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

Authors note: Oops! I think I got the time wrong on the last one. This chapter takes place a long time after Episode II. I think (according to the last chapter's math) that it was like 12 years since Episode II. However, after actually playing the game again, I found that I was off a bit. No big deal. I was only 2 years ahead (I think). But, I am now confident that I have the dates correct.

P.S: Really sorry about the wait. I've been busy/distracted. And sorry if it seems rushy.

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Shinji looked over at Alex and Red. They looked so... confused. Not surprising. Shinji was confused as well. This whole situation was insane. In all of the ten years since the Clone Wars had started, including the seven since it had ended, Red, Alex, and Shinji had never once thought that they would ever have to fight the Kaminoens. It was worse for Alex and Red. A fight against Kamino meant a fight against their home... and their brothers.

Kamino had rebelled against the Empire, and had even gone as far as creating their own army of clones. It had come as a big shock to the Empire, and the men of the 501st. Shinji checked his guns. As much as he hated to, he had to use real guns this time. There was no way the he was going to be able to tranquilize a clone, not with the armor they wore. He looked up at the armored man who was with them.

His armor was painted green and brown. His helmet was all scratched up. He wore a jet-pack with a missile in it. He had a very detailed knowledge of the cloning facility on Kamino. His name... was Boba Fett. The only unaltered clone of Jango Fett. The Emperor had hired this young bounty hunter to help lead the troops for this mission. Shinji fept getting this feeling that Boba was looking at him.

"Who are you?" said Boba finally. "You're not a clone. What are you doing with the 501st?"

"Oh, uh," said Shinji nervously, "I'm Shinji."

"Shinji?" said Boba. "As in General Shinji? A bit young aren't you? You only look about 16 or 17."

"I know," said Shinji.

"And besides that," said Boba. "You look like a rookie."

"Huh?"

"Yeah, you heard me. You look green. It's hard for me to believe that you're a famous general from the clone wars."

"Well," said Shinji, "It's hard for me to believe that you're a famous bounty hunter. You're only like nineteen or so, but even the Emperor and Vader know your name."

"Touche," said Boba.

"Approaching Kamino, prepare to land," Said a voice over the intercom.

"Well," said Shinji, putting on his helmet, "We're here."

"Yep," said Boba, standing up. "Now stay out of my way."

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The rain was coming down hard. It was always raining on Kamino. Shinji looked around at the buildings of the cloning facility. He looked at his small group of men. Unfortunately, the other troop transports had been delayed. Shinji, Boba Fett, Alex, and Red were there with only eight men.

"Your first task," said a voice over their communicators, "Is to get a sample of DNA that the Kaminoens are using to create their army. We need to analyze it to see what changes they may have made. Good luck."

"Luck has nothing to do with it," said Boba. He took off towards the facility directly to their north.

"Wait up!" called Shinji. He followed Boba taking Red and two men with him, leaving Alex with the remaining six to guard the area and wait for backup. Shinji and Red caught up to Boba soon enough. "Don't take off like that," said Shinji.

"Don't tell me what to do," said Boba. They were nearing the building, when suddenly lasers started flying passed them. Several clones appeared, all with jetpacks and assault rifles. They were in the original battle armor worn by the Clone Army at the start of the clone war. Boba was the first to return fire. After a moment's hesitation, Shinji began firing too. Red and the other two soon followed.

They made their way towards the building. There was the door! Shinji fought his way over, but it was locked. "Hey!" called Boba. "Get back!" Boba fired a mini-rocket at the door from his wrist launcher. Shinji rolled out of the way. The rocket hit a panel next to the door, as well as a clone who had gotten too close. They panel was destroyed, and the door opened. Shinji got up.

"Watch it!" he said as Boba ran by. Red ran over to Shinji.

"Are you all right?" asked Red.

"Yeah," said Shinji, "I'm fine." He looked at Boba, who was running down the hallway taking out clones left and right. "Arrogant isn't he?" said Shinji as he ran to catch up to him. He caught up just as Boba grabbed the sample. He started to run back down the hallway, but Shinji's hand shot out and grabbed him.

"What are you doing?" asked Boba Fett, "Let me go."

"Not until you understand something," said Shinji. "We work as a team here. I can't have one guy try and go lone wolf in the middle of a battle like this."

"I hear you do it a lot," said Boba.

"Not intentionally," said Shinji. "Not at first. You need to start working with us, instead of just going off and-"

"You don't tell me what to do," said Boba, shaking his shoulder free. "I'm was hired by the Emperor. I'm under his orders, not yours." Boba ran down the hallway, Shinji right behind him. They burst through the doors, only to find Red and the two Troopers under attack. Shinji began blasting, taking out three jet-troopers. Boba lit up another three with his flame thrower. Suddenly, Alex showed up from behind with about ten Troopers. They cleared the area of clones.

"Have more troops arrived?" asked Shinji.

"Yes," said Alex. "We've got around a hundred now."

"Good," said Shinji. Boba started to take off again. "Where are you going?"

"To deliver this DNA sample," answered Boba. Shinji sighed. This was going to be a long battle. Shinji followed Fett. Fett reached an Imperial troop transport, and handed the sample to one of the men inside. The ship pulled back, flying towards the star destroyer.

"Shinji," said a voice over the communicator. "We need you destroy the life support in the clone facility."

"Life support?" asked Shinji "Why do they need life support in the facilities?"

"For the incubators," said the voice. "Now go."

"Incubators?" asked Shinji. "As in, what they use to keep the growing clones alive?"

