a hundred meters from Touji go up in
flames. "Aim the gun, dammit!!"
"I'm trying, you brat!"
"My parents are voters..."
Kaji shuddered in his entry plug and his political instincts took
over. "Aim... squeeze..."
One of the Evas attacking Touji suddenly went up in flames.
"Shit... he did it," Hikari gasped in surprise. She returned her
full attention to the Eva attacking her and managed to goad it into the
proper position. She traded blows with her enemy until she managed to
drag her sword down his, producing a long trail of sparks. The sparks
hit the nearby tanker truck that Hikari had spotted earlier and a
fireball engulfed both Evas.
Hikari had been expecting the explosion, so had the chance to hit
her jump jets and escape with only minor damage to her Eva. Well, minor
compared to the smoking ruins of her opponent. Since she was missing her
left hand and a chunk of her left thigh, she was hardly in prime
condition when she landed.
"Four to five... we can do this!!"
Misato suddenly ran by Hikari. Although shocked by her and her
pursuers' sudden appearance, Hikari managed to slice off the arm of one
of Misato's pursuers before it sliced her head off.
"Damn..." Hikari pounded her dead controls. "That moron! Leading
them right back to the main battle!"
-E- -V- -A-
Hasamoto and his gang watched the game with keen interest.
"Um... where did they get those two new players?"
"They're pretty bad..."
"But the team is holding their own... so far."
Hasamoto grunted, ending the idle speculation from his gang. "It's
obvious that the two new players are amateurs, but they're using them
pretty cleverly to help keep the enemy away from the good players.
That's always been Yohada's biggest problem with his team... no tactical
skills. We'd be able to beat them easily this year with Makie-" He
looked a the newest member of the team, a small geeky looking boy with
glasses. "-to outsmart them... but the Dark Eva Knights..."
One of the tall boys laughed. "Ha! With only four good players?
Even if they get to the finals we could..."
Hasamoto glared at he boy. "Idiot! Even with only four good
players they are holding their own against that team of eight good
players... who almost beat us last year, if you recall."
"Oh yeah... even after we drugged their food."
Hasamoto glared at the boy who had just spoken. "I haven't
forgiven you for screwing up the dosage, you know. They were just drowsy
instead of falling asleep entirely."
The boy was saved by a comment from other of the other boys. "Uh
oh... the Dark Eva Knights just killed another enemy... four to three
now."
Hasamoto eyes burned with rage. "We need some time... Makie, fry
that sucker."
The young, short boy with glasses frowned. "Now?"
"Yes... before either of the teams wins. Got it?" Hasamoto glared
at the short boy.
Makie nodded quickly and scurried off.
"That's just going to delay the finals."
Hasamoto grinned broadly. "It'll be enough to make sure both teams
suffer some more... shall we say 'losses' to their teams." He cracked
his knuckles.
-E- -V- -A-
Touji sliced the head of a blue Eva off and then glanced at his
tactical map. "Kensuke, you've got the last... oops." He sneered as
Kensuke's indicator faded from the display. Except for Misato, who was
running full speed across a minefield, he was the only Dark Eva Knight
left. "Guess I get to be the big hero this time." His ego overflowed
into a broad smile and he lumbered over towards the last enemy Eva, who
was now chasing after Misato. "The idiot." He switched his intercom to
the Dark Eva Knights general channel. "Misato... we're the only two
left. I need you to..."
"No... no... no.... arghhhhhh!!!!"
Touji winced in pain from the loud scream from Misato and switch
the intercom off. "I forgot that I turned it off in the first place
because of her hysterical screaming. Well, she'll be no help."
He looked at his situation. "Well, I'm missing an arm, but as long
as I don't have to jerk off, I'll be okay." He smiled at his joke and
then grabbed a discarded rifle from the ground. He absently pulled
Kaji's severed arm from the trigger and took aim at the enemy Eva. It
was a little awkward to use one-handed, but Touji wouldn't let a simple
missing limb stop him.
He aimed and squeezed the trigger. He frowned when he heard only a
click and turned the rifle over. Instead of a magazine, the brains from
Kaji's Eva were inside. "Nasty... Well, that's what you get when you let
someone shove a missile up your butt, moron."
He tossed the rifle away and then ran towards the enemy, scanning
the battlefield for a weapon. <Why is this guy ignoring me and running
after Misato? I mean... if she was naked and running like that, I would
understand. Hell, I'd join in the chase. But she's just another Eva to
him.> As he drew closer he found a long sword embedded in Hikari's
corpse. <I'll avenge you and pluck your virginal cherry as my reward, my
sweet Hikari.>
When he was within fifty meters of the enemy, he realized why he
was being ignored. "Ah! His sensor package has been damaged. He's blind
except for his visual monitors." A large grin grew on Touji face. "This
will be like sneaking up on a hot chick and goosing her... except I'll
goose him with my sword... hmmm... I guess I could goose women with my
'sword' too." He laughed at his sick little joke, wishing someone were
around to hear his wit.
He approached the Eva directly from behind, knowing that most of
the Evas had a blind spot that the tactical display made up for. But
since this Eva was damaged, it was unable to spot Touji's approach.
Suddenly, Misato veered left to avoid a huge diamond shaped angel
that was approaching her.
"Shit!" Touji cried out and tried to adjust his attack in time, but
it was too late.
The enemy Unit Ten turned to pursue Misato and in the process, the
pilot saw Touji out of the side of his entry plug. The Eva's left arm
blade came up and slashed Touji's remaining hand off.
