Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion or Star Wars. Just this story.

Authors note: Yay! Thanks to the time skip, I can write for a battle that I really now about! Woo! This takes place just a little bit before the start of Episode III. And guess what, more snow!

P.S: thanks for all of the reviews! You guys make it all worth while!

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'Man,' thought Shinji as he looked across the bridge, 'This is almost as bad as Rhen Var.' The 501st had been on Mygeeto for three days. The droids had a strong advantage here, as there was not only an energy grid that could provide shields for them, as well as energy, but there was also a droid factory. Well, at least on this side of the planet. That was one of their missions on Mygeeto: take out the factory and energy grids. Shinji would have loved to call in an air strike, but there were two things stopping him. One was that there were still innocent people on this planet, being forced to work for the droids. And two was that they had another mission here as well. The Supreme Chancellor had received information that there was a powerful energy crystal on Mygeeto, in fact that was what was powering the energy grid. Shinji wasn't told why Palpatine wanted it, just that it was necessary for something.

The real reason Shinji disliked fighting on Mygeeto, was that it snowed almost all the time. He had discovered on Rhen Var that he didn't like fighting in the snow. It constantly blurred his helmet's vision, and always seemed to get in the way of his scope. Luckily, it wasn't snowing very hard today. He looked across the bridge, and sighed at seeing the number of droids that were preparing to attack. There was a building on the other side that would certainly serve as an excellent base of operations. But it was guarded by at least fifty droids, two high-powered turrets, and an AAT. Shinji hopped into a nearby AT-RT. Then he started blasting.

The AT-RT had two blasters and a grenade launcher, both of which Shinji made good use of. He made his way across the bridge, narrowly avoiding both rockets and sniper fire. Commander Red lead a large group of clones, about twenty, right behind Shinji, giving him some much needed support. Shinji made it to the building, which was guarded by two magna guards and a droideka. Shinji launched a grenade, and then hopped out of the vehicle. The grenade exploded, taking out one magna guard and the droideka. The remaining magna guard rushed at Shinji, spinning its staff. Shinji fired at it, but it blocked the blast. It reached Shinji and brought the staff crashing down. Shinji rolled out of the way, and shot the staff. He shot the center of the staff, hoping to short it out.

The magna guard dropped the now-useless staff, and pulled out its R1-99 BULLDOG. It fired several small rockets at Shinji, which he was able to dodge. Shinji blasted at the droids head. The droid didn't have time to move and the shot hit, blowing its head clean off. Shinji smirked under his helmet. Then the droid fired again! Shinji, in shock, just barely avoided the shot, and the last rocket's explosion sent him rolling across the floor. Shinji got up and blasted at the magna guards chest. It hit, but still couldn't stop it. The droid kept firing, and Shinji kept dodging. Shinji tossed a thermal detonater at it, hoping fervently that it would work. The grenade went inside the hole in its chest and, moments later, exploded. Bits of droid went flying everywhere.

The other clones made their way to the base, keeping a path clear for supplies. Then, Shinji got a call. "Master Ki-Adi-Mundi is finally arriving," Alex said over the communicator. "However, the droids have found it out, and are planning to use the turrets to blow his ship out of the sky. We need you to take out those turrets."

"On it,"replied Shinji. He got back on the AT-RT, and made his way to the center of the bridge. He fired at the West turret first. He launched a grenade immediately, and the turret exploded. It had been easy, as the turret had been aiming upwards. Unfortunately, the droid in the other turret had heard the explosion, and was now taking aim at Shinji. Shinji tried firing at it, but couldn't get an accurate shot in, do to the fact that he had to move while firing. The droid missed him, and Shinji took advantage of the turret's recharging time. Shinji shot another grenade, and it blew the turret up quite nicely. Just in time too, for Ki-Adi-Mundi to see. Shinji made his way over to the Jedi Master to explain the situation.

"You say that there's an energy grid AND a droid factory here?" asked Mundi.

"Yes sir," said Shinji. "If we could take out the energy grid, the factory would be temporarily crippled. But there are two shield walls between us and the grid. We've tried firing everything we have at it, but nothing works. Not even fire from the main cannon of the AT-TE."

"Do you have any idea what the shields weakness would be?" asked the Jedi.

"Well," answered Shinji, "The shield's generator is right on the other side of it. We've tied to get grenades over it, but it's probably to high to get a grenade over."

"Probably?" asked Mundi.

