Chapter 3: The Encounter Part 2
*Back to the Night Raid*
Leone walks back to Night Raid along with Tatsumi. "Well that could've gone better." Leone states as Najenda walks towards Leone to check up on her. "You okay? That weird craft almost got you." Leone reassured Najenda "Nah I'm good. That floating machine, bug-looking thingy was nothing! Not a scratch!" Leone stated with a smile and a wink. Lubbock then says "Well we destroyed whatever those things are. So what now?" Just then one of the men of the Revolutionary Army said "General Najenda! It seems that those two are not the only ones. There's been reports of more of these things flying around the Capital and other locations." Najenda was surprised. "Well we can't go to the ones circling around the Empire, cause I bet the Jaegers are also dealing with the same thing. We'll go check at the other ones." Just then, the Night Raid hear some strange sounds in the air. As they look up, they can see some Imperial transport ships flying towards their location. Then another one appeared. One of them started landing on where the probes where destroyed while the other two continue fly towards another location. "What the hell? What the fuck is that?" Mine said, holding her Pumpkin and getting ready to fire. "Wait." Najenda ordered, "You two, go back to what base you came from and inform them of what is happening." "I don't like this" said Tatsumi.
*Inside of one of the Imperial Transport ships*
The Stormtroopers were preparing and gearing up as the commander briefs to them their objective. Their transport ship is assigned to land on where the two Probe Droids were destroyed, investigate the area, and capture or execute the natives responsible for destroying two of their Probe Droids. "Alright men!" the Commander exclaimed as the Stormtroopers were getting ready, "Two of our Probe Droids were destroyed by some native. Proceed and attack witch caution, as the native destroyed one of them with their bare hands." The transport ship then begins to land on it's assigned location, while the other two transport ships continued flying towards the Capital Empire along with an Imperial Star Destroyer looming above the two ships.
*Back to Night Raid*
As the strange ship starts landing towards the location where the Probe Droids were destroyed, Najenda ordered Night Raid to hide in the bushes and wait for the order to strike the unknown enemy. The ship that they're seeing is nothing they ever seen before, and they really don't know what to do other than wait and strike. As the doors of the transport open, they could see some men rushing out of the strange ship. The men were wearing shiny and clean with armor, wearing helmets that completely blocked their faces. Each one of them were holding a weapon resembling a gun. Mine, being an expert of guns, carefully observed one of the guns that these strange white armored troopers were wielding. "I haven't seen those kind of guns before. What the hell kind of gun is that?" Mine said as she was puzzled by their design. Leone leaned next to Najenda and asked "Hey boss, do you think we can strike now?" Najenda then answered "No not yet. Chelsea, how many do you see?" Chelsea observed then counted on how many troopers there were then stated "I think I count 40. Damn, who the hell are these guys and where did they come from?" Akame then unsheathe her sword, "Let's go ask them." As the Stormtroopers scanned the area, they investigated the destroyed Probe Droid. "Who could've done this?" One of the Stormtroopers asked. "The commander said it was one of the natives of this unknown planet so stay sharp." another Stormtrooper answered him. "Keep patrolling the area for hostiles." another one of them said. As they investigated the area, one of the Stormtrooper's sensors detected a few lifeforms hiding in the bushes. "Over there." One of the Stormtroopers pointed. As the Stormtroopers walked towards the Night Raid's location, blasters ready, Najenda stated to wait for them to enter the woods. Night Raid then rushed towards the woods as the Stormtroopers started running towards them. As the Stormtroopers entered the woods, Najenda then yelled "Now!" They then begin to attack the Stormtroopers, as the Stormtroopers started firing at them. Akame started slashing one of the Stormtroopers, but only leaving a large slice mark and not fully penetrating the trooper's armor. The Stormtrooper then regained ground and started firing at her with his blaster rifle. Akame dodge all of the strange red laser bolts and then aimed at the Stormtroopers neck. Akame then successfully decapitated the trooper, killing him instantly. The other troopers kept firing at the members of Night Raid. One of them managed to hit Leone at her right arm. Leone then knelt to the ground, as she felt the burning pain of the blaster shot. Leone was shot by bullets and arrows in the past, but she has never felt this kind of pain before. Tatsumi then used Incursio and punched the Stormtrooper responsible for the shot so hard, it killed him instantly. One of the Strormtroopers started calling for backup while firing at the enemy. Susanoo started killing several Stormtroopers by one strike. As Night Raid were killing and fighting the Stormtroopers, the Commander back at the transport ship got the call and then ordered to release an AT-ST.
Back at the woods, Leone regained her ground, angrier than before and used her strength on striking down the Stormtroopers hard with here super strength. Mine was dodging the laser bolts while running back for cover. She started firing her pumpkin at a group of Stormtroopers lined up and fired at them, killing them instantly. Najenda the yelled "Take one of them alive! We need answers from one of them!" Tatsumi heard her order and then knocked out two Stormtroopers. Just as they were getting the hang of it, more and more Stormtroopers appeared, alongside them was the fierce AT-ST. The AT-ST then started walking around and started firing at the members of Night Raid. One of the Stormtroopers managed to sneak behind Mine and fired at the back of her shoulder, injuring her badly. Lubbock sees this and formed his strings into a spear and threw it at him, killing the Stormtrooper instantly. Leone and Najenda started running away from the AT-ST firing at them. "What the hell is that thing?!" Leone shouted. "Hell if I know! Retreat!" Najenda ordered. The AT-ST start firing at all Night Raid members as the number of approaching Stormtroopers where overwhelming. Akame kept killing any Stormtroopers that she can, killing a lot. The AT-ST then pointed at her direction and fired at the tree beside her, cause an small explosion strong enough launch her 2 feet from her current location. Then Night Raid started retreating further into the woods, with an army of Stormtroopers and an AT-ST chasing their tails. Lubbock quickly made a few traps using his strings which in turn killed a few of the Stormtroopers. Then Lubbock had an idea. Lubbock started rushing towards the AT-ST, quickly dodging the incoming blaster fire. He used his strings and started tangling the AT-ST's legs. Tatsumi sees this and already knew what to do. Using all of his remaining strength, he jumped towards it and punched the head of the AT-ST with all his might. The AT-ST then tumble down to the ground as Tatsumi's Incursio armor faded away after using too much of the strength that Tatsumi unlocked so far. A nearby Stormtrooper sees this and takes this opportunity to successfully shoot him at his left shoulder and leg. Akame sees this and then kills the Stormtrooper on sight. Najenda then signaled her flying Manta to pick them up, and sure enough, it arrives immediately on time. As all the members of Night Raid were boarding on the flying creature, Lubbock was carrying an exhausted and injured Tatsumi. Susanoo then grabbed the two unconscious Stormtroopers as Leone held the other attacking Stormtroopers off. Akame killed a bunch of Stormtroopers on her way to the Manta. The Night Raid barely escaped with their lives, leaving a bunch of dead Stormtroopers. The remaining few Stormtroopers contacted the Commander, who then contacted the Imperial Navy in space above.
*In the Executor bay*
Two more transport ships in the docking bay of the Super Star Destroyer cruiser, the Executor. As the Stormtroopers started boarding the transport ships, Vader then boards his TIE Advanced while 5 other TIE Pilots started boarding their TIE Fighters. Vader then instructs the other TIE Fighters to follow his league as they exit the docking bay along with the two other transport ships. "Follow my league as we will enter this planet's atmosphere." Vader said. One thing is for certain…
….Darth Vader is coming….