Special thanks to Library-Goblin for the fanart of Leo Rock aka Rusty Boi.

GEONOSIS

The four Republic fleets were approaching Geonosis, aboard the flagship of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Generals Mundi and Krell were already assembled. Leo stood behind Master Krell looking out across the stars "Where are Skywalker and his padawan?" Krell asked annoyed at their tardiness.

"They should be here shortly." Leo said before the doors opened and in walked Anakin and his padawans walked onto the bridge of the Resolute. "You're late." Obi-Wan said as the three walked up beside him and Mundi. "Sorry, Master the two of us were busy routing the seppies near Dorin." Anakin said when he noticed among the Jedi Generals who'd been assembled was Leo and his master Pong Krell standing arms crossed.

"My squadron alone had 55 kills." Ahsoka said smugly looking over at Leo.

"Yeah, but mine had 76." Anakin said, also smirking.

"Show off." she scoffed but with her smirk still in place.

"Well I'm glad you three are enjoying yourselves." Obi-Wan said. "Hey it's just a little friendly competition Master, nothing to worry about." Anakin assured with a smirk still on his face. Obi-Wan held his chin in thought as the ships flew to Geonosis "What I worry about is the way this war seems to be drawing out with no end in sight." he said, his voice taking on a worried tone.

"Which is why it is crucial our invasion of Geonosis meets with success." Mundi reminded me. "Agreed." Anakin said before turning to Ahsoka. "Ahsoka, Leo, contact the Outer Rim command we're ready for our briefing." he said to her and Leo.

Anakin felt Krell glaring at him coldly "My apologizes Master Krell I've gotten used to Leo being under my command he's a fine Padawan."

"Think nothing of it, and he's mediocre at best, boy make yourself useful and go with Commander Tano" Krell said dismissing Leo to walk alongside. Ahsoka did just that.

Leo was quiet next to Ahsoka. "So how's it going being back with your old Master?"

"It's only been a few hours before we're on Coruscant Ahsoka?" Leo said "Still he must have said something nice?" Ahsoka asked as they started to put a signal through.

Leo looked back at Krell, back the besalisk master, not showing any emotion as the jedi spoke "Nothing comes to mind."

Ahsoka gave up on getting him to open up and walked back over to the others with Leo "They're already waiting for us."

The Jedi made their way to their way to the briefing at the holotable at the front of the bridge with Windu, Yoda, Luminara and Palpatine already on the holo-viewer before bringing up a hologram of Geonosis. "Our ships are in position, and we are ready to begin our campaign against the Geonosians." Obi-Wan informed the holograms.

"And what about Poggle, any report on his location?" Windu asked.

Obi-Wan pressed a button and a hologram of the main droid factory came up. "It seems he's holed up at the primary droid foundry here." he said pointing at it as it flashed briefly before continuing, "The factory is protected by a shield generator." a small area lit up behind the shield showing a geonosian factory.

"Anakin, Ki-Adi, Pong and I shall attempt a four pronged attack through their defence lines to a staging area just short of the shield." he continued as four arrows pointed towards a single spot before a line moved from there to the generator and one going over straight into the enemy fire. "Once we have landed, we shall knock out the shield generator,that's our primary target." he finished.

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

"To ensure that rise again Geonosis does not capture Poggle we must." Yoda said to him. "Of course. As always I shall leave the strategy to you, Master Jedi." Palpatine said with a trusting smile.

"Thank you Chancellor, the Geonsisans are fierce warriors but we will win the day." Krell said, when Leo heard that they'd be fighting Geonsisans something in him shifted. Pong noticed it but said nothing simply looking at Anakin who showed some concern at the boy's mood "With padawans like Tano and Rock I'm sure." Ahsoka smiled getting such high praise from his excellency but Leo seemed to shy away from it. Leo

"Our thanks, Chancellor." Obi-Wan said. "May the Force be with you." Windu said before he and the other two cut out.

Cody, Rex and Clone Commander Jet walked into the room and up to the holotable where the jedi were waiting.

"Good, Cody, these are the coordinates for the rendezvous." Obi-Wan said as he enlarged the hologram and an arrow pointed towards an area beneath a cliff. "Yes, sir. When we hit the ground we'll create a perimeter there getting past their defenses here will be the trick." he said, moving his finger along a dotted line not far from the staging area Obi-Wan mentioned before continuing.

"General Mundi will cut across the defensive lines from the north." a small green gunship flew into the green square that represented the staging area. "We will make our assault through the middle." he continued as a yellow gunship landed next to the green one. "General Skywalker will make his attack on the defensive lines from the south, with General Krell and his men taking the vanguard directly at the enemy and we will meet at the rendezvous point at 0700 exactly." he finished.

