Rex was doing some recon when he noticed Jeera just walking along a path just below his slight ridge. He watched her as she stopped right below him.

What was she doing? He knelt down so the bush would hide him.

For a split second, he though she'd seen him, but as she looked up, something swirled around her. It was white and flew in a perfect circle up her body before it zoomed back the way it had come. The wind it had kicked up, made her Jedi robes fly out and her hair come undone from it's perfect braids. As it came undone, it wove itself close to her head in an intricate twist of twisted hair. The ends were tucked behind her ears and looked like feathers.

She looked forward again before turning around and running back the way she'd come.

Rex watched her go before something white hit him in the side. He slide a few inches when he realized it was a strange bird. It's wings were four-times larger than it's body. It's eyes were missing and it had a small, tooth-filled mouth, and the claws were more like taloned hands. He picked it up, since it seemed to be having trouble getting off it's back. He set it down on it's feet and it looked at him before shooting off.

-Jeera-

"Rex, welcome back."

He noticed her eyes were unblinking and cruel. They looked like Sith eyes.

She had her side faced to him. On her other side, the Troopers were kneeling down, huddled around a hologram of the terrain. Kit was standing on the side, watching all of this.

Rex nodded and joined Can and Cody as the only three standing clones.

"Now, as I was saying, all I need you to do is survive. Master Fisto will enter the tower and flush out as many droids as he can. Captain Rex, Commander Cody, and ARC Commander Can will be with me and we'll rescue the three Jedi. The moment Master Fisto flushes out the first wave of droids, all of you are on your own. Look out for yourselves. Your allies will be too busy trying to take out the enemy, so, you'll need to prepare to fight for just yourself."

She gestured to two spots.

"Cody and Can, I want you two to sit up here. You guys are the sharpest shooters, I want you to try and take out as many Commander Droids as Master Fisto leaves you."

She pointed to the main path.

"Rex, you and I will go for a spearhead. Once the droids are distracted, pull your reserve guns and we'll take out the tower when we get the Jedi back."

Rex nodded.

Jeera stepped away from the map to reveal a pure black circle where she'd been standing. "Meet back here once Master Fist or Cody or Can give the all-clear."

The Troopers all agreed.

Jeera turned away. "We'll get those Jedi back, if it's the last thing I can do for the Republic."

-present-

Rex pushed the medic back. "I need to complete my mission."

The medic sighed and slapped something onto Rex's wounded shoulder. "You've only got one arm to shoot with."

Rex nodded. "That will be enough." He got up as he saw the next wave of droids come flooding out, Kit wasn't far behind.

He took up his blasters in both hands. The sting was nothing compared to knowing that Jeera was fighting alone inside the tower somewhere. He was supposed to be her back-up. It was worse to know that he wasn't backing her up compared to the sting in his shoulder. He closed his eyes behind his helmet and the moment they opened, he ran through the droids, destroying as he went.

Kit went over his head to give him clear passage.

Rex was determined to help, no matter how much it would hurt later.