"Well," explained Shinji, "Everyone who's tried was killed before the made it to the wall. Even if they were in an AT-RT." Ki-Adi-Mundi thought about this for a few moments.

"I can probably get over the walls," he said, "But there are too many droids for me alone to handle. I'd ask you to help, but that wouldn't work. According to you, every clone who's tried has gotten killed. If only we had something that not only protected you, but could get over the wall."

"..."

"Something wrong Shinji?" asked the Jedi.

"Well..."

"Well what?"

"Well," said Shinji, "I have something that might work, but..."

"But what lad?" asked Mundi, perplexed. "What's wrong?"

"The one thing I have that would work, is something called an EVA," answered Shinji. "But I don't think I can use it."

"Why?" asked Mundi, "Is it that you can't pilot it or-"

"I can pilot it," said Shinji. "I just can't use it for personal reasons."

"What reason could you possibly have?" asked the Jedi.

"... It killed my mother." Mundi looked at Shinji sympathetically.

"Oh," he said, "My dear boy, I-I'm sorry. If you don't want to use it, then I guess-" Suddenly there was an explosion! It knocked Shinji and Ki-Adi-Mundi to the ground. Shinji looked in horror and shock to where the explosion had happened and saw a small group of clones, some dead and the others dying. That was all Shinji needed to see.

"That's it!" Shinji said angrily. "I'm not going to sit by and watch more of my men die! Wether I like it or not, I'm using that EVA!" He got to his feet an ran over to the LAAT that carried his EVA. The chest opened and he ripped off his helmet and hopped in. The Eva ran over to Ki-Adi-Mundi. "Let's do this," Shinji said. Ki-Adi-Mundi nodded and ignited his lightsaber. He and Shinji rushed across the bridge and toward the first shield. The Jedi Master Leapt over the shield wall, and Shinji activated his jets. Ki-Adi-Mundi pointed his lightsaber straight down and landed on the shield generator, destroying it. Shinji landed and began firing at the droids.

The droids were scared, or as close to scared as droids could get. They had never seen a droid this big, and certainly not one that was fighting for the clones instead of against them. They attacked the EVA in vain, trying to stop the mechanized monstrosity. It's armor made the laser blasts useless, and it dodged the rockets with ease. Shinji say a large group of droids in one area and fired the chest-cannon at them. It decimated the droids as well as leaving a large scorch mark on the ground. The droids sent three AAT's at him. The EVA's right arm ripped through the first tank, causing it to explode. The EVA was undamaged by the explosion, and kicked the second tank, sending it flying into the droids. It too exploded. The third tank fired at the EVA. It hit it straight in the chest. The EVA suffered some minor damage, but Shinji almost fainted from the force of the impact. He shook it off, and then tore the tank in two, sending each half through the droid ranks.

Ki-Adi-Mundi just stood there and watched, stunned. That thing was unstoppable. Mundi came to his senses in moments however, and joined Shinji in the fray. Clones were now rushing into the area, helping to beat back the enemy. They too had been mesmerized by the EVA's performance. The clones were lead by Red and Alex, who were now using large chain-guns. The chain-guns fired faster than blasters, but there was a delay after pulling the trigger. All in all though, it was still a handy weapon. They ran over to the EVA, and started shooting at any droids Shinji missed. Ki-Adi-Mundi meanwhile, made his way to the next shield wall. He destroyed the generator the same way as before. Then he contacted Shinji.

"Okay," he said, "The second shield wall is offline. We can now proceed to the energy grid. Shinji was about to answer, when an explosion suddenly rocked the ground beneath him. A droid had thrown a grenade in his direction. Shinji looked down, and saw Red and Alex on the ground, unmoving. Shinji couldn't believe it. His two best friends, gone. Then Shinji looked back up and saw the engineer-droid who had thrown the grenade, and got angry.

"Uh-oh," said the droid. It began to run. Shinji picked up his fallen friends' weapons, one chain-gun in each hand. He puled the triggers. In moments, bullets were tearing through the droids body, reducing it to an unrecognizable pile of scrap metal. Shinji looked at the former droid, knowing that even though it had been destroyed, his friends were still gone. He lowered his head and closed his eyes trying to accept it. It didn't work. Suddenly he got a call on his communicator.

"Shinji!" the voice said, "Hurry up and go! We'll be fine!" Shinji opened his eyes. He saw Red helping Alex to his feet. "The grenade was to far away from us to kill us," said Red, "It just knocked us out for a bit. Now take those Chain-guns and move!"

