THE SHARD OF LIGHT THAT PIERCES THE DARKNESS

Maya sent me a large confectionery box filled with Belgium chocolates it was it in the wreck room sitting on my sofa chair when I got in this morning. Normally I would feel great about that I mean it has all the chocolates I really like but I just have no appetite for anything and it just reminds me that I screwed up.

I've just spent part of my day trying to stay away from everyone and walking aimlessly around, though that aimless walking has led me to the gym where I'm now sitting on a lifting stool where they do free weights. I don't do weights but there are large hand held free weights at my feet I know Toji spends some of his free time here and down in the swimming pool below with Mari and his younger sister Sakura who I've never spoken to. I can see Rei though the Spa rooms glass to the right she's talking with Shinji and Kaworu who are both in their swimwear and relaxing in the hot tub together.

She is dressed in those body hugging jeans with another one of those embroiled tops that have short sleeves which are always so pretty and delicate. I could never wear things like that they just don't suit me and I feel uncomfortable in clothes if there to tight hence why my clothing is always slightly baggy and my leather jacket very rarely leaves my back, since it's custom made. The only item of clothing we have in common is skate shoes but hers are all light and white while mine are darker and both our shoes have very different designs.

I shouldn't be looking I should know better, I'm nowhere near as beautiful as she is I knew that from the first day of school hence why I was so jealous of her. I never realized till a lot later it was that inability to navigate my own sexuality that was causing the problems. Because I hated myself for liking women as much as men and I was deeply attracted to her so much so that it hurt but instead of being grown up about it I just went out of my way to act like a jacked up asshole and assumed that I could have her.

Because that was always how my mind worked back then, if I wanted something therefore I should have it and no one should tell me different and if I didn't get it I'd throw a tantrum and try to focus the blame on others. It was easy and cruel and it worked half the time and I really hurt Shinji and Rei, I'm still confused as to why they are both still friendly towards me. I know if I met my younger self I wouldn't be friends with her, I'd want punch her senseless and tell her to treat people better.

I'm still attracted to Rei even now nothings changed maybe that's why I'm always running away because I know it will never go beyond friendship and after the way I treated her in my early teens why would she ever give me that chance? I don't even know if she even likes men or woman because I never see her with anyone.

"Your shoes are cheap shit, kind of like you princess."

Asuka looked up watching as Mari came into view she was standing over her dressed in her green military gear a smirk on her lips why was she here, why couldn't she just verfickte leave her alone? She turned the page of her comic as she spoke evenly "Your glasses are cheap scheisse four eyes." The next moments caught her completely off guard as Mari grabbed her violently by the collar dragging her to her feet her height making it that she could tower over her a little.

Mari looked at the other woman as she spoke in a cold voice ignoring the fact that all of the Nerv staff who had been training had now stopped to watch them. "Yeah well at least I'm not a total monumental fuck up like you! You know next time you decide to have a panic attack and blow out the power, why don't you go home and use that pistol you've got lying around to blow your brains out, it would be better for everyone!" Asuka looked down feeling the sadness take over that thought had entered her mind last night.

She'd sat staring at her gun for half an hour before unloading it completely then putting the barrel between her teeth before pressing the trigger more than once just to hear the hollow click, before giving up and throwing the gun on the coffee table before going to bed with Erika who had been going out of her way to distract her by rubbing her leg.

Bardiel hadn't spoken or made any comment's he'd just watched with curiosity just like he was watching her now from his position close to the stool. Mari eyed Asuka who was no longer paying attention and in her own world, she could see it in her face her good eye was staring off into the distance. "What is wrong with you? Man you are such a fucking spaced out loser!" She narrowed her gaze. "You put my best friend Toji in the dark for an hour yesterday it was very frightening for him I had to stay with him all of last night because of what you did." Asuka looked down sadly. "Everyone's afraid of the dark in some manner or form it's the demons that lurk there."

