This episode(I know, I need to come up with a new opening) started with Asuka and Kaji out shopping so Asuka could get a swim-suit for her field trip. She's not too happy when Misato says she can't go because she's always on standby. Asuka and Rei go swimming at school instead, while Shinji studies his physics. Later, Misato is investigating inside a volcano for a possible angel. She finds it to be an angel that's not yet hatched. Gendo Ikari(Shinji's dad, the commander) gives the operation a go ahead, even though if they fail, it could be another second impact, it is important to obtain a live angel. Asuka is chosen to go, and gets the angel, but it hatches and she is forced to abort the mission and kill it. Shinji drops her unit 01's knife, but it is no good. When Shinji remembers what Asuka told him about thermal expansion, it reminds her of natural contraction as well. She uses her coolant to make it's shield contract, then kills it with the knife. But then, the cables snap and she decends into the lava, but Shinji and unit 01 rescue her. Again, this episode was cool and worth while whatching again and again.