Blackness.

Blackness and pain. I blinked, nothing. God i must be dead. But i heard yells and Blaster fire. And, and light! A small glittering beam. I then relised my helmet was ofline. Gingerly i raised an arm and slid it off. My eyes were assaulted by the light. I blinked rapidly and glanced at the helmet. It was darkened, and the visor was cracked and dented. That Spider Droid got a good shot at me. Around me Clones were shooting and running. I had been dragged behind a barrier and Fox was kneeling beside me.

'Sarge, that was quite a hit you took.' He said giving me a once over. I had a few cracked ribs and my shoulder plate had been ripped off. Shaking my head a got up and grabbed my rifle.

'Come on.' I said, running a gloved hand through my hair,. 'Let's go.'

One Spider Droid had been downed, the other was nearing death. I added my rifle to the large number of plasma bolts raining down on the droid. One of it's front legs buckled and it fell. Tobias ran up and leapt apon it, sending a volley shots into it's Neural Interface. I jogged towards the large blast doors. Reaching into my kit a produced a circular disk. It had four little nooks in it. I planted it on the door and pulled on the nooks. Small sticky cubes attached to wires came out and clamped on the door. The disc floated a few inched from the door, emitting a faint whirring. I took a step back and waited.

BANG

The door exploded on its hinges and fell foreward. I stepped up on it and looked inside. Five Nemoidian technicians cowered before me, scared shitless.

'Boo' I said calmly, loading my rifle.

They fell over themselves running down the corridor.

Fox came up beside me.

'Is it because were Clone Troopers or is it just you?' He asked.

I sighed and smiled. 'I like to think its me.'

We had lost two Troopers in the battle outside. We left ten out there to ferry in re-enforcements. Six more led by Tobias split up and went to take out the Artillery bunkers.

Fox and I were left with the remainder. Getting to here was the easy part, we now had to make it to the control room and secure the facility. ANd without my helmet, i couldn't keep in contact with everyone.

We trudged down a long hall, stopping once and a while to take out a flight of droids or hide whilst a technician passed. Fox kept me updated on Tobias' squad. They had taken out all of the artillery on this side of the stronghold and Republic Forces were moving in.

Us? Well we were pinned down outside the command centre, taken out by ten or so Droidekas in front of us. We were hidden behind a fortifcation of durasteel sheets and boxes. Ten or so Troopers had been killed so far. By Fox's estimation, re-enforcements were still an hour out. If we stayed here, we would be shredded in minutes by the Droidekas. I looked around, a few metres back we passed a vehicle storage locker. I doubled back to it and looked inside. There was an old Speeder Bike against the wall, I grabbed it and took it out into the hall. I grabbed a bandolieer of Thermal Detonators. Priming them i hung them off of the front off the handlebar. Revving the bike I leapt on. I sped past the bewildered clones, up over the barricade towards the droidekas.

0.05...

Laser bolts whizzed close by me, sizzling the air.

0.04...

I slammed on the front bikes and slid the speeder bike sideways, i dropped down. Slidding at full speed along the floor. The bike slidding infront of me.

0.02...

We neared the Droidekas, i tried slowing down. No deal.

0.01...

The bike slammed into the Droidekas.

0.00...

The Thermal Detonators exploded, destroying the droidekas. I plowed through the flamming wreckage, slamming into the door to the command centre. The arm of my armour was aflame as i stood up, my face blackened. I patted out the flame and waved to Fox.

'Now that was cool.' Fox laughed as he joined me. Tobias jogged up the hall behind us with four Troopers behind him.

'I ordered a dozen or so Troopers to stand gaurd around the area and to ferry the re-enforcements.' Fox said.

Fox pressed a hand to his helmet, 'Sergeant, Task Force Alpha is thirty minutes out.'

"And they tell us that there is a hostile they want alive. Name: Yasomo Kas'ni, aTechno Union Warlord. Wanted for several crimes against humanity, and assasination of some sentators six days after Geonosis.'

'Copy that, breach this door Trooper, no point waiting for them to get ready.' I said,

We split into two and stood on each side of the door.

'Breach then flash 'em.'

I waited at the edge, a flash-bang detonator in my hand, pistol in the other, my blaster rifle was destroyed when i took out the Droidekas.

Standby...' I said.

All the Clones tensed up.

'STandby..."

A Clone Corporal set the charges.

'Go, go, go!'

The door burst open, and I threw the detonator inside, another two Clones did the same.

We waited two beats then ran through. As i stepped inside I moved away from the door, so the other CLones could get through. The one behind me recieved a stray Blaster bolt to the face. He was thrown back, blood gushing from a hole in his helmet. He all took cover behind consoles. The command centre was a multi story curculer room. We were on the bottom story, above us stood several Super Battle Droids firing down on us. Though you could stun B1 Battle Droids with flashbangs, the B2 Supers were immune.

'Raiden if we stay here, well be cut to ribbons.' Someone yelled.

I thought fast, I once saw a Jedi do an amasing thing on Geonosis, They got up-close and personal with the Supers and took them out with grace, running and leaping in between them.

'Toss me a Vibroblade!' I yelled

Fox tossed me his, i made a mental note to get one for myself.

'Okay, you guys mop up any i miss.

'What the hell are you talking about?' Tobais asked.

'Watch' I smiled and leapt over the barrier. I held the vibroblade in my palm, the blade following my fingers. Like and extension of my own hand. I leapt up onto the next level...

...and cam face to face with the business end of a SBD's blaster arm.

Without missing a beat I grabbed it and hooked it under my arm, pointing the blaster away from me. I then forced the vibroblade through the red eye. I turned under the arm and sliced it off. I moved towards the next one, and cu chest, then used it as a barrier as another fired at me. I turned with the shell and kicked the other one off the edge. Two more were taken out by The blaster fire from downstairs. I jumped up to the next and last level, there were three SBDs, and behind them two Skakoans.

Yasoma Kas'ni.

I ran foreward, pulling out my pistol i jumped at the first SBD, I grabbed it's wrist and stabbed a armpit. The arm dropped to the floor. I turned and kicked at the other, sending a volley of shots into it at the same time. Fox took out the last one from downstairs. I moved to the two Skokoans, grabbing one by the neck, the vibroblade pointed at his throat, and pointed by pistol at the other.

'Raiden! Re-Enforcements are here!' Tobias called.

'Evening lads, sorry about the mess.' I said.

The Skokoan i had a gun point just croaked.

Ten minutes later i watched as the two SKokoans were ferried off under armed gaurd. The Commander in charge walked up to me. I tossed off a crisp salute and went back to checking my gear.

'Sir.' I said.

'Sergeant, you appear to have lost your helmet.' He said.

'Yes sir, i was hit by a Spider Droid round.'

He produced something from behind his back.

'Well here's a replacement.'

He tossed me a new shiny helmet. I looked at it, this one had red war paint, that of a officer, i looked quizzally at the COmmander.

'Congradulations, Captain.' He said.

'Uh, thank you sir!' I stammered.

He turned and walked off, leaving me to gaze at the helmet.