[FFML] [Eva][B5] Forgotten Warriors Chapter 5

[Christopher Smith]

Forgotten Warriors
Chapter 5: Dancing on the Line Between Darkness and Light
An Evangelion/Babylon 5 Crossover
By: Legato Deathscythe and Isamu

Sheridan entered his office and found the Drazi Ambassador waiting for him. 
The Captain walked directly to his desk, not showing any real problem here. 
His manner as he greeted the Drazi Representative was cordial, offering him 
a seat which he took so they could get to business. “Ambassador,” he said.
“Captain Sheridan, as you are well aware both the Centari and the Narn 
have been attempting to take jurisdiction over the all related materials to 
the Evangelion. Needless to say, the League is becoming involved as they 
have begun lobbying individual league members for their approval,” the 
Ambassador said.
“Yes, however the boy is still human. Both he and the Evangelion fall under 
Earth's jurisdiction. Our investigation is still ongoing both here and back at 
Earth Dome. I would think in order for either to have a case Earth would 
have to be willing to withdraw our claim to it, and I doubt we will be 
agreeing to that anytime soon,” Sheridan replied.
“I understand Earth's desire to protect their own, as does the rest of the 
League. This entire situation however is, unique I'm sure you will agree.”
Sheridan barely repressed a chuckle, “That is defiantly an understatement 
Ambassador.”
“The League has decided that the best way to proceed is to simply call a 
full council session to examine the evidence and receive an update on the 
investigation as it stands. We feel that the only way to resolve this is if 
the investigation is as open and transparent as possible,” the Ambassador 
explained. 
Sheridan didn't like the idea of various ambassadors looking over the 
technicians shoulders. He didn't want to hide anything from them, but 
having a torrent of curious ambassadors questioning everything as the 
investigation was on going would make for a sloppy report. However, the 
Drozi ambassador only really wanted what amounted to an update of the 
situation as it stood. That could be handled diplomatically enough, and with 
a minimum of interference with the tech crews.
“I don't see any problem with that Ambassador. I will want to remind you 
that we haven't been able to get much information from our investigation 
due to whatever energy field is protecting that thing. Most of the information 
we've collected about the Eva has been mostly from uncovered historical 
records. I'll share any information we have, but right now that isn't much. 
We still don't know anything about the boy we pulled out of it, or why it was 
ever constructed in the first place,” Sheridan said.
“Of course, we... “ the Ambassador said before he was interrupted by 
Sheridan's comm screen. The person on the other end appeared to be 
Commander Ivannova.
“Captain, sorry to interrupt. The Alexander just came through the jumpgate,” 
she reported.
	“Thank you Commander, I'll be down to great General Hague and Mrs. 
Soryu shortly,” Sheridan responded. 
“Ambassador, I have to go meet the General at the docking bay. He's 
brought someone along who claims to have a lot of the answers we are 
seeking. Now, I am willing to call a council meeting to give an update after 
I've reviewed the information she is bringing with her and conferred with 
Earth Dome.”
“Of course Captain,” the ambassador said, then he departed. 
Sheridan left soon after heading for the transport tube. As he stood in the 
tube waiting to arrive at his destination, Sheridan could only hope that the 
answers would be forth coming. He was tired of finding more and more 
questions.