"Shit!" Touji barely jumped back in time to avoid the follow-up
swing from the Eva's right arm blade. He glanced at the self-destruct
system, wishing he could use it to take out the last enemy and leave
Misato as the sole survivor, but that system was disabled during
tournament play.
He extended his flexible arm and used it to keep the enemy at arms
length as he backed away as fast as he could. Unfortunately, that 'arms
length' was decreasing rapidly as his enemy chopped sections of his
extended arm off with each swing of his arm blades.
Touji checked his tactical map and smiled at what he saw. "He won't
see it coming without his sensor package." He laughed as he slowly
guided his enemy into position. Touji keyed his systems to sever his
arm, turned to his right, and took off running at full speed.
His opponent was taken by surprise and looked at the fallen limb to
make sure there wasn't a grenade or some other nasty surprise left
behind with it. After confirming that the arm was just an arm--or most
of an arm by that point--he started running after Touji. Without his
tactical map he scanned the battlefield carefully, wary of a trap.
Suddenly, Touji disappeared over a hill in front of him. Not wanting to
give Touji time to setup a trap, he bounded over the hill in front of
him ready to slice Touji into pieces with his arm blades.
Instead, he found himself teetering on the edge of a steep canyon.
"Shit!!" he cried out and tried to keep his Eva from going over the
edge.
Down below, Touji watched his enemy as he plunged towards the
canyon floor. "Shit... go over!!" The last thing he saw was his enemy
take a step backwards and avoid the plunge. "Damn."
As Touji's screen when dark, he slammed his fists against the
controls. "Damn... damn... damn..."
-E- -V- -A-
The last member of the blue team, a pimple-faced boy named Hidoe,
smiled as he managed to keep his balance and then step back from the
edge of the crevasse. He grinned broadly and turned around.
The grin vanished when Hidoe saw Misato's Unit Sixteen running full
speed directly at him. He tried to get out of the way, but was pushed
over the edge when she ran into him. The two Evas tumbled off the
cliff's edge locked in a twisted ball and fell into the deep canyon
below.
"Oh shit!!" Misato cried as she saw the ground rushing at her. She
scanned for the off switch, but didn't find it. Mostly since there
wasn't one. "I don't like this game!!"
She suddenly remembered the jump jets and figured they might help
her in this situation. "What I really need is a parachute, but..." She
scanned the controls. "Where was that button again?"
The ground came closer and Misato just started pressing buttons at
random. In the course of her pressings she managed to sever her left
arm, turn on her fog lights, set off a signal flare, clean her front
visual sensors, and fire a spike pack from her shoulder holster. The
spikes from the pack exploded outward and actually managed to hit the
enemy Eva. The two Evas pulled apart and continued their plunge
separately. Although it wouldn't save her life, she also managed to
trigger her armor release.
As Hidoe watched, the armor fell off Misato's Eva and revealed the
featureless female body underneath. Without the sex cheat enabled, all
he saw was a pair of nipple-less breasts and an opening-less, hairless
groin. It was still enough for him to get a massive nosebleed. Since he
had no idea what a real girl looked like naked anyway, he just assumed
that all women looked like that. All his favorite anime TV shows showed
that women were really like that, after all. <How do women piss,
anyway?>
Finally, Misato managed to trigger the jump jets and slowed her
descent. She grinned from ear to ear as her Eva started to gain some
altitude.
Hidoe wiped the blood off his nose and forward screen. He laughed
after seeing Misato's Eva rise on a plume of smoke. "Fool... you'll run
out of propellant long before you reach the top and then fall to your
death." He smugly calculated his rate of descent against his available
propellant and waited until the last moment to fire his jump jets in
order to make a soft landing on the canyon floor.
Misato's jump jets gave out just as her opponent's ignited. "Oh...
shit." She found herself falling again.
"Oh shit!!" Hidoe cried out at about the same time when he realized
that only one of his jump jets had ignited. He toggled the manual
igniter for the second jet a few times trying to get it to fire. "Oh
fuck!!" he shouted when the second jump jet fired, but in the wrong
direction.
Outside, a single spike from Misato's earlier accidental firing of
her spike pack had been driven into one of the jump jet nozzles. The
spike had damaged the control systems and deflected the nozzle of the
second jet to the side.
His Eva spun around like a firecracker until it finally impacted
against the canyon wall and exploded in a huge fireball.
"Oh... pretty!!" Misato commented and smiled. Her smile vanished
when her entry plug exploded in a series of multi-colored sparks. Real
sparks.
-E- -V- -A-
Moments earlier, Makie crushed in a dark cabinet filled with wires
and circuit boards. "Damn... this is impossible." He pulled out a mass
of wires and gaped at them. "Which one is it?"
He started cutting the wires, one after the other. "Nope... nope...
nope... aaaaacckkkk!" He convulsed in pain as the electricity flowed
through him.
Smoke rose from the young boy's hair. "That's the one..." Shaking
his head to clear it, he stripped the installation off the wire and
moved it towards a capacitor on one of the circuit board. He gritted his
teeth and closed his eyes as the wire touched the capacitor.
Small cabinet he was in was quickly filled with sparks as he
overloaded the game systems.
-E- -V- -A-
Hikari, Asuka, ad Kensuke stared at the displays in the briefing
area in disbelief.
"She... won?" Asuka gasped.
"Impossible."
"Wow. I didn't even calculate the odds of Misato winning if she was
the only one left. It is about as ridiculous as Hikari and me sle..."
Kensuke shut up fast before Hikari could kill him for spilling the beans
about him planting his tree in her forest. "Well, err... um..."
