Ok, so here's the next chap! Man, it's almost been a month since I've updated this. But hey! That's a lot fast than before! I'm actually pretty happy with how fast updates are going! Anyways, I hope you enjoy this next chap!

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Iko looked at Cody and nodded. She and Obi made their way to the building's side before going to its roof. They got into position and nodded toward Cody who nodded back. Banging sounded where Cody was and three bounty hunters detached themselves and went over there. Obi looked over at Iko and they nodded agreement. They jumped off the roof and landed on two people, one staffer, and the remaining bounty hunter. They hit the ground harshly, but only enough to knock them out. Iko turned to the last staffer and knocked them upside the head with the hilt of her lightsaber.

She then let off a whistle and Cody whistled back. Soon, Cody and Anakin came over the ridge and was soon followed by Snips and the other troopers. "Alright, step two done," Iko commented to which Snips nodded with a laugh.

"What's step one? And what's step three?" she asked and Iko smirked.

"Step one was getting here. Step two is opening the door," she threw a thumb over her shoulder to point to it and Snips nodded with a small laugh. Obi smiled at that while Cody, Rex, and the Domino squad chuckled themselves. Pleased with herself, Iko went over to the door and tried opening it. The door hissed open and they went inside. They went down the hall until they reached the magnetized hall and Obi looked over at Iko and nodded. He got into a ready stance as Iko went back a bit and activated her lightsaber.

The purple blade sang its deadly song as she ran toward Obi. She then jumped up and Obi pushed her the rest of the way up. She then threw her blade through the ceiling and went across the whole thing, destroying it. She landed on the other side on bent knees and held her lightsaber loosely before straightening. Soon, the others crossed over and they continued forward and came across the droids. Iko grabbed her other blade and ran forward, destroying the droids alongside Obi. Blasts shot from behind them, hitting the droids.

They cut through the droids with ease and soon the last one fell. Iko nodded to Obi and they continued forward to the hangers. Iko pressed against the wall next to the intersecting halls.

Hollow footsteps sounded as droids walked about. She peeked around the corner and saw the droids walking toward them. She looked over at Obi who nodded agreement. She looked around the corner again and raised a hand, she then made a droid in the middle fall down.

All the droids stopped moving and turned or moved a bit to face the droid down. As the droid slowly got up and the other droids asking what happened. Obi, Anakin, and a few clone troopers ran across the opening to be on the other side. The droids soon righted themselves and she shared a look with Obi and Anakin. She raised her left hand while she looked around the corner. She moved it in a small gesture counting to three.

Once her finger hit three, Obi and Iko jumped out and ran towards the droids with Anakin and Snips close behind. Rex shot down the last droid and they all looked at each other. "Ok, now we split up," Iko commented and Obi nodded agreement.

"Iko, you'll take this hall and the two halls at the end. Anakin, you'll go down that hall," Obi pointed to the hall that was opposite to where they came from. "And I'll go to the open hallway we passed coming over here," he finished and they all nodded agreement.

"Ok boys, we'll split into teams of two," she said and they nodded agreement. Droidbait and Cutup went to each other. Fives and Echo teamed up, and Hevy went to Iko who nodded. They then each went to different doors and went into them. Iko looked around the empty hangar and went about with Hevy, checking behind, between, and inside everything that was in the hangar to make sure it was empty. They made sure to take out any droids they found. They soon finished and went to another hangar.

After a bit, the hall was cleared and they went down the left side of the hall connecting to the hangar hallway. They soon finished the hall as it ended by turning left and they saw Anakin halfway through that hall. She shook her head and he nodded understanding. They then went back the way the came and continued down that way. As she reached the last door, a door that was a few meters away from where Obi's hall connected to her search area.

They all gathered around the door and Iko looked between them all before nodding. "He has to be in here," she said and Obi stroked his beard in thought.

"He should be. I do feel a familiar presence behind the door. If it's not Tarkin then he must have left before we arrived. But I doubt that," Obi said and Iko nodded alongside the others.

"Shall we then?" she asked gesturing to the door and Obi nodded. "Snips, shall you do the honors?"

"With pleasure," Snips walked forward and forced the door inside sat Tarkin behind a desk. He looked at them with disdain.

"Hmm. I was hoping you wouldn't have come back so soon," he remarked as they entered the room.
"Well, we did. Now, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way," Iko replied, pointing her inactive lightsaber at him.

"What do you mean by that," he asked dismissively and Iko shared a look with Obi.

"You are under arrest, you can either come with us willingly or we'll take you by force," Iko replied.

"Ah. You're seeing if I'll do what you ask," he said waving a hand around before setting it down in his lap. "I'm afraid that won't happen," he replied sitting forward. He then shot up and started shooting with a blaster he had hidden.

Iko turned on her lightsaber and blocked the shots. She then rushes forward and cuts his blaster, making it useless. He dropped the gun with a glare while Iko smirked at him. "I can imagine you'll come willingly with us now," she said and he glowered as Rex came up behind him and stood him up. He then pulled Tarkin's hands behind his back and cuffed him.

They then lead the way out with Tarkin in the middle, making sure he didn't have a chance to escape. They soon reach the ship and Rex pushes him into a seat before sitting next to him with Cody on the opposite side. Anakin and Obi then go to the cockpit and start the ship up while Iko, Snips, and the remaining troopers find seats.

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"Here's the scum you were expecting," Rex said pushing Tarkin toward the jail troopers who nodded.

"A trail has already been set up for two days from now," the trooper replied and Rex nodded understanding with Iko and Obi.

"Alright. Make sure to keep him away from the others. We don't know how connected he is," Obi said and the trooper nodded.

"Yes, sir," he replied and led Tarkin away into the facility.

"Well, one crisis has been taken care of," Iko mumbled as they walked over to the speeder to go over to the Temple. Obi placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as they sat down in the speeder, Obi behind the steering and Rex in the back.

"We'll stop Maul, don't worry. He won't be on Mandalore for much longer," he said as the speeder took off.

"How can you be so sure? We have to plan and who knows how the plan will go against a deranged Sith," Iko pointed out and he nodded at that.

"Well, even though we don't know for sure how it'll go. We will get Maul," Obi said and this time Rex spoke up.

"The council won't let Mandalore stay under his rule. I'm sure of that. Even if it takes years, they'll get him out," Rex said and Iko smiled.

"Thanks, Rex," Iko replied and Rex smiled.

"No problem, kiddo," he responded and Iko snorted at that.

"I'm not a kiddo," she pointed out but Rex continued to smile.

"You are to me," he answered and Iko shook her head.

"Snips better also be kiddo," she shot back and he laughed.

"Of course!" he agreed and at that Iko laughed too.

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Ok, so here's the next chap! They finally got Tarkin! But now they have to make sure Palpatine doesn't escape and rescue Mandalore from Maul! Will they succeed? You'll find out! BTW updates will most likely be slower. I'll try updating more regularly, but we'll see. ¯\_()_/¯. No matter. I'll see you again at some point! -Love Willa! 33