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

Authors note: Time for Utapau! Who will come out on top? General Shinji? Or General Grievous? And as you all know, Order 66 is now dangerously, dangerously close.

PS: It's still primarily Obi-Wan's fight. But, Shinji will help Obi-Wan during the fight, no worries.

And to everyone who is waiting to see Rei and Shinji together again... You're gonna have to wait. Don't worry, it will be in the next chapter, but that may take a while to write. It's probably going to replace 'Coruscant' as my longest chapter. And, school is starting again soon, so I won't be able to get these chapters out so quickly. Hope this tides you over.

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When Shinji woke up the next morning, he had almost no memory of either dream. However, he still had the curious sense of dread that the first dream had caused. He tried to shake it off. All he could remember was that there was something to do with lightsabers. He, quite groggily, set off to join the clones and Wookies, who were enjoying an early breakfast. He grabbed some food and sat down. He didn't have much of an appetite at the moment though. The feeling that the dream had created... What was it? What had the dream been trying to tell him.

He sat there, picking at his food and trying to recall more details. Yoda entered the mess area to get some breakfast as well, and almost instantly sensed Shinji's confusion. He grabbed a plate and hobbled over to where Shinji was sitting. He sat down and began eating.

"Troubled are you Shinji?" asked Yoda.

"A bit Master Yoda," answered Shinji.

"Care to tell me do you?" asked Yoda, "Help you it may."

"Well," said Shinji, "It was a dream I had. I can't remember all of it, only bits and pieces. I only remember that there were lightsabers, everywhere. And something about fire. And there was a lot of fighting between the lightsabers. But that's all I can remember." Shinji sighed and continued to pick at his food.

"Hmm, very strange this dream was you say?" said Yoda. "Remember nothing else do you?"

"No," answered Shinji. "And that's the worst part. It gave me a bad feeling, and it seemed to be trying to tell me something. I wish I remembered more. I'm sorry."

"Alright it is," said Yoda, patting Shinji on the shoulder. "But a feeling you say it gave you?"

"Yes."

"Listen to your feelings you must. Important it is, especially if from a dream it comes. A gateway to you the Force makes when dreaming you are. And try to tell you things, the Force often does. But sure you are, that remember nothing else you do?" Shinji thought about it, trying to bring up even the smallest scrap of memory, anything that could serve as a clue.

"Well," said Shinji, "I remember something about a red lightsaber."

"Red?"

"Yes. Is that important?"

"Red, a Sith's lightsaber is," said Yoda. "A premonition of a sith attack it may have been. Only one you say?"

"I think so," said Shinji. "There's a lot of blank spots, but I definitely saw fighting between a red lightsaber and the others. But that's all I can remember." Yoda sat there, contemplating this. After a while, he looked at Shinji, who looked a bit upset.

"Dwell on it not," said Yoda. "One sith, the jedi can handle. Worry about it not. A dream brought by stress it may have been. Worry about it not." Shinji smiled at Yoda.

"You're probably right," he said. "Thank you Master Yoda." Shinji began to eat his food, his appetite returned. Yoda looked at Shinji, only now he was the one with the bad feeling. This dream of Shinji's had meant something.

Something important.

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Later that week, Shinji and Yoda were watching the battle progress from a platform, high above the trees. Shinji was only up here at Yoda's request. Yoda had been talking with the Jedi Council moments ago. Apparently, the Supreme Chancellor had somehow discovered that Grievous was on Utapau. Obi-Wan was being sent to investigate. If Grievous was there, then Shinji and the 501st would no doubt be called in to fight. But that's not what was on Shinji's mind right now.

'I should be down there,' he thought, looking down at the melee. Yoda could see, and feel, that Shinji was quite anxious. He knew that Shinji wanted to be fighting with his men. But, he needed to be up here, in case Obi-Wan made his call. In a matter of hours, they got the call. The 501st had been called to help Obi-Wan Kenobi fight on Utapau. Obi-Wan had not engaged Grievous yet. Shinji gave a found fair well to Yoda, Tarfful, and Chewbacca. Chewbacca was a bit sad to see him go. He and Shinji had grown to be very good friends, and rivals, during Shinji's short stay on Kashyyyk. And Shinji was a bit sad to leave as well. He had grown used to the Wookies. He had seen right past their tough exterior, and seen that underneath all of their ferociousness on the battlefield, they were really just big teddy bears. But, that's why he liked them so much.

