After TI fic. What if some things went right, and some went wrong? What if nightmares just... never stop? What if after seven years, a soul lies there, agonizing? After a brief episode of blind rage, Asuka leaves to Germany. Seven years pass and one night, the phone rings... AXS. R&R!

In a world devastated by NERV,Third and Fourth Impact, a boy sits in his solitary cell and plays a song he never heard before. Somewhere down a great ship, a Captain realizes what empathy means, and a boy discovers what true redemption really is. Sacrifice, pain, and the flicker of a light at the end of the tunnel... just another EVA story...R&R.

After Third Impact fic. The world goes to some semblance of normality. Shinji Ikari lays in bed, unmoving, tubes and wires all over, machines beeping away. Asuka stares, horrified, at the result of her violence. Maybe revenge tasted...bitter. AXS. Revised version has been uploaded! R&R