The next moments turned to blinding pain as Mari's fist made contact with her face she hit the floor hard on her side. The pain came again as the other woman boot made contact with her stomach throwing her sideways as Mari's voice came again filled with rage. "Do you think your being funny or even poetic with that statement?!"

Asuka breathed in painfully. "Neither…it's the truth." Mari walked up to her slamming her foot in to her stomach again hearing her cry out in pain. "You're so fucking pathetic Asuka!" She turned kicking her hard in the leg as she walked towards the glass that led to the outside table's balcony that over looked the tropical swimming pool. To her right she could see the others inside the spa they were unaware of what she was doing as Rei wasn't looking in her direction and Shinji and his friend Kaworu were all focused on their conversation despite that the glass was only semi sound proof on this spa level unlike the levels above.

She felt an evil smile form as she watched Asuka stumble painfully to get to her feet. "It’s probably the reason mommy never loved you and maybe she went crazy because she couldn't stomach or even stand you." Asuka felt her whole body freeze in utter pain as those words slowly burnt into her soul as Bardiel's voice entered her head. "You're going to let her say that to you Asuka? She's nothing compared to you you're a goddess of fire and rage put her back in her place!"

Mari pushed up her glasses seeing the shock and pain in Asuka's good eye she spoke her next words in a dark tone. "Maybe that's why she tried to strangle you." Asuka looked down eyed her fallen comic seeing that Mari had purposely shoved her army boot on it leaving a dirty print when she yanked her up onto her feet. She felt the rage building up before she could stop it, it was a hot blinding rage the kind she hadn't felt in such a long time it terrifying and welcoming all at once.

It wasn't just the cruel statement it was the burning anger at being sick at being helpless and alone as well as feeling like a joke and having no control over her life anymore. She felt her body start to shake as fire began to ignite and her teeth grinded together. Suddenly she no longer cared she just wanted to let the fire out and watch every thing burn. She knew she'd get in to trouble her rages and tantrums always led to punishments but what did it matter anymore? She was so sick of feeling crushed under foot by the world. She was screaming before she could even stop her self as her hand went for one of the hand free weights not caring how heavy it was or that it might do in her shoulder as she threw it in Mari's directions with all her might.

Rei heard the intense scream of rage it was Asuka's she'd know it anywhere but it was so long since she'd heard it, she turned just in time to see Mari duck as a hand held free weight flew past her colliding with the balconies glass behind her smashing a whole section of it apart causing all those sitting and talking in the chairs close to the tables to get up in shock and terror.

She turned watching as Shinji and Kaworu leapt out of the hot tub their faces turning to shock. Asuka eased up her hand realizing what she had just done it didn't seem real to her she was human she didn't have this kind of power Bardiel's voice came again but much softer. "I meant what I said about what I can give you in terms of gifts, perhaps now we can come to some form of understanding." She turned seeing him flick his tail as he spoke again. "That is when you're done beating that awful little piece of flesh into the dirt, after all she insulted your mother."

Asuka felt her legs tense as her knuckles cracked on her right hand as she spoke to Mari who was still staring at her in shock. "You know something I've put up with so much scheisse from you and I don't care about your name calling or your inflated verfickte ego but you will never ever insult my mother again to my face, mark my words!" Her feet were moving before she could stop them even with the bionic they're moving on their own and with force there was no pain maybe it was adrenaline either way she didn't care it was un-restrained glorious freedom in all its wonder.

She could see Mari was moving to stand up fully but it was too late for her to get clear and she knew it. The horror was in her turquoise eyes as she collided with her sending them both flying through the broken glass smashing into the tables and chairs as the staff around them ran in side wanting to get away as fast as they could. She was going to enjoy every verfickte moment of this she was going to drink in the feeling off unhinged violence which she'd missed for so long and she was going enjoy watching Mari realize her stupid mistake and make her aware of why she had such a reputation as an angry crazy asshole!

