FALLING IN TO THE DEPTHS OF AN UNENDING NIGHTMARE

There are no words that I can use to describe what I'm seeing I've never felt as awful as I do now, as I watch the Nerv science staff move through the burnt bodies taking a sample with their special devices which reads DNA and says who the person was.

Hundreds of people were in the foyer when it blew up and now in the ruins which have been put out some hours ago. We are now moving through the dead burnt contorted bodies that used to people but are now screaming skeletons of black and red that stare skywards soullessly. I've seen dead bodies before but never like this it's turning my stomach and it's only made worse by the fact that we still have not found Asuka or Rei yet we are not half way through these bodies.

There were over hundred injured by the outside blast and another two hundred taken to the hospital who escaped the building and those are all being interviewed but it's going to be two days before we have everything and that is not half of it I've been told that all of the camera's and feed was destroyed inside the building but there are thousands of mobile phone recordings which were sent to Nerv and other media outlets which are sending them to us.

It was clear they were desperate to send a message outside but couldn't get any out the receiver had been blocked in the building once it blew up all of this information came out all at once.

The most unsettling thing is despite that the foyer burnt down that old ancient statue is still standing untouched even black charring smoke has not touched it, it's still as white as ever standing there it's so fucking creepy even more so since its surrounded by hundreds of dead bodies.

I watch as one of the science staff takes a sample from a skeleton which has its hand on its base and whose slightly melted gold ring I recognise as she spoke sadly. "That was Nicolai Gedda the Opera singer." She watched as the scientist screen ran the DNA confirming it. "So both him and the US presenter Claude Rains are dead…this just gets worse."

Kaji moved up to her he could see Maya working with the other scientists and clearly finding this so hard everyone was. "Well if the bastards wanted to send a message they did the whole world is going to be in mourning they killed some real high level celebrities here and not just one they've killed hundreds."

He eased up his tablet. "Hospital has just sent word that Ryo the prime minister's son was brought in with Miki his daughter but Ryo has slipped into a coma they said his injuries were serious it like he was beaten with some kind of weapon very violently." Misato turned to him. "Can Miki walk?" Kaji eyed his tablet. "Yes."

Misato eyed her phone which was now getting constant message from all the pilots but most of all from Shinji and Mari none of which she could answer and she refused to until she knew for sure what had happened. "I want her down here in the seating arrangement she was two tables away from Asuka and Rei."

She paused eyeing the seating list. "I also want a bulletin out to every hospital in Tokyo Three for Rosetta Martinez and Antonio Aguilar they were even closer in the seating arrangement." She looked at the dead charred bodies around her. "Unless there here." Kaji eyed his tablet. "The hospital says it won't release Miki because she has serious post-traumatic stress disorder and there currently giving her a sedative just to keep her calm."

Misato breathed in sharply. "When can I see her?" Kaji eyed the tablet. "Two days they won't send her to Nerv central till then they're worried she’ll have a panic attacks." Misato felt a sneer form. "Great in the meantime have them send all mobile phone footage to Shoji and Leiko in the intelligence division and have them try to piece it together until it's complete and we have a full picture. Have the other part of the division go through the text messages, photos have them and put them in order."

Kaji moved closer to her. "That could take days." Misato moved past the bodies that were now being bagged up as they'd been analysed and they knew who the people were. "I'm going to make whoever did this fucking pay." Kaji turned slightly. "Everyone believes its Gryphon."

Misato turned to him. "This just doesn't feel like Gryphon I've heard they prefer nail bombs and low level explosives." She kneeled down eyeing the burnt floor. "This feels planned it feels clever not like some low level terrorists work, I can't prove it yet but my gut is just telling me this is all wrong. They've never had the power to set up attacks like this and they prefer to attack godly temples not social events but first we need to find Asuka and Rei." She breathed in painfully. "I just hope to the gods they are alive I don't want to have to tell Shinji or Mari they're dead let alone the others."

8

I have never felt as helpless as I do now Misato is not answering her phone nether is Ritsuko or father and I've called them both but have not gotten any reply. The hours are just dragging painfully and all that I can think is, is my little sister alive? The not knowing is making it even worse and I know I'm not the only one Mari is pacing getting more and more agitated like me she's tried all lines on contact regarding Asuka just like I've done for Rei and had no answers or replies.

