Chapter 3: The Battle of Kashyyyk

Summary: Sinister message! After General Grievous has gotten a sinister message from a shadowy figure, the heroic droid-general must trace this signal to planet of Kashyyyk were he will face this criminal. Meanwhile, Count Dooku brings a new threat to the Clone Wars...

At Serreno, a creature with a floor-length cape draped over shoulders angular as exposed bone walked up to Count Dooku. He ignored the jolts of impact and was unaffected by the swirl of unpredictable gravity as he walked up the stairs with metal-on-metal clanks; he walked on taloned creations of magnetized duranium, jointed to grab and crush like the feet of a Vratixan blood eagle. His expression could not be read—his face was a mask of bleached ceramic armorplast.

"Hello, Count Dooku," the creature said.

"Greetings General," Dooku replied. "I have a mission for you..."

"What's the situation?" he asked.

"Your mission is to destroy the hero named General Grievous," Dooku said.

"Hero?" the creature asked, coughing. "You have a heroic version of me?"

"Why yes," Dooku explained. "He was only needed for certain parts of the war. Now you are going to end him and wipe the universe clean of the Jedi. I sensed AD-W4, your mercenary droid, has already failed."

"He was...very interesting..." the other General Grievous responded.

"Now, do what must be done General," Dooku ordered. "I want him dead..."

"As you wish, Count," the other Grievous responded, bowing to Dooku and then exiting the room with different IG-100 MagnaGuards.

Dooku smiled evilly. This General Grievous is evil and the heroic one will be all forgotten. Ha-ha!


Meanwhile, Grievous's Fleet arrived out of hyperspace above Kashyyyk as they saw a Republic Blockade over the planet. The sinister blockade consisted of the 5 Venator-class Star Destroyers, 12 Acclamator-class assault cruisers, and 6 Consular-class cruisers. Inside the Bridge of Grievous's heroic Recusant-class light destroyer, Grievous glared at the sinister Republic.

"I knew it!" Grievous shouted.

"Knew what, sir?!" the OOM command battle droid asked.

"This was a trap!" Grievous responded. "Anyway, prepare to fire all cannons and get me TV-94B!"

"He's on his way up here sir," the OOM command battle droid responded.

"Good," Grievous responded.

Inside the lead Venator-class Command Ship, Corrupter, female Jedi Master Kae Tae Tae, commanded the sinister Destroyer with her clone commander, CC-4959.

"My plan worked," Tae responded. "Launch all fighters and head for that command ship!"

"As you wish," CC-4959 responded.

From the Corrupter's hangar, several BTL-B Y-Wing Starfighters and ARC-170 Starfighters launched and headed towards the Separatist Fleet. Grievous saw the fighters.

"Launch everything we have!" Grievous ordered.

"Roger, that sir," the OOM command battle droid responded.

"And have The Grievous Legion attack their command ship!" Grievous ordered.

"Yes, sir," the first driver battle droid responded.

Just then, TV-94B, IG-101, and IG-102 entered the Bridge carrying Moon Ni Rin.

"General, where are we?!" TV-94B asked.

"It seems she figured it out..." Moon replied.

"Seems who figured it out you little scum?!" IG-101 asked.

"My sister," Moon replied.

"Throw her up there," IG-102 ordered.

TV-94B picked Moon Ni Rin and imprisoned her with the electric bindings of the Recusant much like Master Eeth Koth, when he was captured. Grievous, turned around and glared at her.

"Who is your sister?!" Grievous asked.

"Heh-heh!" Moon replied. "You'll found out soon enough!"

"Grrr!" Grievous growled in rage, turning around to face the battle. "Begin attack!"

"As you wish my Lord," TV-94B responded.

From the hangar of Grievous's Recusant, the famous Vulture Droid starfighter squadron The Grievous Legion launched and headed towards the Corrupter alongside other droid fighters of the Confederacy such as other Vulture Droids, Hyena-class bombers, the droid tri-fighters, and the Trade Federation Advanced Droid Bombers. The ARC-170 Starfighters began to assault the Vulture Droids as they fired back. The Hyena Bombers and the Advanced Droid Bombers began assaulting the Y-Wings as they fought back. While the starfighter battle raged on, Grievous's Fleet pressed against the villains as much as they could by firing their laser cannons. Inside the Corrupter, Kae Tae Tae was thinking.

"Okay, focus fire on the command ship!" Kae ordered.

"Yes, ma'am," CC-4959 responded.

The Corrupter fired it's DBY-827 heavy turbolasers at the heroic Recusant-class light destroyer which took some damage but not that much. Inside the Bridge of the heroic Recusant, Grievous was furious.

