Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion or Star Wars. Just this story.
Authors note: Alright folks, this chapter will be longer I promise. And again, a lot of the battles in this story are based off of my Star Wars Battlefront II experiences, so expect it to be a little bit game influenced, as far as weapons go.
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'Why is Rei here?' were the words racing through Shinji's head as he fought. He remembered the red-eyed girl, how she always sat so silently in class back on Coruscant. She wouldn't speak in class unless spoken to, and even then she was still quiet. He also remembered the slight crush he had had on her. As he thought about it, he realized that he still did. He was blasted from his thoughts as a laser grazed his shoulder.
"Ahh!" he cried, "Damn! I thought this armor was supposed to protect against lasers!"
"It does," said a nearby clone, "But you were hit in between the shoulder plate and the upper arm plate. You get used to it. Now stop daydreaming and start blasting!" Shiniji started blasting, trying to ignore the wound. he soon forgot all about it. He was making his way towards the cave, so he could complete his objective. Then he saw a droideka roll up. It stood up and started firing. Shinji fired back, but nothing happened. 'It must have some kind of shield,' he thought. He quickly rolled behind a large rock nearby. He studied the destroyer droid carefully.
He looked for any small weakness he could exploit. It wasn't long before he found one. he rushed at the droid right as its shields ran out. He rushed... right between it's arms! The droideka tried to fire at him, but couldn't. Shinji had found its crippling weakness. It couldn't maneuver it's arms enough to hit him! He placed his gun at the droid's chest and fired.
Suddenly, the droids realized something. They realized that Shinji... was a threat. as the nearby droids looked at the destroyed droideka, one super battle droid managed to say, "Oh crap."
"Roger roger," agreed another droid. They then started to concentrate their fire on Shinji.
Shinji fired back, but realized that there were to many droids. There was no way he could beat them all. He fought on anyway, ducking and dodging as he did, hoping to at least get rid of as many as possible before he was defeated. However, the clones in the surrounding are were now free from droid fire. They took the opportunity that Shinji had given them. They fired at the droids, who had foolishly turned their backs to them. As their barrage ended, Shinji was able to take out the remaining droids himself.
"Thanks guys!"he called to the clones.
"No problem sir!" one yelled back.
"Sir?" Shinji asked, puzzled.
"Yes sir,"answered the clone, "Didn't you receive the message? You were promoted to sergeant a little while ago. Mace Windu gave the order. Says your leader material."
'Cool,' Shinji thought. He began to wonder what he should do next, when he got a call over his communicator. "We need you back at the Techno-Union ship Sergeant," the clone voice said.
"On my way," Shinji replied. He made his way back to the ship, along with the clones who had helped him out. He blasted his way through any geonosian or droid that got in his way. He got to the Techno-Union ship, and Commander Red walked up to him. He was holding a backpack looking thing.
"Alright," he said, "A geonosian was killed above this ship. He was carrying a holocron which we believe may hold some of their plans. We've tried to send up a couple of jet troopers, but they keep getting sniped, and we can't seem to find the sniper. Master Windu requested that you go and get it. He says that he believes you can get the job done." He handed Shinji the metal backpack. "That's a standard issue jet-pack. It will allow you to fly. Oh and here," Red handed him a pistol. Shinji took it, and looked at it. It looked almost exactly like his pistol . "That's a special pistol. It's the DC-17p, also called a Commando Pistol. However, that one's even more advanced. It's almost like a sniper rifle. It has a scope which can zoom for about 100 feet. It's known as a Precision Pistol . But it has a limited ammo supply, so be careful."
Red lead Shinji outside, and gave him quick instructions on how to use the jet-pack. He then pointed to the top of the Techno-Union ship. "It's right up there," Red said. Shinji nodded and flew up to the top of the ship. He retrieved the holocron, no problem. He wondered where the sniper was. He was about to leave, when suddenly, he got a strong feeling. Somewhere, an instinct inside him screamed "DUCK!" He ducked instantly, and saw a red sniper beam fly over him. He quickly followed the beam back to the sniper. He looked through the scope of his pistol, and saw the sniper reloading. He swiftly aimed at the droids head and fired. The droid fell off of its perch, missing its head.
'Wow,' Shinji thought, 'It does work like a sniper rifle.' He flew down and delivered the holocron to Commander Red. "Good job soldier!" he said. He put the holocron in a safe place. "Alright," said Alex, stepping up, "We need you to do one more thing. That cave directly to the east of us is giving us a lot of trouble. We need you to go and capture that area."