Obi wan held his chin in thought as Mundi spoke, "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.",

"Their front lines are heavily fortified look at that giant wall with all the gun emplacements that won't be easy to get passed." she pointed out to the red wall that was at the front of the canyon leading to the factory and looking worried.

"Don't worry we're not going anywhere near that." Anakin reassured with a smirk. "Come now. What happened to all the enthusiasm I saw earlier?" Obi-Wan asked him, with a small smirk of his own.

"Don't worry about us, you just make sure you get yourself to that landing zone in one piece." Anakin said resting his arm on his former master's shoulder. "Yes. I should be waiting for you when you finally arrive." Obi-Wan said, his small smirk still in place. "Gentlemen, If you are quite finished. We have a battle to begin." Luminara reminded them all.

Before they were finished Anakin pressed his hand on the table "Master Krell if I may?" Everyone looked to Anakin when he had their attention.

"Perhaps it would be wise to allow Leo to be put under my command again, instead of in the vanguard where he won't have any Arc Trooper support?" Anakin suggested. Krell looked at him and Leo next "Do you hear that Padawan, Skywalker thinks you unfit to take a command despite being far superior to clones?" Krell added looking at the three clone troopers who vacantly starred back not sure what he meant by that.

Anakin's face turned slightly red at such an accusation "Thank you Skywalker but your constant reports have reminded me of my duty as a Master to the boy as for the arc trooper to keep the clones in line- mine should be arriving shortly."

The doors to the bridge opened and nearly every clone in the bridge turned as another one of their brothers walked in, but he wasn't like Jet, Rex or Cody. He wore red striped arc trooper armor and Paulson, his Kama was trimmed in red with holes in it, his armor covered in blaster marks and scars like his helmet that was sporting a glanced sniper hole on the left side of his helmets fin, even Rex and Cody recognized him "Is that…?" Rex asked "Has to be?" Cody whispered back.

"Masters, allow me to introduce ARC Trooper Alpha-0017, a veteran of the first Battle of Kamino." Krell said as the arch trooper removed his helmet to reveal a clone with graying hair and scar running down the left side of his face like Anakins, when he took it off Anakin slightly avoided his gaze before he saluted "Now as Master Luminara putted so wisely we have a battle to commence." Krell said.

"Quite right." Obi-Wan agreed before starting to walk around the viewer while addressing Cody, "Cody, prep the gunships. I'll meet you in the hanger."

"Yes, sir." the commander replied

The clones and jedi filled out of the bridge with some tension in the room as Anakin found himself walking next to the new Arc Trooper in their midsts "Alpha?" Anakin said.

"Skywalker." Alpha said as Ahsoka trailed behind them next to Obi-Wan, Rex and Cody.

"Do they know each other?" Ahsoka asked "Indeed they do, shortly after the first Battle of Geonosis, Anakin and I were given command of the first batch of Arc Troopers to start sabotaging missions, Alpha was one of them." Obi-Wan said as Obi-Wan looked at Cody "You mean the Alpha right Cody?"

Cody nodded "I hear you Rex."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ahsoka asked them "Well that's because Alpha 17 is a legend, when the clones started different training the first recruits to the Arc Trooper program were having issues that's when Alpha appeared as the first Arc Trooper."

Ahsoka still didn't have her answer question "Why does Anakin look so off then?"

"You'll have to ask him that." Obi-wan suggested.

Up front Leo followed closely to Master Krell despite feeling Anakin's gaze on his back "Skywalker has no faith in you, none of them do Padawan go see to it that the men are ready so mine isn't misplaced as well."

"Yes General." Leo said before he ran on ahead, Anakin looked back at Ahsoka "Ahsoka do the same." He said before a wink for her to go check up on Leo too.

When they arrived in the hangar Leo was standing outside a group of white armored clone troopers who were loading up backpacks with ammo and grenades, Leo was also doing the same before Ahsoka walked up behind him. The gunship they were in front of had a dragon's face painted on the front with blue wings, the clones equipping for battle were all dressed in Arc Trooper power with heavy cannons and blaster rifles "You alright Rusty?" She asked.

Leo stopped remembering what Krell had told him before he was given the assignment "Why is it you always ask if I'm okay?" He asked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked as he stood up "You always think somethings wrong, don't you think I can handle it?"

Ahsoka gave him an even more puzzled look "Or do you not think I can handle a frontal assault like General Skywalker?"

"I never said that?" Ahsoka said "You didn't need to it."

"Padawans time to go." General Krell barked walking into the hanger with Captain Alpha behind him cutting off the conversation before he got on the gunship. Ahsoka watched the vanguard forces take off and fly out the hanger before Anakin walked in seeing her see Leo leave with Krell. He walked up behind her "Come on Snips we got a job to do."

