"Pilot, dock at the Death Star, put a watch on the boy." Cye said as he caught his breath.
"Sir, his not authorised."
"Do you know who I am?"
"No Sir."
Cye smirked and drew close to the pilot before whispering in his ear "I'm the Emperor."
"Sir, I will make sure the boy is watched and kept safe."
"Good now go."
Rex prowled the private landing pad that sat on top of the compound.
"Sir, we have word from Commander Gree and his squad on Kashyykk."
"Ah, I hope Gree's mission goes well?"
"Yes, sir. It does we have three partial generators, each a different section, Gree has however lost a third of his men to Wookies and indigenous lifeforms."
"How many sections do we need?"
"Two more Sir."
"Does Gree require more men Harsan?"
"No Captain, they will have secured the missing pieces by sun down tomorrow."
"Tell Gree that he has done well, in four days he has found three fragments, soon we will be able to connect the fragments and finish the war in our favour."
"Rex what if we cannot get it up and running?"
"Then we will either go down fighting and take as many of them with us as we can or we will find another way."
"I prefer the latter."
"Harsan, our lives have never been our own, we belong to the Jedi and with the Jedi."
"I know they will always have that hold over us, do you ever wonder why all of us, wouldn't turn at order sixtysix?"
"No, I don't. You shouldn't either, every man here has a reason to be loyal, I hope you find yours."
The sound of blaster fire ripped threw Rex's eardrums, he crumpled down slightly before he turned and ran with Harsan into the base The Civilianist's latest acquired pieces of machinery greeted them: Tanks. Rex launched his fighters but knew they would be useless against the tanks as the tanks were from the Grand Army Of The Republic.
"Sir, we can't get the weak spots exposed, they are using a triangular protective formation to keep any and all weak points impenetrable."
"Have we got enough men to rush them?" Rex shouted over the warfare.
"No Sir, we are three squadrons short and Gree is the most skilled man we have for this."
"Call him back to the front!"
"Sir the Generators!"
"They are useless if we aren't here to use them."
"What about our other base on the pole?"
"They won't get to us in time."
"And Gree will?!"
"Kashyykk isn't that far and he is as you said the most skilled."
"Sir, I recommend you give him the order, he out ranks me."
"Of course, set our men on the inside of the Base, we draw them in and gain the advantage."
"Sir, yes Sir!"
Galen was on the front line at G Compound, Rebel Clones that had blue and yellow armour were piling in on his small command unit and he could barely hold them back, to his left, to his right, in front and behind him was only death. The enemy had the advantage and Galen knew it and defeat was imminent. A black flash greeted him, it stopped dead in front of Galens lines and activated dark blue lightsabers, the whirl of the blades was too much for Galens eyes to take, it was rapid, uniformed yet unpredictable and the man holding them was non other than his self-made enemy: Cye Sericius.
The whirling halted as Cye lost focus, he had overheard Galens thought and turned to say something but just as his mouth opened he fell to the floor with blood shooting from his left leg.
The battle ended swiftly, both sides retreated but Admiral Marek did not retreat with his forces, he ran east for what seemed to be hours before he arrived home, a place he hadn't been for a very long time. Galen entered the house with such speed that the sole inhabitant had only the time to raise her head to reveal her tear stained, red ringed face, she had obviously been crying for some time.
Galen rushed to the kitchen and laid a unconscious Cye on the dinner table.
"Baby, why have you been crying?" Galen asked as he washed the deep red blood from his hands.
"Because, I have to ask you something that you won't like."
"I don't understand babe, what is going on?" Galen asked as confusion painted his face.
"It's me or the War."
"What? Jun, what are you saying?"
"I'm saying that either you stop your erratic behaviour or I want a divorce." Juno replied sobbing so loudly that Galen couldn't understand what she said.
"Juno! What is going on!" Galen begged.
"Stop risking your life or I want a divorce." Juno said sharp and clearly. Galen's jaw dropped as he fell to his knees.
"Juno, I love you, please don't do this, don't ask this of me. I'm begging you." Galen said as he began crying.
"Galen, I'm sorry but I have to. This cannot go on, your missing our kids lives, you've missed Kaleb's first teps, his first word, everything! and it cannot go on!"
"Juno you don't understand! I know I'm no Father to our children I let Caleb die, I let Jack die, I am no Father, no Husband and no friend. I do this because I can't let myself think. The Adrenaline keeps it all at bay. Without it I am just a failure. A lost man on a world plagued by chaos."
"Galen, the children are suffering. You are a good person, don't kick yourself while your down. Stop it all of it!" Juno reasoned.
"Jun, I can't don't ask me to do this. Please I can't choose like this and don't make me."
"Ah Ahsoka, I see I haven't missed you I'll accompany you."
"Accompany me where Master Ti?"
"To the medical bay?"
"Medical bay?"
"Yes, for your physical Evaluation?"
"Physical Eval?"
"Yes, everyone has them, its a every nine months thing."
"Every nine months? I've been here over a year Master Ti."
"Yes but we didn't know if you were staying. Now that we do you are required to do it the same as everyone else."
"Does it have to be today?"
"Yes, the medical droid is waiting."
Shaak Ti was cunning, she knew her apprentice was right, even if he went about it wrong and she wished he had stayed so that she could explain to him that there is a right and wrong way of dealing with Jedi who seem to be breaking the Jedi Code.
