PILLARS OF BLAZING BURNING LIGHT

Asuka adjusted her red tie again and smoothed down her black suit and adjusted her hairs ribbons as she eyed the Nerv parking lot turning to Rei who was dressed in that beautiful white dress again all of their casual clothes had been put in their lockers along with wallets as the card was what they needed to pay though they both had phones and one set of house keys the other had been left in Rei's locker while this morning Erika's feeder has been set up to work for two days. "Where is this verfickte limbo?" Rei turned putting a hand on her arm seeing that the other women looked anxious. "It will be here in a moment."

She looked up as the shining black three door limbo which was a Lincoln appeared she had been in it before but Asuka hadn't. It pulled up alongside them and she caught sight of the Nerv symbol on its first door which read the gods are in their heavens and all is right with the world.

She watched as the driver door rolled down and a woman of Korean decent appeared giving them a wave she was dressed in an all-black version of the Nerv uniform had special gold and red shoulder parts which meant she was part of the special transport division whose job was to ferry Nerv diplomats and guests to and from Nerv Central, this wasn't the only limbo as there were in fact three others and they ran daily.

The woman who was in her late thirties and had long tailed black hair gave them a wide smile up as she spoke. "Hello there, they told me you'd both be here." She paused pulling down her reflective glasses looking in Asuka's direction. "Well aren't you just a wonder to behold Soryu didn't think I'd ever get to see you in person in my life time since you went underground and became a recluse."

She pressed a button inside causing the back door to open. "Clearly much better than your last girlfriend Ayanami that woman had issues..." Rei turned to Asuka. "Asuka let me introduce you to Nari she drives us all around for events."

Asuka eyed the woman forcing a wide smile. "Hi." Nari smiled. "Get in make yourselves comfortable." Asuka slowly seated herself in the limbo which was red lit with plush velvet black seats and galaxy lighting complete with a plush drinks table which had many bottles glasses and food it was for eight people but they were the only ones here there was also a music player.

She eased up getting comfortable watching as the black window went down as Nari looked at them pressing more buttons as the door closed. "Knock yourself out with drinks it's going to be a slow drive anyway and we have to wait our turn to get out of the car as there is normally a line."

She paused. "Would you both like some music?" Rei sat back getting more comfortable looking at Asuka who looked slightly out of her element. "Asuka what would you like?" Asuka raised her hand. "You choose."

Rei turned back. "Can you play Kanon-D-dur?" Nari smiled pressing her panel hearing the music come on. "Oh yes I can play that for you." She turned back as the black window went up. "You two have fun now." Asuka breathed in trying to calm herself she wasn't afraid to admit that she was nervous it felt like a life time ago since she'd been to this building and the last time had been when she was seventeen and she'd caused trouble there none of which she was proud off.

She turned to Rei who gave her a smile as she picked up a Kirin beer bottle handing it to her. "May I ask who your last girlfriend was?" Rei took in a deep breath letting it out slowly. "Rosetta Martinez."

Asuka turned sharply blinking in surprise. "You mean Rosetta Martinez the fashion designer?" Rei nodded. "It lasted less than a week and she didn't like that I wouldn't put out I ended it fast I've had some bad boyfriends and girlfriends but she was the most self-absorbed woman I've ever met."

Asuka put a hand on her face. "Oh Scheiß drauf I slept with her too when I was nineteen she just tries to sleep with any high class celebrity going because she wants to brag about it in her high class social circles back in the Paris."

Rei filled a glass with sparkling wine. "Well she does love to brag and I know that Shinji got tangled up with her as well and he regrets it as much as you do." Asuka opened her beer bottle. "I couldn't stand her it was like looking at the younger me and I don't blame either you or Shinji running from that one."

Rei turned pressing the button which meant she could speak to Nari. "Nari is Rosetta Martinez on this guest list tonight?" Nari's voice hit the air. "Yes she's is…I amuse you were hoping to avoid her?" Rei eyed the speaker. "Yes."

Rei felt the car start to move as it headed out of the Nerv car park as Nari spoke again. "Well you have Asuka with you tonight she can make anyone go away she has razor teeth and a glowing left eye from what I've heard."

Rei eyed the speaker. "Oh yes I had not considered that point." She turned off the speaker turning back to Asuka who looked mildly surprised. "Well she's not wrong." Asuka took a slow sip of beer feeling the need to change the subject. "Why didn't you tell Maya the truth about what you saw in your vision?" Rei breathed in deeply. "I'm not ready yet I just need more time to figure it out." Asuka put her beer bottle down as she reached out taking hold of her hand. "You should take a long as you need."