We are not allowed anywhere near that building until they've done the body count and it could take hours. I can't get that image out of my mind of the auction building blowing up.

For the first time in such a long time I almost had a panic attack and it was only because Kaworu was there he was able to calm me down he held me tight as I went through the motions and stroked my hair calming me down.

This is, all my fault, I should have been there for Rei and Asuka at the auction house! I could have gone with them helped them even saved them and if I could turn back the clock I would have told them both not to go. I just keep looking at the flat screen TV in the wreck room trying to see if anything has changed it hasn't other than the celebrity names of the dead that keep coming up as there slowly realised to the press.

The death count is now a hundred injured in the outward blast and two hundred dead but that count is still rising there were six hundred people there last night. The worst part is seeing the reports of all the different countries mourning the dead.

The attack has gone down as one of the worst in terms of attacking high profile people and is the first in Tokyo Three for almost a decade and it’s shocked everyone in Japan and worldwide to the core because it was such a violent explosion and there saying everyone who tried to escape via the front door was burnt to death. The press helicopters are not allowed anywhere near the building and the main road is completely closed off.

"How much longer do we have to wait? This shit is pissing me off!"

Shinji looked up realizing that Mari had spoken. "May be they just need more time." Mari breathed in sitting at the bar area of the wreck room as she spoke coldly. "Fuck them needing more time!" Shinji looked at the others who were clearly unsure as to what to say right now he turned to Mari speaking calmly. "I know what you're going through she's your sister and younger than you and you feel protective of her and it just makes this even harder."

He put his hands together. "And you blame yourself for not being at the auction house and you feel it's your fault because you weren't there." Toji stood up slightly. "You know your both not to blame and neither of you were at fault, no one could have predicted this was going to happen."

He paused. "But I know I'd feel the same as you both if it was Sakura." Mari breathed in painfully unable to keep the anger out of her voice. "Yeah well at least you both grew up with yours…I lost mine for years and now when we get back together we get torn apart again!"

She eyed the bar. "What I wouldn't give to drown my sorrows in cocktails right now if it wasn't for the fact that I'd throw it right back up in a second." Shinji got up slowly moving towards her realizing that her words weren't in reality directed at them they were at her own frustrations of feeling helpless and like Asuka she was using anger to hide her deeper feelings. "You have to have faith that there both still alive."

Mari turned eyeing him. "I should've been at the auction! She could be dead because of me." Shinji moved a step closer to her unable to stop his hand twitching as he spoke. "I feel the same way about Rei!"

Mari turned eyeing him about to get angry only to stop as it hit her hard that his feelings were just the same as hers and she wasn't in angry at him in reality she was angry about her situation and she just wanted someone to lash out at she let out a painful breath feeling her anger turn to sadness. "I'm sorry Shinji that was disrespectful of me and your feelings are no less than mine I'm not even angry at you." She turned pointing at the flat screen TV. "I'm angry because they're leaving us out of the fucking loop!"

Shinji moved closer not thinking as he flung his arms around her pulling her close. "It's going to be okay we both just have to believe that or we won't get through this." Mari look in a painful breath pulling her glasses free unable to stop the tears as they came. "Tell me something because I spent most of my life in Nerv London and I was around when Ouroboros bombed one of the skyscrapers trying to kill a lot of people and they found the culprits will Nerv Japan find out who did this and find both our sisters?"

Shinji felt the tears start to run down his face before he stop them as he pulled away looking at for a long moment. "Yes I have real faith that whoever did this Misato and the others will find them and that they will get Rei and Asuka back."

Mari was about to say more only for Toji to grab her hugging hard as he spoke. "Yeah I bet they will get them back." Kaworu stepped closer as he spoke calmly. "I also believe this will end positively." He turned hearing the wreck room doors open seeing Shigeru walk in followed by a new member of Nerv staff who he had never seen before both of them looked anxious and uncertain.

Shigeru watched as all of the pilots turned to look at them he knew this wouldn't be good and he hated that they both had to be news givers because he knew things were already very tense. He paused raising his hand. "Maya is on site so I'd like to introduce you to Sumire Nagara she will be helping me in this difficult time."