-- 

Londo was having a difficult day.  A simple mater of extraditing a criminal, 
whose crimes were obviously against the Centari Republic, was quickly 
becoming a major, galactic incident.  First the Narns had decided that they 
too wished to try the boy child as well; which was obviously nothing more 
then a ploy to get the weapons on board the robotic monstrosity.  But then 
the League had decided that it must interfere as well.
"Bah!" the ambassador said as he pored himself a drink and looked again at 
his orders, desperately hoping that they had changed in the last few 
minutes.  Unfortunately, The Great Maker had not decided to have pity on 
the overworked ambassador. The words had remained unchanged.  He was 
to secure both the machine, the Evangelion, and its pilot for trial on Centari 
Prime and reparation for the damage done to the Centari fleet.  There was to 
be exclusive and full jurisdiction of both.  "Impossible," Londo said quietly 
before he poured the brandy down his throat.  "Impossible!" he said again, 
this time yelling it as he crossed his quarters, meaning full well to send a 
message home to tell the Emperor himself that if need be.
"So you can’t see Mr. Morden today?" Vir suddenly said from the doorway, 
a hopeful expression clear in his voice and on his face.
"What’s that Vir?" Londo said, suddenly turning to face his assistant.
"Mr. Morden is here to see you, but if it’s impossible to fit him into your 
schedule, then I’ll just send him away for you," Vir said quickly as he turned 
to leave the room.
"Morden’s here?" Londo said, a little startled by the visit.  "What are you 
waiting for, send him in Vir!"
"Damn," Vir muttered as disappointment and distaste crossed his face.
"What was that?" Londo said, as he began to look through the papers on his 
table, obviously all but ignoring his assistant.
"What, oh nothing, I’m just going to go get him now," Vir said without 
missing a beat.
Just as Londo was putting away the last of the documents that could be 
considered sensitive, Morden entered the room.  Calm and serene with a 
smug grin on his face he cheerfully greeted the ambassador.  "Londo, how 
are things?"
"Well enough, Mr. Morden, well enough.  To what do I owe this visit?"
"I’d like to talk to you about the Evangelion," Morden answered, the smug 
grin growing deeper on the humans face.
“Of course, everyone else wants to drive me mad about that monstrosity. 
Why should you be any different,” Londo said, suddenly feeling very tired.

--

As per usual there was no honor guard for the General. However his usual 
distaste for such things was only part of the reason. The fact of the matter 
was that both General Hague and Captain Sheridan preferred not to bring 
too much if any attention to the older woman walking next to him. 
She stood all of five and a half feet tall, with gray running through what 
used to be fiery red hair. While she appeared frail, she walked with an air of 
strength that no man could penetrate. He gaze when fixed upon Sheridan 
almost reminded him of the number of times he had faced others in battle 
and looked into their eyes. Her visage softened though as Sarah Soryu 
walked up beside the Captain. 
The older woman walked forward and pulled her daughter into a tight hug, 
“How are you holding up?”
“As well as can be expected Mother,” Sarah replied.
“I understand completely, Liebshin. I don't see Asuka, with the boy no 
doubt,” the older Soryu said.
“How did you know about that mother?” Sarah asked, afraid of the answer.
“In time my dear, for now pleasantries,” she said before turning to Sheridan. 
“Captain Sheridan, I'm Dr. Katharina Soryu. My assistant should have 
forwarded more documents and materials concerning the Evangelion to your 
office prior to my arrival. I'm certain the materials I sent my daughter have 
already been examined as needed.”
“Yes ma'am, I left that to Officer Soryu,” Sheridan said in reply.
“A wise decision considering the circumstances. I would like to examine the 
Evangelion first and speak with my granddaughter. I must confirm my 
theory prior to any disclosure,” the older woman said.
If Sheridan felt her demands were out of line he didn't say, “Of course, I'll 
let Officer Soryu show you the way.”
Sheridan directed the two towards the exit, then turned to General Hague as 
the two women departed, “Good to see you John.”
“Thank you General. I wish it was under better circumstances. The Centari 
have been demanding we extradited both children to them for trial. The Narn 
are demanding the same, but at my request,” Sheridan said as he began 
leading Hague to the tube.
“Trying to stall for time?”
“Yes sir. I am hoping the request of the two will either force the Centari to 
stand down, or that I can at least garner enough support in the League in 
the time we have to maintain jurisdiction.”
The two entered the tube and began the trip to Sheridan's office. For a 
second though as the door closed, Sheridan thought he saw a young girl 
with blue hair. He shook it off and continued.
“We may need to call a full session of the Council to decide this,” Sheridan 
said.
“Do you think you'd be able to keep them within Earth's jurisdiction?” Hague 
asked.
“I'm pretty certain. Ambassador Delenn is assisting the Soryu's as much as 
she can. If it comes down to a vote then we can count on the Minbari. 
Oddly enough Ambassador Kosh has also taken an interest in this. That in 
and of itself is an event,” Sheridan answered.
As they entered the General's quarters, Hague took out a small jammer and 
switched it on. The man always certain something was bugged at times. 
But with how things were going on Earth John couldn't blame him. The 
jammer also meant that Hague had something else he wanted to talk about.
“Clarke is chomping at the bit to get a hold of this weapon. That makes me 
and the rest of our allies nervous. Just seeing what it did to those cruisers 
is enough to convince me that we have to keep him from getting his hands 
on it at all costs,” Hague said.
“I'm not quiet sure how we would do that. It's not exactly something we can 
hide, the situation is already too high profile for that.”
“Yes, the Eva did make a rather grand entrance. I'm hoping that since it is 
obviously unpredictable that we might be able to convince Clarke that it's 
too dangerous to keep around. But I doubt that will work,” Hague said.
Sheridan nodded, understanding that there was way too much at stake both 
here and at home for any misstep by any of them. He told Hague, “You 
know Bester is here?” Hague nodded in reply. “Just before the boy emerged 
the entire telepath population on the station heard what sounded like a 
scream in their minds. It overwhelmed many of them and some are still not 
entirely recovered. Doctor Franklin tells me that our resident telepath and 
Bester both did surface scans of the boy. They couldn't sense anything 
from him, as if he wasn't there. Bester tried to check for any blocks and 
was forcibly removed from the boy's mind by an alien consciousness he'd 
never encountered.”
“As if he's being protected by something?” Hague asked.
Sheridan nodded, “Seems there are a lot of people interested in our 
wayward child.”