Before Kensuke could dig himself deeper into trouble, Touji walked
out of the launch bay with a huge frown plastered on his face. "Sorry
guys... I blew it."
Hikari giggled at the forlorn look on his face. "You are so cute.
Misato managed to kill the enemy Eva and win the game for us."
Touji's jaw dropped and he looked at the monitors. On one was the
frozen image of the players' stats. Only Misato's Eva was listed as
functional. "Wow... I don't believe it." He frowned again when he saw
all the other monitors were displaying digital static. "What's wrong
with the other displays?"
"Who cares! We won!!" Asuka threw her fist triumphantly into the
air.
"It's a miracle!" Hikari started to laugh.
"No, just an improbable series of events that..." Kensuke's serious
demeanor vanished as he couldn't hold back any more. "...allowed us win
the game. We are so great!"
As Kaji sat nearby and brooded, the gang started to dance around
and celebrate. The four teenagers all hugged each other.
Kensuke and Hikari exchanged embarrassed smiles when the group hug
broke up.
Asuka decided not to kill Touji for feeling her up. <I'll give him
this one for free. I'm too happy to make him a eunuch today.>
Their celebration was cut short when a group of the game center's
workers rushed by. "Out of the way... there's something wrong with the
system!!"
-E- -V- -A-
The gang looked on concerned as they wheeled Misato out on a
stretcher. Kaji rushed to Misato's side. "Oh my... how could I have let
you do something so dangerous?"
Misato looked vacantly into Kaji's eyes and made some gurgling
noises.
"Don't try to speak. I love you." Kaji kissed her sweetly on the
lips.
Misato moved her jaws as if to speak. Kaji bent down and placed his
ear to her mouth. As he heard her whisper, he smiled. "Don't worry about
that. Right now, you are my only concern. I'm sure there isn't a
reporter within miles of here." He bent down and kissed her again.
Suddenly, a man popped up and took a picture of the kissing couple.
"What a scoop!!"
Kaji started to chase the photographer but lost him in the crowd
surrounding them. "Shit."
-E- -V- -A-
One of the Eva championship organizers stood at the front of the
assembled crowd, which included Asuka, Hikari, Touji, and Kensuke. Kaji
had gone to the hospital with Misato. Fortunately, she wasn't hurt too
badly and only had a few minor electrical burns. "Ladies and gentlemen.
The game systems have suffered a huge power surge that overwhelmed our
protection circuits. Unfortunately, we will not be able to hold the
finals tomorrow. We will reschedule for a later date either here or at
the Eva center in Tokyo-3."
There was a lot of grumbling and complaints from the crowd, but one
angry voice was heard over the rest. "What about that last game? Did we
win?" Asuka asked, since they never announced the official results after
Misato got her butt fried.
The other members of the Dark Eva Knights added their voices to her
question while their opponents tried to claim that their last player was
still alive when the game was damaged.
"He was not, you asshole!" Asuka glared at the other team.
The organizer in front waved her hands. "Quiet... quiet. We have
reviewed the data from the game and it does appear that the last 'Mother
Fucker'-" She paused to shake her head sadly at the lame names that some
of the teams chose. "-died two point one five seconds before the power
surge. So the Dark Eva Knights are the winners of the third round and
will advance to the final championship round and play the Rampaging
Evas."
The gang all cheered and hugged each other. In their excitement,
Hikari and Kensuke exchanged a light kiss. They quickly moved away and
tried to hide their embarrassment. Touji meanwhile was taunting the
other team. "Buttholes! You lost... you lost... the Mother Fuckers are a
bunch of losers!"
Needless to say, Touji was beaten up by eight pissed off boys.
-E- -V- -A-
"Makie, you fucking idiot!" Hasamoto kicked the trembling boy
again. "I told you to make sure to fry the game BEFORE either team won!"
Another kick.
Makie grimaced from the impact and curled up tightly in a ball. "I
tried... I did my best."
"That's not good enough!" Another kick.
The sole girl in Hasamoto's team grabbed Hasamoto's shoulder.
"Hassy... please... don't hurt him any more. I'm sure he got the point."
Hasamoto backhanded the girl. "Shut up, bitch!! I'll teach this
little moron not to screw up my plans!!"
The girl fell to the floor and put a hand to the dark red welt that
had appeared on cheek that he hit. "I'm... sorry... but we'll need his
help if we're going to beat them in the final round."
Hasamoto stopped his latest kick before it connected. He considered
her words for a few seconds before kicking the bruised boy again.
"Fine... that'll be enough. But you screw up again, and I won't stop
kicking you until you're dead. Got it?"
The bleeding mass grunted.
Hasamoto stormed out of the room. The girl started to go to help
the boy, but flinched when Hasamoto barked another order. "Rei, come
on!!"
The girl mouthed a silent 'sorry' to the boy and then scurried off
after Hasamoto. <I really wish he'd call me by my real name.>
-E- -V- -A-
Rei ran down the street wearing just her bra and part of Shinji's
torn up shirt wrapped around her waist to make an improvised skirt. As
she ran, the skirt flapped and caused occasional flashes of blue hair.
This caused passing men to stop and stare. It also caused a number of
passing cars to crash into light poles and trashcans.
Shinji ran by her side, wearing the rest of his shirt as a
loincloth. In their haste to escape from the police, they had run out of
the warehouse so fast and left most of their clothes behind. If they
were swinging through the jungle on vines, they wouldn't have looked out
of place.
But instead, they were running through a district in Osaka-2
handcuffed together. If it was the red-light district, they might have
gone unnoticed and maybe even gotten jobs at one of the myriad of S and
M shops that one found in the red-light district.