He paused pulling up his tablet. "They've not found Rei or Asuka yet and they've told us to tell you that it will take them till late into the night to finish the body search and get all information together and tomorrow they can start compiling all the footage."

He paused seeing Mari wipe some tears away as she put her glasses back on as Shinji did the same. "She also wants you all to go home there's nothing you can do here. We are also here to open Asuka's locker as one of you will have to go to her house and look after hers and Rei's cat Erika."

Mari turned sharply walking forward away from the others. "That it that's all you have?!" She felt herself laugh but it was cold. "We have nothing for you, fuck off I know you have more, you just can't tell us that…let me guess Ritsuko told you can't…security reasons right?"

Shigeru breathed in deeply he had been told this could happen Maya had told him well ahead of time that Mari was the one who like Asuka might lash out in anger and be difficult. "We are telling you the truth Mari we only know as much as you do." Mari turned eyeing Sumire who was unreadable in her facial expression. "You're new is he bullshitting?"

Sumire blinked seeing that the others were all suddenly looking at her as she spoke calmly. "Yes he's telling the truth." Mari stepped closer to her. "You know you don't have to protect him just because Ritsuko has you on a short leash we know what the bitch is like."

Sumire looked up sharply truth was she had, had enough of this she turned looking her straight in the eyes. "I get it Mari I really do its hurts right now and it's hard to not lash out."

Mari felt a coy smile form. "Really you do tell."

Sumire moved closer. "If you're wondering why I keep this chain around my neck even though it's against Nerv rules is because it was my grandmothers she died horribly in an explosion just like this one in Mexico done by dirty terrorists who wanted to terrify the world with a statement of death!" She eyed Mari who blinked in shock. "So I want you're your sister and Shinji's returned more than anything because I know what it's like when they don't come back and are lost forever." She breathed in deeply. "So no if I had something to tell you Mari I'd tell you and I have no loyalty to Ritsuko my loyalty is to Misato since she got me out of a very rotten situation."

She looked up slightly. "So no we are telling you the truth." Mari looked down great now she really had made an utter arse of herself, she stepped away from the other woman. "Could you give me Asuka's keys when you open her locker I'll go take care of her cat."

Shigeru looked at her as he eased up the special key device which could open any locker at Nerv as they all had a special code lock but if you put this special device in it, it would undo the inner locks even without a key. "Come with me I'll get it open and Rei's as we have no idea which one has the house keys in." Mari eased her hand in to her pocket pulling out her special card reader which was for hacking. "Ten quid says I can hack it faster."

Shigeru breathed in deeply he knew that she wasn't meant to have that device but there was no point in saying in anything since she wasn't using it for bad purposes. "Okay you take Rei's locker I'll take Asuka's." Toji watched them go as the doors closed behind them he slowly walked up to Sumire. "I'm really sorry about my friend she's not normally like this she's normally really good natured and fun to be around…Asuka not being around is just really hard for her."

Sumire eased her fingers putting them on her pendent. "Its fine you don't have to explain." She paused. "As I say I know what it's like to lose people." Toji looked at her. "I know this isn't a good time but I really wanted to say sorry for falling on you again and em…touching certain parts…"

Sumire looked down slightly trying to hide the slight blush. "Really its fine, I know it was just an accident." She looked up slightly. "We both just collided in the hall." Toji raised a hand. "Hey you know you should come to our food table sometime, it's just we don't know a lot about you."

Sumire stepped away slightly seeing that Shigeru was coming back with Mari clearly they had found Asuka's key and a phone though she wasn't sure whose it was. "You know there's not a lot to tell and I don't wish to impose on you." She watched as Shigeru came to stand opposite her. "We must go now as we have to help the intelligence division we will tell you anything as soon as we hear it."

Shinji looked up slightly. "Thank you for coming even though you don't know anything yet." Sumire raised a hand. "Its fine we are just sorry we don't have more." Kaworu moved forward taking her hand shaking it politely. "It's a pleasure to meet you Sumire."