The two of them got onto their own gunship "We're all ready, Rex?" Anakin asked the captain. "Yes, sir. General Kenobi is already under way." he replied. "Well, he's got a head start. We'll have to catch up." he said before the gunships under his command started exiting the ship and heading toward the rendezvous point.

Ahead of them Krell, Leo and Alpha were flying down through the clouds when the enemy flak started shaking the ship.

"Status?" Leo asked the clones "Enemy cannons are hitting us hard; we've already lost three gunships." Leo heard the pilot replied.

"Get us down on the enemy guns." Krell ordered as all the Jedi ships were getting bombarded by enemy anti-aircraft cannons. On the planet's surface Geonsisan cannons lit up the skies followed by their own star fighters savagely pursuing the gunships.

Leo grabbed onto his handle with both hands "Clone keep- us steady!" Krell barked up to the pilot "Ten clicks to the landing-" a random shell smashed into the cockpit ripping it apart. The gunship crashed down right on the front of the geonosian lines, the first wing snapped off and the clones tumbled forward straight into a geonosian trench.

"Out, everyone out now!" Captain Alpha yelled hitting a button on the door making the doors blast off, Krell saw the flash of light and the Jedi General roared like thunder leaping out of the downed gunship taking out both his double bladed lightsabers "ATTACK!" Krell yelled, Leo followed after him drawing his lightsaber and for a brief moment he paused seeing an entire ocean like swam or geonosian warriors heading right for them. The clones and geonosians met along with Leo and Krell slicing there way into the main force.

Three times the size of the bugs, the besalisk jedis swings cut down every two geonsians that came down at him. He used the force to send rocks flying into the geonosians when they used their sonic canons, Krell dodged letting the clones take the force Leo saw a series of canons across from the trenches as a second defense line "Alpha get the men into the trenches!" Leo ordered.

"Alright men get in there and get dirty!" Alpha barked.

Krell looked back and saw Leo grab one of the fallen clones who's leg was broken, and pulling him into cover "NO!" Krell yelled.

"Leave the wounded." Krell ordered, Leo looked back at the fallen clone who shoved him off "Go on without me!" The trooper said, grabbing his blaster and continuing to fight.

Behind them, Anakin and Ahsoka gunship shook quite a bit and fell from outside, suddenly they were hit hard and the gunship started to go down. The gunship hit the ground a moment later and started to skid along the ground before coming to a stop. "We're down! Repeat, down! Location five-!" Rex stopped when he realized they just lost contact with Mundi's team.

"Come on! Get up, we have to keep moving!" Anakin yelled over the explosions around them as he and Rex pushed the broken door off the gunship. The Jedi exited first then ignited their sabers and started deflecting blaster fire. A few clones climbed on top of the ruined gunship and started firing. Anakin rushed a few of the Geonosians as the clones and padawans remained behind for the time being. "They're falling back! Come on!" Ahsoka yelled to the rest of them before they started to run forward.

The clones managed to take cover in a small trench while the Jedi deflect blaster fire after reaching a small canyon on their way to the rendezvous point. "Rex, what's the word? Can Kenobi send support or not?" Anakin asked over the battle before jumping into the trench next to Rex.

"I don't think so, sir, Cody says General Kenobi never reached the landing site. They think his gunship got shot down." the captain replied.

"Great. The one time I actually ask Obi-Wan for help, he's nowhere to be found." Anakin said, sounding irritated. Rex and Ahsoka dropped on the other side of Anakin before spewing with concern, "Well what if something happened to General Kenobi or Leo? He could be injured or-" Anakin cut her off, "No time for that kind of talk." He turned his attention back to Rex while even Anakin was worried.

Across the battlefield in the thickest parts of the fighting, Alpha, Leo and Krell were surrounded on all sides by Geonosisan warriors, there numbers were down three times there original numbers, Alpha was using a rotating blaster cannon as Krell and Leo cut there way through the enemy lines "We have to move to higher ground Padawan, move toward the hill!" Krell barked pointing to a higher level of earth overlooking the shield.

"General Krell, General Kenobi is down and surrounded with no word on Mundi or Skywalker." Alpha said up to him as the clone troopers started to fight their way through the trenches. A Geonosisian warrior jumped on top of Leo and he impaled it on his lightsaber behind Krell who was using a spin technique to cut down ten bugs nearly all at once.

Leo followed him, closely asked the clone troopers pressing toward the hill being shot at on all sides. Some of the clones were even scooped up off the ground and dropped from lethal heights. The clones and jedi fought their way almost to the top of the hill, passing by the tall towers of dried mud being blown apart.

"Push forward, any one who stops will be shot!" Krell barked at the clones and Leo who saw a sonic cannon aimed right at Krell "GENERAL LOOK OUT!" The cannon opened fire and a sonic blast hit Krell square in the chest sending him right into one of the stalagmite pillars shattering it.