Shinji radioed Alex and Red, who were helping to organize the ground troops, and told them that they had been called to help Obi-Wan on Utapau. Luckily, the 501st hadn't been the forerunners of the battle: the 41st were in the lead, so the 501st leaving wouldn't be a big loss. The two Commanders gathered up the majority of the 501st, leaving some behind to help on Kashyyyk, and they made their way to the Venator. They took off, and went into hyperspace.

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The 501st arrived at Utapau, where they were radioed by Obi-Wan.

"Ahh Shinji," said Obi-Wan cheerfully, "There you are. I'm minutes away from Grievous. I want you to stealthily start entering on the 10th level. You'll know what I mean when you get there. Try to be as careful as possible to avoid being seen. There are droids everywhere."

"Alright," said Shinji, "May the Force be with you Master Kenobi."

"May the Force be with you as well," said Kenobi. The transmission ended.

"Alright you heard the man," said Shinji to his troops. "He said he wants stealth. Everyone, go and attach those new silencers that we got. I want you all ready in," He paused to look at the time, "Three minutes. Alright?"

"Sir Yes Sir!" The clones all ran to get the necessary equipment. In no time, They all had their silencers attached, and were ready to go. However, due to the need for stealth and speed, Shinji could only bring so many at a time. He handpicked a group of his fourteen best men, including Red and Alex of course, and they loaded into an LAAT. Before he left, he gave his men specific orders.

"I want small teams of twenty or less to land on each level," said Shinji. "Make your way up to the tenth level quickly and quietly. When the battle starts, I want the rest of you to come down and help as well. Understood?"

"Sir Yes Sir!" Shinji's LAAT took off, and made its way down to the planet. They stuck to the shadows the whole time, not wanting to make their presence known whatsoever, not even to the Utai or the Pau'ans. Shinji brought the ship in at the western end of the 10th level platform. It was the least guarded are true, but it was unfortunately the farthest point from where Grievous was. Shinji and his team got out of the LAAT, and Shinji used the auto pilot to move it back out of sight. He looked around, and saw very few droids. Thankfully, they were still in the shadows. Shinji pulled out his Precision Pistol, and signaled for his team to do the same. He had brought three snipers along with him, and he gave them the signal to use their sniper rifles. There were currently only four droids in sight, but they were very strategically placed. If one was destroyed, the other three were placed in just the right spots to see it.

'Crafty old cyborg,' thought Shinji. He gave a signal for the snipers to aim. Each of them aimed at one, and fired at the same time. The droids fell simultaneously.

Moving quickly, Shinji and the Team gathered up the droids' bodies and hid them. Shinji looked down the hall way. As it went along, it was guarded by more and more droids. They kept moving, silently taking out all of the droids that they could. They made it to about half way down the hallway, where they were forced to hide. There were far to many droids to take out quietly. Shinji tried to come up with a plan. The only one he had was very risky. He and everyone in his Team, minus the snipers, would have to switch to their primary weapons. Using assault rifles, they would be able to do the job easier, but there was a very high risk involved. After all, a bunch of clones firing assault rifles, regardless of wether or not the guns were silent, would be very easy to spot. Shinji knew that his small Team wouldn't be able to take them all fast enough.

A call came on Shinji's communicator. "Sir," said the clone voice quietly, "We've made our way up to level ten. We will be with you shortly." Shinji waited for a few minutes. Suddenly, in the distance, he heard talking. Loud talking. It sounded like someone was arguing. The droids in the hall way became distracted. Thankfully, the second Team arrived at that moment. Shinji gave the signal, and they began firing. They were incredibly careful to take out the droids quickly, and one row at a time. After the droids were taken out, Shinji lead the two Teams down the hallway, towards the hanger. They stayed in the shadows.

They got there just in time to see Obi-Wan drop down from the ceiling. Grievous ordered his droids to attack. Obi-Wan used the Force and brought down a light fixture (or something like that) and crushed the droids. The droids were about to attack when Grievous stopped them.

