Disclaimer: Even though you should know by now, I'll say it anyway: I don't own Evangelion or Star Wars. Just this story.

Authors note: Alright then! Tis time to find out Shinji's decision. And an interesting one it was.

P.S: all of the times, like dates of battles and stuff from here until... when I tell you they're over, are estimated on my part, as the time line that I found for Star Wars doesn't mention some of this stuff. If I have a major screw up, let me know and I'll fix it.

Sorry about the wait! And sorry if it seems rushy!

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Shinji sat in his room, thinking about the events of the last year or so. After Padme died, Shinji had made the tough decision to stay in the army. No one had understood at first. Of course, Shinji had had a very good reason.

"The Empire is going to be hunting for any remaining Jedi right?" Shinji had said. "If I'm in the army, they'll send me after them. I will be able to help them from there. If I get to the jedi before anyone else, I can tranquilize them, and then later help them go into hiding." Everyone had agreed with his plan. It was the best way.

"But what about the EVA?" Obi-Wan had asked. "The Emperor will no doubt want it examined and studied so that he can produce mor of them." Shinji had found an answer for that as well. He had taken the EVA down to the lowest level of the Polis Massa complex, where there was a large vault. He put the EVA inside, and sealed the door. The door could only be opened three different ways: written password, retina scan, or fingerprint scan. Shinji had made it so that someone would have to have all three to open the door. The door was shielded in the same manner as on Mygeeto, so no one could force the door open. Shinji had also disabled the security cameras in the room at the time of his password input to be extra safe. Shinji was determined that no one would ever be able to use it again, unless it was him. He didn't want something that dangerous in the hands of an unpredictable Empire.

And, unbeknownst to Shinji, Obi-Wan and Yoda had decided not to tell him about his Force power. "Too dangerous it is," Yoda had said. "If finds out the Emperor does, then much trouble it will lead to."

"But why hasn't the Emperor sensed it yet?" Obi-Wan had asked.

"To Shinji, the Force takes a path that a Sith could not understand. A mother's love for her child it is and feel it, Sidious does not. Safer the boy will be, if told he is not."

The remaining Jedi had been picked up from the Jedi Temple, and had gone into hiding along with the five younglings. Shinji had gone into the Temple records and erased or altered many of the security holocrons in the building. Of course, the 501st had wondered where Shinji had disappeared to. He just told them that he had chased the jedi off the planet, and that the ensuing battle had caused his LAAT to be destroyed along with the EVA that had been inside it. They bought it.

Unfortunately, Rei had become more reclusive because of Padme's death. She rarely spoke anymore, and when she did, it was in very short sentences. Shinji hated to see Rei depressed and he wanted to help her, but he knew from personal experience that it was almost impossible to help someone emotionally after the death of someone who had been very close. He had done what he could for her though, for the little help that it did. It had helped that the War was over and he was able to spend more time on Coruscant. Of course, he hadn't spent all of his time on Coruscant with Rei. Recently he had been communicating more with his father, who, even after his confession about his concern for his son, still never seemed to be there. But he was around just enough to help Shinji with something.

After his fight in the Temple, Shinji saw that not being able to use grenades was a large disadvantage. So, he had gone to Gendo for help. He and his father had worked diligently, and soon they had created special grenades. Shinji had dubbed them Concussion Grenades, and the name couldn't have been more accurate. When detonated, they sent out a combination of gases that would cause the target to become unconscious. Shinji had only made them as a precaution. He had hoped that he would never have to use them. But it seemed like they would be getting their first field-test tonight, on the planet Naboo.

Recently, Queen Apailana had been discovered to be harboring fugitive Jedi. The 501st had been sent to kill not only the Jedi, but the Queen as well. This wasn't the first thing that she'd done either. She had been showing subtle signs of rebellion, such as labeling documents 'Republic' instead of 'Empire'. Her senators and diplomats were also very uncooperative. Shinji hadn't wanted a confrontation with Naboo, especially because of his friendship with Padme. However, he was told that this mission would prevent future conflicts. He was hoping that it would be true.

His mission of course, was to tranquilize the Queen, as many Jedi as possible, and anyone else who got in the way. He looked at his equipment. The Empire had made a lot of changes in the army, such as the armor. Shinji didn't like the Storm Trooper armor very much. He wasn't a big fan of the new assault rifles either. They just looked like big pistols. On the plus-side, they held more ammo than the clone rifles, but they were small. Shinji had been able to use his old rifle as a melee weapon when certain situations had come up. He couldn't do that with the new gun.

He looked around his room on the Star Destroyer. He had kept his old equipment: guns, armor, etc. He made something of a display out of them. He didn't know why. He was currently in his Storm Trooper armor, looking at the space where he kept his guns. His Elite Rifle and Precision Pistol were there, along with their respective non-lethal counterparts. His lightsaber was attached to his belt. He grabbed his Tranquilizer Rifle, and was about to grab his pistol, When his door opened.

"Are you ready yet Shinji?" asked Red. "We're ready to land." Shinji turned to face him, grabbing a pistol.

"Yeah," said Shinji, "I'm ready." He put on his helmet, and he and Red made their way to the Hanger.

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The Queen must have somehow known that they were coming. There was a literal army of royal guards guarding the palace. The 501st landed, and started shooting. The guards had been very prepared for the attack however, and proved to be quite troublesome. At the moment, the 501st's job was to capture the eastern plaza. Shinji made his way there, firing off tranquilizers as he went. They worked like a charm. He fought his way to the plaza and began clearing the area for his troops. As his troopers entered the area, he got a call over his communicator.

