A/N: This is from Shinji's point of view.

It's strange how my life after third impact seemed to go in a full circle. I emerged from it depressed and not quite sure of myself. There was a part of me that wanted to move on and try to make a better attempt at my life and then there was still that part of me that wished I had accepted instrumentality or even just died. Of course then I began to realize maybe life wasn't so bad after all, we were taken on board that ship by those kind strangers and we set out together, two different groups of survivors.

Maybe it was fate, I don't know, but we were all linked in a way, each of us human but from differing worlds. I still didn't understand though and continued to hate myself, that was until me and Asuka got together. I had always liked her and after third impact I knew how similar we were. We gave each other the strength we needed to get through each day, without knowing it we helped each other.

Then it started happening again, our lives started falling apart around us, the nightmares started up and Asuka's mind was attacked in the entry plug. Maybe it was just me being given a second chance, last time I chose to run away and to ignore it, hoping it'd kill me or just go away. I was a coward then but I swore I wasn't going to be this time, I helped Asuka through it and we fought side by side, just as we should have done before. Then I was given the power of god again. This time not just over the world but over the Universe, I never asked for this power and I didn't want it, just like before. This time I was going to make everything right, it was the time to stop running away and move forward with my life.

I decided to give up my power and put everything back to normal, I made sure no one could open Aluka ever again. When I returned, it was just me and Asuka with the Eva's, the ship was a couple of hundred metres away. We were back on the colony planet, no sign of the war and no sign that anything had happened. Just as I wanted it. Me and Asuka talked for a bit I told her what had happened and she laughed at me, only this time she didn't call me an idiot, she told me she loved me. Amazing how three simple words can mean so much.

I wasn't quite sure who had returned, so me and Asuka began exploring the ship and found Misato and Kira still alive on the Bridge. We were also pleasantly surprised that Rei was still alive. Unfortunately the Captain never returned, when we reentered the colony we found most of the ASPE command center had been destroyed by the Captain's Shuttle. Although none of us knew him as well as we knew each other, we gave him a good send off.

Misato took over as captain of the ship, with Kira as a second in command, it feels a bit strange being the only male on the ship although Misato is thinking of recruiting more crew members from the people on the colony. Speaking of the people on the colony, none of them really remember what happened, it seems only me and Asuka retained full memory of the events. Misato and Kira remember it to a point and Rei's mind was completely wiped from the beginning of the day onwards. It's probably for the best, if people knew it'd just cause more problems.

In the two weeks that have passed since the Aluka Incident, me and Asuka have been out on more dates. There was a bit of a scary moment when she was ill one morning but it was just a bad virus she picked up. We haven't made love since the day of the incident and we both agreed not too for a long time, agreeing that we weren't really ready for it. We haven't told Misato that that was the reason for us being late on the morning of the Aluka Incident for fear of what she'll do to us if we did, but we will have to eventually, she is our guardian after all.

I don't know what will happen from here on, maybe we'll encounter strange alien planets or ships. All I know is that this part of my life is finally over and I can actually look forward to the future now.

A/N: Well that's it the complete end. I might do spin offs in the future but it depends on what you guys want really. I have a few ideas for future one shots based on it set after this but I want to work on Conspiracy first which should be out in about one-two weeks. Please review and tell me what you think.