Chapter Seven: Landing at Point Rain


Episodes referenced: Senate Spy

Episode: Landing at Point Rain


Once the whole mess about the Zillo Beast was cleared, they didn't have long before reality struck again. One of the outposts in the Outer Rim erupted into skirmishes, and Anakin was called away to deal with it. He wasn't entirely happy about it leaving for the estimated two months, but went nonetheless, bringing Ahsoka with him.

Meanwhile, rumors of a spy in the Senate kept circulating with increasing frequency. He didn't give it much thought until Senator Amidala was requested to spy on her fellow Senator Rush Clovis.

He didn't want to ask Anakin about the whole ordeal once it was over.

He instead focused on the plans upcoming counterattack on Geneoisis, working day and night to make sure the invasion were smoothly - they had no room for error, not when this battle could tip the scale of the war in their favor.

The dates for the assault were moved up when it was discovered Poggle the Lesser was providing funds for more droid armies. Obi-Wan found himself flying to Geonosis far sooner than expected - a full three weeks early. The flipside to the situation was simple: he could see Anakin and Ahsoka sooner than anticipated. The downside?

The plans weren't complete, and they had half the taskforce than anticipated. Half of the Third Systems Army was on the other side of the galaxy, which meant he had to burrow Ki-Adi-Mundi's men.

He was on the bridge beside the Cerean Jedi Master., quietly observing their approach and muttering to himself, "I cannot believe we're back here again."

Ki-Adi-Mundi nodded, no doubt thinking of all the hundreds of lives that were lost during the first assault. "It is unfortunate. The resistance from the native Geonosians was stronger than we anticipated."

The door behind them whooshed open, and two very familiar familiar Force presences slammed into him. He glanced at the Master beside him. "The same thing can be said to their loyalty to Count Dooku."

Mundi didn't acknowledge the newcomers right away, rubbing at his marital rings with one hand. "A fact that is often overlooked."

Obi-Wan glanced at the Hero-with-No-Fear and couldn't help the irritation that slipped into his voice. "You're late."

Anakin wasn't too sheepish. "Sorry Master. Ahsoka and I were busy routing the Seppies near Dorin."

Ahsoka had been staring out at the planet, and turned to them in amusement. "My squadron alone had 55 kills."

"Yeah, but mine had 76."

"Show-off."

Obi-Wan tried to keep the disgust out of his voice. "Well I'm glad you two are enjoying yourselves."

Anakin shrugged. "Hey, it's just a little friendly competition, Master. Nothing to worry about."

Obi-Wan drew a hand to his beard. "What I worry about is the way this war seems to be drawing out with no end in sight." He nearly jumped when Mundi decided to speak.

"Which is why it is crucial our invasion of Geneosis is met with success."

"Agreed." The fingers of his cybernetic arm twitched while he turned to his padawan, whom had been busying reading the screen. "Ahsoka, contact the Outer Rim command. We're ready for our briefing."

Ahsoka smiled. "They're already waiting for us."

"They've been waiting for two hours," Obi-Wan drawled, beginning to walk away. He had to smile at the Knight's huff of exasperation. "Feel flattered, Anakin. The Council isn't usually this patient."

"I'll remember this next time you need help, Master."

"Oh, I look forward to it." The door whooshed open, and he stepped through it, glancing back to make sure the party was following. "Considering I'm always the one saving your sorry hind."

"My sorry-" Anakin was at his elbow now. "I've gotten you out of quite a few scrapes, Obi-Wan."

"Name one."

"Are they always like this?" Mundi asked Ahsoka quietly. "You;d think they would have outgrown it by now."

"Always."

"I heard that, Snips!"

When they reached to command center, Master Luminara was giving an update on her scouting missions on Geonosis. She stopped only briefly to acknowledge the company now beside her and quickly to let Obi-Wan take over.

He nodded to her, and spoke. "Our ships are in position and we are ready to begin our campaign against the Geonosians."

Mace Windu didn't look happy with the report. "And what about Poggle? Any report on his location?"

He pressed the button to reveal the holo-map of the battlefield. "It seems he's holed up at the primary droid foundry here. The factory is protected by a shield generator. Anakin, Ki-Mundi, and I shall attempt a three-pronged attack through their defense lines to a staging area just short of the shield. Once we have landed, we shall knock out the shield generator. That is our primary target."

Chancellor Palpatine frowned. "Isn't risky committing three generals to one area of the attack? If something went wrong, we could be dealt a serious blow."

