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

Authors note: For time, I'm guessing about six months after the last chapter. Like I said, I have to do a lot of guess-work.

P.S: Really sorry about the wait. I've been busy/distracted.

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Ever since... Naboo, Shinji had payed much more attention to his guns. He kept his real guns out in plain sight, while his tranquilizers were kept in a special place. He had modified one section of the wall in his room on the 501sts Star Destroyer, so that it now had a secret compartment. He never wanted to make a mistake like that again.

It had taken a while for him to get over Queen Apailana's death. Almost two months actually. Rei helped him as she could, finally helping him understand that it was an accident. He still blamed himself for being careless though, and he probably would for a long time. That's why he had made the special modification to his room. So that he wouldn't ever murder anyone again. Of course, many of the 501st's missions lately were just patrols and peace keeping. But today was different.

A Seperatist named Gizor Delso had been tracked to Mustafar. He hadn't been there when Anakin had killed the Seperatist leaders. But he was there now, and he had an army of battle-droids with him. He had found a secret droid factory on the planet and not only created an army of them, but he had also made several improvements in their designs. But Shinji was about to find out first hand just how good the improvements were...

The alarm started blaring. Shinji grabbed his helmet and weapons and ran down towards the hangar. "What's the situation?" Shinji asked through his communicator.

"The droids have boarded our ship!" said a Red through the communicator.

"No way!" said Shinji. He increased his speed and was in the hangar in no time. The door opened and, sure enough, there was a CIS gun-ship sitting right there. And there were a whole lot of droids piling out of it. Storm Troopers were everywhere, trying to repel the intruders. Shinji began firing, taking down a droid instantly. The droids nearby began firing. Shinji ran towards them and fired back at them. He threw a grenade at them and rolled behind some crates. The grenade exploded, sending bits of droid everywhere. However to Shinji's dismay, droids kept piling out of the gun-ship. Thinking quickly, he formulated a plan.

"Hey!" Shinji called to a nearby group of Troopers. "Go grab some rocket launchers and time bombs! Quick!" The Troopers nodded and ran off to get the equipment. Shinji fired at the droids and waited. The Troopers were back in no time. "Alright," said Shinji, taking a time bomb. "I want you guys to concentrate your fire on the gun-ship. Just like always, two groups one fires reloads, you know the drill."

"Yes Sir!" The Storm Troopers got into their positions and began firing.

"Beat them back!" yelled Shinji to his men. The 501st began a vicious assault on the droids. In moments, the droids realized that they were fighting a losing battle. Many of them ran back to the gun-ship, which had taken severe damage by now. Just as they were taking off, Shinji launched his time bomb. It attached itself to the ship, and five seconds later the ship exploded. One of the remaining droids leapt up to attack Shinji. Shinji just blasted it without looking at it and began walking towards his ship.

Unfortunately, the droids had damaged his ship during the fighting. The shield had saved it from being destroyed, but it wouldn't be combat ready anytime soon. Shinji called over a technician. "Start repairs on that please," he said, pointing to the Jedi Starfighter.

"Right away Sir," said the technician. Shinji reluctantly went over to a TIE-Bomber. He wasn't very experienced with the new vehicles, as he pretty much just stuck to his Starfighter, but he knew enough to get by. He called a pilot over.

"You," he said pointing to the pilot, "Co-pilot. Let's go."

"Yes Sir," said the pilot as he got into the TIE-Bomber. Shinji got in the pilot seat and the Bomber took off. Shinji had chosen the bomber for a few reasons. One: they had very good armor, two: they had powerful guns, which made up for the slow firing rates, and three: it was always nice to have a co-pilot to back you up. As they left the hangar, Shinji looked out towards the droid capital ship. It looked a bit larger than the ones Shinji had grown used to seeing. And the droid ships pouring out of it was a bit larger than usual too.