"Fire our prow heavy turbolaser cannon!" Grievous ordered.

"Roger, roger," the OOM command battle droid responded, pressing buttons on the control pad.

Grievous's Recusant-class light destroyer's prow heavy turbolaser cannon at the Corrupter and damaged it a bit. Kae Tae Tae was a bit angry in the Bridge of the Corrupter.

"Ugh!" Kae growled. "Launch the V-Wings now!"

"But ma'am, the V-Wings can't take out the destroyer," CC-4959 stated. "But they can take out those fighters headed our way!"

"Fighters?!" Kae asked.

"Yup," CC-4959 responded.

The Grievous Legion headed towards the Corrupter's Bridge.

"Okay, Grievous Legion, form up on me!" Leader Vulture ordered.

"Already merged up," Speedy Vulture responded.

"Calculating assault plan,"Smart Vulture said.

"I'm too cool for this battle," Cool Vulture bragged.

"Not now, Cool Vulture!" Leader Vulture explained. "Focus all your firepower on the Bridge!"

"Roger, that!" Speedy Vulture responded, zooming into action.

"SPEEDY VULTURE! WAIT!" Leader Vulture yelled.

Speedy Vulture began firing his laser cannons at the sinister Bridge of the Corrupter, but several V-Wing Starfighters emerged from behind the Bridge and attacked Speedy Vulture. Inside the Bridge of the Corrupter, Kae Tae Tae smiled evilly.

"HA! My plan worked! Those stupid droid fighters will die now!" Kae said.

"Yes, ma'am," CC-4959 responded.

The V-Wings engaged the heroic reckless droid, but Speedy Vulture outsmarted the villains and attacked them by firing discord missiles. The V-Wing Pilots were confused.

"The heck?" one of the clone pilots asked.

The discord missiles blew up the in the cockpit's of the V-Wings and out came Buzz Droids. The Buzz Droids drilled through the cockpit exposing the vacuum of space to the clone pilots, killing them.

"AHAHAHAHAAHA!" Speedy Vulture Droid laughed heroically. "Take that, clone fools!"

"Well, looks like Speedy Vulture took them out pretty easily," Smart Vulture said.

"Indeed he has," Leader Vulture responded. "Anyway, focus on the Bridge of the Star Destroyer now!"

"Roger, that," Cool Vulture replied, preparing his chin laser cannons.

The Grievous Legion then boosted towards the Bridge of the sinister Star Destroyer. Inside the Corrupter's Bridge, Kae Tae Tae was most surprised.

"WHAT?!" Kae shouted. "How did they outsmart us?!"

"It's General Grievous we're fighting, ma'am..." CC-4959 responded.

"You're right! General Grievous is a known strategist hero." Kae grumbled.

Back inside the Bridge of Grievous's Recusant, Grievous looked happy.

"My Legion has done well," Grievous responded.

"Of course," TV-94B replied. "They are the most powerful Confederate Fighter Squadron in the Galaxy."

"I know," Grievous responded. "Anyway, let's hope they can destroy the Bridge of the ship so we can land our troops."

"Our troops?" TV-94B asked.

"We are going to land on the planet's surface and find out who called us here!" Grievous explained.

"What about Moon Ni Rin's sister?" TV-94B asked.

"I believe she's onboard the command ship and if my Legion kills her, oh well," Grievous responded.

"As you wish, my Lord," TV-94B replied. "Prepare the landing craft!"

"Roger, roger," one of the driver battle droids responded.

Grievous's Recusant-class light destroyer started moving up towards the battle with the other Separatist ships. The Grievous Legion then began firing at the Bridge of the Corrupter. Kae Tae Tae was worried as the Legion fired more batteries at the sinister ship.

"Head to the escape po-" Kae started.

There was a massive explosion in the Bridge as the sinister Star Destroyer began to sink into Kashyyyk. The other 4 Venator-class Star Destroyers and 12 Accalamtor-class assault cruisers quickly scrambled to figure out what do next as Grievous's Recusant and a Providence-class carrier/destroyer headed towards Kashyyyk following the crashing Corrupter. Inside the Bridge of Grievous's Recusant, Grievous faced TV-94B.

"Command the battle," Grievous ordered.

"As you command," TV-94B responded.

Grievous then exited the Bridge of his heroic Recusant-class light destroyer and headed to the heavy lift platforms of his Recusant. Inside the heavy lift platforms, Grievous faced TV-94C.

"Sir, all forces are prepared and ready to land," TV-94C said.

"Prepare to launch!" Grievous ordered.