She felt a smile form. "Just wanted to know that you were alright." She eased her hand up running it softly through her short hair. "I was just worried that's all, I mean you were really hungry today." Rei looked up. "Yeah about that I've been feeling that way since I've got up I’m still feeling hungry now, I just hope this feeling goes away its annoying it feels like I haven't eaten for two days or something along those lines."

Asuka leaned forward giving her a gentle kiss on the lips. "Visions like that mess up your head I know from experience and people react differently maybe unlike me it just gives you more appetite but these feelings do pass in time." Rei moved her hand running it through the other woman's long red hair kissing her softly. "Yeah maybe it's just that and it will pass in time like you say."

8

Aleksanteri breathed in as he walked towards Mana's white villa with its ancient looking temple with its solid metal doors bolting shut and built to size opposite the modern Greek villa which was made of white stone and had a huge outdoor swimming pool outside and a huge central building and long built up sections on either side with so many modern connivances and it was a huge symbol of wealth as was the temple as normally to the Greek gods people normally erected statues and shrines in their homes but Mana was clearly going the extra mile to impress.

This whole area had a stone wall that was white and kept it from the outside world and the sky lights lit it up in the dark of the night and it was on the highest ridge of the mountain overlooking the grand and modern city of Lamia which had huge white marble statues of the Greek gods Hades and Apollo and two more of the Greek goddess's Athena and Aphrodite in its central square.

He sneered as he pushed open the wooden doors to her central business room watching as the twenty three year old woman with medium length brown hair looked up sharply her light blue eyes blinking in surprise as she stopped writing on her holographic screen with a digital pen.

She pressed her holographic desk causing whatever she was working on to vanish. He could see her beautiful white long dress which was sleeveless and knee high and had white collar while she wore simple brown leather sandals. He didn't think as he threw two electronic papers on her desk. "Explain this to me Mana explain to me why my bill was rejected yet again!"

Mana breathed in deeply eyeing the fifty year man with his white beard and dark brown eyes that wasn't well liked among most of the politicians as he was very high up, higher than herself as she was in the middle tier of the Greek political government.

She picked up the paper eyeing them. "Yes the Greek prime minister has rejected your tax bill it is most unfortunate but I don't see what this has to do with me."

Aleksanteri moved over to her a wooden desk slamming his first down hard. "Don't play dumb with me! We both know that's not true I don't know how but I know you fucking influenced her you little fucker!" He raised a ringed finger. "I had that bill in my hands and it was agreed on then it suddenly gets rejected!"

Mana put the electronic bill down. "Yes well maybe their change of heart was a good thing taxing the poor into oblivion would not have been a good course of action unlike taxing the rich who have more to give and can help us create projects to give the poor more work and better living conditions."

Aleksanteri pulled up a chair sitting himself so he was close to a desk. "You mean the rich like you Mana?" Mana put her hands together. "Unlike you I've spent my life giving my money to the poor I pour vast wealth from my estate to help them, because I don't want to see people starving like they were after second impact which was still suffering when I was born."

Aleksanteri smirked leaning back in the leather and wood chair. "You mean dumped in Delphi we all know you're just a street urchin who never got adopted and spent her whole childhood and teen life in an orphanage."

He folded his arms. "What was it? Oh yes behavioural problems which meant you suffered from rage and anger and didn't behave hence you got no new mommy and daddy." He folded his legs seeing that, that comment had clearly hurt as he'd heard it was quite a soft spot for her. "Scruffy little street urchin like you I'm not surprised you weren't adopted." He pulled out his tablet turning it flicking an image off it causing her holographic screen to come on as it copied over.

He watched as it appeared showing a scruffy ten year old girl on the dirty streets of Delphi in a filthy dress holding a battered fabric doll toy collecting cans to recycle along with two other boys and another girl. "Oh yes quite the little urchin weren't you? I imagine these pictures have never seen the light of day but maybe the press would love this and I have ten more this is just a taster."

He paused before speaking coldly. "Maybe the Pope would like one since you pissed him off in Rome last year, with your talk about repenting and turning the older gods as the one god concept is foolish when the angels prove that god is not singular." Mana narrowed her gaze. "What do you want Aleksanteri?"