--

Katharina looked up at the monstrous visage of the Eva before her. The bay 
had been emptied by most of the techs now, giving the old doctor a chance 
to examine it for herself. It didn't matter, she knew more then anyone alive 
about it's systems and mechanics. She had studied the files in the family 
library on and off her entire life. Fitting as her field of study was bio-
mechanics.
“It's even more terrifying in person,” she muttered. 
“What's going on Mom?” Sarah asked.
Katharina let out a joyless chuckle, “Our families legacy come back to 
haunt us I'm afraid.”
“I don't understand. What do we have to do with any of this? Why is this... 
this THING after Asuka?” Sarah's voice was full of restrained rage. 
“There were fourteen of these behemoths in all built. The first three fought a 
horrible war that nearly saw those who fought it destroyed completely in 
mind and body.  The sad thing was they were just children at the time, 
barely having lived their own lives. They didn't get the choice to refuse 
service, so bound were they to these things.”
“You're not making sense Mother.”
“One of the children who fought in that war was your great great great great 
grandmother, Asuka Langley Soryu,” Katharina said, her voice full of 
sadness.
Sarah gasped, but there was more, “After the war she was the only one of 
those children thought to have survived. Her body was maimed, her mind 
almost completely destroyed. But after her final battle, before she returned 
to her homeland of Germany she took everything she could of the people 
she had fought with. Pictures, files, artifacts of their lives. There's a 
cello I brought with me that has been preserved for the last two and a half 
centuries the belonged to the boy she served with. The very same boy that 
is now sleeping in Medlab.”
“Impossible, it is just impossible! How the Hell could that be true?” Sarah 
said, her anger getting the best of her.
Katharina turned and faced her daughter. Sarah was dumbstruck as she 
saw the tears on her mothers cheeks. “It is possible because these things 
come from a time when man tried to play God. Asuka has been pulled into 
this because she shares the blood of her namesake. I always feared this 
happening, ever since we started going out into the stars I feared this 
nightmare coming back to haunt us. My Mother also feared this day. I never 
told you because I didn't want you to know the same fear for you and your 
daughter. I hoped it would never have to be, and I could be the one to let 
this secret finally die with me.
“But it didn't die, it became flesh. I watched Asuka grow up with you and 
saw the similarities to the original. The intelligence, the fire no one could 
ever smother. The sheer resemblance was uncanny. And as she grew older 
and you raised her I saw that it wasn't just the family resemblance. She 
looked exactly like her.”
Sarah couldn't speak, she was overwhelmed by what her mother told her.  
Katharina wasn't finished, “The Minbari believe that when one of their people 
dies, their soul is reborn in the next generation. We never believed such a 
thing, and I always hoped we were right. Asuka proved to me we were 
wrong. And now the Beast has awakened, coming here to find the one soul 
it recognizes in the entire galaxy. She has come to find the soul she knows 
will take over for her.”
“This is insane Mother, it's complete madness,” Sarah said, her voice 
quivering.
“The Evangelion is nothing, if not a harbinger of despair my Leibshin.”

