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Dema-fa was sitting in a bed in the NERV medical wing. He was coughing
and rubbing the back of his hand against his face.
"Yuk. I'm going be tasting bile for a week," Dema-fa muttered.
He cocked his head to one side and looked lost in thought. "I think
I'd better just beat up Angels with my bare hands."
"That was an odd remark," Rei said as she entered the room.
Dema-fa looked up and saw the blue-haired girl. He bit his lip and
looked away.
"So, Rei what are you doing here?"
"I came to see if you were in good health after piloting my
Evangelion," she answered in a monotone.
Dema-fa mentally winced as he replied, "I'm sorry I took it without
asking, Rei. But, the Angel had to be stopped."
"That was not what I am here for. I want to know how you are doing."
"Oh. I'm fine. I have no intention of getting back into one of those
things. I really don't feel like puking my guts out. Although, it did
give me something interesting to taste."
Steeping into the room, Asuka caught that last remark.
She blanched, flopped down on a chair, and said, "You are sick,
Superjerk. Enjoying the taste of your own puke?"
Dema-fa let that slide and addressed his visitor. "So, what can I do
for you? Want to gloat that a few minutes in that robot put me into the
hospital?"
Taking a deep breath, the red-head replied, "How did you manage to
pilot an EVA and defeat the Angel?"
"I didn't have time for games. When I took Unit 00, the only thought
going through my head was 'stop the Angel'. If it came to it, I would
have did a suicide run to destroy the Angel."
Cocking his head to one side, Dema-fa asked, "I have a question for
you. Why aren't you bringing up that bit I forced on you with the gun?"
A flash of anger passed over Asuka's face and she stood up and headed
for the door. *Commander Ikari approved the action, but it doesn't mean
I have to like it.*
Rei answered for her. "Commander Ikari let your action go unchallenged
and then admitted he would have done the same thing to get us to work
together, if it had occurred to him."
*I wonder what happened to Gendo. He's changed since we were
classmates.*
Asuka glared at Rei and stormed out of the room. Watching her go,
Dema-fa shook his head. A long silence filled the room, as Dema-fa
felt Rei's eyes constantly upon him.
Feeling a bit uncomfortable, he asked, "Rei is there something else you
want? I would like to take a shower or bath."
"I am not sure. Explain why you called me little rabbit."
Shaking his head, he explained, "A long time ago, I almost got killed
by a group of bullies trying to protect a rabbit. I was very lucky that
the chain that was whipped at me only cut the surface of my skin and
didn't give me a concussion or worse. When I carried you to the house,
I could feel your heartbeat and it reminded me of that rabbit."
Dema-fa was about to say something when Rei spoke. "I will see you at
the house later."
He waited until she left before using his room's facilities to get
cleaned up.
*I wonder what Rei wants. She was starting to freak me out there for a
second.*
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Misato was sitting at a computer terminal in NERV, trying to get a
handle on the mysterious Dema-fa. Using the fingerprints she had lifted
from the glass, she started scanning files in trying to find a match.
"I'll try from a decade ago to now. He should be in there."
After a bit of time, the computer came back with no matches. She tried
again using a picture and still came up blank. She decided to give the
fingerprints another go, with an earlier decade. As she typed in the
year '1994', her finger slipped and she typed '1904'. She did not catch
her slip up until she hit the search key.
She slapped her forehead as she saw the year. "No. It's going to take
an hour before it's finished."
Massaging her temples with her hand, she sighed and let the computer do
its work. *Might as well let it go. It'll save me a bit of hassle.*
The checking and processing of the computer came to a stop as it showed
a positive match. Seeing that she had gained a bit of success, Misato
raised both fists into the air with a feeling of triumph.
"Yes. Now, I have a name to go with Mr. Lech," she said as she brought
up the info screen. "His name is Akira Fudo and he...what the? This
can't be right."
Misato read through the file several times in disbelief. The file
didn't change.
"According to this, he attended school with Yui Ikari and Gendo."
Biting her bottom lip, she continued to read. She read a line near the
bottom of the file aloud.
"Akira Fudo along with his friend, Ryo Asuka, vanished after an
undisclosed incident put Ryo Asuka in the hospital. Whereabouts are
unknown."
Misato leaned back in her chair and stared at the monitor. A sudden
thought came to her and she checked on the status of Akira's parents.
What she saw there, confirmed her suspicions.
"My father's expedition was sent to find out what happened to the
expedition led by Akira's parents. What was it he said? Be glad that
you didn't find them? Why did he say that? If he is Akira Fudo, how
come he still looks so young? And, what happened to him before and
after his disappearance?"
Captain Katsuragi threw up her hands in fustration. "Arrrgh! I got an
answer, but it just led to more and more questions."
A telephone near her started to ring. She sighed and picked it up.
"Katsuragi here. What's up?"
The voice at the other end of the line said, "Captian, this is
security. Dema-fa just showed up at the front gate and is trying to
leave. What should we do?"
Shaking her head, Misato replied, "Let him go. He's just heading back
to the Asuka Mansion. By the way as the Fourth Child showed up, yet?"
"Er. Yes, he has. We don't know where to put him, though."
"If Dema-fa hasn't left yet, have Nagisa accompany him to the house.