Sumire looked at her hand before looking up slightly. "Thank you." Toji eyed Sumire. "Your always welcome here, come any time." Shigeru smirked inwardly well this was an interesting turn out for the books he had seen Toji so interested in anyone this way granted he had always idolized Asuka but this clearly wasn't like that it was much warmer and softer. "We should be going now."

Sumire looked down. "Yes sadly we must go now." She turned following Shigeru trying to ignore Toji's gaze which just had not left her as they walked out of the double doors. Shigeru turned eyeing Sumire as they walked the long corridor away from the wreck room he moved his hand stroking his beard before speaking seriously. "I'm sorry for the loss of your grandmother your records didn't mention that in anyway."

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Sumire looked up at him. "I never mentioned it and I don't see her as truly gone." Shigeru blinked in confusion. "What do you mean by that?" Sumire put her hand on her pendent. "Where I come from in Mexico we have a special day called Día de Muertos or The Day of the dead and we believe the dead come to visit us and we lay offering for them, so I don't see her as gone I see her as just in another time and place out of my reach as she died when I was young."

She paused feeling a sense of uneasy emotion hit her. "Though I wish I could sometimes as I would like to know what she thinks of me now in the present." Shigeru breathed in deeply. "I'm sure it would be fine." Sumire breathed in sadly. "Perhaps..."

Shigeru felt a smile form on his face as he turned to her. "You know I saw you talking to Toji he seems very interested in you." Sumire breathed in feeling her body tense. "No I think you're mistaken…I doubt someone like me would interest him." Shigeru leaned closer to her. "No believe me he's interested in you I saw it in his eyes." Shigeru turned slightly. "No, handsome man like him can have anyone they want so why would he bother with someone like me."

Shigeru looked at her, her behaviour was so strange it was like she couldn't see what was in front her or maybe she just didn't want to see it. The truth was that ever since she had come into the bridge team she'd been very guarded and private and this was in realty the first time she'd been at all open about something.

Misato had said that she still suffering from stress from being in that dark place for a long time and that she would need much more time to settle in and that the transition could be hard for her, but if he was to take a guess there was clearly something deeper bothering her and it was clearly why she wasn't being as open as she could be but he and the others had no idea what is was but was clearly effecting her confidence.

8

It's so dark and everything hurts so much wait, where am I? Am I dreaming or am I dead I can't remember, why is it so hard for me to think? Oh wait that's right I got punched the face way too many times and I lost the fight. I feel so heavily and the pain is awful it even hurts to breath.

Asuka slowly opened one eye as best she could see the world come into view though it was blurred. A medical gun was shoved into her neck and fired as a voice spoke. "Are you positive the chains will hold Pharaoh?" An older female voice in the distance spoke. "Yes I had them specially made for her they'll hold." Asuka looked down as everything started to come back into focus as she caught sight of the heavy metal rigid handcuffs with Egyptian designs which were holding her hands together and had blue flashing lights in the centre.

They were made of pure black steel and had no middle chain they were also super heavy and sitting on her lap she blinked as her vision cleared fully and she opened her other eye. She was in some kind of chair and she couldn't move her legs they'd been locked against the chair somehow. She could see chains coming off her chest and could see a strange metal brace which had Egyptian designs on it and a large blue stone Scarab Beetle in the centre with wings holding a purple gemstone. The brace’s heavy shoulders were locked tight to the chair.

She was still in her suit though part of the sleeve and shirt were torn from where the brace had been put on her hair was fully loose and she found herself coughing painfully due to the pain. The huge room around her was in pitch black darkness apart from where she was sitting which had piecing white light coming down on it. She eyed the man opposite who turned to look at her. "Oh look who is finally awake enjoy your beauty sleep you little ginger nut."

Asuka sneered eyeing him as she started to struggle only to feel all the mental restraints instantly tighten causing intense pain. The man smirked as he stroked his white beard adjusting his ceremonial robes seeing the two people opposite one had an Anubis mask the other had a Ammet and both masks had glowing blue eyes. "Yeah I wouldn't do that the more you struggle the more they tighten based on your movement and the pain killer we gave you will only take off the edge."

Asuka breathed in as the spoke though her voice was hoarse and it every word hurt. "Where…am…I?" The older white haired man turned to her. "You are in Duat the realm of the dead and we are your liberators and you are about to be judged."

