A NEON GENESIS EVANGELION fanfic. Rights belonging to GAINAX and AD Vision. Used without permission. "Hi, I'm occupied at the moment so please leave your name and number after the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Beep." "KAAAAAJIIIII!! HELP ME! DON'T TOUCH ME YOU PERVERT! AAA- AAAAH!!!" screamed Asuka into her mobile phone. 'There, that ought to do it,' she thought as she ended the call. "Is something the matter?" asked Hikari as she emerged from the classroom. "I was just calling Kaji," said Asuka, "I wanted him to take me out on a date this Sunday. I've been calling and calling but he always seems to be busy... and no, Hikari, it's not Misato he's busy with!" E.L. Toh presents FORBIDDEN LORES An Unofficial 'Children of an Elder God' Omake with apologies to John Biles and Rod M "Inspector Kaji, what are the results of your search?" asked Gendou, poised in his usual position at his desk. "I have it," said Kaji who couldn't help but smile broadly at the coup he'd pulled off. Fuyutsuki gasped. "But... but that's impossible. There are no extant copies of it left." "That's true, after a fashion. There are no physical copies of it that remain in the waking world but..." "You have found an electronic copy," said Gendou. "Not just a copy. The real thing itself." "How do we know it's authentic?" demanded Fuyutsuki in full professorial mode. Kaji placed a black case onto the desk and opened it. Both the Commander and Vice Commander leaned forward, the former pushing up his glasses as the latter squinted even more - if such a thing were possible. "The markings on this CPU casing seem to support your claim, Inspector," muttered Gendou. "How did you find this?" "I went on a solo diving expedition to the Eastern American seaboard, old Boston to be precise. There was significant corrosion of the harddisk and the file itself was encrypted but I managed to recover it. And I've taken the liberty of printing you a copy." Fuyutsuki frowned as he saw the printed cover page. "This can't be it. It was never finished. We do know for sure that even when it held thousands in its thrall, only three parts existed. Maybe a little more. But it was never finished." Kaji shrugged. "See for yourself." "Inspector Kaji?" asked Gendou, a dangerous edge in his voice. "Yes, Commander?" "You do know that, like the text of 'The King in Yellow', this material here is Seraphim clearance only?" "Yes." "So I trust you weren't foolish enough to read it?" 'Of course not' Kaji wanted to snort in reply. "Of course I did." "..." The sound of a pistol being cocked. "OF COURSE I DID!" screamed Kaji. "Wouldn't you in my place!? One of the greatest, the lost work, *THE* lost work. In my hands. I found it. It was... incredible. I laughed and wept and swore and... you have never seen majesty like this! I have seen it! And there's nothing you can do now that can take that away from me! BWAAHAHAAHARHARaharhhharrhh..aharhg" Gendou lowered his gun. Fuyutsuki looked at the prostrate figure before them, foaming in the mouth, those crazed eyes. "Yes, there's no point in killing him. He's not going to be telling anyone." "So..." "So?" "... who's going to read it first?" asked Gendou quietly as their eyes rested on the printed words of the cover page. The Complete and Unabridged Neon Genesis Evanjellydonut Parts 1, 2, 3, 3.5, 4 and 5 by Andrew Huang for the Sound and Furry Productions THE END With apologies to Andrew Huang as well. Many thanks to the above-mentioned three authors for their permission. In case anyone is wondering, the CPU markings mentioned in the fic are 'Oddzilla'. I just didn't want to make it too obvious. contact: toheel@singnet.com.sg or teloong@cwcom.net archive: http://www.teloong.mcmail.com/