Otherwise, have a security force accompany Nagisa."
"I see. I'll do both. Just to be on the safe side, you understand?"
Smiling a bit, Misto answered, "Oh, I understand quite well."
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Walking to the mansion, Dema-fa smirked at the size of the group he was
leading. There was him, Shinji, Rei, Asuka, the new kid: Kaworu Nagisa,
and a dozen NERV security guards.
"Quite an ensemble. I wonder if people will think that we are a parade
group that got lost," Dema-fa stated.
Rei replied, "This is for our protection."
Dema-fa laughed and said, "Well that might be true of you four, but as
to me... I think they are here to keep an eye on me and try to figure
out who and what I am."
The older boy examined the new member of the household. Dema-fa saw
that he had red eys, like Rei, and grey hair. He also noticed that
Nagisa's eyes had a cast of sadness about them. He decided to strike up
a conversation with the fourth child.
"So, what do you think of NERV so far?"
Nagisa replied, "I find it sad that everyone condems the Angels and yet
hopes that their power will be used to save them."
"Ah, the Evangelions. Well, I don't rely on them. I have other
methods at my disposal."
"Yes, you and Rei are like me."
"Um. Rei might be. But, I am unique. There is no one else like me
on the planet."
Nagisa smiled slightly. "The mysterious Dema-fa who regulary annoys
goverment officials. You have made quite a name for yourself as has
Shinji, Rei, and Asuka."
"Who wouldn't know who Superfreak is after that little stunt he pulled
right before Jet Alone went berserk?" Asuka snidely asked.
Dema-fa smiled at that. "Well, what do you guys want for supper.
Steak? Hamburger? Hot dogs?"
Quitely, Rei answered, "I don't eat meat."
"Okay. Rei, do you eat eggs or anything that uses eggs as an
ingredient? Such as, cake?"
The blue haired girl thought for a second and replied, "I have had a
slice of choclate cake before. I can eat eggs."
Turning to the new boy, Dema-fa asked, "Nagisa?"
Kaworu said with a slight smile, "I can eat eggs, but like Rei, I also
don't eat meat."
Cracking his knuckles, Dema-fa stated, "One omlet, minus the bacon,
coming up. Shinji, you've been awfully quiet. Is there something the
matter?"
Startled, Shinji stammered, "N-no. It's just that I was thinking about
what you said to Asuka and myself before you defeated the Angel. Is it
true that we're all that can prevent the extinction of humanity."
"After supper, Shinji. I don't like cooking while being depressed,"
Dema-fa said, while holding up a hand. *Seele used my parent's
expedition to get to Lilis and then left mom to be eaten by the demon
Jinmen.*
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Commander Ikari looked up from his desk as Captain Katsuragi entered.
Lacing his fingers in front of his mouth, he wondered what brought his
subordinate to his office.
"Good evening, Captain. What can I do for you?"
Taking a deep breath, Misato asked, "Commander, do you remember going
to school with a boy by the name of Akira Fudo?"
"It is odd that you mentioned that. Dema-fa has been reminding me of
him. Why do you ask?"
"Um. I'm investigating Dema-fa and I think he has a connection with
Akira Fudo. What was Akira like?"
Gendo leaned back in his chair and hummed, while he reminisced about
his old classmate.
"Before, he was a lot like Shinji. He was very shy and nervous, but
had flashes of courage. He risked getting severely injured to protect a
rabbit from being killed for sport. After, he changed. He made
lecherous comments, had a lot of self-confidence, and wasn't afraid to
say his mind. He was a lot like Dema-fa."
"Before and after?"
"That would be the arrival of one Ryo Asuka," Gendo explained.
"Shortly after he arrived, Akira changed dramatically. The only person
outside of Akira and Ryo who might have known what happened was Mikki,
but she died a while back."
Misato bit her bottom lip and said, "I see."
"Did you find anything else out about Akira? I would like to know what
happened to him, after he disappeared."
"Not about him, exactly. It's about his parents. They led the Fudo
expedition that my father's crew was sent to find. I find it kind of
odd at the time between the two expeditions."
"There were others before the Katsuragi expedition. It's just that
your father's was the last one. Something always interfered with the
groups' success."
*How do I tell Commander Ikari that Dema-fa and Akira Fudo are the same
person?" Misato thought. "He wouldn't believe it. Heck, I don't
believe it.*
Staring at his underling, Gendo said, "You would not have brought up
Akira Fudo, if it wasn't important. Tell me what you have found."
After taking a steadying breath, Captain Katsuragi explained, "I have
recently compared the fingerprints of Dema-fa to those in the database.
I came up with a perfect match. That match was Akira Fudo. The only
conclusion is that Dema-fa and Akira Fudo are the same person."
"That is highly improbable. Akira would be my age and not a
teen-ager. Someone might have used his blood to clone Dema-fa and add
in the enhancements."
Dubiously, Misato said, "I guess so. Maybe. I'll inform you if I find
anything else out."
Gendo nodded at Misato's answer. The Captain bowed and exited Ikari's
office.
After she left, Gendo drummed his fingers on his desk and thought,
*Akira alive after all this time? I can not accept that he remained
unchanged by the passing of years. It's probably like I told Misato.
He's nothing more than an enhanced clone.*
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