8

Misato chewed on her coffee's plastic stirring stick as she looking up at Kaji and Maya who were seated with her in one of the Arcades café's. "You know you could put a turret gun or a rifle on one of unit 02's tails and a knife on the other." Maya lowered her arts and crafts magazine blinking in surprise. "Yesterday you said that was an awful idea." Kaji lowered his tablet. "Yeah you said it's not a kid's toy but a war machine."

Misato looked up. "Yeah I know but I was thinking about it last night I mean the specialists are saying that the unit 02 hands won't hold the guns anymore because the palm is too long and all of Asuka's guns apart from the big gun need the trigger and grip to be changed so they can be held correctly we've had to ship them all back to Germany just so they can do the refit, so the two tails being used as weapons for a temporary amount of time might work."

Maya looked up. "Yeah but the tails are meant for balance because they think it can now run on four legs as well as two that's why the palms are so long they're already calculating that it might have some real speed and might even be able to keep pace with unit 01 and 00."

She took a sip of her latte. "That is if Asuka can even handle it they looked inside the entry plug and they've said the control have gone really stiff and that it took real effort just to move them and they're not even sure that Asuka will even be able to move them in her weakened state." Kaji eased up his hand. "Yeah but I still don't get the two tails? You only need one tail for balance just watch cats and dogs when they run around and they said that the ends on both look really strange like there's a hollow area in side them but they don't know what it's for or even what it does."

Misato shrugged. "Maybe we'll find out soon enough once she's well enough to step back inside I mean the delegate display is coming up very soon and we have no choice but to put Asuka back in 02 even if she can do no more than walk around and show off the new look for a few minutes." She looked down as her phone rang she breathed in easing it up as she put it on speaker. "Yes what it is it I'm in the middle of my lunch here?" A female voice hit the air filled with panic. "Major you need to get up to the gym level now a fight has broken out!"

Misato eyed her phone. "You have security for fights, why are bothering me?!" The voice came again filled with anxiousness and fear. "No you don't understand, two of your pilots are fighting over here and there wrecking the place!" Misato blinked in surprise. "Which two pilots are you talking about?" The voice was filled with panic as it spoke once more. "I'm talking about Asuka and Mari!" Misato leaned closer this had to be a joke or something. "No I'm sorry that's just not possible Asuka's very sick she's not well enough to cause fights she's been under the weather for days."

The voice came again but filled with anger and frustration. "Well somehow she got better and she is ruining the place on the weight training level and it's really violent. Security doesn't dare step in because she's in her crazy asshole mode and it might have been a while but you remember what her insane rages are like, she breaks things that are not her property!" Misato eased herself out of her chair watching as the others did the same. "Okay we are coming down to you right now!"

8

Asuka grabbed the nearest wooden chair throwing it in Mari's direction watching as it hit the banister only to fly over she heard the screams of panic in the swimming pool section as it smashed to earth below, she eased her tongue out running it over one of her canine teeth. "Come here four eyes, I want see what your lower intestine looks like!" She threw the table out of the way ignoring the crowds who were gathering on the banister across from them and the ones above on both sides. "I want to rip it out of your body you know like you did to me when I was piloting that stupid UN verfickte Alpha test unit and I could feel everything you were doing to me but was powerless to stop you!"

Mari eyed the red haired woman she'd only just been able to scramble free when Asuka had slammed into her, which had hurt like hell. She knew she was in trouble if Asuka got hold off her she had no idea what illegal steroids she was on but she was insanely strong so much so it wasn't normal. She looked down realizing that she had only one card to play which was below her. Asuka was utterly terrified of deep water the fall would be long but they'd both survive it well she would Asuka wouldn't she'd panic and drown. If she could get her to run a second time maybe she could use her anger against her. "You're a fucking coward Asuka you always have been you always will be!"

She watched as the one good eye narrowed as the other woman came at her she moved as her foot came up smashing the railing literally sending part of the section flying through the air. More screams were heard as it landed below with a massive crash. She grabbed her around the neck forcing her feet out seeing the panic in Asuka's good eye as it dawned on her that she'd just made a huge error in judgment. "Fancy a swim princess! Oh that's right you don't swim do you?"