Asuka rolled her eyes great just what she didn't need a religious verfickte fruit cake it wasn't there masks she’d grown up in Germany with gods festivals where people dressed as the Norse gods and gave offering to shrines which weren't bloody as those days were long gone now you gave personal items which were more specially carved praying wooden tokens.

Her grandmother was a huge worshipper of Odin. Yes people prayed gave these offerings but dressing up in ancient god figures never happened unless it was for festivals or offering days and it was always the heads of shrines and temples that did it.

She breathed in deeply. "Can I have the real answer now…rather than your stupid verfickte pantomime show?" She paused. "Gods I hate losers like you who think dressing as gods is some type of show its really insulting to those who believe in the gods passionately and wear those masks because they have faith."

The white haired man turned on her the angers in his eyes as he grabbed her face leaning over her as he sneered at her. "Listen you little ginger nut, I'm not some actor I'm a priest of Anubis!" He looked at her only to realize to late his mistake as her left eye suddenly blasted into blazing light the next moments turned to utter agony as her teeth changed as her mouth bit down hard on his hand.

He was on the floor on his knees crying out in pain as he felt the razor teeth sink in fully as he blood started to leak out as he tried desperately to get her jaws free only for her to bite even harder which caused blood to hit the floor as bones started to crack in his hand causing intense agony. He watched as the seats chest brace alone suddenly tightened he could see her face changing turning to pain only for her teeth to suddenly let go allowing him to free his hand as he hit the floor in pain as he grabbed his robe wrapping it up trying to stop the massive blood flow.

Asuka felt the brace loosen as she felt the blood run down her chin not that she cared anymore she turned spitting the blood in her mouth in his direction as she felt a sadistic smile form. "Next time I'll take off your verfickte fingers priest!" She eyed him watching as two people came out of the shadows pulling him away the older female voice spoke again. “So disappointing you have not changed at all you were a rebellious little child and now you're a rebellious grown woman."

Asuka eyed the shadows she could make out shadows but not people in detail only to the two dressing up as so called Egyptian gods. "Who are you people, where am I?"

A woman calmly stepped out of the shadows coming to stand in the light she was around her sixties the same age as her grandmother she was wearing a dark suit and had long dark hair which had a few white streaks but was nowhere near as white as her grandmothers.

The woman's breathed in deeply as she raised her right hand pulling her black glove off revealing that her hand was robotic as she pulled up a chair sitting opposite her, her dark brown eyes narrowing. "Are you sure you want to know the answer to that question? You may deeply dislike it." Asuka eyed her. "Yes I want to know where I verfickte I am and who you verfickte people are!"

The old woman breathed in deeply raising her hand making a signal. "As you wish..." Asuka watched as all of the lights came on and she realized that she was in the centre of a huge room. High above her was what looked like a hanging room which was suspended in mid-air and cut off from everything.

There were thousands of people gathered on the banisters above watching it was all painted in gold's reds and whites and even had Egyptian hieroglyphs on the walls and pillars along with Egyptian god statues at every corner. "This is the judgement room of the air ship Hatshepsut here we judge all those who betray us but unlike the others you are not here for that you are here to fulfill a different purpose."

She paused making another signal. "I wouldn't think about trying to escape ether even if you could you won't leave this ship we've made sure of that." She turned watching as the roof section above the hanging prison for guests slowly pulled back realizing nothing but dark blue water pressing against the glass. "You're deep in the ocean because this air ship can sink to great depths as we know you have a huge fear of normal water we felt while you were here you should be made aware of it."

She watched as Asuka's face turned very suddenly to uncertainty and anxiety. "So long as you cooperate we won't have to discipline you by dipping you in it." She signalled watching as the huge roof section closed.

Asuka breathed in steadying herself. "Where is Rei, I was told you came for me not her?" Gabriella smiled. "Ah yes your lover, sadly due to the misconduct of one of my men who will be punished very soon, her nose was broken it's been repaired and she in the floating prison guest house above you in fact she can see you right now but you just can't see her."

She breathed in deeply. "As soon as the right time comes and her nose is fully healed she will be dropped off as we are not interested in her and we would rather not feel Gendo's wraith."

