Here is the conclusion of the Mandalore Arc in my Clone Wars AU. Since you know I'm not a big fan of writting author notes at the end of the Chapter let me tell you what ARC, will go next. The Naboo Arc, which will be shorter than this one. Spoiler Alert: Something bad will happen. I hope you enjoy reading this chapter and as always thank you for your support.
LD: I do not own Star Wars
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Pre Vizsla sat on the throne dressed with his full armor with some of his men holding the still prisoner Boba Fett to his left and Almec to his right standing with two members of the Mandalorian guard Almec had insisted Boba should be killed but Pre Vizsla seemed to get some sick pleasure from having the son of his enemy at his mercy able to decide his fate in just a split second plus he would make a good hostage since they had been informed Satine, Fett and the rest of the prisoners had escaped. It was a pitty that he didn't Satine's nephew too but his men had told him he wasn't at the Academy when they went to take him.
They were receiving a report from one of the Mandalorian guard space stations in orbit. It seemed that after two hours of battle the Republic had almost defeated the Separatist forces. Not only that but they had also received word several Republican cruissers were deploying troops into the planet and the moons of Mandalore. Once the report was done and the image of the guard disappeared
"What will we do now?" Almec asked with panic on his voice. Pre Vizsla observed his ally.
"What do you mean what do we do?" He asked narrowing his eyes.
"I mean how we can ensure our escape?" the prime minister replied.
"Escape? We can't escape." Vizsla said calmly. "Our enemies have us completely surrounded."
"What then? Should we call Countess Alexa and ask for more reinforcements?" Almec said not understanding Vizsla's calm demeanor. "Should we hide among the population until all has passed I'm sure there will be another chance …" Vizsla slammed his fist on the arms of the throne. He looked at Almec with fury on his eyes.
"I won't hide!" He shouted. "If I'm going to be captured or killed I'd rather put up a good fight here. We will fight until the last man standing. And if you won't do it" He pulled a blaster and shot Almec in the head killing the prime minister instantly. "Then you are of no good to me." He looked at one of the members of the Death Watch.
"Prepare the to defend the palace." He ordered. The man nodded and exited the room. He then looked at one of the Mandalorian guards a captain if he wasn't wrong. "Are you with me?" The other man nodded. "Then make sure your men are too" the guard nodded and followed the member of the Death watch out. "Put me through with the leader of the Mandalorian Guard and the Secret service" Pre told the last remaining guard. "I'll coordinate the battle from here until the end."
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Obi Wan contacted commander Cody as several LAAT/i gunships, LAAT/c gunships and V-19 starfighters were seen overflying the Capital city with a pair of Acclamators flying higher and slower while deploying the troops and coordinating the operations. The clone commander seemed to relieved to see his superior officer alright. Together with him was Commander Syke, Siri's second in command who seemed equally relieves seeing the Female Jedi Master alive.
"General Kenobi Sir, good to see you uninjured, our troops are deploying around the city fighting members of the Death Watch and rogue Mandalorian Guards" Cody reported. Obi Wan nodded.
"That's good commander I need transport for about 70 people near the prison" Obi Wan said.
"We'll send you some gunships as soon as we can sir." Syke was the one to reply this time.
"Please make it quick" Obi Wan said. "And make sure to mark the prison as a priority objective, there are innocent people in there waiting to be liberated."
"Yes sir" Both clones said as their image disappeared. Obi Wan looked at his current forces, they had managed to escape the prison with 60 members of Satine's personal guard but some still remained prison fighting to protect some of the innocent prisoners they didn't manage to rescue. Four LAAT/i gunships on the main street as they all boarded them Obi Wan looked at Satine who was boarding with Lieutenant Darlong in one of them.
"Perhaps it would be better if you went to one of the cruissers." He told her. Satine was strong and could fight but she was not a fighter he didn't want to risk her injured or worse as besides being his dear friend she was unvaluable to Mandalore.
"I won't sit iddly by while my people suffers Obi Wan" She said boarding the gunship. "I'm going with you"
Obi Wan sighed and nodded getting himself on a gunship with Siri, Bo Katan and Fett. He looked at the pilot.
"Captain take off" Obi Wan ordered.
"Yes sir" The pilot said as the four gunships took off for the palace. Obi Wan looked at Bo Katan and Jango Fett.
"I will trust you want to help us" he told the Bounty Hunter as Siri, Bo Katan and the royal guards observed them. "But the first suspicious movement and I will make sure you regret it."
"So scary" Jango mocked. "You are wrong I don't want to help you I want to take my son back, whatever happens to Mandalore is secondaty to me. If you do something that hinders that plan I will turn against you." The bounty hunter added although his actions had demostrated that he did indeed care about the planet. "And so you know I have no intention of turning myself over to the Republic once this is over."