Asuka couldn't do anything she was powerless as Mari used her whole weight to throw them both through the gap in the railing as Rei's scream of panic hit the air behind her. Mari felt herself falling she watched in surprise as Asuka hands shot out grabbing the middle level diving board as they sped past it throwing her into a violent loop as the other woman righted her body as they came to a sudden stop. She looked up in anger seeing that Asuka was now holding onto the diving board with both hands and was refusing to let go.

She wrapped her legs around her smaller body as she pulled her hands up trying to force Asuka's free with the only advantage she had over her which was her height. She tightened her grip on her hands trying harder to force them loose as she eased up her knees forcing all of weight on to the reds heads shoulders. "Let go!"

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She pushed down harder. "What's wrong princess don't you want to swim in the tropical water!?" Asuka held on feeling the panic set in as Mari's knees pushed down on her shoulders causing intense pain. She could feel her heart racing she looked up watching as Bardiel leaped onto the higher diving board above looking down at her. "Let go Asuka, don't worry I won't let you drown."

Asuka could feel her fingers on both hands start to go as the pain on her shoulders got worse as Mari pushed down with her entire body weight. "Let go Asuka." Mari blinked in surprise as Asuka suddenly let go causing them both to fall everything turned pure blue as she went under together and she was able to free herself from Asuka's body. She watched as Asuka tried desperately to swim upwards she swam up wrapping arms around her neck before she could get away she felt her violently struggle as she forced her down keeping her under.

She'd had been trained she could stay under the water Asuka hadn't, Yuki Kyo's younger brother had told her that she had refused to do the combat training water exercises. Asuka struggled harder seeing Bardiel dive in above her, he swam down towards her his red eyes gleaming as he spoke. "Feel my power in your body, embrace the sacred light."

Asuka went still feeling it hit her like a shard of light in the darkness as her left eye become warmer it felt like some kind of heat was emanating out from it as her whole mouth started to feel funny like her teeth were changing, the sensation was so surreal and it moved through her entire body like a lightening bolt. Rei ran down the stairs not waiting a second she knew Asuka couldn't swim in deep water. She had to go in there and get her out she ran in to the water only to stop in confusion as the area where Asuka and Mari had fallen started to boil and bubble she watched as Shinji and Kaworu appeared behind her only to feel the shock wave as it knocked her clean off her feet as the whole swimming pool's water was blown outward.

Water showered down everywhere as hundreds of Nerv employees tried to get away from the chaos as the water came down again going still. She watched as Mari appeared dragging herself out someway from her clearly in a lot of pain as she lay on her knees pulling her glasses off taking in slow deep breathes. She turned finally catching sight of Asuka as she dragged herself out very close to where Mari was there was blood though she was leaving a thin trail on the white tiles. Mari breathed in everything hurt it felt like she'd just been hit by a brick wall she crawled up to the cocktail bar grabbing someone's half finished cocktail glass not caring what type of cocktail it was as she took a long drink hoping it would ease the pain somewhat as she pushed her glasses back on seeing that one of the lenses had cracked.

She could see Asuka close by still on her stomach breathing in slowly and deeply, there was a piece of smashed wood from the chair she had thrown earlier lying close by. She put the empty glass down as moved over grabbing it putting it behind her back watching as Asuka dragged herself onto her knees then struggled to her feet. She could see the intense rage in her good eye as her mouth formed a cold snarl she clutched the wood tighter as the red haired woman came closer. "Well your leather jackets ruined I've heard water kills expensive shit like that."