"Yes," answered Boba. Boba started off towards the facility. Without thinking, Shinji followed him. They battled their way to the facility. Shinji noticed that there only seemed to be 2 kinds of clone soldiers. They either had a jet-pack and an assault rifle, or a chain gun.

Boba Fett and Shinji entered to the facility. they ran down a hallway and entered a door to their left. They found themselves in a large room. Four of the eight walls had huge windows. Shinji could see the giant incubator machines that held the jars that the clones were kept in. Shinji looked at them, and realized he couldn't do it. He couldn't destroy machines keeping babies alive. There was no way he would be able to-

Suddenly there was an explosion! Shinji whirled around. Boba was walking away from a destroyed computer. He had what appeared to be a remote controlled detonator in his hand. He placed it on another computer. He walked a good distance away and detonated it. Shinji watched in horror as he moved on to a third.

"What are you doing!?" exclaimed Shinji.

"My job," said Boba. "Our current mission is to destroy these things."

"Are you completely heartless?!" asked Shinji.

"..." Boba said nothing for a moment. "If you cant do this, get out of the room and cover me until I'm finished. I don't feel all that great about doing this myself, but it's what I'm getting payed for." Shinji left the room. He couldn't do anything about it. He almost cried because of how helpless he was in this situation. Clone or not, fully developed or not, killing a child was wrong. He heard three more explosions, and he shuddered at each one of them. Boba Fett walked out of the room.

Neither of them said a word. They left the building. Almost immediately, they came under fire.

"Those bastards just killed our brothers!" Shinji heard a clone yell. "Kill them!" Shinji reacted instantly, and fired at one of the clones. The clones fired back. Shinji rolled out of the way, while Boba opened fire into the clones as well. Shinji and Boba ran behind a pillar. 10 to 2 were good odds. They looked at each other, and, like only two comrades on a battle field can do, silently formulated a plan. They nodded at each other, and jumped out from behind the pillar.

Boba launched a rocket into the clones, killing three. Shinji fired his assault rifle, brought out his pistol, and fired it too. He took out four in seconds, while Boba fired at another two. The last one managed to raise his gun, before Shinji shot him in the head. Shinji put his pistol back in its holster. His communicator went off again.

"I see you destroyed the incubators," said the voice. "Well done."

"..."

"General?"

"Just shut up and give me the next objective," said Shinji.

"Oh, er, right," replied the voice, a bit startled by Shinji's words. "The Kaminoan leaders responsible for this Rogue Clone Army are escaping in LAATs. Stop them. If they escape, this could happen again."

"Alright," said Shinji. He looked up to see Boba, already moving. "Can't you ever wait up?" asked Shinji.

"Nope," said Boba. "And I only work with you if the situation calls for it. If you learn one thing about me, it's that I work alone. Battles like this are of no interest to me." Boba activated his jet-pack and flew towards a platform. Shinji followed on foot as fast as he could. As he ran, he suddenly saw a giant green laser strike the ground near him. Shinji dodged, as the laser had continued on and moved towards him.

"Never thought I'd see an LAAT attacking me," said Shinji. He continued towards the platform. He made it in time to see Boba launch a mini-rocket at the LAAT. It hit, and the LAAT (now badly damaged) turned its attention towards him. Shinji saw the other one in the distance. It seemed to be heading his way, most likely to help the other.

"Pass me a rocket launcher!" said Shinji to a nearby Storm Trooper. The Trooper tossed him a rocket launcher. Boba took another shot at the LAAT and it was destroyed. However, the other LAAt was now in range. It fired a rocket at Boba. Time seemed to slow down. "Get down!" yelled Shinji. He ran towards Boba. He pushed him out of the way, and took a running jump.

He landed on top of the missile, causing it to move downwards. He fired his own rocket and jumped off of the missile. It slammed into the side of the platform, shaking it a bit but not hurting anything. Shinji's rocket slammed into the side of the LAAT. A Shock Trooper delivered the final blow, and the gun-ship exploded. Shinji turned around to see Boba staring at him. If it weren't for his helmet, Shinji would have been able to see the look of awe on his face.

"That," began Boba, "That was incredible! How did you do that?"

"I don't know," said Shinji. "I just sorta reacted I guess."

"Well whatever you did," said Boba, "You saved my life. I owe you one."

"Sure," said Shinji. "You alright though? I pushed you pretty hard."

"I'm fine," said Boba. Once again, there was a call on the communicator.

"Well done," said the english-accented voice. "This mission is complete. We can head out now." Shinji was glad this nightmare was over.

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The Battle of Kamino never went down in official records. It couldn't be made public that the Empire's military supplier had tried to rebel. After the incident, Emperor Palpatine decided it was too risky to use an army cloned entirely from only one man. There were eventually several DNA donors, and the Army was soon to be more diversified. The 501st remained the way it was however, with Shinji being the only one who wasn't a clone of Jango Fett.

Days after the mission, Shinji received word that The 501st was set to guard the nearly complete battle station that the Empire had been cooking up for a few years now. Shinji hadn't been told of its existence before now. And he still wasn't told exactly what it was capable of.

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Really Really sorry about the wait. It's been like 2 months. Thank you all for waiting. These chapters in between movies are really killing me. I don't like what Shinji has to do in these, but it has to be done. It's part of the story line after all. And hopefully, Shinji'll get back to Rei soon.

You know, I'll let you in on a little secret. In a few chapters, Rei is going to be getting a huge part. In fact, it'll be making many of the chapters twice as long.

The missile thing was what Solid Snake did in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. I thought it was cool, so I had to choose between Shinji doing that or just shooting the missile down. Force power!

I'll try and update soon, but I'm not promising anything. I'm balancing between this one and Fool-Proof, so I alternate.