"Yes sir!" said Shinji, saluting. Shinji gathered a small team of clones, around fourteen or so, and they set off. As they got further east, they ran into trouble. A large group of genosians and super battle droids were blocking the way, along with three droidekas. Shinji quickly came up with a plan. "Ok, on my signal, everyone throw a thermal detonater. And as for the droidekas, wait till their shields run out, then get in between their arms." They got into position, and waited for his command. Luckily, the droids hadn't seen them yet. "Now!" Fifteen thermal detonaters were tossed among the droids. They exploded, sending droid parts everywhere. Then Shinji and two other clones took care of the droidekas.
They made their way to the cave, fighting any droid or bug who got in their way. When they finally got there, they were a bit uneasy. The cave was swarming with geonosians. They threw in all of their thermal detonaters at once, and then ducked for cover. the detonaters went off, creating a huge explosion. Shinji and his team went in and cleared the rest out. "We got it," Shinji said over the intercom.
"Okay," came the response, "Just wait there until we send some support." It wasn't long at all, before about 100 clones rushed into the cave. "We want you to head back here," said the voice on his communicator, "Get here ASAP."
"Right away," Shinji answered. He headed back, followed by three clones. he was almost there, when suddenly ten droids seemed to pop out of nowhere! They attacked, killing two of his comrades. He and the remaining clone were able to beat them back. When there was only two droids left though, Shinji's partner was killed. Shinji immediately shot the droid who did it, and then tried to fire on the remaining droid. Click click. 'Damn, out of ammo," he thought. The engineer droid fired its shotgun at him, and he just managed to roll out of the way. He then ran up to the droid before it could reload, and smashed it across the head with the butt of his gun.
"Watch it!" yelled Alex, who had arrived just in time to see Shinji take out the last droid. He shot a droid that was sneaking up on Shinji. "Nice improvisation with that gun soldier!"
"Thanks," said Shinji. He headed back to the Techno-Union ship. He found a medical droid and an ammo droid, and got fixed up. Suddenly, another call came from Red
"Are you at the ship yet?" he asked, "We need help over on the west side. It's come under major attack!" . He rushed to the west side and soon found his comrades under heavy fire. He rushed into the fray, blasting out of both of his guns simultaneously. With his help, the clones were able to make short work of the enemy. Shinji then once again headed back to the ship, to take a quick and much needed breather. Shinji decided to go check on Rei. He wanted to see if she was okay after taking that blast to the chest. He found her in the back of the Techno-Union ship. Unfortunately, her helmet was gone, and she was being guarded by two clones and Mace Windu.
"What's going on?" Shinji asked.
"Well, this 'soldier' isn't really a soldier,"said Windu. "But, good job out there. You're quite impressive, seeing as your not a clone." Mace quickly snatched off Shinji's helmet. Shinji just stood there, stunned. "That's what I thought," said the jedi master, "I knew you couldn't be a clone. You adapt too quickly, and you show too many signs of free thinking. Real clones were created to simply follow orders. Now, I promoted you to sergeant for two reasons. One was because I was impressed by your skills, and the second was because I wanted to test you. A normal clone probably wouldn't have been able to give any major orders. No offense guys."
"None taken," said one of the clone guards, "You're probably right."
"Well," said Windu, "You're classified as a civilian now, and I want you to wait here." Shinji sat down, disappointed that Mace Windu had seen through his disguise. after a while though, the magnitude of the battle finally hit him. He could have died several times in the last hour or so. And at first it was a big shock, but something inside him had actually enjoyed it.
The battle was won soon after, and the clones were being shipped off to Coruscant. Shinji and Rei were put in a Republic Gunship and left alone. On most of the trip back, they were both silent. Eventually, Shinji tried to start up a conversation. "So how did you get on Geonosis anyway?"
"... Long story," Rei answered.
"Okay," said Shinji, "Well, why did you look so surprised when you saw me? I mean, Commander Alex said my name."
"...In the gunship I came in, there were three or four clones codenamed 'Shinji'. I just assumed that you were one of them."
"Oh,"said Shinji. He was about to say something else, when suddenly they landed. The side-door opened and in stepped three jedi: Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda.
"These are the two I told you about," Mace said.
