Assassin and Love II Chapter 1: Battlestations

WARNING: Please read Assassin and Love if you want to understand the characters, or what has happened before.

MorgothII: So, it has been a bit more than a week or two, but here it is. The long awaited sequel to Assassin and love, this is the continuation of the first story. This one will now be more AU then the first one, and the chapters will take awhile to be made as I have no exact plot except for bits and pieces. So if anyone has any ideas they would like to share with me, please do so by sending me either a personal message or, if you do not have an account, by a review. Enjoy!

Yitzhak's POV

I move to the back of the shuttle, which shakes from the blasts of the enemy vulture droids in pursuit. I order for other rear gunners of the four other shuttles to get to the guns. I activate mine and turn on the communication system that is for rear gunners. "Get ready to open fire." The other four gunners acknowledge it. I take off the cracked helmet and put my rifle down near the ladder that lead to the rear turret. I climb up, open the hatch, enter the turret, then seal the hatch. The turret is a bit tight for comfort, but it makes for a smaller target and adds more teeth to the shuttle against any attackers. Before I do anything else, I attach an oxygen mask to my head, making sure that I will have air if the thick glass loses its air tightness.

"Everyone ready?" I ask. When everyone gives their assent, I order for them to open fire. Just then, a shuttle gets its left wing shredded off. The mortally wounded shuttle starts moving to the left. It briefly enters a death spiral before exploding into a brilliant fire ball. I turn my twin laser cannons in the direction of the incoming horde of mechanized fighters. Eight guns are trained on the trailing hunters. Then, all hell erupts in flashes of light. Blue lasers go in opposite direction of red enemy lasers. Enemy fighters start falling into flaming spirals from our defensive fire. But for every fighter that is shot down, at least two more takes it place. Of course, we are only buying time for the shuttles to be ready to make the jump to hyperspeed in order for us to get to Republic space.

It is not going good. Another shuttle succumbs to the large amount of enemy fire. The remaining three shuttles now are in a V-formation. I continue firing. It seems that we have stirred a hornet nest, and now the hornets are retaliating. I get a message from the cockpit, telling me that we are nearly ready. I am glad to hear that. I shoot down two more vultures.

Second shuttle gunner, third POV

Hornet Two watches as two more enemy fighters are shot down when a hail of red lasers shoots at the lead shuttle. They all appear to miss as the shuttles enter hyperspace. At first all seem okay, but when Yitzhak does not call a system check, he realizes something is wrong. He peers closely at the turret, and sees a slumped form. "Man down Man down! Yitzhak's hit!" At this there is a flurry of movement to see if their comrade is dead or not.

MorgothII: Sorry for the new cliffhanger, but I plan to add another chapter soon. As always, please R&R but more importantly enjoy!