Alpha and Leo watched Krell get half buried under the rocks "Generals down, move move move!" Alpha ordered his men running into combat to secure Krell. Leo led them next to Alpha getting back to back when his heavy blaster cannon overheated Alpha through it into a group of Geonosians ripping out his two blaster pistols like Rex's but with extended barrels.

Leo cut down any Geonosian warrior who got close to him "We can't hold this position for long Commander Rock." Captain Alpha said under his helmet.

"I know, I know." Leo said cutting off an enemy warrior's head off "General said leave the wounded behind, do we obey?" Alpha said getting Leo's attention. In that brief moment Leo realized he was in command he looked back at the amassing geonosian warriors readying to counter attack and he had to make a call.

Leo looked at Alpha "Take the General and any wounded you find, pull back to the ridge over there and call in an airstrike when you all are clear." Leo ordered him.

"You're not coming with us Commander?" Alpha asked, still shooting "You said General Kenobi is pinned down behind us, if those Geonosians get through he'll be overwhelmed."

"But Commander, you can't fight them all?" Alpha tried to tell him when a Geonosian warrior attacked from behind Alpha, Leo pushed him aside and stabbed the bug in the chest before another one appeared. Ripping his lightsaber out Leo cut the warrior in half before an entire squad almost took them by surprise. Leo drew back both arms and summoned a force wave that tore the bugs bodies into ash.

"Watch me now go." Leo ordered.

Leo's force push had given the clones a window that Alpha wouldn't waste "You heard him, you three grab the General, the rest cover fire we're falling back to the south east ridge move it." Alpha ordered the men. Leo watched them start retreat before he turned around climbing on top of the rock seeing the Geonosians coming right at him in full force. The wind whipped at Leo's brown robes stained with dirt and geonosian blood, squeezing his lightsaber tightly while they scaled the hill. He jumped off the rock and ran down the hill picking up the speed taking his lightsaber in both hands Leo drew back his arms and yelled running right into the swarm.

Back at the fortress that Anakin and Ahsoka hadn't expected to face were now right up against it "Rex, we need to mobilize now to get the men together, we're gonna rush the guns." he said urgently. "Yes, sir." the captain replied before leaving.

"Ahsoka with me, we need to give Rex cover when we attack." he said to the padawans.

"Got it just give the word." Ahsoka said.

"Hey, I'm worried about him too but you have to keep your mind in the here and now, otherwise we'll never be able to help Obi-Wan." Anakin said as gently as he could just as Rex came back with the remaining clones.

"All here, sir." he told him.

"Ready… now!" he yelled as they all started vaulting over the trench and rushing the turret. "Go! Go! Go!" Rex called out. "Take 'em out! Take 'em out!" one of the clones yelled out before he and one of his brothers both cried out as they were killed.

A while after rushing the gun they were now done fighting for the time being and soon came upon the giant wall Ahsoka pointed out to back on the ship and before they could keep moving at least 20 battle droids appeared at the top along with a few supers and started firing down on them. "Careful, men. Careful!" Rex warned. Unfortunately two clones were killed before the rest took cover behind some boulders. Rex and the three Jedi took cover behind a single huge boulder before deactivating their sabers. "Well, this is another fine mess you've gotten us into." Ahsoka said sarcastically.

"What? Hey, it's not my fault! You were supposed to study the holomaps!" he accused, trying to place the blame on her.

"I did! Remember when I reminded you about the giant wall, and you said, 'Don't worry, Snips. We won't be anywhere near that.'" she recalled in irritation.

"I thought you thought this through?" he asked, feeling irritated as well. "Just get ready to climb!" he said, sounding annoyed and pointed to the cliff on their left.

The jedi signalled three clones with backpacks and they rushed over quickly as the other troopers covered them. Anakin helped them remove their packs before Rex spoke. "So what's the plan, General?" Rex asked him.

"Just keep us covered, Rex." he replied before handing a pack to Ahsoka who slipped it on.

"There's too much laser fire for all of us to make the climb. Ahsoka and I will handle this." He checked one of the thermal detonators before putting it back into the pack then slipping it on. The Jedi started running towards the cliff as a few cannons on the wall shot at them while a few clones were killed and the three of them dodged the blasts.

After reaching the cliff they shot their grappling hooks towards the top and tugged on them. Once certain the hooks were stable they used the Force to jump along the side of the cliff in order to move faster. As soon as they reached the top they headed towards the wall and started deflecting with their sabers when the droids noticed them and opened fire with more appearing soon after and while dividing their attention between the Jedi and clones. "How many droids have you two shot down so far?" Anakin asked them. "Twenty-five." Ahsoka said while she kept deflecting. "You're falling behind." he said with a smirk.

