Inside Unit Two. The Eva Cages. Central Dogma.
This is stupid, Asuka thought. There's no way this is going to work. Still... what else did she have to go on right now?
So she tried. She did just what the Doctor had suggested. She closed her eyes and imagined a door, black and featureless save for an electronic lock bolted to its front. Then she visualized her thoughts and memories as a massive pile of keycards scattered beneath her feet. (Because screw the old-fashioned metal-key-pin-and-tumbler stuff. This was her mind.Of course it was going to be cutting-edge tech.)
She imagined herself casting her eyes around the mental landscape until she found the obvious solution: a card labeled ME in big red letters. Because when in her life hadn't that been the answer? She slid the card through the lock...
... and it stayed closed.
Okay, she thought. Well, it's not like there aren't plenty of variants on that to try. Me being amazing. Me being the best. Me having the highest kill count. Me the legendary hero, the woman who saved the human race. Me being awarded my doctorate. Me getting statues built in my honor. Me being the idol of millions -- no, billions. Me getting talked about in all the magazines and journals. Me being named Hottest Woman on Earth three years straight. Me being crowned God-Empress of the Universe for Eternity.
Nothing.
Seriously? Okay, okay, she thought. Let's try other people. Starting from the important ones. Mama. Making Mama proud. Papa. Proving Papa absolutely and completely wrong. The look on Papa's face when I prove him absolutely and completely wrong. Mr. Kaji. Mr. Kaji asking me to marry him. Mr. Kaji in a thong. Mr. Kaji and the Doctor in a thong.
Jean-Claude. Misato. Misato begging for my forgiveness. Hikari. Wondergirl. Wondergirl admitting that I'm better than her. That jerk Toji a.k.a. Mr. Small Fry. That creepy little nerd whose name I can't remember. The rest of the class. The Doctor. The Doctor calling me a genius. The Doctor coming up with this stupid exercise, just to troll me again.
Why. Won't. You. Open.
JUST FREAKING OPEN ALREADY DAMMIT!
She imagined kicking the door down. Punching it. Shattering or melting it with a pure beam of focused willpower and determination and rage. And somehow, even though she knewthat this was all just in her imagination, none of it worked. The door still stood, as implacable as ever.
Oh, come on! she screamed inside her head. Didn't you hear what he said?! Don't you know what's coming?! How completely arschgefickt we all could be?! If we don't get it together now -- who even knows what'll wind up happening to that idiot Shinji --
Click.
... what.
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Doctor Who: The Evangelion Error (Book Two)
FanfictionCONTINUED FROM DOCTOR WHO: THE EVANGELION ERROR - BOOK ONE. Ever since he met the alien wanderer/schoolteacher called the Doctor, fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari's life has only gotten crazier by the day. With the Doctor's help, he's survived getting...
