A word from the Author: TIME TO LOCK AND LOAD! Hey there everyone, this is jediclonecowgirl and I have the seventh chapter of "Ahsoka on Umbara". The last time we stopped, our heros took an Umbaran airbase, but know they still have to deal with the "monster-general". Let's get started shall we?
The work at the base was still in progress as I woke up. Republic gear was set up and prisoners were taken away. Right now I was following Dogma, Appo and master Krell in the hangar.
"The insergants have set up the defenses sir.", Appo reported.
"They want their base back. We can not let our guard down for the moment. Have all Umbaran security configured and locked down. I want this base under our complete control and I don't want excuses.", master Krell mumbled.
Rex came up to us and said, that there was a transmission from master Kenobi.
"I'll take it in the tower.", master Krell said and left.
Apperantly I was not needed, so I jogged over to Fives, who was cracking an Umbaran starfighter's acess-codes.
"Hey there Fives. How are ya doing?", I greeted.
"Tricky piece of hardware.", he mumbled.
"Master Krell's got Jesse sticking ordinates.", I told him.
"I still wait for him to thank us for handing this base over to him.", Fives groaned and pushed himself into a sitting position.
"You can't espect this from him. He just a kriffin crazy jedi.", I mumbled and sat down next to Fives.
"I know, what you mean Commander Tano.", Fives said and let out a sigh.
"With, what have we deserved a monster as a leader?", I sighed.
"I have no idea, but we gotta be careful. He'll maybe launch other suicide missions.", Fives said then.
"You are right Fives.", I mumbled.
At this moment master Krell and Rex got outta the tower. Master Krell was yelling once again. This was NOT new anymore.
"Have Those containers searched and all weapons preped and loaded!", he yelled at some troopers, before he turned to face Rex.
"Have the platoons ready to move out in twelve hours. We're advancing on the capital.", he said.
"Sir should I try to get a message to general Kenobi? Shouldn't we coordinate our attack?", Rex asked.
"General Kenobi has his hands full. Same as us. We need to throw everything we have at them. NOW!", he yelled.
"We'd be marching into a bunch of missles and blasts sir!", Rex returned his comment.
"I realize you haven't agreed with all my strategies, but you are smart enough and loyal enough to follow my orders. NOW PREP THOSE TROOPS!", he evcaimed, before punching Rex into the shoulder.
Poor Rex! This was going to leave a mark. Rex jogged over to Fives and me, as Dogma, Hardcase, Jesse and Tup came outta the tower. They walked over to us either.
"Is the general losing his mind, or why does he keep yelling at everyone of us?", Tup asked, before he climbed up to help Fives cracking the acess-code.
"Be glad, that the general did not hear you Tup. If he had heared this, you'd be court-matrialed straightaway.", Dogma said, before sitting down onto a bunch of boxes.
"How did things go Rex?", I asked.
"The Umbarans are now getting re-inforcements from a supply-ship in the orbit.", Rex awnsered
Oh that was just great! Now we had to fight against the Umbarans harder than before and with master Krell's suicide-tactics, we probably would not make it from Umbara alive. I was leaning against the starfighter, Fives and Tup worked on. Jesse and Hardcase joined them really soon.
"With all those missles, we won't even make it to the delta alive!", Fives groaned.
"What can I do? I tried to reason with him. Those are the orders.", Rex mumbled.
"Grrreaaat, it's going to be another one of THOSE missions!", I suddenly heared a clone say.
It was Appo. He had just come up to us.
"You got that right Appo!", Fives said.
"Teriffic! Another suicide mission!", I groaned.
"Why do I have the bad feeling, that he has it out for all of us?", Tup asked.
"You are overracting Tup. You all do. Obviously the general knows, what he is doing. Do you think he really does not care, if he loses men or puts the life of some other jedi's padawan in danger?", Dogma asked back.
"I did not say this. I just think, that with his desire for victory, he blends out the fact, that there are lifes at stake.", Tup replied.
"I've never seen a jedi with these kinds of casulties.", I mumbled, but I got an idea than.
As I looked at the Umbaran starfighters, I got the idea to destroy the supply-ship with them, since no one would be shooting at us in these. I decided to tell the troopers.
"He's outta control! He does not act like the other jedi and has NO respect for neither of us!", Fives excaimed.
"Well...then we should use plan B.", I said.
"There is a plan B?", Hardcase asked.
"There should be always a backup plan. A fact, that master Krell does NOT think about. I made a backup plan up. We could use these fighters to destroy the supply ship. If we do this, we cut off arms to the capital.", I told the troopers.
"How Commander? The "Shadow-People" have them as protected as the capital.", Rex said.
"We just managed to get the acess codes! We've got their hardware, we've got their acess-codes, so what can stop us there?", Jesse excaimed.
"Jesse's right. We can sneak right past their blockade and blow this whole thing all the way back to Dooku. We'd get, where our ships can't!", Fives added smirking.
"I will ask the general about it.", Rex said and left.
XxXx"AHSOKA ON UMBARA"XxXx
We were still in the hangar, except for Dogma, as Rex returned. He did not look lucky.
"The assault on the capital will continue, as planned.", he sighed.
"So that is it? We are marching blindly into those missles?", Hardcase asked.
"We could also go on with the plan of Commander Tano and suffer the consequensces.", Fives suggested.
"You would be court-matrialed! If we had the time and the training, I would say do it! But it is outta my hands and the truth is, that you are no pilots. Except for Commander Tano.", Rex said.
"I probably could authorize this! I flied into airbattles like this before and piloting is learned quickly.", I encouraged them.
"She is right and by the way, if Fives and Harcase can fly one of these thingys, we all can!", Jesse said.
"Well...they weren't really flying. They were more avoiding crashing. You will be shot down, befor you get near the ship.", Tup mumbled.
"Not if we are in their fighters. They won't try to shoot at us!", Fives said.
At this moment I saw Dogma walking up to us.
"Hush! There is Dogma!", I hissed.
"What going on?", he asked, as he had arrived at the place, where we were sitting.
"Nothing Dogma. Nothing.", Tup lied.
Dogma did not seem to reconize, that Tup had lied to him. That had been a close one. If he had been a few steps closer, he probably would've heared us and turned us all in. I didn't know why, but for some reason, he seemed to be master Krell's pet. His spy. Did he send Dogma to spy on us, since we were always disagreeing with master Krell? I had no idea.
Ending Word: DUN DUN DUUUUUN! Our heros plan to disobey Krell's orders and Ahsoka takes it under her authority to execute the plan, to destroy the supply-ship of the Umbarans. I planned out a nice thing for the next chapter. Can you guess, what I mean? I'd love, if you'd leave some reviews behind, before you dicuss a backup plan for a battle with your friends, that is against orders. Now I've nothing left to say. I just wanna say bye, bye. Oh, before I forget it:
May the force be with you!