But instead, they were in an upscale shopping district. The three
policemen who were chasing them did not seem to be offering them
employment either. Except maybe jobs making license plates.
Anyway, the Tarzan and Jane wannabes held each other's hands
tightly as they dodged pedestrians and tried to evade their pursuers.
They held each other's hands not for comfort or reassurance, but to
avoid chafing.
"Shit... we've got to get out of these handcuffs and get some
clothes!"
"Don't worry about it, Shinji, you look great," Rei smiled at her
half-naked lover. Her eyes brightened as she caught sight of a familiar
building. "Down that alley! Quick!!"
They hung a quick left and entered a long thin alley. Rei ran down
about halfway before bursting through an old door. She pulled Shinji
inside and slammed the door shut. She leaned against it and breathed
heavily.
Shinji looked around the small dirty room they found themselves in.
"Where are we?"
Rei sighed. "It's a place I worked at for a short time." She stood
on her tiptoes and looked out the peephole. "The cops just ran by...
good. I guess they are paid to ignore this place as well as I thought
they would be."
Shinji looked around and then moved towards the inner door. He was
pulled back by Rei. "What? Isn't the place you had a friend who could
get us out of..." He rattled the handcuffs that bound them together.
"No... it was just a convenient place to hide from the cops. We'll
have to go as soon as the cops are out of the area."
"Why?"
"Let's just say that I left this place under bad circumstances and
they'd probably do something worse than have us arrested if they found
us."
"Rei..." Shinji pulled her into a tight embrace. He cringed when he
heard a shout from the other side of the door.
"Hey, Akemi, your daddy warbucks is in room five!!"
Shinji looked at the inner door in a different light. "It's a...
a..."
Rei nodded. "It was after the miscarriage... I was really messed up
and..."
"I understand. It's okay." Shinji gave her a sweet kiss to put her
at ease and then pulled her into a tight embrace.
Rei looked out the peephole again. "We'd better get going again."
When she turned around, she smiled at the sight of Shinji's bulging
loincloth. "Well, maybe we can stay here for a bit longer."
The improvised skirt and loincloth dropped to the floor and soon
another couple added their voices to the groans and cries of passion in
the brothel.
-E- -V- -A-
"Time number three coming up," Asuka muttered absently. She barely
paused in playing her solitaire game to make the comment.
Rei just smiled slightly at the viewpoint and took notes. Suddenly
she slipped her hand down her body and touched herself. "Hmmmm, that
does feel good." She made some more notes.
"Great... Shinji's can't stop watching his perfect world fall apart
and Rei's learning the joys of masturbating." She flipped a card down.
"Great, I needed that card!"
"What is masturbating?" Rei asked.
"Ask your mother... I refuse to talk to you about sex anymore. If
Shinji will do me, then I'll be glad to tell you all about it, but until
then, forget it."
"Okay." Rei turned and went off to find her mother.
After a short while, a shocked voice called out. "What?! Ummm...
oh no. Ask your father... oh... I guess the First Angel was your
father... well... err... oh fuck. I need a drink."
-E- -V- -A-
Rei rested on top of Shinji's naked chest, listening to the
pleasant beat of his heart. "I love you."
Shinji smiled and ran his hand through her hair. "Yeah... me too.
We'd better..."
Suddenly, the inner door opened and a bag of used condoms was
tossed into the room, spilling it contents over Shinji and Rei.
"Ack!!" Shinji and Rei jumped to their feet and brushed the condoms
off.
"Who are you?" the condom man asked.
"Shit, let's go..." Rei ran for the door, pulling Shinji behind
her.
"Hey! It's that Rei slut who ripped us off!" The man pulled out a
gun and fired a bullet at their retreating backs.
Shinji ducked at the sound of the gunshot. "Bloody hell!"
Rei was leading the way through the twisted back alleys of Osaka-2.
"This way."
"Err... we forgot our clothes again."
Rei smiled and looked back at her naked lover. "You want to go back
for them?"
Shinji shook his head.
Rei giggled and took a moment to put her bra, which had been
dangling on the handcuffs, back on. "I think there is someone a few
blocks from here who can help us... but..." She paused when she realized
what she might have to do to get that help.
"But?"
"He might want me to... you know... to pay him back."
"NO!! I don't ever want to see you sell your body for any reason."
Rei heard the love in his voice and nodded. "Okay... thank you,
Shinji." They kissed and then Rei looked around for signs of trouble and
led him away again. "Come on... there's a girl I know who will help us."
"But not for sex with you, I hope."
"No... but she might be tempted to borrow you." She winked, but
quickly laughed when Shinji's face went blank. "Don't worry... I'd never
share you. You're all mine." She gave him a deep kiss and they took off
running again.
And ran right into another couple. The four of them fell to the
ground in a heap of twisted arms and legs.
"Watch where you're going, dummkopf!!"
"Asuka?" Shinji looked up from the pair of breasts his face had
landed on. "Oh... um..."
Touji looked up from the breasts his face had landed on. "Wow!!
Rei, I like the new look!" He was sporting various bruises and cuts from
his earlier pummeling by the Mother Fuckers.
Rei blushed and squirmed out from under Touji, hiding her naked lap
with her free hand.
Shinji tried to hide his nakedness as he awkwardly got off Asuka,
but Asuka still got an eyeful.
"Ouch!" Asuka rubbed her eye where Shinji had poked his semi-erect
penis into it. "Watch where you point that thing!"
"Sorry."