Aleksanteri leaned forward. "Tell me the truth how did you over turn my bill because I've noticed that you never reach for higher power you have no interest in being prime minister, yet I've noticed despite your middle standing you seem to have loyalty among the higher ranking politicians it's like you have powerful friends and allies despite your rank." He leaned back in the chair. "So do you sleep around is that how you do it? Blow a cock here, lick pussy there, do tell?"

He eyed the room. "Make sense since you live alone must be lonely in this huge villa." Mana leaned on her elbows putting her hands together. "I do none of those things Aleksanteri and I don't have to this isn't the old world I do not have to sleep my way to the top anymore due to my gender, I win loyalty because I believe truly in the divine…and you should to."

Aleksanteri sniggered. "Please that's worthless pathetic crap and I know they call you the Star of Thessaly but it's just a title your no better than the rest of us, it's just you live in world of imagination where you think you're special…but you're not special you're a shitty little street urchin who somehow got rich probably by sleeping with rich people."

Mana felt the anger as it twisted an ugly knot in her stomach. "I obtained my wealth through my own project as an entrepreneur though my invention which was stainable fast growing crops trays system which I worked on with Oculus which was the project of faster growing crops which could be grown in vast underground complexes."

She breathed in deeply. "It's the reason Greece's people are no longer starving and every person who took part in the project was paid generously, my creation was the rotating levels which mean you can grow ten levels a time and none die due to the special lighting system." She paused eyeing him. "I graduated from university as an engineer and my system is even used in Tokyo Three and has been used all over the world by the UN." She looked around here. "You may not like my villa but its mine everything I earn is mine and I wasn't born into privilege like you, I worked for everything I own."

Aleksanteri moved his hand. "I'm not interested in your stupid life story I asked you how you got those of higher power on your side!?" Mana looked at him for a long moment before speaking. "I told you what you wanted to know take it or leave it." She looked at the image on her screen. "I care nothing for your threats you're just afraid of change when it doesn't suit you hence you taunt those who have crafted their world in a way you can't."

Aleksanteri stood up. "Fine have it your way you little street peasant but this isn't over between us believe me when we are done you'll be grovelling on the floor and sucking my dick which is where you should be because someone like you does not deserve power it belongs to people like me! I built Greece up from the ruins after second impact, you're just a little shit of a street urchin who doesn't have parents!"

Mana stood up slowly as she spoke coldly. "You've overstayed your welcome get out of my villa!" Aleksanteri smirked seeing that security guards had opened the doors to her office and were eyeing him making it clear that he had overstayed his welcome. "Good night Mana but remember that by tomorrow your little street pictures are going to be in every newspaper in Greece, let's see how your fans and supporters like your idealism when they see where you come from."

Mana narrowed her gaze bringing up her houses garage camera. "Your Mercedes-Benz S-Class is parked on my property get rid of it along with yourself…"

Aleksanteri smirked enjoying the moment as he turned away from her following the security guards walked him out of the villa towards his car which was parked opposite Mana's Aston Martin V12 Vanquish which was pure bronze in colour.

He got in his car fastening the seat belt only for his eyes to wander to temple which unlike before now had its huge bolt off and was slightly a jar. He leaned over seeing a strange pulsing red light in side which was flashing violently inside.

He looked up as security guard tapped his window speaking calmly "It's time to leave sir, please move your car off the premise" He eyed him before putting his foot down seeing the huge gates open to let him out as he moved down the mountain path as they closed behind him locking tight

Worthless little fuck, still at least he had the upper hand now and in a few more miles he'd be out of this crappy city he hated it here, there was something unsettling about it. He turned moving up the mountain road seeing the city which was all in lip up lights far below in the night.

He turned as the car radio came on and a voice hit the air though it was strangely hard to tell the gender. "Do you take pleasure in hurting clever, intelligent young women?" Aleksanteri turned smashing it with his fist. "Stupid German shit off a car I thought they'd fixed this shitty radio!"

The voice came again. "You have never gained anything in your life, you stole from your dying mother your brothers your sister you put them into poverty for the sake of celebrity they still suffer because of you even though all three of them should have got the money in the will which you tampered with but don't worry I've sent them the real copy."

Aleksanteri eyed the radio. "Who the fuck is this?!" The voice came again. "You stepped on and ruined everyone around you to gain fame…but your time is now ending mortal." There was a long pause. "You shall not piss off what I love the most and treasure in this world!" Aleksanteri felt his eyes dart. "Wait so are you Mana's loser of a boyfriend or girlfriend or something?"