--
 
Dr. Franklin was making his mid shift rounds in Med Lab One when he 
came across Asuka.  He stopped and smiled at the girl, shaking his head.  
It was an interesting situation.  While it wasn’t that unusual to see people 
sitting at the bed sides of family and loved ones as they recovered from 
injuries, or lay dying, it was rather odd to see someone sitting vigil over a 
complete stranger. 
“Lucky young man there,” Franklin said as he walked up behind the girl and 
gently put his hand on her shoulder.  “Even light years and centuries away 
from his home, he has someone waiting for him to wake up.”
Asuka, startled fully into the world of the waking, looked up at the doctor.  
“I guess,” she said softly.  “I just wish I knew why I felt so connected to 
him.”  The girl looked down at Shinji’s sleeping form as his chest slowly 
rose and fell, trapped as he was in his deep sleep.
“Maybe you should think about going home and getting some sleep?” the 
doctor gently suggested.
“Maybe, but I’d like to stay here a little longer. It’s okay right?” she asked 
hopefully.
Franklin smiled and said “Sure it is, but here,” he reached beneath the bed 
and took out another blanket; “you look exhausted, try and get some rest or 
you'll end up sharing a bed right next to him.
“Sure, a nap would be nice,” Asuka said as she wrapped the blanket around 
herself and put her head down on the bed.  “A nap would be nice,” and 
almost instantly she slipped into sleep.
“Poor kid,” Franklin said as he switched some of the lights in their med lab 
station off.  “I hope this all works out for her.” As the doctors words 
drifted threw the room, and the lights dimmed, a third presence drifted 
silently though.  The girl, who looked no older then Asuka, with azure hair 
smiled a little smile at the red head, and brushed her hair.
“It is almost time, Soryu.”
As soon as Asuka had set her head down, she felt sleep come over her, 
dragging her quickly down into its comforting embrace.  As her breathing 
steadied, she looked up, blinking in the late afternoon light that was filling 
her world.  
As her eyes finally focused in on her environment, she realized that she 
was in some sort of public transport. She found herself in some sort of blue 
jumper with a white blouse under it, and something strangely comforting 
holding her hair up.  After taking in the outfit that was so reminiscing of 
her doppleganger from the centuries old picture, she began to look around 
more intently, curious of her new surroundings.  
What ever she was in it was certainly old fashioned. Blue plastic seats 
supported by thin metal polls lined both sides of the car, facing away from 
the windows and towards the row opposite. The car itself was barely big 
enough to allow a person to walk between the rows of uncomfortable 
benches. There were handles for standing passengers to hang onto that 
threatened to collide with her head as she walked down the row.  
The rumble of the car as it went along its tracks filled her ears just as the 
light of the setting sun filled the car.  Smells of wood, metal, burned 
plastic, pollution, urine, all mixed together to bring about a cocktail of 
memories that couldn’t possibly be hers.  She began to travel down the 
empty cars as they rumbled steadily down the tracks.
“Where am I?” she said aloud after several minutes of walking down through 
the seemingly endless train.  She was not expecting an answer, so it’s not 
surprising that she jumped high enough to hit her head on one of the metal 
support rails when she got one.
“You are where he is,” a soft voice said from behind her.  “Where he has 
been waiting.”
Asuka spun to confront the new voice, and found herself staring into intent 
red eyes.  “Shiest Wondergirl, you shouldn’t sneak up on people like that,” 
she said, as she took a step back, rubbing her sore head.