She eyed the guest house. "The floating prison as we call it has everything beds, bathroom food it's purely for guests we don't wish to keep." She looked up slightly. "As for your other celebrity friends they are probably all dead, you see the building they were in was blown up a lot of them were in the foyer when it went off the news says hundreds died." She breathed in deeply. "I do hope you weren't too personal with any off them."

Asuka felt a sneer form as her razor teeth grinded together. "You wanted me why kill them? They did nothing!" Gabriella folded her arms. "Because it fitted our purposes in many ways and I'm surprised you care so much since you are Nerv's killing machine you kill for a living."

Asuka breathed in deeply. "You said you know me and so did that asshole I lost to, who are you people you act like you know me but I've never met you?" Gabriella stood up calmly. "A question I will answer but right now I have an important matter to attend to its nothing personal."

She made a signal watching as the lights dimmed. "Behave and they might feed you." She heard Asuka's sudden scream of anger which turned once more to a bellowing roar towards the end as her left eye remained alight in the almost pitch darkness she felt her mouth form a smile there next meeting would be more interesting of that she was very sure.

8

Achika breathed in wiping her hands with a medical cloth she had just finished the work on fixing Rei's nose though the younger woman was still unconscious thanks to the sedative it was clear that it wasn't the first time her nose had been broken but that was very much to her advantage as it made it easier procedure wise as the device that fixed the nose bridge could fix breaks so perfectly that you'd never know they were broken unless you scanned for previous hair line fractures and she'd seen the repaired old one as it was higher up on the nose.

She breathed in eyeing Christopher as they both looked down into the main hall seeing that everyone was unpacking now that they were aboard the flying ship Hatshepsut which had now sunk below depth again. They had ditched the food vans on shore and used boats to go out in the ocean where the ship had picked them up.

She watched as her brother pulled up his other bat which was not metal but wood and had nails sticking out of it sharp point forward, she turned as her grandmother appeared looking utterly pissed as she looked down over the balcony as she'd been told what had happened.

Gabriella breathed in deeply as she spoke coldly. "Which one of you is Alessandro Rossi?!" She watched as everyone stopped eating looking up. "I won't ask a second time which one of you is Alessandro Rossi!" She watched as one of the men in the corner stood up slowly speaking loudly. "Pharaoh I am here!" Gabriella eased up her gloved hand speaking calmly. "Come here now please."

Christopher felt a smile form as Alessandro moved up the stairs towards them as he gripped his bat tighter as Alessandro came to stand in front of them. Gabriella eyed the man who kept on screwing up their missions as a rule she didn't normally put her people to death unless she had no choice and she tried to give as many chances as possible but this one had failed them all and had caused too many problems.

Plus he had broken into her grandson’s room and used his VR equipment and tried to rape his dating simulation and she had a very low tolerance for rapists it was one of the defining rules abroad her ship that no person of either gender or sexuality should rape another be they real or simulated.

She also knew from experience that those who failed to do it to VR simulator later did it out in the real world and that meant that her crew was now at risk as this had happened once before and she had not hesitated to shoot the woman in question who had done it to one of her male crew though she'd made it look like it was because she was questioning her authority.

She eyed the man he had also broken Rei Ayanami's nose when he'd been told not to harm her, now she would let her grandson carry out his punishment and everyone would witness it here and hopefully it would drive home that screwing with her would not be tolerated she breathed in speaking coldly. "Did you break the nose of Rei Ayanami?"

Alessandro looked up. "Yes I did Pharaoh but please understand she shot me in the foot it was very painful!" Gabriella breathed in deeply folding her arms. "Pain is part of what we suffer it is the will of our gods you should not complain about it since you caused worse to that woman who I told you not touch."

She paused. "As it is Asuka is currently being restrained otherwise I would tell her what you did and let her deal with you personally but as it is I will see your punishment carried out personally."

Alessandro eyed her. "I did nothing wrong don't you get it she shot me!" Gabriella eyed him speaking calmly. "Stop behaving as if you have a choice in your destiny, your time is already done, you failed over and over and your recent behaviour of using my grandsons VR simulation to rape brings you deeply into question as a person." Alessandro eyed her. "I don't know what you're even talking about I never touched your grandson VR simulator!"