The voice came again but truly cold. "No I am much worse than your small mind can comprehend and you really ought to pay attention to the road mortal." Aleksanteri looked up only to cry out in utter horror as he caught sight of something in the middle of the road which could not be, everything in him told him it couldn't be real yet it was real.

He could see the huge clawed feet and green and red scaled skin a huge body could be seen standing on all fours like a western dragon with a long tail and five heads that looked like huge snakes and were horned as the mouths opened showing off razor sharp teeth and snake like tongues as the white eyes glowed in to the night.

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He pressed the breaks of his car but it was too late as his car smashed into one of the hydra's legs which sent it tumbling violently as it rolled across the empty road. Crashing against the barrier which was the only thing stopping it going into the jagged rocks and pounding sea which from his position he could see out of the corner of his eye he was now bleeding from five places and he couldn't move his legs and all he felt was fear as he watched one of the heads appear in the smashed window above looking down at him.

The radio lit up in the now dark car as the voice came again. "When she said she loves the divine it was no lie but it's far too late for you to learn this lesson as you threatened her." Aleksanteri suddenly felt the grinding as the car was slowly pushed as huge clawed hand appeared. "Wait! I can give you money!"

The grinding carried on as he heard the buckling of metal as the barrier started to break and the voice spoke again. "Every time you exist in any cycle you're never smart, last time I never got my chance to deal with you as Keel was in my way he's not now which means I get to finally deal with you personally!"

The hydra began to push harder ignoring Aleksanteri desperate cries to be freed which turned to a cry of utter terror as the barrier was smashed apart and his car was sent flying over it as it smashed against the cliff as it carried on downwards finally hitting the rocks below in a shattered mess it owner now dead from the impact.

The huge hydra raised its heads roaring into the night before it vanished becoming no more of a shadow as it melted away just as other cars appeared screeching to a halt as they caught sight of the broken barrier and the car wreckage on the road which looked like an accident as it was meant to as no one would think for a second that it was hand of Cerberus this death would look like no more than reckless driving.

8

Asuka felt the car come to stop outside the Bukowskis auction house which was a huge T shape building which ran auctions worldwide daily and was surrounded by strobe lights and had a red carpet which led to the central plush white and gold well-lit foyer which was filled with very special antiques all behind glass then you were led in to the special auction room which was huge and took up a lot of the building which the other rooms were for sorting through goods and items and paying and were private and locked.

Even through the window she could see the special ribbons for the celebrity walk up in to the place and the press behind it ready to take pictures and she suddenly felt very nervous she had not done this in such a long time. Nari's voice hit the air over the speaker. "Okay you're both up in a moment."

She paused before speaking again the glee in her voice. "Give them a great show." Rei turned to Asuka noticing that her hand was gripping the door handle tightly to the point that she could see white knuckles. "Asuka are you okay?" Asuka looked outside seeing the press unable to keep the fear out of her voice. "I'm not sure I can do this…"

Rei leaned over instantly understanding where this fear was coming from as Asuka had not done this in so long and she was feeling really out of her element. "You'll be fine let me lead okay I'll get out first and you follow." She stood up moving to stand in front of Asuka knowing that this would cause a slight delay. "You did this at the visitor centre you can do this now."

She eased up her hand pulling up the black patch seeing that the other woman's left eye had ignited and was letting out bright blue and white light which meant she was experiencing extreme emotion. She pulled the eased up her hand putting them on the sides of Asuka face making sure there eyes met as she spoke gently. "Please come with me now Asuka its going to fine."

She leaned forward kissing her very gently on the lips seeing a very innocent look appear in the other woman's good eye. "Just take my hand and follow my lead." She felt Asuka take her hand as the other woman pulled her patch back down which glowed slightly which meant her left eye was still alight as she took hold of the door handle. "On three..." Asuka nodded. "One, two..." She watched Asuka let go of the door as looked at her. "Three."

She gripped Asuka's hand tighter opening the door as she got out watching as the camera's went off and film crew started filming went off as Asuka stayed behind her, her grip on her hand tightening as she heard the roar of the general public who were behind rails on one side while the press were on the other.

There was a thirty three feet of red and white carpet and walk to the building. They slowly started the walk up along the carpet keeping to the public side ignoring the questions from the reporters which came as a jumbled mass of cry screams all at once.