"Wait," he said, "I will deal with this Jedi Slime, myself." He removed his cape, which slid to the floor. "I was trained in your jedi arts by Count Dooku." His arms split into four, and he activated four lightsabers. "Attack General Kenobi. Grievous's lightsabers began spinning. Obi-Wan attacked, and the fight began. No longer waiting for a signal, Shinji ran out from the hiding place. His Teams followed. Suddenly, the 212th Attack Battalion descended, and began they're attack. They began firing at the droids. Kenobi cut one of Grievous's hands off. It had been holding a blue lightsaber.

'Perfect,' thought Shinji. He ran over and rolled near where the lightsaber landed. He got up and activated his lightsaber. The illusion had worked perfectly. Everyone had simply thought that he had picked up Grievous's fallen lightsaber. He began helping Kenobi fight Grievous.

"Ahh," said Grievous, as he brought down one of his lightsabers at Shinji, "Judging by your moves, you must be General Shinji. I have heard a great deal about you." He kicked Obi-Wan in the gut, sending him sliding across the floor. He began attacking Shinji full force. It took all that he had to block the cyborg's attacks. "They say that you defeated an Acklay." Bzzt! Lightsaber one

"They say that you can't be stopped." Bzzt! Lightsaber two.

"They say that you can't die." Bzzt! Lightsaber three. "I'd like to test that theory." Grievous raised all three lightsabers and brought them down. Shinji blocked, but Grievous kept pushing down. Shinji was forced to his knees under the cyborg's immense strength.

Suddenly, Obi-Wan attacked from behind. Grievous heard him in time and turned to block. Shinji took the opportunity, and cut off one of Grievous's hands. "Augh!" exclaimed Grievous. He kicked Shinji, sending him sliding across the floor. Grievous looked down through the openings in the floor, and saw the number of clones who were attacking. He looked at Shinji, who was getting up, and then at Kenobi, who was advancing on him slowly. "Army or not," said Grievous, "You, are, doomed."

"I don't think so," said Kenobi. He pulled back his hand, and then shot it forward, using the Force to send Grievous flying. He dropped his lightsabers. As he got up, he saw Shinji and Kenobi both moving towards him, lightsabers first.

'Aw screw this,' thought Grievous. He ran past them, knocking them over. He got into his wheel bike, and took off. Obi-Wan called Boga, and gave chase. Realizing that Obi-Wan was now on his own, and that he could no longer help, Shinji deactivated his lightsaber and pulled out his Elite Rifle. He turned around and began blasting droids. He fought his way down to the lower level (level 9), and met up with Commander Cody.

"Commander Cody," said Shinji.

"General Shinji," said Cody. They began coming up with a plan. General Grievous had laid the droid defenses very well. However, because of it, he had also revealed the droids' weak point. They were guarding an energy tower. It was providing power for many droid operations, as well as recharging their tanks. He had revealed it by placing one too many droid guards around it. If it hadn't been for them, Shinji and Cody might not have even taken a second glance at it. However, it was back up on the tenth level. Shinji radioed Commanders Red and Alex.

"There's an energy tower up on the tenth level," said Shinji. "You can't miss it, it's guarded by a ton of battle droids. Gather a force and head to destroy it. I'll meet you up there to lend some support."

"Alright," said Red.

"We'll get right on it," said Alex. Shinji gathered up a force of clones, and they began fighting their way back up to the tenth level. Droids were swarming everywhere. Luckily, they were in severe confusion. They hadn't planned on an ambush at all. And as Shinji well knew, droids without a plan tend to make a lot of mistakes. They fought their way up, and found Alex and Red leading an assault on the energy tower. Shinji organized the clones, using the same strategy as he had used on Kashyyyk. Two lines of rocket launchers, one fires and reloads, the second fires while the first reloads, and so on. He also set up a defensive around the lines, owing to the large amount of droids in the area. Shinji personally led the defense of course, just like he always did. But, Shinji saw a small force of about five AAT's coming their way. He urged the clones on to greater efforts to take down the tower.

The tower collapsed under the heavy damage. It came down hard, actually smashing a couple of the AAT's that were en route. But there were still three left.

"Group A!" exclaimed Shinji, "Left tank! Group B, Right Tank!"