"General," said a voice over the communicator. Shinji wasn't used to the English accent. "We need you to take the Central Plaza. But, you have to go around through the West Plaza."

"Why?"

"There is a large auto-turret grid in the Central Plaza. If you go through the West Plaza, you'll eventually find the turret grid's main computer. Take out the computer, you take out the grid."

"Alright," said Shinji. He started moving towards the Plaza. As he passed the Central Plaza, he saw the auto-turret grid. It consisted of at least four very large turrets. He got out of the way just in time for the guns to start firing. He kept heading West, meeting steadily growing Royal Guard opposition. He fought his way into the West Plaza, only to have to instantly hide behind a pillar. There was a large amount of guards in the area and Shinji thought he could also hear the sound of tanks activating in the distance. He came up with a plan quickly.

He ran out from behind the pillar, throwing a grenade and shooting. The grenade "exploded" in the middle of a large group of guards. The gas took care of them, and by the time it cleared it gave the impression that they were dead. Shinji kept firing, taking down any guard he could. A large group of Storm Troopers came, and helped him clear out the Plaza. Shinji picked a small group of three and they started moving.

Shinji made sure to keep to the shadows. There were tanks rolling by at this point, giving need to secrecy. They were almost to the control mainframe, when suddenly a group of Royal guards spotted them. They began firing. One of Shinji's troopers went down, and he and the remaining two got behind some pillars. Shinji started firing from behind his pillar, as did the other two. The trooper on his left went down, taking three guards with him. There were eight guards left. Shinji kept firing.

Suddenly, one of the guards threw a thermal detonator. Shinji rolled out from behind the pillar just in time, but his comrade did not. Shinji looked angrily at the guards, and pulled back the trigger hard. In no time, the guards were defeated. Shinji looked at his fallen troopers for a moment, and then continued on towards his objective. His map showed that the computer was just 20 yards to the east. He made his way there, and saw a flight of stairs leading to a balcony. He also saw several guards at the top.

He threw a grenade up at them. It went off and knocked them out. Shinji ran up the stairs and found the computer. He grabbed one of the unconscious guard's guns and shot the computer. He looked down at the auto-turrets and saw that they had ceased firing. He was about to smile, when about nine Jedi came running out of the temple. He saw several Storm Troopers rush to meet them, only to be cut down. Shinji checked his gun, and then leapt off of the balcony, firing as he went and taking down one Jedi. He started firing at the rest. The Jedi turned their attention towards him. They ran at him, attempting to block his shots. Of course they were blocking their heads and chests, while Shinji was busy shooting their arms and legs. The last one was just about to reach him when a trooper shot him in the back.

"General!" came the voice on the communicator. "The Queen is attempting to escape! She is armed, and guarded by two or mor Jedi! You must not let her escape!"

"I'm on it!" Shinji began searching for the Queen. He knew it was a race against time now, especially if he wanted to save the Queen. He saw her heading towards the East Plaza. She had three Jedi bodyguards with her. He shot one in the back and began pursuit. The other Jedi and the Queen turned around. She began firing at him, while the Jedi started running towards him. Shinji dodged the Queen's shots and fired at the Jedi, taking one of them down. He fired at the other one and started running towards the queen. He fired at her. Click-click.

'Damn!' thought Shinji as he dodged another shot. A Royal guard caught up to the Queen and started firing at Shinji as well. Shinji pulled out his pistol and fired at him. He went down and the Queen fired at him. He dodged once again and fired, getting her right in the chest. 'Alright!' thought Shinji. 'The Queen and the Jedi are safe and the Empire is none the wiser!' He walked over to the Queen, knowing that he would have to hide her quickly.

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Rei sat in her apartment. There wasn't much to do in the Senate anymore, now that the Clone Wars were over. She was just starting to wonder when Shinji would get back, when there was a knock at her door. Without waiting for an answer, the door opened and Shinji walked in. Rei was immediately happy to see him, but then she saw his expression. Something was wrong.

"Shinji?" she asked. "What is it?"

"...I'm..."

"What?"

"I'm a murderer," said Shinji.

"What?" asked Rei, confused. "Shinji, what are you talking about?"

"The Queen," said Shinji, "I killed Queen Apailana."

"What are you talking about?"

"I thought I was using my tranquilizer pistol when I shot her," said Shinji."But I went to go hide her body and I realized she wasn't breathing." He fell to his knees and started weeping. Rei ran over to him. She knelt down by his side and put her arms around his shoulders. he looked at her. "How can you stand to even be near me?" he asked. "I'm a monster."

"Don't say things like that," said Rei. "You are not a monster for accidentally killing someone. You were trying to save Apailana, it's not your fault you grabbed the wrong gun." She tried to comfort Shinji. 'Poor Shinji,' she thought, 'He's not cut out to kill people. He's not that kind of person.' She only hoped that this would be the last time that Shinji would ever have to fight people.

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First off, sorry. I know this chapter was rushy, but I think I wanted to do this one even less than I had wanted to do Rhen Var Citadel. That's because I make Shinji a murderer, and I didn't really want to. But it had to happen. The next one will be better. I promise!

Next time! Mustafar: Storm Troopers vs. Battle Droids