She moved quickly taking hold of the nearest fans photo book as she gave them a smile sighing it watching as Asuka instantly started to doing the same while saying hi to the people as politely as possible as she sighed there books as they walked slowly down the carpet ignoring the presses questions. She could see other well-dressed celebrity couples in front of her and some celebrities getting out behind her.

Rei moved up the line she had tried to sign as many posters and photo books as possible while Asuka had been signing any she had missed, much too their fans delight. She breathed in seeing the special press by the door who would be allowed inside later on for recorded interviews and she knew they couldn't avoid their questions.

She came to a stop seeing Asuka do the same as the other woman put her hand around her shoulder as the young press man spoke while the woman behind him raised the camera while the other man and woman started taking the close up photographs. "Good evening to you both." He paused. "So do you both have any plans for getting married?"

Rei eased up her hand seeing that Asuka's face was unreadable. "Sorry but no comment." The reporter eyed her. "Oh come on there has to be more!" Rei took hold of Asuka's hand moving towards the front door. "We'll be leaving now it was nice talking to you."

She breathed in deeply feeling the relief almost as the doors closed behind them and they walked up the small corridor that would lead to the central foyer. Asuka looked up as a man and woman came into view both dressed in white and gold suits they had card readers which they both raised as the woman spoke in a dead pan code. "Insert your cards for reading." She raised her card watching as they scanned it.

She moved her foot forward only for the woman to suddenly slam a pamphlet into her chest as her tone turned serious. "These are the ground rules, there is to be no touching of waiter or waitress staff serving drinks and food or sexual propositions towards either gender period."

Asuka eyed the pamphlet feeling a sneer form on her lips. "This is so stupid I know the rules and I have a girlfriend now just in case that has escaped your verfickte notice!" The man opposite spoke in a sly tone as they put their cards away. "That didn't stop you before when you were seventeen when you broke the rules twice on two separate visits here some of us remember it very clearly."

Rei tried to hide the smirk as she moved Asuka forward. "Let's go Asuka I'm sure these two people have a lot more people's cards to scan." Asuka watched as the second set of doors closed. "Why did the assholes have to bring that up I was young and being stupid, I'm not that person anymore." Rei moved to stand in front of her stopping her. "I know you aren't so you pay no mind to what they say it will just take some people a little more time to shake of that old image of you."

She moved her hand to face seeing that the light was no longer coming out of her patch which meant the other woman was now much calmer. "What matters is I know who you are." Asuka moved her hand putting it on Rei's. "Yeah I guess that is all that matters."

She felt her good eye move as she realized that Rei was standing in front of a huge statue she slowly moved her head upwards watching as the huge grey statue came into view which was in the centre of the room its huge arms spread outward with hands on each side and its long neck with a head that had disintegrated away its was huge and was as large as an Evangelion and its head was close to the ceiling it looked ancient. "Is this new?"

Rei turned looking at the statue. "Oh this it’s not new it’s said to be an ancient sculpture that outdates humanity their like a remnant or ruin and the scholars and archaeologists can't figure out who made it, in fact this building was built around it not the other way around to protect it so it could be studied."

She looked at Asuka who was still staring at it. "You have not noticed it before." Asuka eased up her hand pulling up her patch as she carried on staring at it. "No I've never noticed it before." Asuka breathed in why suddenly did this statue seem so familiar to her?"

Rei looked at Asuka watching as her left eye blue and white light faded as it turned to black with glowing red circles which span as she carried on staring at it now somehow mesmerized. She eyed the statue suddenly not liking the feeling she was getting it felt like and ice cold chill as if someone was walking on her grave she moved her hand putting it on Asuka's arm as she spoke in a dead pan tone before she could stop herself. "Hey Asuka, let's go."

She pulled on her arm speaking loudly and sharply as it was clear that the other woman was taking no notice of her. "Asuka!" She watched as Asuka snapped out of her trance turning to her as her left eye returned to its normal growing pulsing blue and white pattern state as she spoke a wide tooth grin forming. "Sorry I zoned out there for a moment what were you saying?"

Rei felt her grip tighten. "Let's go sit down at our table, I want to get away from this statue its very unsettling." She has seen her left eye change that after they had been at the prime ministers meal and she had no idea what it meant and that was making her feel even more uncertain.

As she has assumed the first time which had affected her as well had been caused by a dream or something else but this time Asuka had been awake which meant it wasn't emotion it was something else.