"Why are you naked anyway, jerkoff?!" She bashed Shinji on the side
of his head. "And handcuffed to Rei!" Another blow. "And getting an
erection!"
Shinji recoiled under the last blow. "Stop that!" He turned towards
Asuka and glared at her.
Asuka frowned and stared at Shinji's left ear. "What is that?"
Shinji looked confused and absently felt the side of his head.
"Huh?"
Asuka looked closer. "Is that... a condom?"
Rei gasped and looked around to see the used condom that was
dangling from Shinji's ear. Since she was handcuffed to his right hand,
she hadn't noticed it before. "Shinji... your ear," she hissed.
Shinji went pale as he frantically groped for the condom and threw
it off. "Err... um..." He thought furiously. "It's hair gel!! Yeah..."
He looked away when he thought he heard a police whistle. "Listen guys,
we don't have time to talk. Touji... give me your pants and Asuka give
Rei your skirt. Now!"
"What?!" a shocked redhead cried out.
Touji was already out of his pants and handed them to Shinji. "Need
the underwear too?"
Asuka looked crossed at Touji. "Pervert." She looked back at
Shinji. "Shinji, what the hell is going on?! Your parents came down from
Tokyo-3 and asked us to help them find you before the cops did. What did
you two do?" She glanced at the discarded condom and shuddered.
Shinji gulped. "Err... um... my parents?"
"Yeah... they showed up right as we were leaving the Eva center!"
"The Eva championships!" Shinji slapped his forehead. Then Rei
slapped him too. Shinji winced in pain and recalled that they were
handcuffed together. "Damn... I forgot about the cuffs." He looked at
Touji. "How'd you do?"
Touji smiled proudly. "We won... barely. But the game system is
fried so..."
"That's not important right now, Touji!!" She glared at Touji and
then back at Shinji. "Tell me what's going on with you two!"
Shinji looked nervously at Rei and handed her the pants to put on
since Asuka wasn't making any move to take her clothes off for Rei.
"Sorry, but we really have to get out of here before the cops find us."
"You prick, tell me what's going on!" Asuka insisted more. In this
case, that insisting included grabbing his penis and twisting.
"Owwwwwwww!!"
Rei slapped Asuka's hand away. "Stop that!" She gently rubbed the
sore appendage, which made it grow in size. "Are you okay?"
Shinji nodded. "Let's go." He looked back at Asuka and Touji.
"Um... tell my parents we're okay, but we just can't be separated
anymore."
Asuka laughed. "You make it sound like you're eloping, idiot."
Shinji looked at Rei and smiled. "Yeah... something like that."
Rei giggled.
Asuka's jaw dropped.
Shinji took Rei's hand and took off running. He was still naked,
but at least Rei had the pants and bra on now.
"Wow... who would have ever guessed Shinji and Rei were fucking
each other."
After leaving a bruised and battered Touji behind on the pavement,
Asuka ran after the fleeing couple.
"Ouch."
-E- -V- -A-
Shinji and Rei ran cuffed hand in hand around a corner. "Watch
out!!"
Hikari gaped at the sight of a naked Shinji running towards her.
<Damn, he's bigger than Kensuke.> She shook her head to clear it, but by
that time Shinji was gone. "What the..." She looked around. "Kensuke!!"
Kensuke ran back to her from the store he was checking out. "What?"
"Shinji and Rei just ran by here." She pointed in the direction
that the two fleeing fugitives had vanished.
"Let's..." Kensuke went silent as Touji and Asuka ran by them in
pursuit of Shinji and Rei.
Touji glanced back quickly. "Come on, we've got to catch them!"
"Shit... where are Touji's pants?" Kensuke asked.
"At least he's not naked like Shinji is."
-E- -V- -A-
Shinji could hear the shouts from the gang behind them, but dared
not slow down. "Damn, they'll attract the cops."
"I think you being naked is more likely to draw attention. I know I
like the sight."
"Rei, can't you be serious?!" Shinji snapped.
"Sorry, but when I'm with you, I just feel so happy."
Shinji smiled. "Me too... any ideas how we can get out of this
mess?"
Rei looked around the unfamiliar streets. "No... I don't know this
area of Osaka-2 that well."
Shinji ran around another corner and saw a man standing directly in
their path. He threw his handcuffed hand up in order to keep from
hitting the man, but he didn't quite get their hands high enough in
time. The chain of the handcuffs caught the man across his throat,
causing all three of them to drop to the ground in a tangled heap.
Rei rubbed her sore butt and apologized. "Sorry about that."
Shinji rubbed his head and looked at the guy they had hit. "Yeah,
we're... DAD!"
Gendou rubbed his sore neck and looked up to see Rei and Shinji.
"Shinji! Rei! What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"Oh fuck... this is all your fault old man!!"
"Don't speak to me that way!" Gendou scolded.
"If you hadn't let your cock wander..."
Gendou completed the sentence. "Rei would never have been born..."
Shinji flinched and looked at Rei. "Well... still..."
Rei heard police whistles and looked around. "Shinji, we've got to
go!"
Shinji started to stand up. "Yeah..."
"No you don't!!" Gendou grabbed the handcuff chain and held on
tightly.
"Let go! Or do you want us to go to jail?"
"No... but running away isn't the answer!"
Shinji kneed Gendou in the groin and then managed to pry his
father's fingers off the chain. "Come on, Rei."
Gendou gasped for breath and rubbed his various sore spots as he
watched his two children run away.
He had just started to rise to go after them when he was run over
by the gang as they chased the fleeing Shinji and Rei.
Touji looked around. "Did we hit something?"