Obi-Wan tried not to roll his eyes, though he understood the Chancellor's fear. The last time they had been on Geonosis...it hadn't gone over too well.

Yoda spoke. "To ensure Geonosis does not rise again, capture Poggle we must."

The Chancellor sounded like he's gritting his teeth. "Of course. As always I shall leave the strategy to you, Master Jedi."

Obi-Wan knew his smile was fake. "Our thanks, Chancellor."

"May the Force be with you," Mace murmuered.

The transmission cut, revealing Commander Cody and two clones walking in.

"Good, Cody." Obi-Wan pressed a button on the holo-projector. "These are the coordinates for the rendezvous."

Cody nodded. "Yes sir. When we hit the ground will create a perimeter there. Getting past their defenses here will be the trick. General Mundi will come across the defensive lines from the north. We will make our assault through the middle. General Skywalker will make his attack on the defensive lines from the south, and we'll meet at the rendezvous point at o-seven-hundred exactly."

Ki-Adi Mundi spoke quietly. "If we meet with strong resistance, and are forced down away from the landing zone, hold out until we join our forces before attacking the shield generator."

Obi-Wan could feel the fear in room mount tenfold. One didn't have to be a Jedi to sense it. He scratched his beard. The entire tide of the war could change in this assault - for better or worse.

Ahsoka's voice was small. "Their front lines are heavily fortified. Look at that giant wall with all the gun emplacements. That won't be easy to get past."

Anakin glanced at her, trying to plaster a smile on his face. "Don't worry. We're not going anywhere near that."

Obi-Wan realized the young man was simply trying to comfort the teen. "Come now. What happened to all the enthusiasm I saw earlier?"

"Don't worry about us." Anakin put an elbow on Obi-Wan's shoulder. "You just make sure you get yourself to that landing zone in one piece."

Obi-Wan distinctly remembered a time when Anakin barely reached his chest. When had that changed? "Yes. I shall be waiting for you when you finally arrive."

Luminara suddenly spoke, her voice tingy over the transmission. "Gentlemen, if you are quite finished, we have a battle to begin."

"Quite right." He let Anakin's arm fall off him and stepped away from the table. "Cody, prep the gunships. I'll meet you in the hangar."

"Yes sir."

"Commander Cody, may I walk with you?" Mundi asked. "I have need to speak to my clone Captain on the surface and I'm afraid I can't get my wrist-comm to work."

Cody chuckled. "I'm sure General Skywalker could help you fix that. You're more than welcome to use it mine on our way down, General. The more the merrier."

"Well in that case..." Ahsoka said, looking hopefully at her master.

Anakin let her go with a gesture. "Go. We'll catch up. I should probably look over the battle plans one more time."

Obi-Wan watched them leave quietly, enjoying the relative quiet that suddenly descended upon them. He folded his arms behind his back and breathed in deeply before turning. "How was Corin?"

"Not too bad. It was just a supply run."

"You engaged with the Seperatsists."

Anakin refused to look up from the map. "I don't want to talk about it. Padmé gave me enough hell about endangering Ahsoka's life already."

"Now I'm intrigued. What was our dear Senator doing on this mission?"

"She was - shouldn't you be down in the hangar?"

Obi-Wan chuckled, making his former padawan promise to leave in a few moments before making his way to the hangar. He dodged and weaved through the busy halls, listening to veteran clones give out barking orders to newer clones. He wondered just how many had been to the horrible planet they were about to attack.

"Have you ever been to Geonosis?" Obi-Wan asked when he jogged up to his Commander and began to walk to his shuttle.

"No sir, I wasn't involved in the first assault on Geonosis."

"Well, you didn't miss much." He got into the shuttle and turned to the Commander. "The last time I was chained to a pole and attacked by several humongous monsters."

"That sounds...entertaining."

Obi-Wan grinned, trying to repress the memory of Siri Tachi yelling at him for being a reckless and obnoxious twat when the assault was over. "It was...for the Genosians."

The shuttle door closed. He reached for a handle and nodded to the clones around him. Vaguely he heard the pilot responding to orders, and the several dozen engines roaring to life. He hoped Anakin had made it down to the hangar in time.

"Ready for take-off, Shinies?" Trapper asked the new clones just when the shuttle lurched and began to drop.