Grievous's C-9979 landing craft along with 8 C-9979s from the Providence-class carrier/destroyer launched and headed towards Kashyyyk with heavy Vulture Droid escort. The Grievous Legion also joined in with escort.


On Kashyyyk, a massive Republic fortress was stationed there. Inside the command center of the fortress, a clone commander looked at the sinister Corrupter crashing down.

"What?! Is that the Corrupter?!" the commander asked.

"It seems so, sir," a clone trooper responded.

"Prepare for battle! The Separatists must be behind them!" the clone commander ordered.

"Yes sir!" the clone trooper responded.

Several turbolasers defenses prepared. The Barracks launched tons of clone troopers that were ready for battle as a light factory launched the new Republic TX-130 Saber Tanks and All Terrain Tactical Enforcers. The Corrupter was sent crashing into the planet near the fortress. Inside the Bridge of the sinister Corrupter, Kae Tae Tae woke up.

"What...happened?" she asked.

"Ma'am, the Separatists are coming after us!" CC-4959 explained,

"Quickly, repair my ship and prepare the turbolasers!" Kae ordered.

"Yes, ma'am," CC-4959 responded.

Kae Tae Tae faced the window as she waited for her clone commander to do her work. The Separatists were headed full force towards the Republic. Inside Grievous's C-9979's Bridge, TV-94C faced Grievous, who was sitting in the command chair.

"Sir, the command ship has crashed near a massive Republic fortress," TV-94C explained.

"A fortress?!" Grievous asked.

"Yes," TV-94C responded. "It is equipped with a bunch of turbolasers. I suggest caution."

"Land us further away," Grievous ordered. "I have a plan!"

"Sir?" TV-94C asked confused.

"NOW!" Grievous shouted enraged.

"Yes, sir," TV-94C responded.

The C-9979 landing crafts then landed further away from the Republic fortress and unloaded a Separatist Vanguard which consisted of 3,185 B1 battle droids, 132 B2 super battle droids, 20 commando droids, 11 Multi-Troop Transports (MTTs), 28 Platoon Attack Craft (PAC), 114 Armored Assault Tanks (AATs), and one command pod which was headed by a OOM commander droid. The Grievous Legion and the Vulture Droids were in their walker modes. Grievous exited last with four white-plated IG-100 MagnaGuards and TV-94C. Grievous looked at the at the OOM commander droid in the CIS command post pod.

"Sir, the Vanguard is ready to attack," the OOM commander droid said. "What are you orders?"

"Move the Vanguard up," Grievous ordered.

"Roger, roger," the OOM commander droid said. "Alright. all B1 battle droids and AATs move up!"

"Roger, roger," the B1s responded.

The Vanguard then began to move up like Grievous ordered. Grievous then faced his heroic Legion and the other Vulture Droids with his hands behind his back.

"You guys will take care of the turbolaser defenses of that fortress!" Grievous ordered. "Understand?"

"As you wish," Leader Vulture responded. "We won't fail you!"

The Grievous Legion and the Vulture Droids jumped up and transformed into flight mode and headed towards the sinister Republic fortress. Grievous just watched as the battle was about to begin. He was really hoping to find the person and end their life for bringing him out here for no reason. At the Republic fortress, a clone trooper ran up to the sinister clone commander.

"Sir, the droid forces are advancing to our position!" the clone trooper said.

"Open fire," the clone commander ordered.

"Yes, sir," the clone trooper responded.

The AT-TEs began firing at the Vanguard of droids. The droids backed up and begin firing.

"Kill them all!" a B1 battle droid ordered.

The AATs began firing at the AT-TEs, and the battle had begun. The Vulture Droids began bombarding the clone troopers with laser fire. Speedy Vulture headed towards the fortress.

"I see the fortress!" Speedy Vulture Droid said. "I'm heading in to blow it up!"

Leader Vulture looked at the fortress and saw it was equipped with anti-aircraft cannons!

"Speedy Vulture, look out!" Leader Vulture screamed, worried about Speedy Vulture.

The AA guns fired at the heroic Vulture Droid as he was hit by the lasers.

"AHH!" Speedy Vulture screamed.

"That dumb Vulture," Smart Vulture commented. "He never uses his brain..."

"HEY! I HEARD THAT!" Speedy Vulture shouted, flying back towards the CIS.

Grievous watched as the AATs were destroying the TX-130 Saber Tanks. Soon, Kae Tae Tae exited the Bridge of her downed Star Destroyer and headed towards the clone army.

"Continue firing!" Kae Tae Tae ordered.

"Yes, ma'am!" one of the clone troopers responded.