"Yes sir!" said Shinji. Shinji began running towards Ki-Adi-Mundi to give him some much needed support. The Jedi Master was trapped in a sea of droids. "And one more thing," said Reds voice over the communicator, "You don't address us by 'sir' anymore. You're a commander now."

"Okay," said Shinji. He reached Mundi and began firing the chain-guns. With his help, the Jedi was soon able to beat back the droids. They started advancing towards the energy grid. When they got there they saw, to their dismay, that not only did the grid have a small army of droids surrounding it, but it was also protected by shields. Ki-Adi-Mundi noticed a small gap high above the shield, about twenty feet from the ground.

"I'm going for that," he said, pointing to the space. "Cover me."

"Yes sir!" said Shinji. Mundi rushed through the droids, slicing through the ones in his way. He jumped up through the gap, and landed inside. He began attacking the shield generator which had another, weaker shield. Shinji provided an excellent distraction. He used the rocket launchers in his shoulders and sent five rockets into the enemy ranks. He started firing the chain-guns and his wrist-blasters simultaneously. He also fired his chest-cannon, which sent a huge laser-beam ripping through the droid ranks. The droids fired at him, but to no avail. Their lasers bounced harmlessly off of the EVA's armor.

Suddenly, the shields went down! Ki-Adi-Mundi rushed out of the building and began slicing through droids left and right. Then, the droids got more trouble. The clone forces had managed to fight their way through. They were being lead by a slightly banged up Red. Alex had suffered more serious injuries and had needed to stay behind for medical attention. The droids were outmatched. As Shinji was fighting, he suddenly remembered the energy crystal. He went inside the energy grid tower and started looking for it. His sensors detected it, but he couldn't see it anywhere. He looked around in confusion. Then he realized that his sensors were pointing directly to the crippled energy core. Shinji ripped it open, and there it was.

He grabbed it and ran out. Ki-Adi-Mundi had moved farther north, so luckily he wasn't there. Chancellor Palpatine had specifically said that he didn't want the jedi to know about it. Shinji ran back to their primary base, crushing droids as he went. He was nearly there, when he saw three destroyer droids in his way. They were right between him and the LAAT. They began Firing at the EVA. 'I don't have time for this,' thought Shinji. He kicked one droideka like a soccer ball, sending it flying. He smashed the next one flat into the ground. He picked up the third one (who's shields had run out) and crushed it. He continued to the gunship, delivered the crystal, and the gunship took off. Mission accomplished. The 501st could finally leave.

Shinji was glad. It was time for his annual two-week vacation. He couldn't wait to get back to Coruscant.

Ki-Adi-Mundi was making his report to the Jedi Council. "How did the battle go?" asked a holographic Mace Windu.

"We were successful," said Mundi. "In fact we are now ready to move onto the other side of the planet. There's another droid factory rumored to be in the northeast hemisphere of the planet. A large one too."

"Okay," said Mace, "Do you have anything else to report?"

"Yes," answered Mundi. "That boy, Shinji. He was really the one who gave us this victory. I was certain we would lose, but he had a secret weapon with him. He called it an EVA, I think. It was a large, powerful droid-like thing."

"Really?" said a holographic Yoda. "Called us yesterday he did. Problems they were having, he said."

"Well," said Mundi, "He didn't use it until today. He said he hadn't wanted to because it had caused the death of his mother, poor lad. In fact he only used it after seeing several clones get killed by a grenade. Said he didn't want to see anyone else die."

"Very noble, the boy is," said Yoda.

"Yes," agreed Mace, "Especially by going against his beliefs for the greater good." There was silence for a moment or two. "Do you think it's time?" asked Mace.

"I say so," said Ki-Adi-Mundi. "He's more than earned it."

"Hmm," said Yoda. "Another test he needs. Then decide I will. But earned it he has."

"Agreed," said Windu.

"Same here," said Mundi. "Ki-Adi-Mundi, out."

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Oh yeah! How was that? Shinji finally used the EVA in battle! But what was that energy crystal for? And what were those three Jedi Masters talking about? The answer to some of these questions, as well as the question 'How did Shinji manage to jump a 20 foot drop without injuring himself?' is coming up next time.

Well, I hoped you all enjoyed that, cause the next chapters gonna take a while. I've decided to step away form single-event chapters. I'm going to start putting things together, as long as they happen on the same planet.

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