“I am sorry Soryu, I did not mean to alarm you,” the girl said softly.
Asuka took a better look at the other passenger as she rubber her head.  
The girl was probably her own age, with short blue hair and red eyes.  She 
was also wearing the twin of her own outfit.  “Just don’t do it again, and how 
do you know my name?  Do I, do I know you?”
“Yes, in another life,” the girl said enigmatically.
“In another what?  Who are you?” Asuka said, wanting to take another step 
back, but refusing to show the other girl any hint of fear.
“You may call me, Rei” she said, almost uncertain at her choice of name.  
“It is...  convenient.”
“Sure, Rei,” Asuka said, looking at her fellow passenger like she was a mad 
woman.  “So then, Rei, where are we?”
“As I have already said, we are where he is, where he has been waiting,” 
Rei said, tilting her head to the side, puzzled at the others question.
“But where is that?” Asuka said exasperated.  “And who’s ‘he’ supposed to 
be?”
“He is over there,” Rei said pointing to the next segment of the car they 
were in, “And I think you know who he is, or at least have guessed.”
Asuka looked to where the girl was pointing, ready to tell her that she was 
crazy, but the words died on her lips.  “Shinji?”
There, not four meters away was the boy from the Eva. He sat on one of 
the benches and dressed in a white short sleeved shirt and black slacks. 
Headphones of some sort were wedged into his ears.  He had not seemed 
to notice the two girls as he sat there, lost in his own world within a world.
“Yes, Shinji Ikari, Third Child and the Pilot of Evangelion Unit 01.”
“So, what is this, a dream of some sort then?  What’s he doing in my 
dream?” Asuka said, afraid to move.
“He is not in your dream Soryu, you are in his,” Rei said, as she crossed the 
space to stand beside the other girl.
“What does that mean?  How can I be in his dream, I’m not a teep,” Asuka 
said, turning towards Rei.
“No, you are not a telepath, but the two of you are linked none the less.  
Does this frighten you Soryu?” Rei said.
“I, well, no, I don’t think it does.  It’s weird, sure, but it just seems kind 
of, right.  Like I’ve been waiting for something like this,” Asuka said, 
turning to look at the oblivious boy once again.  “But what does it mean?”
“That is for you to find out, Pilot Soryu,” Rei said.
Asuka turned to the other girl at the last.  “What do you mean, ‘Pilot 
Soryu’?” she asked, as some fragment of memory tickled at her mind.
“Asuka is that really you?” a new voice said, something very close to 
desperation in it.  Again the girl spun towards the boy.
Finally looking up from the floor, Shinji had turned towards the red haired 
girl, and taken off his headphones.  “Asuka?” he said again, but this time 
there was hope in his voice, relief.
“Shinji,” Asuka said.
“Asuka, wake up dear,” another voice cut through the world held by the 
sunlight and train, and Asuka suddenly opened her eyes and sat bolt 
upright.
She looked around, blinking the sleep from her eyes, and found that she 
was again, or was it still, in med lab.  “Mom?” she said sleepily.
“How long was I asleep?”
“Dr. Franklin said you were asleep for about an hour or so.”
“Really?  It didn’t seem to be that long,” Asuka said, as she stood up, 
rubbing the top of her head, finding a raised lump from where she had hit it 
in her dream.  Or was it in Shinji’s dream.
“Your grandmother is here, she says she needs to talk with you,” Sarah 
said.
“Yeah, just let me fold up this blanket and thank the doctor,” Asuka 
responded, still rather bleary eyed from the short nap. They left the room 
just in time to miss the slight shift in the monitoring machines beeps and 
outputs, and the stirring of the boy’s frame.
“Asuka, tasukete,” he whispered, to quite for anyone to hear.
“Asuka, Help me.”