She carried on moving Asuka forward feeling the dark sensation leave as they came toward the auction room which was a huge room decorated in white, reds and gold with hundreds of round tables all had four plush red and gold chairs and name tags on the tables she watched as a waiter came up to them speaking calmly. "Your table is this way, please follow me."

"Hey Asuka Langley long time no see awesome you eating the angel Bardiel and all that!"

Asuka turned sharply watching as a man in his thirties dressed in black suit with a goatee beard waved at one of the tables she leaned over eyeing Rei keeping her voice to a whisper. "Who is he?" Rei eyed the man whispering back. "Famous Hollywood star Antonio Aguilar he's won two Oscars for best actor two years running."

Asuka looked up forcing a fake smile as she waved. "Thanks…" Asuka watched as they were brought to their seat which was opposite Antonio's filled table where three others were sitting one of whom she instantly recognised that Rosetta Martinez who gave her a cold look.

She sat at her table watching as Rei sat next to her seeing the silver names for the two men opposite them one read Nicolai Gedda and Claude Rains who yet again she had no idea who they were. Rei sat down watching as the two men smiled at them they were given their number cards she eyed Nicolai who was in his fifties with whiting beard and hair and a stocky build who was an operatic tenor and very famous in Spain who she had heard nothing but good things about as he was a gentleman through and through.

While the man opposite was an US TV host who she had not heard good things about she got more comfortable watching as Nicolai spoke calmly. "Well hello to you both it's an honour to be seated with you both."

Claude eyed Asuka as he lit a thin Cuban cigar as he pushed his long tailed hair back. "What a pity we are not allowed to interview you two would be most fascinated…" He breathed out the dark smoke as he eyed Rei Ayanami who was the spitting image of her mother Yui who he'd heard everyone had tried to sleep with at one point but been rejected outright. "But since I can't I do have one question."

He felt a sly grin form. "Tell me do those sexy skin tight plug suits creep into private places?" Nicolai turned sharply. "Plug suits are not some gross sexual fantasy for you to drool over! They are Nerv's exceptional equipment and there to save lives and state of the art." Asuka put her hands together eyeing Claude as she spoke coldly". "How's about you don't ask my girlfriend crappy questions like that again tonight or I'll make you really wish you hadn't."

"I wouldn't mess with her Claude she might eat your face off in the literal sense have you not heard she has razor teeth now that appear very suddenly?"

Asuka watched as Claude's look turned to nervousness she turned to Rosetta who was slim and had long blonde hair and light green eyes and was dressed in her flamboyant silver dress and was slightly older than her. "Hello Rosetta." Rosetta smiled as she turned to Rei speaking in a silky voice. "Is she still a wet fish in bed I have to ask? Because I remember fucking her as such a chore."

Rei eyed her seeing Asuka sneer as she spoke in a cold tone as she in no mood for this. "It's not my fault you don't know how to turn people on Rosetta, pressing the right buttons was never your forte when we dated two years ago." She eyed both Nicolai who smirked while Antonio did the same. "Plus I found you a chore since you are so about yourself."

Rosetta folded her arms in truth she was enjoying this verbal sparring but she didn't want to show it. "Yet you're now dating the epitome of self-centred, so I really couldn't have been that bad now could I?" Rei eyed her coldly. "Well at least this so called self-centred version loves me which is more than you ever did all you did was start complaining about how I never put out."

Asuka turned as the waitress put a drink of German brand of beer called Franziskaner beside her while another gave Rei her some warm sake called Ginjo in a special pottery sake cup as these had been pre-ordered in advance by Maya as they could use the hologram menu on the table to order food and drink which were on Nerv's tab. "You've had your fun Rosetta, now how's about you be verfickte quite before I put my foot up your ass?"

Rosetta suddenly burst in to a fit of laughter as she smiled widely. "My, my you two really are made for each other I never would guessed, seriously speaking though I thought this was fake on your part Rei since you never get laid hence why you picked up this sexual t-rex as a stunt because we both know that's a hard train to ride in bed but clearly you like her because you're really passionate about protecting her."

Rei took a sip of her sake which was clearly the Dassai brand by the taste. "Well I'm glad we have established that so we can now end this conversation and move on with the rest of the night." She turned knowing the auction would start soon it was just a case of getting the last people seated.