"Hit 'em hard and hit 'em fast," said Shinji over the communicator. TIE-Fighters scrambled into position. Shinji flew ahead and began blasting. He caught a vulture droid on it's left wing, and it began spiraling out of control. It crashed into three other droid ships next to it and they all exploded. Shinji's co-pilot fired as well, taking down a tri-fighter and two vulture droids. Shinji saw that the droid capitol ship was being backed up by a Banking Clan Com Ship. "I'm going for the Com ship," said Shinji over the communicator. "Cover me."

"Yes Sir," said a Trooper. Two TIE-Interceptors and a Bomber flew in behind him. Shinji didn't give them any directions. They knew what he was planning. Shinji and the other Bomber began bombarding the Com Ship, while the interceptors flew around blasting any enemy that came close. After a minute or two of the bombing, the Com Ship exploded. Even though the battle had only lasted for a few minutes, ten at the most, Shinji was already tired of fighting the droids. He set his eyes on the capitol ship and started towards it. The other three fighters followed him.

Shinji had been planning on flying into the hangar. But he could see that Gizor Delso had made some modifications to the ship as well as the droids. The ship's shields covered the hangar entrance as well. Shinji began firing at the shield. Several TIE-Fighters in the area followed his example. They concentrated their fire at the ship, and its shields were down in no time. Suddenly, Shinji got a call over his helmet communicator.

"Shinji," said a deep, menacing voice.

"Anakin?" said Shinji, "Er, I mean Vader?" Lord Vader had accompanied the 501st on this mission. He had wanted to personally make sure that every last remnant of the CIS was eradicated.

"I want you to hijack one of their ships," said Vader.

"Which one?" asked Shinji as he flew into the hangar.

"One of their Strike Bombers."

"Got something special planned?" asked Shinji as he jumped out of the TIE-Bomber and began firing at the droids. His co-pilot took off in the Bomber.

"Just a little something," said Vader. Shinji smiled. Thankfully, they had remained friends after their fight on Coruscant. Shinji was shaken from his thoughts when a blast found his arm.

"Ouch!" said Shinji. It had been a while since he had actually been hit by anything. Shinji noticed that these droids seemed to be able to handle surprises better. 'Well,' he thought, 'It has been a while since they gave me any real challenge.' He fired at a super battle droid and threw a thermal detonator into a group of pilots. He looked around and found a Strike Bomber. He fought his way over to it and hoped on to it. A super battle droid had just gotten in.

Shinji opened the cockpit and shot the droid. He jumped in, threw the body out, and took off. Several droids fired at the Strike Bomber. Suddenly, they heard a beeping sound. They looked down at the body of the droid Shinji had thrown out of the cockpit. They say a large red glow through a hole in it's chest, right before it exploded. Shinji smirked as he left the hangar. Droids never expected that trick. It had been a while since he had used it, but he still had it down pretty well. The trick was to move so fast that the droids couldn't see you. Shinji had blasted open the droid's chest, stuffed it with grenades and a time bomb, and tossed it out.

Shinji flew back to the Star Destroyer at full speed. He landed safely in the hangar. He hopped out of the Strike Bomber and was greeted by Darth Vader. "Excellent work my friend," said Vader, patting him on the back.

"Thanks," said Shinji. "But, if you don't mind me asking, what are you going to use the Bomber for?"

"You'll see," said Vader.

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"Stupid lava!" said Shinji angrily. "It's so damn hot on this planet!" Shinji was angry. He had thought that he didn't like fighting in the cold. Well, at that moment he would have rather been stuck on the coldest part of Rhen Var in his old Clone armor than be here. All of the lava and fire made snow and sub-zero temperatures seem like heaven. They had just landed. Vader would be arriving on the planet's surface shortly. They were on a platform directly outside of a building on the southern side of a droid factory/lava mining complex.