"Let's go!" Anakin said as they jumped down onto the top of the wall and started moving forward while deflecting and slashing with the clones helping from below.

Once the droids on the wall were taken care of they deactivated their sabers. "Look for a hatch! We need to put the explosives inside the wall." Anakin said as they looked around. "Found one!" Ahsoka said just as a droideka jumped out before landing and activated it's shield. The Jedi reignited their sabers and started deflecting it's blasts. A second one came out from where Anakin had been and rolled over to them, forcing the Jedi close together. Ahsoka focused on one while Anakin focused on the other. Rex suddenly came up from behind it and slipped through the shield before shooting it in the head. With that one destroyed the jedi rallied around the opening vent when a droid came out. "Hey, did you get them?" it asked looking in the opposite direction.

"Catch!" Anakin said, throwing his pack at the droid as it turned around. "Huh?! Wha!" it exclaimed in surprise as it caught the pack before Anakin smirked and used the Force to push the droid down.

The droid yelled while Ahsoka threw theirs into the hole. "Come on, Rex!" Anakin said to the clone. "Up and away!" Ahsoka said as she used the force to lift him and throw him off the edge before the three Jedi jumped off and started falling as the wall exploded. Rex yelled in fear as they kept falling, the Jedi used the Force to slow their descent as they reached the ground before landing, they then used the Force to slow Rex's before the wall continued to fall apart. Using the force they managed to keep the debris from hitting them. After it was over Ahsoka offered a hand to Rex and pulled him up. "Next time, just tell me to jump." the Captain said to Anakin.

"Now where's the fun in that?" he asked the clone with a smirk before gesturing to them to follow.

While Anakin and Ahsoka enjoyed their victory, Obi-Wan was still at Point Rain just behind the front lines, he was leaned up against a crate holding a wound. "General Kenobi, General Kenobi do you copy?" Captain Alpha's voice came through on his commas as the clones tried to hold back the Geonosians from all around them.

"Captain Alpha what's the situation?" Obi-Wan asked "General Krell was wounded and knocked unconscious in the ensuing fight, our advance was halted, we fell back to the southern ridge and are pinned down. We needed an airstrike immediately." Alpha exclaimed.

Obi-Wan looked over to the ridge and saw clone and Geonosian exchanging blaster fire but no whtie lightsaber "Where is Commander Rock?"

"He stayed behind to cover our retreat." Obi-Wan looked into the distance where he saw a large group of Geonosians swarming a round front of the shield and already could tell where Leo was.

In the center of the swarm, in the heart of the fight Leo was fighting tooth and nail in the thickest part of the geonosians, their wings giving them the high ground and their sonic canons impossible to deflect with a lightsaber so he took the fight to them. Wherever he looked Leo saw a blood thirsty geonosian in his face, hacking and slashing in every direction. Leo felt one of the geonosians tackle him and others piled on top of him battering him with their blasters and stones, he suddenly felt a geonosian spear stab him in the back through the side going right through. The wound white not fatal, sent a shockwave through him and everything faded from Leo in an instant and went berserk just like on Mardun.

"RAAAAAAHHHH!" The force unleashed around Leo repulsing the Geonosians around him off before he got up howling to the sky. The first geonosians to try and attack him again were met by a furious force wave that snapped their limbs off or tore their wings to ribbons. One that turned around was pulled off his feet and dragged right onto Leo's lightsaber before he tore it out. Two more were on him and he stabbed one and grabbed the other by the neck and crushed the warriors windpipe with the force.

Another tried to get a sonic blast off to hit Leo but he dodged, staying low like an animal Leo ran around them and in a flurry of strikes he severed the heads of a dozen Geonosian warriors before one of the cannons knocked him off his feet. Was flung back nearly eight meters before he landed on all fours and got up and charged straight forward again. He cut down one to the left then to the right, one of the geonosians with wings dropped down behind him and Leo jumped in the air cutting the droid from chest to head. Whenever Leo swung his lightsaber another Geonosian died. The bodies began to pile up soon covering the dirt with so many dead they could barely see the dirt when suddenly the warriors all stopped.

They had stopped to look.

And to see, the pilled masses of their kin under the boots of Leo holding his lightsaber above his head, panting, exhausted, maybe weak enough for them to all take at once.

So they charged and Leo smiled because more were coming for him to slaughter, Leo let out another ferocious scream and resumed his dance of death letting the geonosians come for him as he didn't take a step back. The force around him swirled in a storm of emotions, fear, anger and pain and at it center was Leo, the Berserker.

On the eastern part of the desert, Ahsoka had stopped in her tracks between Anakin and the clones. She grabbed her forehead throbbing from something in the distance and for a brief moment she saw Leo fighting amongst the Geonosians in a split second she felt everything and it radiated from her to Anakin "Snips?" Anakin asked, hurrying back to her as she started to get overwhelmed.