Obi-Wan had to chuckle with the rest of the veteran clones. It was a nice distraction from the echo of gunfire they could now hear. He tightened his hand on the handle, a knot in his stomach beginning to form.

The shuttle kept shaking back and forth. He could hear the battle raging on the ground.

He reached out his senses and tried to locate Anakin.

Rex's voice cut through the noise. For the first time in memory he sounded panicked. "We're down, we're down! Our location is five-

The connection was lost.

They could only catch snippets of the communications.

"Cody, get the tanks...Cody!" It was Master Mundi.

"Cody, come in! Get the…."

"Copy..."

"Tanks...ground! Tanks are on the ground!"

Trapper was yelling. "We can't reach Generals Skywalker or Mundi - wait!"

Obi-Wan was too frazzled to do anything but shout: "Contact Commander Cody! I need an update on what's going on down there!"

Cody's voice came crackling through the wristcomm. "General Kenobi, don't land! The zone is hot!"

"But there's nowhere else to go!" Obi-Wan barely had the words out before he heard the gunfire and felt the ship being hit. He heard the alarm go off instantly. "We're hit! We're going down!"

The pilot was losing control. The alarm was beeping rapidly.

I've defeated a Sith Lord, fought Count Dooku, trained Anakin, bested Ventress, survived Padmé's wrath, and this is how I go out? Master Ginn is laughing somewhere.

"Brace yourselves!" Obi-Wan shouted.

The ship crashed. He lost his grip on the handle, vaguely aware of screaming and smoke before everything went back.


He groaned, wondering why there was a heavy lump over his chest. Pain shot through his leg when he tried to move it.

The lump on his chest was a body. He felt for a pulse gingerly, grimacing when he didn't find one.

"Sir?" A weak voice asked.

"Trapper?" Obi-Wan looked around, seeing the dead bodies piled about. "Where are you?"

"Here." One of the bodies raised a hand. "I can't...my head hurts. I...can't remember...everything's blurry. And loud. The room feels like it's spinning."

"You probably have a concussion. Lean back against the wall and close your eyes." He watched the clone nod slightly, and began to edge the body off slowly.

They could hear the howl and shrills of the Geonosians , and the gunfire of their cannons. The whoosh of a a lightsaber could not be heard not matter how much Obi-Wan strained his ears.

"Are we the only ones alive?" Trapper asked softly once an hour had passed.

Obi-Wan sighed, having finally gotten himself into a comfortable posistion. "It appears that way, Trapper."

"Lucky us."

"Try to get some rest."

"Copy that, sir."

He frowned, wondering how long it would be until he was the only survivor.

Anakin must be worried. How would he even handle my death? Could he handle my death? Obi-Wan picked at a mark on his glove and sighed. Would they tell Dex? Who would get command of the Third Systems Army?

Would the Council tell Satine?

Suddenly, the door to the shuttle screeched open. The noise of the battle washed over him. He raised his arm against the sunlight and forced a grin. "Waxer, Boil. Am I glad to see you. Trapper and I are the only ones still alive."

Waxer ran to help him up, gesturing for his partner to do the same with the now-unconscious Trapper. "Good to see you, sir. Commander Cody's established a square just beyond this position. The bugs are on the move and trying to surround us as we speak, sir."

He had to grit his teeth to keep from yelling out in pain when he stood. There was no time to dwell on such small matters. He could see where they had made their base. But it hurt so much.

Two clones ran past them yelling, "Take it down, take it down!"

Take what down? He thought blearily, trying to blink the black spots out of his vision.

Cody was the first to approach him. "Are you injured, General?"

"No, nothing to serious. What's the situation here?" Obi-Wan knew he was lying. He couldn't even walk on his own. He had never been more grateful to lean against a pile of crates on a bacteria-infested ground.

"We have no air cover. Two generals on the ground beyond our position and a mess of bugs surrounding us. The enemy was more than prepared for our attack, sir. They knew our every move."

Waxer came back and knelt to give Obi-Wan a pain-killer shot in the neck. He winced before saying, "Well I'm sure General Skywalker and General Mundi will make it to our position. We just have to make sure we're still here when they arrive."

He watched the clones scurry about, desperately trying to hold onto what they had secured. Their valor was inspiring, but he knew it was only a matter of time before they were overrun.

He winced upon shifting, wondering why the pain-killer wasn't working.

"Fall back! Fall back!" Someone was yelling.

"Ships approaching! Everyone stay in position!" Cody yelled, glancing back at Obi-Wan.