Suddenly, droids started pouring out of the building. There were two doors, one on the east side of the wall of the building and one on the west. They were coming out of the east door. Shinji began firing at them. Reinforcements, in the form of small troop transports, were landing periodically. Shinji needed to hold the droids off just long enough to-

Suddenly there was an explosion! One of the droids had launched a rocket at a small group of Troopers. All four were killed. Shinji fired at the droid, destroying it instantly. 'I have to find a way to stop them!' thought Shinji as he fired. 'I need to cut those doors off to them.' Suddenly, he realized something. He ran towards the west door. 'If I can get through here,' he thought, 'I might be able to get them from behind.' Unfortunately, it was locked. He looked back towards the other door. His men had engaged the enemy at the door. It was a difficult position to be in for both sides. There was hardly enough room to fight.

Shinji fired at a droid who had emerged from the door. He ran back towards it. As soon as he got there, he threw in a thermal detonator. "Get back!" he yelled to his men. They all ran several feet back from the door, which slammed down (the doors all worked like that, they only opened when someone got close to it). There was a boom. Shinji and his Troopers ran back towards the door, and they went inside.

There was a lot of droid parts scattered about the floor. Shinji looked down the hallway to see droids already starting to regroup. He threw another grenade, destroying the three that were there. He ran towards the spot, and fired at another droid who was heading down the adjoining hallway (which ran north to south). He saw the door that had been locked. He destroyed the panel next to it, and the door opened. Several Storm Troopers began rushing inside.

"Let's go," said Shinji. They ran north through the hallway. They came to what appeared to be some kind of conference room. There were several droids inside. Shinji and his Troopers began firing. They cleared the room in no time. Shinji checked his map. He still had a long way to go. He ordered a small group of Troopers to stay and guard the area, and convert it into a small base of operations. He took a few more with him and they left.

Outside, there were two metal bridges. On the other side of the bridges was a walkway, which was crawling with droids. Shinji and his squad made their way across the bridge. The droids fired. A Trooper on Shinji's left was gunned down. Shinji blasted the droid immediately. He threw a grenade at the crowded area. Some of the smarter (or dumber) droids rolled out of the way, falling into the lava in the process, and the rest just stood there as the thermal detonator exploded. Suddenly, a sniper shot hit a Trooper that had gotten in front of Shinji.

Shinji turned around and saw three snipers on a ledge to the east of the bridge they were on. He pulled out his pistol and fired. He didn't waste time aiming. He just shot at them. He hit the first droid in the head, the second in the chest, and the third in the knee. The third droid fell into the lava below. Shinji and his decreased squad (two Troopers and himself) made it to thw walkway.

Troopers began coming out of the building across the bridge. Shinji signaled to a few of them, and they made their way eastward along the walkway towards the other building (the whole place was actually one building, it was just built very inconveniently). They made their way inside, only to come under near-instant fire. There were several super battle droids and a magna guard. One of the Troopers had a rocket launcher with him. He launched it, taking out the droids.

"Good job," said Shinji.

"Thank you," said Red.

"Finally took my advice about wearing regular armor I see," said Shinji as they made their way through the hallway.

"Yep," said Red. They came outside and saw more droids. "This is just like The War," said Red as he launched a rocket.

"I know," said Shinji, firing. "I just wanna get this over with." Shinji and his squad made their way to an overlook. It was actually the overlook to the collection base. There was a large ramp behind him. They cleared the area of droids and waited for reinforcements. Soon, Troopers arrived and began making a temporary base. Suddenly, Shinji got a call over the communicator.

"Shinji," said Vader's voice. "I have landed. You have done an excellent job so far."

"Thanks," said Shinji. Red was amazed at how casually he spoke to Lord Vader. No one else in the Imperial Army would dare talk to him on such a personal level.

"I have received word that the schematics for new battle droid prototype are inside the complex. The coordinates have been uploaded to your map. Don't fail me."