The clones kept firing as the droids fired back. Kae Tae Tae activated her blue lightsaber and begun cutting droids down in a flash. Grievous then saw the Jedi in the fight as she destroyed an AAT battle tank. Grievous was now in rage.

"Focus all fire on the Jedi!" Grievous ordered.

"Roger, roger!" the OOM command battle droid responded. "All units, focus fire on the Jedi!"

The MTTs, AATs, and PACs begin turning their cannons towards the sinister Jedi and then fired on her. Grievous watched as he activated his favorite two lightsabers: green and blue.

"Commando droids, follow me!" Grievous ordered.

"Roger, roger," the commando droids replied, grabbing their E-5 blaster rifles.

Grievous and his heroic commando droids charged into battle headed towards the sinister Jedi as she was deflecting the bolts of the most powerful Confederate crafts. Inside one of the AATs, the AAT driver battle droid locked onto Kae Tae Tae.

"I got her in my sights!" the AAT driver droid responded.

He then fired the AAT's heavy laser cannon at the sinister Jedi. She was caught off guard and was hit by the blast. Her lightsaber deactivated and she then got up to face the heroic General as he and his 20 commando droids stopped to face her.

"General Grievous, a pleasure to meet you," Kae Tae Tae responded, activating her lightsaber again.

"Who are you?!" Grievous demanded.

"I'm a Jedi!" Kae Tae Tae responded. "That's all you need to KNOW!"

She then lunged forward at Grievous as the hero dodged the attack. The commando droids then opened fired at the sinister Jedi, but she deflected their laser fire. Clone troopers then came up to assist her and starting firing at the commando droids, which got their attention off of Kae. Grievous then faced Kae Tae Tae again.

"I SAID, WHO ARE YOU?!" Grievous asked again, before making his next move.

"I said I'm a Jedi!" Kae Tae Tae responded.

"GRR!" Grievous growled, in frustration, as he then charged at the sinister Jedi.

Kae Tae Tae blocked the attack as the two engaged in a fierce duel. Grievous, who was determined as always, continued pressing the attack.

"Not much of a talker, are you?" Kae Tae Tae asked.

"Silence!" Grievous responded, raising his foot in the air, kicking the villain to the ground.

Kae Tae Tae fell to the ground again and glared at Grievous, with an evil grin on her face. "General, why don't you just die already?"

"What?" Grievous asked, confused.

"I said, why don't you just DIE ALREADY!" Kae Tae Tae shouted as she smirked evilly.

"Huh?" Grievous asked, even more confused.

Just then, a Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry Gunship (LAAT/i) flew over Grievous and then bombarded him with it's composite-beam laser turrets. Grievous was soon damaged by the attack as the LAAT/i relentlessly fired at the hero. Grievous dodged the attack a couple of times as the AATs faced their heavy laser cannons to the LAAT/i.

"Fire!" the AAT driver battle droid shouted.

The AATs fired at the LAAT/i and the gunship was soon damaged. Grievous was happy as he continued to engage his sinister foe, Kae Tae Tae.

"You can't defeat me!" Kae Tae Tae shouted.

"We'll see about that, Jedi!" Grievous responded, opening his other two arms.

The hero now had four arms. The top right carrying a blue lightsaber, the bottom right carrying a green, the top left carrying Moon Ni Rin's gold lightsaber, and the bottom left carrying an extra green. Grievous then lunged at Kae Tae Tae as she blocked several attacks from the hero, who was relentlessly coming for her. Blows after blows, Grievous didn't stop.

"I WILL KILL YOU!" Grievous shouted.

"BWAHAHA!" Kae evilly laughed. "We'll see!"

She then force pushed the hero to ground as Grievous dug his lightsabers and his feet into the ground just like his previous duel with Ahsoka Tano on Florrum. He coughed a bit because of the sand of Kashyyyk and then got back up to fight the sinister foe.


Meanwhile, in space, the battle was still raging on as the Republic didn't know what to do, since the Corrupter crash-landed on Kashyyyk. The Separatists however, were pressing the attack on their foes with all of their firepower. Inside Grievous's Recusant-class light destroyer, TV-94B viewed the battle from the window.

"Hmm," TV-94B thought aloud. "Focus all fire on those Venator-class Cruisers!"

"Roger, roger," the driver battle droid responded.

The Munificent-class star frigates pressed their attack against the Venators and they were taking heavy damage. Inside one of the Venator-class Star Destroyers, a clone admiral was talking to the clone commander of the fortress on Kashyyyk on a hologram.

"The Separatists are overwhelming us in space!" the clone admiral explained.