"M-master, it's Leo I feel it- I feel it?" She said clutching the side of her head, Anakin knelt beside her hands outstretched but he didn't dare touch her "Feel what?"

"Leo Master… so much anger, so much fear?" She said before Anakin took her by the shoulder and saw what she saw, felt what she felt.

It could only be described in one word, fury, pure primal fury channeled through the force in a storm of death that Leo stood in the middle of. "Focus on my voice Ahsoka, we need to keep moving." Anakin said, pulling her to the padawans feet.

When she started to center herself she let out a deep breath "Okay… Okay I'm better now."

"Come on, we can't keep Obi-Wan waiting." Anakin said urgently. "You heard him, lads! Let's go!" Rex called out to the others as they started running through the debris and out the other side of the canyon.

"Look! What's that?" Ahsoka called out while pointing to a cave on the side of a cliff with Geonosians flying out in what appeared to be terror. The Jedi activated their sabers as the group stopped. "It's Master Mundi!" Ahsoka said pointing, pointing to the humanoid figure that just appeared at the top. Anakin and Ahsoka knew well enough at this point not to doubt their friend anymore when it came to things like this.

"Master Mundi, do you read me?" Anakin asked him over his comlink.

Up in the catacombs Mundi heard him "We are here, Skywalker. We took a slight detour that put us out of communications for a bit." the Master replied. "This has been a day for detours, Master." Anakin said as his voice took on a slight tired tone. "Indeed, but now the road is clear. I can see the landing zone, It does not look good." Mundi said, his tone sounding worried before cutting off.

"Can you get me Admiral Yularen?" Anakin asked Rex.

The captain nodded before setting up a connection with the admiral using a holopad. Anakin placed his hands behind his back before addressing Yularen, "Admiral. We're at the breaking point, you've got to get some fighters down here." he said. "You are in luck, General Skywalker. I have one squadron available." the admiral told him from up above.

A squadron of starfighters descended from the clouds just sat the Republic lines around Obi-Wan broke even as Leo fought a kilometer ahead of them. Surrounded by the geonosians when one of them screeched to the sky signaling the others of the incoming fighters.

Leo looked over his shoulder to see them, snapping his heads ack at the Geonosians who started to run. Leo saw a large natural stone pillar sticking out of the ground behind them just before the shield generator. Before they could get through the generator Leo grabbed the base with the force and started to pull, he gritted his teeth grinding them against one another every muscle in his outstretched arm tensed as if here holding a in invisible rope gone taut when the base of the stone cracked and it came tumbling down blocking off the Geonosians retreat. Seeing the warriors without wings had no means of escape they charged straight at Leo who was already waiting to meet them with his sword, using the force he jumped off the pile of dead geonosians and landed in the center of the bugs, his lightsaber arm swung wildly at everything that moved running at or from him the roar of the Starfighter getting louder every second.

On the southern ridge, Alpha watched Leo get surrounded by the geonosians again "Bombers be advised Commander Rock is danger close."

"Copy Alpha do we proceed?" The lead fighter "Confirmed, bombs away… good luck kid." Alpha said as the Starfighter rained fire down on the Separatists and lone jedi standing against them insurmountable foes, and in one fiery blast all the Jedi and clones saw the outer defenses of the Geonosians blown to kingdom come.

Once the squadron arrived Anakin and Mundi's group met up and made their way to the rendezvous point just as the reinforcements finished clearing the area. The Jedi deactivated their sabers as the group ran up to Obi-Wan, who was sitting against a crate. "Master Kenobi!" Ahsoka said kneeling beside him while looking over him with concern.

"Well, what happened to you?" Anakin asked with a smirk upon noticing the cut on his face and dirt covered armor.

"I could ask you the same thing." He retorted up to him, as Captain Alpha and his men returned with the out of commission General Krell. A medic ran up to greet them and check on the General and when Anakin and Ahsoka saw them they broke off into a sprint leaving Mundi and Obi-Wan behind.

Alpha looked over at the nearest clone "I need a full squad of clones right now." Alpha ordered.

"Captain Alpha, where's Leo?" Anakin asked before the Clone Captain looked at him "Commander Rock covered our retreat from the front, he stayed behind even during the airstrike." Captain Alpha reported.

Anakin curled both hands into a fist and grabbed the clone trooper by the armor "And you left him behind?"

Alpha glared at him from under his helmet "He ordered us to retreat General Skywalker, I'm getting a search and rescue party together before the bugs can regroup."

"Then we're coming with you, Ahsoka, Rex lets go."

Anakin ran out of the regrouped Republic forces with his padawan and the two arc troopers behind him and a full squad of fresh clones. "Does he always run off like that?" Mundi asked next to Commander Jet and Cody with Obi-Wan.