"Sir Yes Sir!" the clones fired at the tanks, destroying them in a matter of seconds. But, before he could order an attack on the last tank, it fired its main cannon! The blast went flying into Shinji's group. Shinji, Red, and Alex just barely managed to dodge. Shinji got up, and saw the devastation that the tank had done. His entire unit had been wiped out. Their bodies lay everywhere. Shinji looked back at the tank, rage and blood-lust in his eyes. He ran straight at the charging tank. He jumped up onto it, and ran up it's front. He activated his lightsaber and cut the main gun off. He also destroyed its side guns. But, the AAT kept moving, straight at the recovering Red and Alex.

Shinji jumped off of the tank, grabbing the front end. No one knew exactly how it happened, but for years to follow the event became a legend amongst the men of the 501st Legion. Shinji stopped the tank. He grabbed the front end of it and planted his feet firmly on the ground. The tank kept moving, but as Shinji pushed it, it slowed down. And then, the unthinkable happened. The AAT... grinded to a halt.

The droids inside pushed the controls to the max, but it wouldn't move. In fact the motor overheated because of the effort, and stalled. Shinji realized that it wasn't pushing forward anymore, because he was suddenly moving it backwards. He jumped up and ran along the tank. He took a grenade and shoved it into what had used to be the main cannon. Shinji jumped off of the tank and ran back to a safe distance as the thermal detonator made its way inside the tank's controls. It exploded, sending bits of metal flying. Shinji ran over to his friends, who remained unmoving due to the intense shock that comes from seeing what they had just seen.

"Are you alright?" asked Shinji.

"How did- What was- How?" was all Alex managed to stutter.

"What?" asked Shinji.

"The tank," said Red, "You just stopped a charging AAT with your bear hands." He pointed behind Shinji. Shinji looked at the wrecked tank. Just like after he had learned that he had jumped off of a twenty foot cliff, Shinji almost fainted. How had that happened? Even though he had just done it, his memory of it was fuzzy. It was like he hadn't been thinking when he did it.

"And was that a lightsaber?" asked Red, getting Shinji's full attention. He had unwittingly revealed his secret weapon yet again.

"Yes," said Shinji, "But don't tell anyone. Its supposed to be kept secret and only used in emergencies. Please don't tell anyone."

"Alright," said Red. He and Alex got up and brushed themselves off. Suddenly, Shinji got a call over his communicator. It was.. The Supreme Chancellor!? He looked terrible, as if he had suddenly aged about 50 years.

"Ah General Shinji," he said. "Oh, and I see that Commanders Alex and Red are there as well. Good good. Listen carefully. I need you three back on Coruscant immediately."

"Sir?" said Shinji.

"I see you are confused," said Palpatine. "Everything will be made clear to you when you arrive. Bring your best weapons and hurry here." And then to Red and Alex he said, "This is Order 66. You know what to do."

"Yes My Lord," said Red.

"Right away My Lord," said Alex. The communication ended. Shinji was confused.

"What's Order 66?" he asked.

"No time to explain," said Alex. "We need to get back to the Venator. Now." They got inside an LAAT and flew to the ship. As they were going, Shinji began questioning the Commanders. "Is Coruscant under droid attack?" asked Shinji.

"Not exactly," said Alex. "Order 66 means that we're being attacked by... Well, let's just say that it's not droids."

'So it's organics we're fighting,' thought Shinji. Once they were there, they went to the LAAT that contained Shinji's EVA. Before getting in to pilot, Shinji ran back to his room to get something. He new he would be needing them.

They took off, going into hyperspace almost immediately after leaving the hanger. They would be back on Coruscant in about an hour.

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Rei was asleep in her room in the Jedi Temple. She had gone to bed early. She had just heard that General Grievous had been destroyed. That meant that Shinji would be home tomorrow, and she wanted to be up early to see him. She hugged her teddy bear close to her chest, and started dreaming about tomorrow.

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Order 66 is about to be given. Shinji was only called first, because he's going to be under Anakin's direct leadership as he leads the assault on the Jedi Temple. But what did he get from his room? What could he possibly have needed? And how did he stop that tank? And what will happen to Rei, who is inside the doomed Temple?

Find out the answers to all of these questions in the next chapter- Knightfall: Order 66, the end of an Era.