Asuka shrugged. "Who cares. Come on, we're going to lose them."
-E- -V- -A-
In the theater, Shinji had suddenly smiled broadly.
Rei looked worried as she examined Shinji's face closely. "Do you
think he's okay? That grin is odd."
Asuka laughed. "Oh, I imagine that he's just happy at seeing his
father get his family jewels busted."
"Family jewels?" Rei asked, confused.
"Balls." Rei's expression didn't change. "Num-nuts." No reaction.
"His rocks of love." Asuka sighed. "His testicles!"
"Oh." Rei paused and then tilted her head. "Why would his father
getting kneed in his testicles make Shinji happy?"
"Let's just say that men are particularly sensitive in that area."
"Yes, I noticed that when I sucked Shinji's penis."
Asuka glared at the blue haired girl. A part of her wanted to pound
Rei and part of her wanted to do what Rei had done to Shinji. <If I
could just get the voyeur clone out of here, I'd do some experimenting
myself.> A wicked grin crossed her face. "You know, Rei, maybe you
should go talk to your mother. I'm sure she's busted a lot of balls in
her time and can tell you more about it."
Rei tilted her head slightly. "You want to suck his penis too,
don't you?"
Asuka blushed. "Shut up!" All things considered, it was not one of
her better comebacks.
-E- -V- -A-
And they're off!
In the lead was a naked Shinji cuffed to a provocatively dressed
Rei.
Close behind was a pissed off redhead and a horny teenage boy. <Oh
wow... Rei's naughty bits are rubbing against my pants.> Three guesses
which of them thought that.
On their heels, we have the non-couple who had sex the night
before. Not that either of them would talk about it. The occasional
awkward glances that passed between them as they searched for and then
chased Shinji and Rei showed they weren't happy that they ended up
together when the search teams were chosen. But their concerns were
nothing compared to the animosity between the next pair.
New to the race were the two mothers, who didn't trust each other
enough to let the other search by herself. "Shinji, please stop!! We can
work this all out!" Yui pleaded with her son, but he didn't hear her.
"You little prick, come back with my daughter!" Ritsuko cursed at
the boy who was fucking her daughter. Well, not at that moment, but she
had a pretty good idea why Shinji was naked and her daughter was wearing
a pair of men's pants.
And stumbling up from behind is the bruised and battered father of
the two leaders.
The race took them down back alleys, down main thoroughfares,
across a wedding banquette table, through the local zoo, through a gay
bar, through a crowded bargain sale, and finally through a park. By the
time the race reached the park, there were several more people, a bride,
a herd of elephants, and a panda in pursuit of Shinji and Rei. The bride
was chasing Shinji since he was bigger than the groom was. Several bar
patrons had joined for similar reasons. And a number of young bargain
shoppers gave up their quest for cheap dresses for a chance at catching
Shinji. Well, at least two of the young women were after Rei, but since
one of them was bi, it was hard to get an accurate count of who was
chasing who for what reason. In fact, several people had joined in the
chase out of sheer curiosity.
Shinji and Rei jumped over a necking couple. The pursuers didn't
quite clear the couple and several bodies ended up on the ground in a
twisted mass of limbs. The elephants decided to jump in the nearby lake
to cool off. Several boats floating on the surface capsized, dumping the
lovers within into the cold water.
"Hey! That's my ass you're touching!"
"Who's touching my breast?"
"Someone touch me, dammit!!"
Rei glanced back at the remaining pursuers, which still included
their parents, the gang, and an odd assortment of people she didn't
know, one of which had a black and white fur coat on. <Kind of hot to be
wearing a fur coat. And what's with the sign?> She glanced back at
Shinji and started to laugh.
"It's not funny!" Shinji insisted.
"I'm sorry Shinji, but you look so cute when you're naked and
covered in wedding cake frosting." Rei reached over and ran her hand
across his frosting-covered chest. She pulled back her hand and licked
the frosting seductively off her fingers. "Yummy."
A mound of frosting rose from Shinji's groin. "Damn... we've got to
find someplace to hide from these guys so we can fuck!"
Rei laughed. She gripped Shinji's hand tighter and they redoubled
their pace like only a couple of horny teenagers looking for a place to
have sex could. Normally fate would provide a way for Shinji and Rei to
do just that. But fate was on vacation and poetic justice was on duty.
Unfortunately, poetic justice wasn't a big Shinji and Rei fan.
They emerged into a large clearing and screeched to a halt at the
sight that befell them. At first glance, it was just a large barbecue.
At second glance, it was a very large barbecue. At third glance, it was
the Annual Southern Japan Police Officer's Barbecue Bash, as evidenced
by the large banner over the main stage that proclaimed that in large
characters. At fourth glance... well by the time Shinji and Rei had a
fourth glance they knew their life as fugitives was over.
Poetic justice is a bitch, isn't she?
On stage, a fat balding man was making a speech. "And our next
award goes to Officer Anno for bringing down the evil purple robot that
terrorized Osaka-2 last night."
The audience went wild and hooted and hollered. "Bring out the
robot killer." "Anno got his robot after all!" "How many bullets did it
take to pop that balloon?"
As Officer Anno slunk up to the stage to accept his Golden Plunger
for his heroic deed, the aforementioned mob chasing Rei and Shinji burst
into the clearing that was full of police officers. Although off duty,
the police officers were immediately suspicious of the naked boy covered
in frosting and handcuffed to a girl wearing just a bra and pants. The
police in southern Japan were known for being fast to pick up on clues
like these.