She watched as the waiters and waitress's moved around her dressed in up market suits and long dresses moved around her, this place had really not changed since she had been here last time at seventeen and now it felt really strange or maybe the truth was that this was the first time she ever paid attention to the place since on both occasions she'd gotten slightly drunk even though Misato had told her pacifically that she wasn't allowed to drink till she was eighteen and the night had felt like a roller coaster whereas now every moment felt different but then she was different and in a strange way that felt like a good thing.

8

The guard looked up slightly from his spot near auction building gardens which stretched out for a long way and had a maze and high fences which all of the celebrates would go out into after the action was over to talk and mingle. Behind him was a tall iron and wooden door which could only be opened from the other side via iris lock or on his side with his thumb print. He turned hearing some ruffling in the maze close up he raised his gun AK47 gun slowly. "Come out!"

He breathed in only to lower it as he caught sight of the young woman dusting herself off who was the prime minister's son' s assistant Akane he smiled as he eyed her as sometimes assistants and body guards came in this way. "Hello Akane do you need me to let you in?"

Akane smiled. "Yes please." She watched as he turned. "You're a nice guy, you know that." Her hand moved inside her coat as she pulled out her hand gun. "Such a pity..." She didn't think as she aimed it for the back of his head firing it instantly watching as blood spattered against the door as his body slumped against it leaving a blood tail as hit the floor his body shaking slightly in the final moments of death she already knew that inside was the other contact who had already put static footage on this camera and the ones of the gardens.

She grabbed his hand pulling it up trying to get him to stand she turned seeing the group of a hundred men and women dressed in black who were getting ready to enter. She turned seeing the tall dark haired woman walk towards her whose name was Achika stopped in front of her eyeing the man as she pulled out a medical knife which had clearly been changed from a normal one as its blade was different as she spoke in a cold tone. "I'll deal with this."

She felt her body freeze as she started to separate his thumb from his hand causing blood to spill everywhere there was horrible crack as bone separated from bone and the tall woman pulled his thumb up slamming it against the scanner. "I hate long waits…." She watched as it turned green causing the doors to slowly open as Christopher came towards her as she threw the severed finger aside pulling out a white cloth to wipe the blood off her hands and knife. "Well that was easy."

Achika looked up. "No one ever expects an attack on this place brother and Tokyo Three has become lax since it's been a decade since their last terror attack." She eyed Akane pulling out something from her pocket which was gold credit card. "This is compliments of our grandmother or Pharaoh as you know her, for your help and giving us the lay out and plans even passwords and for your contacts work inside, fourteen million enough to retire on."

She watched as the younger woman took it. "But tell me before you vanish and catch a plane to another country why help us? You see out spy contacts Orino and Hachiro are desperate to know as they can't be here tonight due to secrecy and all that."

Akane smirked as she started to walk away. "All my life I've given everything for up market creeps lived my life for them and I got nothing in return and I'm tired of kissing Ryo's worthless ass because his father is prime minister and putting on a show that I adore him, I hope that you'll kill him for me. I refuse to end up like my father who died painfully as an old butler, because his employer wouldn't pay his medical bills even after four decades of service."

Achika adjusted her glasses. "So you don't care about our true goal the pilots." Akane shrugged. "I don't give a shit about the pilots even if I did meet them some days ago I just want to watch all these wealthy fucks burn."

Christopher stepped closer to her putting his hand in his black leather jacket pocket what looked like a black heavy metal bat with special buttons on its handle over his shoulder as he smirked. "Oh don't worry heads are going to fucking role tonight and our grandmother gave us some fun toys to play with, you should go somewhere safe and watch the show because it's going to be glorious." Akane eyed his weapon. "What is that? I'm curious."

Christopher eased the baseball bat from his shoulder swinging it smoothly as he pressing a button causing a spark of intense electricity to fly out for a moment. "Oh this well I'm sure you've seen lightning rods have you not?" Akane nodded. "Yes…" Christopher pressed another button switching it off as he put it back against his shoulder. "Well this a beefed up version made from Evangelion plate steel in the form of your average baseball bat which I had specially made just for Asuka as she can with in stand intense pain this will be very painful even for her." Akane eased her hand towards it. "How fascinating..."

Christopher took hold her hand gently pushing it back as he smiled smugly. "I wouldn't touch that as this is the equitant of being struck by lightning, I intend to test it out on Ryo first just for your pleasure as I'm going to beat the shit out of him.”

End of part 19

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