Asuka stepped closer. "Yeah but this is custom made so it doesn't soak up water, its made from the same materials they use on motorbike leathers which are now fully water resistant but then you wouldn't know that now would you because you don't ride motorbikes." Mari looked up at her catching sight of the red blood which was staining her t-shirt near her stomach, clearly some of her stitches had ruptured but she hadn't noticed it yet. "I prefer sports cars." Asuka felt a cold smile form. "Personally I always envisioned your car to be a pink Cadillac with Hello Kitty charms and fluffy dice." Mari eyed her in disgust. "My car is a purple Lamborghini!"

Asuka raised an eyebrow getting closer as she eased up her hand getting ready to grab her. "Wow you must be really compensating for something then, what's wrong you can't pull the boys and girls with your geeky glasses so you use your car like a dick extension?" Mari felt a sneer form. "Your one to talk with your shitty patched eye!" Asuka smirked as she leaned closer speaking in a salty sedative tone. "Yeah but the rest of me is just so good." The next moments turned to blinding pain which was enough to throw her clean off her feet she hit the floor on her side feeling the blood as it ran down her forehead as everything span.

Rei ran not stopping as she moved to stand in front of Mari who had pulled herself to her feet the plank of wood in her hand. "Stop this!" She watched Asuka rose to her feet behind her seeing the blood which was now coming down the right side of her face. Mari eyed her. "Get out of my way Rei or I will hit you!" Rei raised her hands seeing that Shinji was running towards her along with Kaworu. "No I'm not going anywhere!"

Asuka saw the wood flying towards Rei she moved grabbing her hand as fast as possible as she forced herself in front of her so her whole body was shielding hers she raised her hand protecting her head feeling the wood as it smashed against her back causing intense pain.

Rei could hear Asuka's pained breathing as she was struck a second time but remained over her protecting her she heard her voice as she spoke softy and quietly near her ear. "Its okay I've got you." Asuka turned as Mari swung again she grabbing her arm before it could strike allowing Rei to get free and safe as she gently released her with the other. "It's not noble to attack unarmed people, didn't your parents ever teach that?!" She began to squeeze hearing Mari cry out in agony as she dropped the wood she brought up her other hand smashing it straight in to her nose as she let go off her arm as she thrown to the floor where she held her now bleeding nose.

She stepped forward only to feel dizziness take over she moved over to wall putting her hand on it. "What did I ever do to you that you hate me so much?!" Mari groaned in pain unable to get up due to the intense pain her head was spinning and her ears were stinging. "You were born!" Asuka looked down seeing the red which was now soaked her white t shirt she was bleeding and she hadn't even realized it she watched as the world went out of focus for a second. "Scheisse and I was having such a fun day." She tried to stand up straight only to fall over hitting the floor on her side as the intense pain set in and everything started to hurt she was fighting so hard to stay awake she had no energy left she felt completely spent.

Rei was on her knees as she turned Asuka over onto her back as she straddled her putting her hand on her face. "Stay with me Asuka!" She pulled up her t shirt seeing the section of the stomach wound which had ruptured and was bleeding out very badly. "Medical box I need a medical box!" With in seconds her brother was standing over her holding one she grabbed it in panic yanking it open spilling it contents out.

She grabbed the bandages and the medical gun filled with painkillers she wasn't Maya she only knew basic first aid she put the bandage over the bleeding area using her weight to force down just to try and stop the bleeding as she grabbed the gun with her other hand. "I'm sorry Asuka I know you hate this but I have no choice you can shout at me later." She pressed it against the other woman's neck clicking the trigger watching as it went off. It would probably do nothing but take off the edge, Asuka needed something much stronger she moved her other hand back putting pressure on the bleeding area."

She looked down meeting her good eye which didn't break away it stared into her own softy, the other woman's hand came up finding her face as she ran her fingers down it in a slow and gentle caress. She felt the emotion hit her though it was from a distant place deep down but it was like being hit by a tidal wave and it was hard to keep her mind focused as Asuka's hand pulled away but her blue eye remained on her. She didn't normally feel deep emotion when other people touched her other than her brother it was why she struggled with sexual relationships so much because when the people touched her she didn't feel connected to them and they'd gotten annoyed because she had no real emotional response to them.

