"Sir! Sir, are you all right?"
"Do I... look all right?"
Suddenly, the City Slayzer roars to life!
"The Slayzers! They are reassembling themselves!"
"Of course. They are... elemental incarnations... they can't be... permanently destroyed..."
"They're leaving!"
"They want... their Discs back..."
"Sir. What should we do now?"
"What... happened to Binji?"
"The Ayanami took him."
"Oh no... they have... no idea what they're... dealing... with..."
"Sir?"
*splut*
Elsewhere: The forward operating base of Captain Iwanaga, of the Ayanami Empire.
"Doctor. Have you made any progress yet?"
"Ah, captain. We've run a few tests, but we haven't noticed anything unusual about this Binji kid yet."
"He got thirsty, so we gave him a juicebox."
"So what's next, doctor?"
"We're going to try hitting him with a few different kinds of radiation. Using the four energy signatures you picked up at the lake."
"Sounds good. Proceed!"
"Engaging emitters in three... two... one... go!"
"Huh?!"
"What the hell?!?"
"Shut it down!"
SLAM!
"Hmm..."
*slurp* *slurp* "Yep. They got turned into orange juice."
"But how?!"
"I get it now. That kid is a nobody. A perfect blank slate. When he was exposed to a stimulus - the orange juice - and hit with the radiation, he began transforming into an Orange Juice Slayzer."
"That's crazy!"
"Crazy useful, yes. Imagine, doctor. If we give this kid a proper indoctrination into the Reiist faith, we could turn him into a Rei Slayzer."
"Are... are you sure that's not heresy, captain?"
"Of course it's not heresy. If we establish Rei as one of the fundamental elements of the BrikVerse, we will prove Her superiority to all of creation. The faith of the Asukaists, and all other heathens, will be forever shattered."
"Captain! There's been a communication from high command. They want Binji Brikari transferred."
"What?"
"They believe he can be useful for the Gray Hole project."
"Fine. I'll oversee the transfer. But they better send him back when they're done with him."
"What a mess..."
"Hurrk!"
"Okay, I'm in. Hacking the database now."
"And... there!"
"I've extracted their test data. Let the Board know."