"So you are going back to the Confederacy?" Siri asked suppressing her own anger, Jango just remained silent, but all of them knew that he didn't want to talk about the future, it was clear that the confederacy wouldn't take him in after ruining their plans for Mandalore. Perhaps Obi Wan could use it to his advantage later on although it also mean he had to be extra-careful when dealing with Fett.
"I'll make you a deal then we won't interfere with your plans of rescuing Boba if you don't interfere with our plans." Obi Wan said. "We can make a joint effort after both plans have been achieved."
Jango said nothing and just nodded. A few minutes laters the gunships dropped them on the stairs of the Royal Palace where Commander Cody seemed to be leading the fight with several clones and Walkers engaging the rogue mandalorian guards and the Death Watch members. Obi Wan, Jango and the rest approached the clone commander who didn't acknowledge his original perhaps because he didn't recognize him with the armor on.
"Commander" Obi Wan greeted. "Status report."
"Sir we've just begun the assault on the palace and are encountering some opposition, we plan to use our superior fire power to overwhelm them." Cody said he then looked at Siri. "We've received word that commander Syke and his man have breached the prison and are encountering little resistance."
Siri nodded completely trusting her second in command to do the job. Obi Wan looked at the palace, it was clear that the defenders were struggling.
"We'll lead the assault on the palace once the fighting outside the palace has some gunships get the walkers out of here I'm sure they will be more useful somewhere else." Obi Wan said. Cody nodded and the Jedi lit their lightsabers initiating a charge upstairs followed by the royal guards, Jango, Bo Katan, Satine and a large group of clone troopers under the cover fire of 2 AT-TE walkers. The rogue mandalorian guards and the Death watch fought their best but were easily defeated by the sheer number of attackers and the superiority of the Republic's fire power.
Obi Wan and Siri got rid of their enemies easily, it was clear that the guards nor the Death Watch had much combat experience against a Jedi. Obi Wan saw how Bo Katan and Jango defeated their enemies with ease and was surprised with the Royal Guards were very profficient fighters with their Force staffs and most of all that Satine could defend herself very well with a Blaster, he guessed it was true that Mandalorians were some of the best warriors in the galaxy
The shot of one of the walkers Main cannons destroyed the Palace doors and the Jedi their troops and their allies fought their way to the throne room with the enemies fighting desperately to stop their advance. It was futile since despite sustaining some some casualties, mainly clones, after some twenty minutes of heavy fighting they reached the throne room.
There seated on the throne was the leader of the Death Watch, Pre Vizsla, dressed on a mandalorian armor different than Jango's on the color, and marking and anthena's on the helmet. On both his sides several members of the Death Watch and Mandalorian Secret Service members as well, all ready for the fight. Near Vizsla two members of the Death Watch held Boba Fett hostage.
"Greetings Countess" Pre Vizsla spoke looking at Satine. "Come to take back your throne did you?"
"Governor Vizsla" Satine said having learnt of his identity on the way to the Palace. "Stop this madness, surrender. Your plans to make Mandalore join the confederacy have failed."
"Actually that was Almec's idea." Pre Vizsla replied. "I just wanted to rule Mandalore and it didn't seem the Republic would give me that honor. A great man Almec was, even if a little coward, a shame I had to execute him."
"Sir, stop this now!" Bo Katan shouted angrily. "The world you wanted Mandalore to be! This is not it! The confederacy didn't care for Mandalore they would have used you and discarded you and we would be little more than slaves."
"I have no need for the words of a traitor. I was wrong with you Bo Katan it seems that you are just like your parents and your siblings." Pre Vizsla spoke coldly. He looked at where Jango had been he noticed the Bounty Hunter was not there turning around he saw that the Mandalorian bounty hunter had liberated his son and was taking care of his men with his dark sabers. Growling and turning around he charged against him as he was occupied releasing the boy of shackles, if he was lucky he would be able to execute his enemy but before he reached him, he felt himself being pushed against the throne.
With his back aching from the impact he looked at Obi Wan and Siri that had used the Force to push him preventing his attack. He found himself facing against one of Jango's blasters but despite the pain he moved with enough agility to prevent his doom. Turning his own Darksaber on he charged against the mandalorian as the republic side made good work of his last remaining men, even those he'd hidden to ambush them. He saw none of that as Jango and him locked sabers trying to kill the enemy in front of them. Activating his Jet pack he flew just as Jango swung his blade at his neck, getting the upper hand he decided to take his blaster and end him.
Before he could a blaster shot from Bo Katan impacted on his arm forcing him to release the blaster and another, this one from Satine impacted on the jet pack making him spin out of control. Luck would have it that he would crash against Jango just as the Bounty hunter was rising to fight him on the air throwing him back to the ground. His victory was short lived because his jet pack finally exploded throwing him against the ground but surviving thanks to his armor. The now very weak governor of the Death Watch smiled as he rose shakily from the ground his enemies circled him.