"Always on the move." Obi-Wan said.

When they reached the killing field, they climbed over the hill that Krell had ordered Alpha and Leo to take; they saw it all.

"Holy." Rex said at the sight of the piles of Geonosian bodies amassed around the field, craters filled with them from the enemy Starfighters up against the enemy shields. "Did Leo do all this?" Ahsoka asked Alpha "I don't see any blaster marks do you?" Alpha said.

Skywalker shook himself from what he was seeing "Spread out, we don't have much time before the bugs regroup." He ordered.

The clones and Ahsoka spread out across the field looking around the half buried bodies and pits filled with mutilated geonosian corpses "LEO!" Ahsoka called out, putting her hands around her mouth.

"Commander Rock!" Alpha echoed.

Anakin walked over the bodies open by one till he saw a human hand sticking out from a large mound of turned over sand and geonosians sticking out to the sky, "Over here!" Anakin related to everyone.

Running over to the dirt Anakin dropped to his knees and grabbed the hand squeezing it before he pulled out from the dirt like coming back from the dead was Leo covered in more dirt then everyone put together. His green robes were smothered in the red powder sand, coughing up an extra cup of dirt Leo blinked a few times seeing the faces of Anakin and Ahsoka in front of him "... what took you so long?"

LATER

The surviving jedi and clones were gathered around a large holopad in front of them and brought up the hologram of the area. Everyone in the attack force was standing except Obi-Wan who spoke while he remained sitting against the crate, "Our combined forces should be enough to destroy the shield generator. Anakin you'll need to take a small squad through the shield, as close as you can get to their gun emplacements. From there, you'll be able to temporarily jam their scanners so they are unable to target the incoming tanks." he said as he gestured towards the generator as it flashed while two AT-TE's moved towards the area multiple times.

Obi-Wan looked up from the viewer before continuing, "Once the tanks knock out the shield, Master Mundi can bring the rest of the troops in with the gunships." Mundi stood up from his kneeled position and looked at Anakin. "Consider it done, Master." the Knight assured with a confident smirk.

"Leo you and Alpha take the other side and meet us in the middle." Anakin said over to Leo.

"Yes sir, how's General Krell?" Leo asked.

"Stable but still unconscious." Anakin replied "Understood, we'll be sure to be right beside you." Leo said.

A few minutes later the clones started moving some of the remaining tanks towards the shield while Anakin and the two padawans along their own squads of clones waited patiently inside the shield for Mundi's squad to give them the signal. "Begin the attack." Jet's voice came over one the clones.

The Jedi ignited their sabers before the group started running towards the generator while dodging, deflecting, slashing and shooting any Geonosians in their way. A minute later they reached the heavily defended structure and the Jedi took cover behind one of the boulders right below the generator while the clones covered them.

"Let's jam their scanners! Droid poppers, ready!" Anakin said as he handed each of them one before they threw the EMP grenades onto the structure.

Leo came in on the other side with Alpha and the other clones "Droid poppers Alpha." Leo told the Captain "Copy." Alpha said as they all lobbed the grenades into the droids, the bombs fell between the droids feet's exploding with electrical bubbles deactivated every droid.

"Looks like it's working." Ahsoka pointed out as the cannons and scanners shut down. "It won't last long." Anakin reminded before speaking through his com, "Bring up the tanks." Mundi ordered from behind.

The tanks passed through the enemy shield and opened fire on the generators taking them out in a series of explosions, without their cover the Geonosians turned tail and ran as Muindi and his troops flew in on their gunships to reinforce the positions taken by the other jedi. The clones let out cheers of victory watching the bugs scatter like ants before them, Leo looked over at Anakin and Ahsoka who waved at him but Leo didn't wave back he just turned around and started to walk away.

"Good job kid." Alpha said patting Leo on the back looking forward vacantly "Thank you Captain Alpha."

"Where are you going?" Alpha asked him "I'm going to go check on my Master." He said walking away as Alpha watched him, he looked over at the killing field that Leo had filled then back at the Berserker leaving his side.

A while later they returned back to the rendezvous point and while Anakin helped Obi-Wan to the gunship Mundi was on, Ahsoka ran up to them. "So, Master. What was your total?" she asked him.

"Not now, Ahsoka." Anakin replied.

"Come on. Are you afraid you lost this time?" she asked with a teasing smirk. "Fine. 55. That's my count, and you?" he asked with a smirk of his own. Ahsoka stopped before replying, smirk still in place.

"60. Looks like I won." Anakin stopped and turned them around causing Obi-Wan to almost trip and bring all three of them to the dirt. "Yeah, but I called in the air strike! Tie!" he said, a smirk still on his face. "You're impossible." she said shaking her while continuing to smirk before walking off.