--

Asuka followed her mother into their quarters. She immediately saw her 
grandmother standing there waiting for her. Asuka smiled and walked up to 
her, hugging her tight. Katharina returned the embrace, holding her 
granddaughter close for a moment. They sat down on the couch with Sarah 
going for a drink of water. Asuka could tell her mother was having problems 
getting through this whole thing. She just didn't know what she could do 
except what she was doing.
Katharina knew she would need to deal with her daughter's issues later, for 
now though she needed to speak with Asuka. “How have you been coping 
with what's happened?”
“As well as can be expected I suppose,” Asuka said.
Katharina nodded, “Have you felt anything strange since the Eva arrived?”
Asuka nodded, “Yeah, knowing things I shouldn't know for one. Being drawn 
to that thing then Shinji. It's weird, I don't understand what's going on but 
something seems right about all of it to me.”
If her grandmother was disturbed by this she didn't let on. “You went through 
most of the items I sent?” Asuka nodded in the affirmative. She had looked 
over most of what was there. She even had the hair clips she had found in 
her pocket, letting their shape press against her.
“What I am about to tell you has been our families secret for over two 
hundred years. When humanity started going out into space we began 
preparing for this day. I hoped it would come in my lifetime but it has. 
Remember though, whatever happens you are still my granddaughter, your 
mother's daughter. Nothing will ever change these facts.” Katharina then 
started telling Asuka all there was to know about the Angel War as the 
journal of Asuka Langley Soryu called it. She told her of the Evangelions, of 
the Angels themselves. She told her about the Commander of the now 
forgotten organization NERV.
Asuka was more interested in the words her grandmother spoke regarding 
Shinji Ikari. Sarah had long since sat down as he mother spoke, describing 
in every detail she had available what happened in a now lost city on Earth. 
Katharina spoke to them until very late. But she had one thing left to do 
before they could retire.
“Asuka, I want you to have this. This is the journal of your namesake, she 
kept her thoughts and feelings close to her. The last entry is the one you 
should read first,” Katharina said as she handed Asuka a painstakingly 
preserved book. Asuka smiled and hugged her grandmother.
“It's late Liebshin, go and get some rest,” Katharina said. Asuka left the two 
older women to themselves. 
Sarah looked tiredly at her mother, “Is it fair that you are putting this all 
on her?”
Katharina shook her head, “No, but she is the only one of us who really has 
any part to play in what is happening.” Sarah didn't look well thinking about 
that. Her mother could tell, “I know you want to protect her from everything 
going on around you. You must feel like I've destroyed everything in my 
wake with this. Maybe I have, but all I can do right now is tell her what she 
needs to know to get through this. We all have to get through this.”
Katharina watched her daughter nod, the tears starting to flow down her 
cheeks. All the older woman could do was take her own daughter into her 
arms and hold her, as she weeped for the youngest of their families 
innocence.