They also always wanted the physical which she didn't want she wanted the emotional side much more than the physical, which they were never willing to give so they left her every time calling her frigid or cold when she was neither. Now she was paralyzed by emotion and she was so confused that it took her a moment to realize that Maya was standing over her asking her to move. She looked up snapping out of her haze getting of Asuka so she could work though she remained kneeling beside her.

She turned seeing that Kaworu was trying to get Mari back onto her feet and he had given her something to try and stop her nosebleed which was now staining her green army shirt red Toji had appeared and was running towards his best friend the concern in his eyes, there was so much blood she looked at her hands which were stained in Asuka's. She could see her brother trying to explain everything to Misato and Kaji who both looked so confused and horrified. She turned looking at Asuka who had now passed out completely Maya was working and completely focused on fixing her stomach stitching she was putting in much stronger stitches in the ruptured section.

This event had been brewing for over a year every one knew it was coming but even she had not expected it to be this violent and extreme she also highly doubted that Mari would try to fight Asuka again after this. A part of it though strangely made her happy maybe it was just seeing Asuka return with such force. She had not seen that Asuka in over three years and it was so good to see her back, because it was who she was anger was part of her nature and it helped her to pilot better.

8

"So has she taken something illegal?"

Maya looked at Asuka who was laying on the scanning table she'd been dressed in her in a hospital trousers and shirt yet again though she still had her patch on. Though they'd had to take the bionic off completely Rei was sitting close by she hadn't left her side since she'd been brought up to the hospital wing. "Please be patient, I'm working here!"

Rei looked up at Misato who was standing close by. "I still don't get why you are running this test? I mean Asuka hates steroids she told me once that they're really unhealthy and that they can harm your heart function." Maya eased up the syringe filled with Asuka's blood putting a drop on the scanner close by watching as it started to run the scan.

Misato breathed in deeply. "Yeah well we still need to check it Rei it's not everyday someone in her condition is able to throw a thirty kilogram free weight one handed at a plain of glass and break it." Kaji looked up slightly. "Its going to take them three days to fix that mess apparently the wave machine went nuts it blew up and caused a shock wave before shorting out somehow which they can't make sense off. They think Mari might have shorted it out because she was really close to the under water controls when she dragged Asuka down and she was going to great lengths to keep her under and she was struggling because of how violently Asuka was trashing around and she might have kicked the controls." He breathed in deeply. "Every single person though on the weights floor said the same thing, Asuka didn't start it she was minding her own business reading this."

He raised a comic book which had a dirty boot print on it. "Mari really started picking on her I mean in the most cruel way possible, to quote her word for word she said, next time you decide to have a panic attack and blow out the power, why don't you go home and use that pistol you've got lying around to blow your brains out it would be better for everyone." Maya's head shot up. "Who in their right mind says that to someone who is depressed? That is so insanely cruel."

Kaji put the comic down on the table opposite. "Then she just started hitting her but Asuka didn't fight back at all, it wasn't until the comments about her mother not loving her that all hell broke loose, then it all just descended into utter chaos." He turned looking at Rei. "She protected you I saw that in the footage, Mari tried to attack you and she shielded you."

Maya watched as the scan finished and results flew up. "All of her tests are negative there are no steroids or illegal drugs in her system." She looked at the scan again. "Her endorphin levels are really high though but that maybe just from all the fighting." She brought up the brain scan seeing an area which was very bright and firing. "Hang on I saw this before when she first came into the hospital days ago, her brain was super active but last time it was sending out pain signals when she wasn't conscious." Misato leaned over. "Is it dreams?"

Maya shook her head. "Wrong part it's focused massively in the cerebellum area of her brain but what I don't get is if it was damaged or not working her speech and motor control would be effected yet she's perfectly fine its like she better than fine when you consider what she did today." She typed bringing up an older brain scan putting them side by side. "There something else that doesn't make sense." She spun the old brain then the new one. "Look at the stem, in the new scan its thicker okay it's by a tiny amount but it's not normal, it's like her brain has changed at the base level."