"Surrender" Obi Wan told him. Vizsla looked at him, his helmet was cracked and the visor was damaged so he took it off. He was bleeding from the head and had several cuts on his face but was smiling.
"A mandalorian never surrenders" Pre Vizsla said. Before anyone could react the Mandalorian Death Watch leader charged against Satine, Obi Wan put his saber forward avoiding the fatal result of the attack by blocking the blade and kicking Pre away, before Pre had another chance to strike the clones nearby shot him and he fell to the ground dead. Siri looked at commander Cody.
"Tell the fleet we have taken the palace and get an status report on the other fronts of the planet." She ordered.
"Yes ma'am." Cody said. Obi Wan approached then the still Jango Fett that was lying on the ground with Boba kneeling besides him. He knelt and probing him with the force while ignoring the boy's small glare, he was still alive.
"We need a medic here!" He shouted at the clones. He then looked at the boy who was no longer glaring but was confused. "He will be alright."
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Two weeks after the battle of Mandalore, the Republic forces together with some loyal elements of the Mandalorian Guard and Secret Service managed to take back the planet completely and also to locate Korkie, Satine and Bo Katan's nephew that had avoided capture by the Death Watch thanks to a friend of his tha let him hide at her house. The young boy had been overjoyed to see both aunts unharmed and happy that they were willing to work together now for the good of Mandalore.
While ignoring the calls of her sister for her not to do it, Satine reached out to the Separatist Senate intending to restore relations with them and regain Mandalore's position of neutrality while handing the representation of the Alliance of Neutral Systema to another planet while the reconstruction began. Bo Katan however was surprised by her sister's next action, Satine had decided that while mantaining the ideal of peace was crucial to the New Mandalorian government so was the welfare of the people. That was why she wanted to install a new arm to the planet's security forces, a military arm to protect Mandalore from external threats.
Jango Fett on his part recuperated from the injuries of the battle and healed fairly quickly, Obi Wan would have wanted to take him into custody but Satine offered Jango protection and refused Obi Wan's petition to hand him over to the Republic, Obi Wan suspected that it was because the Duchess wanted Fett's help on the creation of the military despite having assigning that duty to Bo Katan. Obi Wan had feared that Sarah who still held a grudge against Jango for the death of her crew eight years ago would try to do something to him but the woman who'd been stationed with other two cruissers on Concordia had accepted it without much of a fight. "Her marriage to Qui Gon has made her be the same as him on some things" Obi Wan thought with a chuckle when the transmission was over
None the less Obi Wan decided to try and interrogate Jango about separatist plans for the war that he may know of, and Jango after being told by Boba that the Jedi had saved his life, thus forced by his honor to repay him, Jango had told him about some very nasty things, Obi Wan specially feared what Jango called the secret projects and the knowledge that Teressa and Alexa weren't the only force users on the Confederacy side.
With the planet pacified and the knowledge Jango had given them Siri and Obi Wan decided to leave back to Coruscant and report. Since Coruscant was sending a small garrison to aid with the reconstruction efforts, their clones would go with them. Satine very grateful for the help they had provided saw them off. She hugged Obi Wan strongly as he bowed in respect.
"Be safe my good friend. I will be forever grateful of your unvaluable help." She said smiling at him.
"Thank you Satine" Obi Wan said as they separated. "I know you will lead your people wisely as you always have."
The Duchess nodded and looked at Siri. "You are a very lucky woman" She said as she also hugged her. "Take care of him for me. We both know how danger easily finds this man." Satine added. Siri chuckled.
"Will do your highness." She said.
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Countess Alexa knelt before the hologram of her Master as she reported the situation on Mandalore. The Dark Lord did not seem pleased of her failure to make the alliance of Neutral Planets disappear, such a move would have spread the Jedi thinner and their enemy would have gotten more casualties than they were already having. Plus the loss of Jango Fett, more like his betrayal of them, that Alexa had specifically been ordered to prevent after the battle of Geonosis just added insult to injury.
"I'm very disappointed in you my apprentice." Sidious spoke coldly. "This move could have been vital to our plans."
"I'm sorry my Master I did not anticipate such a move from the Republic" Alexa said "And you didn't inform me of it either" She would have wanted to add but knew it would only make her punishment harsher.
"Have you sent Grievous to Naboo like I told you?" Sidious asked. Alexa nodded.
"Yes my Master, Grievous and one of the Dark Force Soldiers are conducting a blockade on Naboo and will proceed to the Land invasion when I give the order." Alexa said.
"That is good." Sidious said. "Perhaps I can postpone your punishment until the end of that campaign. Who knows perhaps I may even lift it if you succeed."
"Thank you my Master" Alexa spoke with relief.
"Then I will be expecting good results of you Lady Alexa." Sidious warned. "If you fail me this time your punishment will be more painful than what you can begin to imagine."
"I will not fail Master." Alexa spoke with conviction.