"Hmm," said Obi-Wan, "I think I recognize the boy. Yes, he's the boy that hangs around the Temple all of the time. Shinji, right?" Shinji nodded.
"Yes and the girl is Rei Ayanami," said Mace Windu, "She's the senator that represents Coruscant in the Galactic Council." Shinji looked at her with surprise. So that was what she had been doing that past year.
"Now," said Yoda, "Shinji. How able were you to sneak into the clone forces, hmm?"
"Well," began Shinji, "I hang around the Jedi Temple all the time, so I can figure out when something's up. A few days ago, I saw Obi-Wan acting a bit strange. He got into his ship and was about to take off, and I was able to plant a tracking device on it."
"Where did you get a tracking device?" asked Obi-Wan.
"They sell 'em down at one of the shops near the temple," he answered. "Anyway, I followed him in one of my dad's ship. He doesn't really care what I do, so I figured it would be fine. So I followed Obi-Wan, and we came to this dark blue planet. Well, the place was raining when I got there, so no one saw me land. I managed to get into the building that Obi-Wan had gone in. I wandered around a bit, until I came to a room. It was filled with armor and weapons and stuff. At the end of the room there was a window. I looked through the window and saw the clones. Suddenly I got this feeling that said 'stay here.' I got inside some armor, and I went to go join the clones. After a few days of being in disguise, a call came over a loud speaker. 'All clones report for duty,' it said. I followed the clones, and we eventually came to a big conveyer belt. About halfway through, a mechanical hand pulled back the armor on my forearm, gave me two shots of some yellow stuff, and put the armor back. Then they loaded us onto ships, and we ended up on that battlefield."
The jedi looked at him for a moment, and then at each other. Then Obi-wan turned to Rei. "And how did you do it?" Rei was silent at first, and then she spoke.
"I've been speaking out in the senate for a while now against this separatist movement," she said, "And I decided I couldn't just stop it by talking. My friend Padme was almost assassinated, and I found out from her that the assassin was using equipment from a planet called Kamino. I have a personal map in my apartment, so I looked it up. I traveled there, and also secretly placed myself in the clone army." The three jedi and Shinji looked at her in awe. She didn't seem like someone who would do something like that. The three jedi conversed quietly for a while, then called in a clone.
"Do you know what they injected you with on Kamino?" Mace asked him.
"Yes sir," answered the clone, "It's a fluid called LCL, it slows down the aging process. We were given two shots, one to slow down the accelerated growth that we have, and a second to make us age even slower. For example, I will be a physical year older in about six years."
"Thank you for the information," said Kenobi. The clone gave a salute and walked out. then the jedi turned back to the two teenagers. "Well," said Kenobi, "It seems we have a bit of a problem there. Now as to what we should do with you, we've come to an agreement. Shinji, you shall stay with the army, you've proven yourself to be a most excellent fighter. But Rei, I'm afraid that your duties as a senator come first. Do you understand?"
"Yes sir," said Rei.
"Good," said Yoda, "But a secret the LCL must be kept. If everyone knew about it, try to live forever they would. An unbalance it would create. Understand do you?"
"Yes sir," Shinji and Rei answered. The three jedi left, and so did Shinji and Rei. They walked for a while, until they came to a large area filled with clones and equipment. Shinji was about to go join the clones, when Rei stopped him. Shinji looked at her, confused. "You saved my life on that planet," she said. Then she gave him a kiss, and walked away. Shinji couldn't move for a moment. Did that really just happen?
"Hey Shinji!" a clone voice shouted. Shinji turned to see Alex calling over to him. "Get over here! We're being shipped out!"
"What?" said Shinji, "We just got back!"
"We got a job to do," answered Alex, "No time to complain. Now get over here!" Shinji ran towards the clones, unaware that he was being watched. Rei was looking back at him blushing slightly, and hoping she hadn't given away her secret. Truth was, she had had a crush on him since Jr.High She just hoped that Shinji felt the same way about her...
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Oh snaps! Rei has feelings for Shinji! But, can he make it through coming battles to be able to see her? And where the hell is Anakin? I'm pretty sure he's in this story somewhere...
Note: the Precision Pistol is also a reward in Battlefront II, just like the Elite Rifle, and LCL is only LCL in name. It has nothing to do with the stuff from the show, I just stuck it in there as a sort of cameo
and I know, I know, some OOC from Rei and a little from Shinji. but that last bit was because I wanted to give Shinji something to look forward to for whenever he gets back :)