Author's note : This story starts when Toji dies, and it is about how his friends deal with it.

Chapter 1

"Massive internal bleeding, ruptured kidney, left leg severed at knee, pulse...none."

"Shinji?" Shinji Ikari looked down at the body being lifted out of the entry plug. "Shinji?" His guardian repeated in a louder and more urgent voice. Shinji did not hear her. He must pay for what he has done to me, he abandoned me, he used me...

HE KILLED TOJI!

"SHINJI!" Misato Katsuragi screamed as Eva-01's eyes lit up and it spun and charged towards NERV Headquarters. "AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!" He roared as his Eva ploughed across the Geo- Front, striving to reach the golden pyramid. "Shinji! What are you doing?" Misato asked across the link to his Eva. "Misato, put my father on." Shinji replied, his voice deadly calm. "Shinji.." She began, "MISATO PUT MY FATHER ON NOW!" Shinji thundered. There was a stunned silence in Central Dogma until a confident voice said "Pilot Ikari, proceed to the Eva cages." "How dare you, you bastard, you killed my best friend, using my hands, and you have the gall to give me orders? Fuck you, now get out here so I can kill you Gendo Ikari." "Is that a threat Third Child?" "You're damn right it is, if you won't come out I'll blow this Eva to pieces and take NERV with me!" "I see." Commander Ikari turned to the bridge technicians " Increase pressure in the LCL until pilot Ikari loses consciousness." He then turned back to look at the Eva. "What? NO!" Shinji gasped as his chest tightened. "That bastard." He managed to whisper before darkness overcame him.

Misato Katsuragi looked at Ritsuko Akagi gleefully before hugging her tightly. "Thank you thank you thank you Ritsuko, this is the best news I could've gotten right now. I'm taking Shinji home with me, and there isn't a damn thing that Bastard Ikari can do about it. For once, God is in his heaven and all is right in my world." With that, she left, leaving Ritsuko with mixed emotions, happiness for her friend, and to a lesser extent, Shinji, but also anxiety for the deliverer of this news to Commander Ikari, she firmly wished that Ikari wouldn't kill the messenger which, in this case, would be her.