"I'm sorry," the clone commander responded. "They're overwhelming us on the ground, too!"

"Darn it," the clone admiral responded. "We need a plan!"

"Is Jedi Master Moon Ni Rin onboard Grievous's Command Ship?" the clone commander asked.

"I think so," the clone admiral said. "I can't rescue her without sending boarding parties..."

"Well, send them! With Moon Ni Rin out, the Separatist Command Ship can fall and we can finish them off!" the clone commander explained.

"We'll try," the clone admiral responded.

"Okay," the clone commander responded, cutting off the hologram.

The clone admiral faced the battle as a clone crew walked up to him. "Sir, what our orders?" he asked.

"Move our ship towards the Recusant-class light destroyer!" the admiral ordered.

"Yes, sir," the clone crew responded.

The Venator-class Star Destroyer then begin to move up towards Grievous's Recusant-class light destroyer. Inside the Bridge of the heroic Recusant, TV-94B saw the Venator-class Star Destroyer moving towards them.

"Focus fire on that Star Destroyer!" TV-94B ordered.

The Recusant-class light destroyer's prow heavy turbolaser cannon fired at the sinister Venator-class Star Destroyer as it took damage. The Venator fired back as the Recusant took damage. A Recusant could easily overpower a Venator but it needed the right materials to engage it. TV-94B sternly faced the battle.

"Order our bombers to bombard the Bridge!" TV-94B ordered.

"Roger, roger," the driver battle droid responded, typing a few controls on his control pad.

A squad of Hyena-class bombers then headed towards the Venator-class Star Destroyer. Inside the Bridge of the Venator, the clone admiral smirked evilly.

"Launch our Y-Wings," the clone admiral ordered.

"Yes, sir," the clone crew responded.

The hangar doors of the Venator-class Star Destroyer opened and several BTL-B Y-Wing Starfighters launched and engaged the Hyena-class bombers before they could attack the Star Destroyer. TV-94B growled in rage as the clone admiral smirked.


Back on Kashyyyk, the battle was still raging on as Grievous was still in a fierce duel with Kae Tae Tae.

"GRR!" Grievous growled, as he kept pressing attacks on Kae.

"You will never win!" Kae shouted.

"SHUT UP!" Grievous shouted.

Grievous kicked Kae Tae Tae to the ground again. Grievous then ran over to the sinister Jedi as put his ligtsabers at her neck, about to kill her. Kae then realized that Grievous was wielding her sister's lightsaber.

"THAT'S MY SISTER'S!" Kae shouted.

"What is?" Grievous asked.

"That lightsaber!" Kae yelled. "It belongs to my sister!"

Grievous sat there and then realized everything. This Jedi was the sister to Moon Ni Rin! Grievous gasped in shock and then prepared to kill her.

"It is part of my collection now!" Grievous said. "And soon will yours!"

"Grr..." Kae Tae Tae growled.

Just as Grievous was about to decapitate her, a shadowy figure with a cloak fell from the air and opened two lightsabers, a green and a blue. It was about to cut the heroic General in half. A B1 battle droid spotted it.

"General, behind you!" the B1 shouted.

"Huh?!" Grievous asked, confused as he turned around and saw the shadow figure.

Grievous quickly moved his arms to block the incoming attacker. The attacker fought back and pressed on him. Kae Tae Tae smirked evilly and escaped Grievous's heroic grasp. Grievous turned an eye to see the villain escape.

"GRR!" Grievous growled.

"Don't move, my counterpart!" the shadow figure said.

"What?! Counterpart?!" Grievous asked, as he disengaged the duel and jumped back to his droid commandos.

The shadowy figure walked closer to Grievous and his heroic droid commandos and then took off the cloak. Grievous gasped as he saw it was another cyborg that kinda looked liked him, but not really. His expression could not be read—his face was a mask of bleached ceramic armorplast stylized to evoke a humanoidskull—but the pure venom in the voice that hissed through the mask's electrosonic vocabulator made up for it.

"General Grievous, my counterpart!" he said. "I'm General Grievous, 2005!"

"General Grievous 2005?" Grievous asked, with confusion. "What?"

"Count Dooku has ordered me to kill you at once," 2005 Grievous said.

"Hmm~" Grievous noted. "And why would the Count order such a thing?"

"Because it's time for you to be all forgotten!" 2005 Grievous said.

Grievous growled at his new sinister foe. He knew this was going be an interesting fight. Another Grievous trying to replace him was not going to go well for the opposing side.

"HAHAAHAHAHA!" Grievous laughed heroically. "Bring it on!"

"As you wish," 2005 Grievous responded.

To be continued...