--

Sheridan has tried his best to fight it, but it seemed that the council would 
not go his way. Too many in the League wanted more answers before they 
put the motion up for a vote. G'Kar had done his best to give him as much 
time as he could, however that time had run out. This was how Sheridan 
found himself sitting in the council room, Delenn on his right and G'Kar on 
his left as Londo made his demands.
“You WILL surrender them to the Centari for trial Sheridan,” Londo 
screamed, his face almost exploding.
“Absolutely not, there is no way I'm going to turn over two citizens of Earth 
over just because you demand it. If you want to get your chance at them 
then you are just going to have to make your case to this council in a formal 
hearing,” the captain said, refusing to back down. Kosh stood out of the way 
watching the exchange.
Londo huffed, “Very well, if you insist then I move that a formal hearing be 
immediately called.”
Sheridan already had his victory, as a formal hearing would require that 
Londo garner enough votes from the five major powers after his motion to 
extradite was seconded by the League. Sheridan also know that Molari 
knew the same thing. This was all for show.
“We will hold a formal hearing tomorrow then, I take it you will represent 
your governments demands and I...” before he could finish his statement 
Kosh spoke.
“The Vorlon Empire will represent the Children in this matter,” he said. It 
was the first time anyone could remember him actually speaking during a 
session. It was also one of the very few times that anyone who had spoken 
with him extensively could remember him saying anything that wasn't a 
riddle.
Sheridan could not refuse, “Very well. We will reconvene tomorrow and 
begin this hearing.”
Londo knew he would lose to a straight vote of the council, G'Kar would be 
of no help to him due to the state of war. Delenn would side with Sheridan, 
even if he abstained due to the situation. His only wild card had been Kosh. 
Now that card had been dealt decidedly against him. He wouldn't surrender 
so easily.
The only reason he had stopped trying to get the Centarum to give up on 
this debacle was that Morden had been adamant about his associates 
interest in the two. That made Londo interested in keeping those associates 
happy for the time being. Right now however he felt as if his head was being 
used in a Mass Driver.

--

Asuka lay in her bed in restless slumber. Her dreams kept revolving around 
the boy and that monster. She saw herself inside the entry plug, him 
pressed against her as they pried open the mouth of some monster. Then 
she was living with him, trying to move at the same time he did, even going 
as far as breathing in sync with him. The heat of lava pressing in on her as 
she was about to fall to her death and the sight of the Beast holding on, not 
letting her go.
The images were filled with other people as well. The purple hair woman 
lived with them, the unshaven man she saw herself cling to, the blue haired 
girl and the man with the glasses. She didn't know how but she knew she 
obeyed his orders, and that he was Shinji's father. A girl with twin pigtails 
at school, wearing the uniform she had found in the storage containers. Two 
boys always around Shinji, both always eager to get some time with the 
older woman.
The images became even more disturbing now. She could feel her own 
mind break down over time. She screamed as she saw herself scream 
when one of the monsters they fought invaded her mind and showed her 
images that came close to driving her mad. She saw herself laying in a tub 
of cold rain water waiting to die.
Then she was in darkness, only a shaft of light surrounding her. She was 
once again wearing the plugsuit from the picture, only this time she was 
starring back at herself. Her right eye was covered by bandages as was her 
arm. The look in her mirror gave her was one of longing and lose.
“Don't lose him like I did,” the mirror said, almost too softly to hear before 
it vanished. Asuka turned around, now alone in this dark place. As she did 
she found herself locking eyes once again with Rei.
“Do you understand now Second Child?” She asked her. Asuka could only 
nod.
“You have always had these memories within you. They are a part of your 
soul that remembers nightmares that no human could handle. But this time 
your soul has not know the same hardship. Take what you have learned,” 
Rei said. 
Rei the lifted her arm and pointed to a spot behind Asuka, “Take what you 
have learned and guide him along the same path.”
Asuka turned and was looking right at Shinji. She stepped towards the boy, 
noticing him flinch as she reached out and took his hand. As he fingers 
grasped his the dream faded.
As she awoke from her dream she knew. She knew where she had to be 
and quickly threw on some pants and a shirt before leaving a note for her 
mother. Asuka could see her Grandmother sleeping on the couch, covered 
by a light blanket. Asuka left their quarters quickly to go to the one who 
needed her.
As she had awoken, one of the nurses in medlab was checking on the boy 
from the Beast as he was being called. She looked him over, a feeling of 
regret for the boy washing over her. As she was about to turn to leave his 
eyes shot open.
Shinji Ikari had finally awakened from his two hundred and fifty year 
slumber.

To Be Continued...

Next Chapter: Londo fights a hopeless cause before the council, the odds 
stacked against him. As the fate of the Children is decided, one will be 
forced to come to terms with his circumstances, and the other will finally 
learn what as driven her for as long as she could remember.


Chapter Six: Ikari's shadow, Asuka's light.