He had to defend his men. Slowly, he got to his feet and ignited his lightsaber.

Was that Anakin he felt?

Why was he seeing double of everything?

"Reinforcements have arrived!" Cody shouted.

Everyone started to cheer. He fell back to the ground, trying to catch his breath. He was getting too old for this.

"Go go go go!" Clones raced past him, oblivious to their crippled General.

"You heard him lads, move it, move it! Up to the front!"

Ahsoka was suddenly beside him, kneeling down and looking far too worried for someone her age. "Master Kenobi!"

Anakin was not far behind, worry in his eyes while he disengaged his lightsaber. He glanced at his padawan, and a grin forced its way onto his face. "Well, what happened to you?"

Obi-Wan glared at him. "I might ask you the same question."

"Kix!" Anakin shouted into the throngs of clones coming up behind him. "Come here!"

"I don't need medical attention, Anakin."

Master Mundi was kneeling down beside him. He frowned, staring at Obi-Wan's leg for some time before going to unclasp the armor.

"Sith hells!" He exclaimed at the mere touch, head falling back against the boxes.

"Don't need medical attention, huh Master?" Anakin muttered.

"I'll receive it once we reevaluate the assault."

Anakin and Mundi glanced at each other before nodding. They managed to find a holo-map of the battle, and placed it in front of Obi-Wan. He nodded his thanks, and began to speak once Cody and Rex had made their way over. It felt kind of ridiculous, everyone staring down at him while he spoke, but what choice did he have?

"Our main objective destroy the shield generator. Anakin, you'll need to take a full squad through the shield, as close you can get to their gun emplacements. From there you'll be able to temporarily jam their scanners so they are unable to detect the incoming tanks. Once the tanks knock out the shield, Master Mundi can bring to rest of the troops in with the gunships."

Anakin glanced at the map once more and nodded. "Consider it done, Master."

"We have no room for error, Anakin. We can't rely on one of your improvised plans should something go wrong."

The Knight didn't respond, only giving a mock salute before jogging away to join his men.

Obi-Wan sighed before allowing to Kix examine him. He did his best not to shout when the armor was peeled off his leg.

"Broken tibia and fibula, sir. Mild concussion too, judging from my observations."

"Lovely." He tried to focus on the reports coming through one of the communicators and not his current predicament.

"We ran out of bone-knitters Want me to set it the old-fashioned way, sir?"

"Clear! The buildings collasping! I repeat, the building's collasping!"

He nodded his consent.

Kix injected him with something, and the world went a little fuzzy.

When he came to, Anakin was sitting beside him tinkering with a comlink. The man looked utterly absorbed in his work. Obi-Wan didn't want to disturb him.

Anakin glanced over after a few moments. "How are you feeling, Master?"

"Like a ship hit me." Obi-Wan shifted against the boxes and glanced around him, wondering why he no longer heard the sounds of battle. "What happened?"

"We won. The shield is down. Poggle is running out of places to hide. Escorts are coming to take you and Master Mundi to the nearest Command Center."

"Why?"

"You're at a high risk for contracting disease right now, Master. We're not having you on the battlefield if we can help it." Anakin tucked the comlink into his belt and took out his own. "Has General Kenobi's escort arrived?"

"Yes sir. We're waiting for you."

Anakin sighed in irritation. "Everyone is. Copy that, Rex." He looked at Obi-Wan and smiled. "You need help standing?"

"That would be much appreciated, thank you."

The walk to the shuttle was slow.

"You gave us quite a scare, Obi-Wan," Anakin murmured suddenly. "Morale was pretty low once we lost contact with your ship."

Obi-Wan glanced at him before looking at the shuttle in front of them, doing his best to maintain some humor. "I do my best to keep things interesting."


Author's Note: Hello! You made it to the end of the chapter! That was ridiculously long, wasn't it? It was fun to write it though.

Now before everyone gets all huffy, I did not write about The Senate Spy in depth because it's not Obi-Wan's story to tell. I write it from someone's POV if people are interested.

I'm starting college on Tuesday, so my schedule may become crazy pretty soon. Wish me luck. Hopefully I can continue to post regularly, so stay tuned!

Ta for now, dearies!

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Note: Did you guys know that this episode was supposed to be the Star Wars version of D-Day? And did you also guess that I had no idea about Star Wars lorewhen I wrote this chapter. Yeah...it's better now! :D