The fat man on stage spoke into the microphone. "Excuse me... but
the nude, co-ed, S and M cake toss isn't until the end of the barbecue."
They are also known for having extremely kinky barbecues.
Just as Rei and Shinji had a ray of hope that they'd somehow get
away from the mass of police officers, Officer Anno's eyes went wide.
"Shit! Those are the two kids who escaped from my car last night!!"
Needless to say, Shinji and Rei did not get to compete in the nude,
co-ed, S and M cake toss. Although somehow Touji, Kensuke, Asuka, and
Hikari managed to get into the contest. Touji and Hikari took first
place, while Asuka refused to run and caused her and Kensuke to come in
last. Go figure.
-E- -V- -A-
Shinji awoke the next morning and stretched. "Ouch," he cried out
when he banged his arms on the cell bars. He rubbed his arms as he rose
from the thin mattress and looked around the bare cell he had spent the
night in. <Guess I should have known it couldn't last. Fuck, I hope
Rei's alright.> He sighed and suddenly had the urge to pee. He looked
out into the hallway to see if there was anyone watching then glanced
back at the toilet in the cell and grimaced. He slowly walked to the
bowl undoing his prison pants. He sat down and let out a long
'ahhhhhhhhhh'.
"Shinji?"
Shinji started at hearing his name and looked around. "Huh?"
"Shinji, is that you?"
"Rei?"
"Yeah... I'm in the next cell."
Shinji jumped to his feet, pulled his pants back up, and rushed to
the wall leading to the cell her voice had come from. In his haste, he
didn't shake and a wet spot spread across his pants. "Rei, are you
alright?"
"Yeah... they just moved me in here after some problems with my
roommate. I'd recognize your ahhhh anywhere."
Shinji smiled. "What happened with your former roommate?"
"She was a girl I used to know. She still blames me for stealing
Hasamoto from her."
"Did you tell her she could have him back?"
Rei chuckled. "Yeah, but she wouldn't believe my story and sort of
got violent."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah... she looks worse than me."
"Sorry about all this. I should never have run from that cop."
"No... I enjoyed it. Well, at least the sex part."
Shinji blushed. "Yeah... however long we're in here, I'll find you
when I get out."
"Thank you." Rei's hand appeared around the outside of the bars
searching for something to hold.
Shinji saw the hand and reached out and grabbed it. "I love you,
Rei." He squeezed her hand to reassure her. At that moment, it was all
he could do.
It was enough. In her cell, Rei smiled as she felt his hand grasp
hers. "I love you too, Shinji." She pulled the ice pack off her eye to
reveal the black eye she had gotten during the fight. "Forever."
-E- -V- -A-
"Love sucks!" Shinji screamed as he came out of his trance.
"Why, Shinji?" Misato asked.
"Why?!" Shinji pointed at the viewpoint. "Look what it leads to.
They're both in jail!!"
"But they look happy."
"They're in JAIL!"
"But they're together."
"Not for long!!"
Misato put a comforting hand on Shinji's shoulder. "Sometimes those
few stolen moments together are better than spending every waking moment
with the one you love."
"That's bullshit. Love sucks! It just leads to pain and more pain."
Misato pulled Shinji into a hug. "Maybe, but it also leads to happy
times. You just have to open your heart to the offered love."
Shinji blinked loudly. "Are you telling me to return Rei's love?"
Misato scowled and pushed Shinji away from her. "No! If you touch
my pure and innocent daughter, I'll make eternity a living hell for
you!"
Shinji glanced at the viewpoint. "Don't bother... I'm doing a
pretty good job of making a mess out of it without your help."
-E- -V- -A
Excerpt from 'The American Century Dictionary' - 1999 edition:
love n. 1 deep affection or fondness 2 sexual passion 3 sexual relations
4 beloved one; sweetheart 5 Tennis. No score; zero v. (loved, loving) 6
feel love or a deep fondness for 7 delight in; admire; greatly cherish 8
FOR LOVE for pleasure, not profit 9 IN LOVE enamored (of) 10 MAKE LOVE
have sexual intercourse
Excerpt from 'Shinji's Guide to the Post-Third Impact World' - 2nd
edition:
love n. 1 I have no idea what love is 2 wow... um... well... I guess
what Rei did to me felt good 3 yowsa... um... well maybe after a few
dates 4 I don't think I ever really had a chance to have one 5 Tennis.
Don't know how to play it v. (loved, loving) 6 I like Rei, but I don't
know if I can return her love... and what about Asuka? 7 I delight in
all three of the women I share this theater with... Admire? Yeah, except
when Misato is drunk or Asuka pulls my penis. Cherish? Well if we were
the last people on Earth then maybe... oh we are. Okay, I guess I can
cherish them too. 8 FOR LOVE for pain, not pleasure 9 IN LOVE could I be
in love with Rei... or maybe Asuka? 10 MAKE LOVE No, I won't fuck you,
Asuka!
Excerpt from 'Asuka's Guide to the Post-Third Impact World' - 1st
edition:
love n. 1 Shinji has no idea what love is 2 that Asuka and Kaji sure had
some hot passion together 3 yeah, I'd do it with Shinji, but Kaji would
be better 4 I've had a lot... I was very popular back in Germany 5
Tennis. Anything that involves busting balls, I'm good at v. (loved,
loving) 6 Yeah, what about me? 7 Gee, I'm so glad it took the end of the
world for you to finally cherish me. Be still my heart. 8 FOR LOVE well,
that other Rei was sure doing it for cash 9 IN LOVE what a joke. Rei
thinks she loves that little boy 10 MAKE LOVE when do I get to have sex?