"No problem," said Shinji. He looked at his map. The schematics were in two separate places. There appeared to be two separate computers, on at each end of a room to the south of their position. Shinji and his squad made their way there. Unfortunately, the droids were waiting. As soon as they entered the room the droids fired, taking out one of the Troopers. Shinji fired back. He saw the computer and threw a thermal detonator at it. It exploded, destroying the computer and three nearby droids.

They made it midway across the room, and Red launched a rocket at the other computer. It was destroyed. Shinji got another call. "Shinji," said Vader, "One of our men was killed while attempting to take a strike beacon to the collection base antenna. Go get it, and take it there."

"Alright," said Shinji. The beacon was right outside. Shinji grabbed it, and he and his squad made it towards the collection base. There were several droids in the way, but they were easily taken care of. Shinji raced to the antenna and placed the beacon on it. He ran back to a safe distance. Suddenly, a Trooper next to Shinji got hit with a sonic wave. Shinji looked behind him to see many Geonosians emerging from the facility. He started firing, getting flashbacks from his battle on Geonosis as he did.

These Geonosians fought in the same swarming patterns that he remembered. He saw a Geonosian firing rockets at the Storm Troopers. 'That must be Delso,' thought Shinji. He ran towards him, firing. Delso saw the shot coming and flew out of the way. He fired a rocket at Shinji. Shinji rolled out of the way and fired back. Delso flew backwards, and Shinji ran up towards him. He fired again.

Click-click. 'Oh great,' thought Shinji, 'Why does this always happen?' He pulled out his pistol and fired at Delso. He hit him in the wing and Delso fell to the ground, dropping his rocket launcher. Shinji fired again, but Delso rolled out of the way. Delso pulled out his own pistol and fired. Shinji fired in response. Neither could move fast enough to avoid it. They both blasted each others' blasters out of their hands. Delso jumped at Shinji!

He landed on him and tried to choke him. Shinji grabbed him and pulled him off. Delso kicked him in the head. Shinji dropped him and shook his head, trying to stop the ringing in his ears. 'Strongest Geonosian I've ever seen,' thought Shinji as he rushed at Delso. They grappled each other, both now dangerously close to the edge of the platform. Shinji broke free of Delso's grip, and kicked him as hard as he could. Delso flew yards through the air.

He went straight into the lava. Shinji looked up to see several Geonosians preparing to attack him. Suddenly, a red blur cut through them. Shinji got another flashback, to a time when the red blur had been purple. Shinji followed the blur back to its owner.

"Are you alright?" asked Vader.

"Yeah," said Shinji. He searched for his pistol. He found it, and put it back in its holster. "'Bout time you got here," said Shinji.

"I went as fast as I could," said Vader. "You seem to have done a fine job in my absence."

"Thanks," said Shinji. "But I have a question. Why did I have to place that strike beacon on the antenna?"

"Look," said Vader, pointing behind him. Shinji looked, and saw a fast moving object approach the antenna. It wasn't an object really. It was more of a laser. The laser hit the antenna, and it exploded.

"Whoa," said Shinji.

"Good job Shinji," said Vader. "The last remnants of the CIS have been stamped out. We shall be able to have peace now. It should please you to know that you are going to be given credit for this victory."

"Me?" said Shinji. "It was your plan. All I did was-"

"All you did was win the battle for us," said Vader. "My friend, you give yourself far too little credit."

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With Delso gone and the droids destroyed, Shinji and the 501st were able to leave Mustafar. Shinji was glad. Hopefully, things would be more peaceful from now on. That night however, Shinji had a nightmare. It was Derren Zakdam choking. Shinji woke with a start. He only had that dream if something bad was going to happen. What was going to happen now? Hadn't they just taken care of the last threat to the galaxy? Shinji sat up in bed and thought for a moment.

What was going to happen?

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Oh great! Just when he thought he could sit back and relax, Shinji knows he's going to be off battling again! But who is it now? The answer might just surprise you...

Once again, sorry for the wait.