The world coalesces. He sees
the frothing yellow streams, the sun high in the sky like a red,
unblinking eye. He's reasonably sure the world has never looked like
this. Hiding lakes of LCL or a sun that resembles Lilith's eye would
be beyond even his mother's ability to cover up.
Then he blinks, and the world is
normal. He stands on a bridge over a blue stream. To his right,
there is a town, a small little city dominated by the white capped
mountain in the distance. It reminds of Tokyo-3. But, then again,
he remembers that the city he's called home lately was built over a
smaller town.
Hakone, right?
He sees the hotels, the onsens
in the distance, scratching his head as he sees the larger city in
the further distance. He guesses that may be Tokyo itself, the
original city before it was destroyed following Second Impact.
Which is when he wonders why
he's coming to these conclusions. He's never had the head for
science the rest of his family does, but he does tend to go with gut
instinct. His gut is telling him that he last remembers Lilith
smiling. Lilith smiling is a bad thing. So he's guessing he got
absorbed by her, but for a reason.
He turns, to get a view of the
rest of the area. What strikes him is the fact that he's standing in
the middle of a road. What also strikes him is a white sedan, which
does literally strike him, pitching him forward against the hood to
see his pale, blue haired reflection in the windshield before he
bounces off the front bumper and is tossed to the pavement.
Groaning, thankful that he is
still not entirely human- or he might have been killed. Again-
Shinji Ikari manages to keep his eyes open as the doors open and two
people frantically run over.
“Is he alright?” a voice
which is familiar but still somewhat alien to him says, looking up to
see a woman in her middle ages bent over him, black, straight hair
framing her face, familiar blue eyes staring at him.
Then another face, which looks
very much like Rei's, a teenage girl who's face is frantic looking
over him.
“I think so, Mom,” the girl
says, “Oh crap. Oh crap. This isn't good!”
“Hitting someone with a car
usually isn't, but let's get him home so your father can take a look
at him. Then we'll call a hospital.”
He elicits a groan in agreement.
“Well, at least he's awake,”
the woman says, “Can you hear me? What's your name?”
“Shinji,” he groans.
“Shinji, my name is Misao
Ikari. We're going to get you some help.”
She turns, to the girl. Her
daughter.
“Yui, help me get him in the
car.”
Yep, Shinji thinks, that
confirms it. Lilith has apparently sent him back in time.
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Stick It In
the frothing yellow streams, the sun high in the sky like a red,
unblinking eye. He's reasonably sure the world has never looked like
this. Hiding lakes of LCL or a sun that resembles Lilith's eye would
be beyond even his mother's ability to cover up.
Then he blinks, and the world is
normal. He stands on a bridge over a blue stream. To his right,
there is a town, a small little city dominated by the white capped
mountain in the distance. It reminds of Tokyo-3. But, then again,
he remembers that the city he's called home lately was built over a
smaller town.
Hakone, right?
He sees the hotels, the onsens
in the distance, scratching his head as he sees the larger city in
the further distance. He guesses that may be Tokyo itself, the
original city before it was destroyed following Second Impact.
Which is when he wonders why
he's coming to these conclusions. He's never had the head for
science the rest of his family does, but he does tend to go with gut
instinct. His gut is telling him that he last remembers Lilith
smiling. Lilith smiling is a bad thing. So he's guessing he got
absorbed by her, but for a reason.
He turns, to get a view of the
rest of the area. What strikes him is the fact that he's standing in
the middle of a road. What also strikes him is a white sedan, which
does literally strike him, pitching him forward against the hood to
see his pale, blue haired reflection in the windshield before he
bounces off the front bumper and is tossed to the pavement.
Groaning, thankful that he is
still not entirely human- or he might have been killed. Again-
Shinji Ikari manages to keep his eyes open as the doors open and two
people frantically run over.
“Is he alright?” a voice
which is familiar but still somewhat alien to him says, looking up to
see a woman in her middle ages bent over him, black, straight hair
framing her face, familiar blue eyes staring at him.
Then another face, which looks
very much like Rei's, a teenage girl who's face is frantic looking
over him.
“I think so, Mom,” the girl
says, “Oh crap. Oh crap. This isn't good!”
“Hitting someone with a car
usually isn't, but let's get him home so your father can take a look
at him. Then we'll call a hospital.”
He elicits a groan in agreement.
“Well, at least he's awake,”
the woman says, “Can you hear me? What's your name?”
“Shinji,” he groans.
“Shinji, my name is Misao
Ikari. We're going to get you some help.”
She turns, to the girl. Her
daughter.
“Yui, help me get him in the
car.”
Yep, Shinji thinks, that
confirms it. Lilith has apparently sent him back in time.
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Chapter 94:
Stick It In