It's not fair. Come on, Shinji, I'm bored. Do me!
Excerpt from 'Rei's Guide to the Post-Third Impact World' - written by
her kind and caring (if a little overprotective) mother:
love n. 1 love is confusing, don't mistake feelings of loneliness or
friendship for love 2 don't even think about doing anything with Shinji
3 I mean it 4 kissing is okay, but no tongues (P.S. Asuka was a slut in
Germany) 5 Tennis. Make sure to wear bloomers so the guys can't see your
panties when you hit the ball or you'll have to hit their balls when
they swarm all over you after the game v. (loved, loving) 6 don't you
feel him either or go deep on him again 7 you can admire him from across
the theater 8 FOR LOVE don't you dare take money from him for anything 9
IN LOVE even if you are in love with Shinji, don't have sex with him 10
MAKE LOVE for the last time, Rei, do not fuck Shinji! I forbid it!
-E- -V- -A-
"Hey, Shinji, do you want to fuck me?"
Shinji's jaw dropped to the theater floor. "Rei... um..."
"My mom has told me all about it and I think it could be fun."
Shinji squirmed. "Well, I'm sure she said you shouldn't rush into
it."
"Yeah, she clearly told me not to have sex. But for some reason
that makes me want to do it even more."
Shinji sighed. "Rei... why? Why do you think you love me?"
"I just do. I don't feel complete without you. I feel so warm
inside when we're close. I feel I can relate to you. I empathize with
you. I don't know how to say it another way, so I'm saying that I love
you."
Shinji dropped to the ground and started to shake. "He... he said
the same thing."
"He?"
"Kaworu."
"Kaworu said he loved you? But he's a boy." Rei inquired
innocently.
"Was a boy. Until I killed him." Shinji looked down at his hands
and imagined they were covered in blood. Of course, considering the
nature of the theater there suddenly was blood on them.
Rei gasped. "Shinji. Let it go. If you don't the pain will eat you
alive."
"Why? Your second self killed herself for me. Kaworu wanted me to
kill him so that I could live. My mother..." Shinji rubbed his hands
together and the blood slowly faded from them. "Everyone who loves me...
dies."
"I'm sure people who hate you die too."
"Gee, thanks."
Rei sunk slowly to Shinji's side. "You know, Shinji, I only have
some of my second self's memories and I don't know what happened at the
end of her life, but I don't think she felt the same way as I do now."
Shinji looked up at Rei, confused. "Huh?"
"I am the sum of my experiences. My first self saw the child of Mr.
Ikari and wanted to play with him."
"You met me when we were kids?"
Rei shook her head. "No, we didn't meet then. I saw you on the
security cameras when you visited the test center. At the time, I was
almost always in the tank and the cameras were the only view I had of
the outside world."
"That's awful."
"It was... all I knew at the time. My second self felt the need to
join with you..."
"You mean have sex?"
"No... it was more of a bonding of souls, than love or sex. My
third self combines those and adds my observations of my fourth self."
"Fourth?"
"The Rei you created." She gestured at the viewpoint.
Shinji considered this for a few moments. "So, that's why you think
you love me... because that Rei loves that Shinji. Rei... that's not you
and that's not me."
"Aren't they?"
"No!!"
"Why not? That Shinji is a part of you. That Rei is a part of you.
So, somewhere inside you there must be a part of you that loves me."
Shinji frowned as he considered this. "Rei... even if that's true.
I just don't know if I want to return your love. It'll just lead to pain
and heartbreak like it has for them."
"I promise I won't become a prostitute, if that'll help."
Shinji had no idea if she was being serious or making joke, but a
smile appeared on his face. "It's not like there are a lot of customers
around."
"Just you." She paused briefly. "And Asuka and Misato, but I don't
believe they are lesbians."
"No... probably not." Shinji sighed and idly traced random patterns
on the floor with his finger. "What is love?" he whispered to himself.
Rei leaned in. "Did you say something?"
Shinji looked up at Rei and sighed. "Rei, don't get the wrong idea
about this."
"What?"
"This." Shinji leaned over and gave Rei a short and tender kiss.
Shinji watched her face as he pulled away and could see the happiness
spread across her face. It was a smile unlike any of the others he had
seen on her. It was a smile that made him warm inside. <Why... why does
seeing her so happy make me feel better? Is this love?> He touched her
face, marveling at the touch of her skin. "I don't know if there is such
a thing as love anymore, but I'm willing to take the chance that that
other Shinji took."
"Thank you, Shinji." Rei leaned in and kissed Shinji.
<I just hope it ends up better,> Shinji thought before getting lost
in the sensation of the kiss.
A choice is made.
[End - Garden of EVA 1:6 - Love Sucks!]
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Author's notes/ramblings:
Well, does love suck or doesn't it? I don't know. Do you?
The condom on the ear joke was inspired by the movie 'There's Something
About Mary'. I couldn't resist.
I'd like to thank my pre-readers David Johnston, Thomas C. Kinnen, EBJ,
Michael Liebenow, Robert Wurtsmith, and Michael A. Chase for helping me
find and fix problems with this story. FFML member Toh Ee Loong was also
helpful in fine tuning this story. Thank you all. Of course in the end,
any mistakes and botched characters are my fault.
Revision 0.0 - Initial draft (September 2, 1999)
Revision 0.1 - Pre-reader draft (September 26, 1999)
Revision 0.2 - FFML draft (October 12, 1999)
Revision 1.0 - Final version (October 27, 1999)
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Jim Lazar
E-Mail - mailto:jimlazar@earthlink.net
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