Kaji stepped forward. "Could the incident in unit 02 have caused this? I mean the unit changed could the sync also have affected her like a loop back." Maya eyed the test tubes next to her which had hair skin and nails. "I've taken lots of samples from Asuka I'm going to work this out as the loop back is a real possibility. I mean it could have caused this along with her now strengthened body, it would be the first time we've ever witnessed a change to a pilots mind and body."

She turned to Rei. "Plus I still can't figure out how you were still standing during the blast I've run the simulation five times, it should have knocked you out its was a type of AT field and it powerful enough to knock out anything electrical including the Evangelion's systems." She moved over to bionic raising it up so they could all see it. "Oh yes and during the fight this turned itself off completely, it only does this when the areas are completely healed but it was a total and sudden shut down. Asuka probably never even noticed it because she was so deep in her rage and so hell bent on taking out Mari." Rei sat up. "But she wasn't it was very different this time normally she doesn't care who is in the way she went out of her way to protect me."

Kaji breathed in he knew why but he couldn't say anything he turned seeing the knowing look on Maya's face. The footage had shown one thing as clear as day Asuka had not been reading that comic she'd been pretending to read it before Mari had come in, her good eye had actuality been focused on Rei and it had not wavered the whole time. He wasn't stupid he knew that look and those actions from a mile off it was infatuation and longing and it was the look of something you could never have. Though he had only been at Nerv for eight years he knew that look because he had it so many times when glancing over at Misato though she never really noticed it.

They'd been friends in university and he had tried to ask her out a few times back then but she had said no and it had never gone any further. Also since he'd returned to Nerv she had been very guarded due to bad relationships in the past hence they'd always remained friends and nothing more and he had just accepted that it would always be that way.

He could sympathise with Asuka because he'd heard the stories about how she'd tried to pursue Rei in school only to get cold rejection. That was why he defended her so often to others because he saw that as something they had in common also her hostility towards him was all just for show inside of work. Outside of work they did meet up at times and talked in his vegetable garden where they traded items, though they hadn't met up at all since the UN test unit accident but it was clear that she was going through to much right now and she just wasn't coping well.

Maya turned slightly. "I need to run these tests but I want to send Asuka home I need her to vanish from Ritsuko's sight for the whole of tomorrow because the gym incident will get out. Far too many people saw if unfold but if Asuka's not here she can't do anything about it." She looked around her. "So who wants to take her home and look after her? She is just sedated now and I've gave her a drug to stop any concussion also her head wound wasn't as bad as it looked and it didn't need stitches but I'm not taking any chances, hopefully she'll wake up in a couple of hours."

Rei stood up. "I'll take her to her home I'll stay over night, I promised her I was going to talk to her I want to keep my word." Misato turned to her. "I'll drive you there I can put your motorbike on my trailer." Maya looked up. "Also make Mari disappear tomorrow."

Misato folded her arms. "That's not hard I'll just suspended her tonight after they fix her broken nose and discharge her and then I'll lie and say that I did the same to Asuka, because no one will bat an eyelid because Asuka's been suspended more than once in the past for bad behaviour and causing a danger to peoples lives. So her missing a day won't surprise anyone and them both missing on the same day will go unnoticed. Plus this fight has been brewing for over a year everyone knew it was going to happen, it was just a matter of time before the lid was going to pop off."

Rei breathed in deeply. "Misato could you please do me a favour and not drive too fast, like don't push on the pedal too hard my motorbike has only just been fixed and I really don't want it flying off your trailer." Misato turned eyeing her in annoyance. "What is it with you and Asuka and my car?" Rei looked down she drove it like a crazy person and it was scary and that she had one not so found school memory of Asuka almost loosing her lunch all over her once back when she'd been fifteen, because the back seat was like being inside some demented roller coaster and front seat was no better.

End of part 19

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