"65." Mundi said suddenly.

Anakin and Ahsoka both looked at him in shock "What?" Anakin asked "My total Skywalker, 65 so what do I win?" Mundi asked Obi-Wan from him.

"My undying respect for Master Mundi." Skywalker said.

Ki-Adi's face turned a bit sour as he said "oh."

"That is worth a great deal Master Mundi." Obi-Wan said smiling, "Wonder how much Rusty had?" Ahsoka asked

Leo was standing over General Krell who was sitting up on a crate with a medic patching him up as Leo finished his report.

Krell coughed resting on the stretcher "And our losses?" Krell asked.

"Heavy, nearly the entire landing force was wiped out but we won the day sir." Leo said to Krell who scoffed "One the day, how simple minded you are to think winning one battle is enough." Krell said dismissive of his efforts.

Leo felt both hands squeeze tight into fists "But even so." Krell said suddenly "You did well taking command as you did, putting the needs of the mission above all else, even your own life." Krell said looking at Leo who fought the urge to smile.

"What did you make of the Geonosian warrior?" Krell asked him then.

Leo stiffened remembering the battle in flashes, the strong emotions of battle coursing through him "They are… they were very brave."

"Or foolish daring to stand against us Jedi, never forget padawan we Jedi represent the power of the living force, we are power incarnate to challenge us to challenge the force and to fail as they did." Krell said to him.

Leo nodded "Yes Master."

"Now go." Krell said, dismissing.

"As you wish, my master." Leo said before bowing and walking away.

Walking through the landing point as the clones unpacked everything they'd need for the coming siege of the factory, Leo saw Ahsoka coming up to him covered in nearly just as much dirt and dust "Long day huh?" Ahsoka asked.

"Nothing we're not used to." Leo said smiling.

"Yeah I could use a fresher right about now." She said holding up her hand, she grasped it in a fistful squeezing it in comradeship before she let go.

"I'm sorry if you thought we doubted you Leo." Ahsoka said "Don't worry about it Ahsoka I know what you were just worried about me going back to my old Master."

Ahsoka scratched her arm avoiding his gaze as if to hide something "I-we would have missed you probably."

Leo smiled next to her before stopping looking out over at the factory. "Do know Ventress put that mask on me when I refused to do as she said."

"Yeah that mask was creepy." Ahsoka said remembering the duel on Mustafar "Hurt to but not as much as what she did to me, torturing me to try and get me to fall to the dark side, do you know what kept me from giving in?" He asked her.

Ahsoka thought for a moment "You pictured her in her underwear?"

The red headed Padawan's face turned almost as green as his tunic, when it wasn't stained with dirt "Ugh no now I may vomit." He said as they both started to picture the hairless harpy in lingerie. The two of them were about to walk off together to get some rest when a clone trooper ran up to Anakin as he was the only General left standing, the trooper said something to him that made Anakin snap his head over to the padawans "Leo, come here."

Immediately Leo obeyed with Ahsoka turning around with him "Yes General?" Leo asked, walking up to him quickly.

"One of the enemy battalions wants to surrender." Anakin said down to him arms crossed "Well that's good news right?" Ahsoka asked.

"Right?" Leo asked to as Anakin didn't answer yet.

Anakin gave a slight nod "They want to surrender, to the Berserker."

"What?" Leo asked when he saw a group of clones escorting an entire battalion of Geonosian warriors to the front of the landing point, they marched in parade format with a single bug out in front of them being a clone officer. Anakin led the padawans to them and looked at Leo nudging his head forward for Leo to step out when he did the Geonosian battalion all looked at him, one among the Geonosians an older one with scars on his face wearing slightly more ornate armor then the others looked at him directly. Assuming this was the commander gulping Leo raised his hand and "I… accept your surrender?" After he spoke the lead bug got down on one knee followed by the entire battalion kneeling in surrender to the padawan.

"That's something you don't see everyday." Ahsoka said arms crossed like Anakin.

As they both looked at Leo Alpha walked up behind him "One hundred." Alpha said.

"What?" Anakin asked Alpha to take off his helmet "You still keep totals right Skywalker?" Alpha asked him.

Anakin cocked a brow and gave his famous Skywalker smile "You had one hundred kills?" He asked.

"Not me, him." Alpha said walking up next to them looking at Leo, the Berserker "Guess we'll have to come up with another nickname for Commander rock." Alpha said putting his helmet on and leaving them.

"Does that Clone have issues?" Ahsoka asked Anakin "Well he punched me in the face before he asked to be reassigned when I was a padawan." Anakin said, Ahsoka spuna round eyes wide "He punched you Master?"

"To be fair I deserved it I was young and reckless." Anakin said, Ahsoka gave him a puzzled look "Was?"

"Watch it." Anakin hissed back with a smirk.