Gabriella eyed him. "Do not lie to me you have already caused me so many problems, least of all the fact that I now have to end your life because if I don't I can never appease Gendo who has a death squad of the highest order that go out and kill those who mess with his children they're called the Black Guard and they are inhuman."

She breathed in deeply. "I do not wish to be killed by their hands or have my grandchildren targeted because you were foolish, Asuka can be beaten even broken but she can handle the kind of suffering though she was born of suffering its part of her destiny but not Rei Ayanami. You see she must be kept pure and untouched she is after all the lover of the destroyer of worlds she has touched a death god between the sheets and never realized it and I may need her compliance if Asuka does not do what we want she is the key to the bloody right hand of god so to speak."

She paused. "We believe that Rei's pureness is how she tames this death god in human form because even monsters and beasts crave the touch of angels because they feel so unclean and impure that to touch the holy gives them some sense of purpose and they feel better about themselves."

She moved a step closer to him. "And from what I'm told you were getting far too close to that angel than you should have, she might look youthful and sweet but she's not yours and will never be yours ever, because you're not impure enough to hold something that pure." She raised her gloved hands. "To put it in simple and pathetic terms for you to understand Asuka is a higher demon much like Satan and she's holding the equivalent of the female Archangel Gabriel in her claws."

She stepped back now. "Now it's my grandson's job to make sure you die well." Alessandro laughed smugly. "You're not going to kill me you need on me you're just an old woman running a show that too big for you maybe you should your hand leader ship to some one more component?!"

Christopher eyed him his anger instantly rising. "Wrong answer you fucking little shit!" He didn't think as he slammed the bat straight in to his leg ignoring his scream of utter agony as the nails dug in only to pull it out savagely as he stumbled back towards the stairs. He raised his boot slamming it straight into him watching as he thrown backwards as the panic showed in his face as he fell back on the stairs crashing downwards only to hit the bottom hard.

He hummed as he walked down the steps ignoring everyone's fear and panic as the man cried tried to move though it was clear that his bones had broken on impact with the solid steps. He smiled as he watched him look up the fear in his eyes. "Before I make your death all so painful tell me you little shit which of my AI dating simulations was it you were running?" He raised the bat higher. "I know it was female simulation you tried to rape so don't lie now since I had to pay your fine."

He brought the bat down hard on his shoulder hearing the scream as he pulled it out watching as blood ran off the nails. "Come on boy I do not have all day…and the longer you delay me the longer I'll make your death."

He watched as Alessandro spoke his words filled with fear and pain. "It was the illegal Rei Ayanami dating simulation!" Christopher looked up as his grandmother whose face turned to utter disgust while Achika's turned to amusement. "You know boy maybe it's for the best that you're not going live to see tomorrow, I mean you were going to be one of the door guards in Rei’s floating prison."

He felt a smug smile form as he felt his teeth start to grow as the heat hit his eyes. "Killing you is going to be so much fun." Achika leaned on her elbow as her brother suddenly brought down the nailed bat on the wounded man's head causing blood to spray everywhere as he suddenly roared an animalist roar bringing it down repeatedly sending blood everywhere as the Alessandro's head was caved in and his brains spattered all over the floor.

Gabriella felt a smile form as she spoke. "Your brother is so good at what he does and his primal ability has clearly kicked in no doubt yours will be next." Achika smirked. "Yeah he is." She watched as her brother finally stopped breathing in letting out raged breathes she eyed the horrified men and women around them as she spoke calmly. "To clarify my grandmothers rules rape of any form is not allowed on this ship towards any sexuality or gender and unless you want to have to deal with me or my brother personally."

She adjusted her glasses. "I would suggest you all obey these rules as with either of us it will not go well for you, he will smash your head in and I will cut you open like a lab rat and trust me we don't believe in killing people unless we have to."

She walked calmly down the steps seeing her brothers now glowing red eyes and razor teeth. "And we did after all just take down Asuka Langley which is something to celebrate as my brother did the impossible, and we'd rather be drinking and eating than killing you people." She eyed the now dead body of Alessandro. "Now how's about one of you call in our Evangelion clean-up crew they can clean up this vile mess."

End of part 23

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