Ventress encountered Ahsoka multiple times before, each combatant leaving with their powder relatively dry after the skirmish subsided. Ventress believes she'd make strong work of Tano, knowing all her moves by now if Dooku hadn't sidelined her for so long that rust would accumulate.
Barriss remained on the floor, holding her ankle which bled and sported a noticeable burn. She tries to put weight on it and grimaces. Perhaps a bone snapped? She thought. With little power to do otherwise, Barriss observed Ahsoka and was surprised she was fairing as well as she did versus Ventress. The Padawan even managed to slice one of Ventress' hands. She didn't dismember the limb, but she made it nearly useless. Ventress howls like a wounded animal before regrouping. She was down one lightsaber.
"I'm Jedi enough to finish you off, witch." Ahsoka taunts. Pushed to the edge, Ventress eyes roll to the back of her head as she lets the dark side overtake her. Her lone red blade twirling around like a carousel, never giving Ahsoka a moment to collect herself. While a daring attempt to severe the Torguta's head failed, Ventress follows-up with a kick to her opponents abdomen and sends her flying conveniently to where Barriss was laying.
"Are you okay?" Barriss asks. "I think I'm ready to take her on again."
"We'll do it together." Ahsoka replies, but Barriss had other ideas.
"No. Ahsoka, you set the charges where the catacombs are next and leave here to set the explosives off." Barriss said without a trace of emotion or regard for her own well-being.
"What? Why would I do that?" Ahsoka was flabbergasted.
"Because Ventress' purpose is to distract us until the cavalry arrives to finish us off. We don't have much time." Barriss labors back to her feet, hesitant to leave her friend behind Ahsoka gives up trying to reason with the young knight and proceeds with the last phase of the plan.
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"How long it's been, Skywalker?" Tera wryly asks. Her throat was dryer than the Tatooine desert. She wouldn't allow herself to drink from the soldiers canteens, believing their lives to be of more value.
"Three hours." Anakin clocked in. He hears grunting on the opposite side of the debris, Jania was outside digging like crazy to get them out. Tera's weapon ceased to work, leaving them with only a tiny bit of light from the little hole.
"Private are you still out there?" Tera speaks up. After many hard breathes, Jania confirms. "It'll be easier to dig ourselves out when we can get someone on the outside to cut us out." She tells the soldier, referring to the two Padawans.
"Which reminds me, did you check on their progress?" Tera turns to Anakin.
"They said they've infiltrated the bunker, I haven't heard from them since." Anakin wanted to check in on them one more time, but Tera figures it's best to wait and not pester them.
"They're young, but they aren't children. You have to give your Padawan room to breathe."
"Easy for you to say." Anakin murmurs under his breath.
"Uh, guys!" Jania wanted to point in the direction of the invading force of flying Geonosians armed to the teeth coming directly towards her to check and see if the Jedi are indeed dead.
"What is it?" Anakin asks.
"We need to figure out a way to get you out of here right now!" Jania's sentences became faster as she grew more nervous.
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Barriss managed to dress her wounds before restarting her fight with Ventress. The assassin also had time to clean up her bloodied right hand. Internally, she thanked the stars for not losing a couple of fingers or even the whole limb in the process.
Meanwhile, Ahsoka swung herself down to the catacombs of the foundry, where the filthy creatures who worked slavishly to design the robotic terrors slept. Placing the charges carefully around their bodies, she was sure to have placed enough to blow the place up real good.
A lanky, slimy arm stretched itself out, grabbing Ahsoka by her sensitive montrals. She bit on her finger to keep herself from screaming. Montrals are extremely sensitive and cannot be touched in any way. She bit so hard on her fingers her sharp teeth broke skin and started to bleed. Managing to detach herself from the flying rodent, Ahsoka scurries like a mouse in the night back to where she entered.
She takes one last look around to make sure all of the charges are where exactly where they're supposed to be. Unfortunately the same creature who laid his hand on her montrals awoke, snatching the small circular disk and foolishly pressing the blinking red light in its center.
Thinking fast, Ahsoka hops up a level and makes her way upwards.
In their second go-around, Barriss had better fortunes versus Ventress. Though they remained evenly matched, the Jedi pulled off a well-timed kick sent Ventress backwards. She recovers and flips back to her feet, seemingly ready for more. But a seismic shake gave her a new plan.
"You've succeeded in destroying the foundry, but you won't survive." This place was on its last legs and Ventress wasn't going to let the pesky Jedi escape to tell the tale. Letting loose a strong push from her palm, Barriss' head smashing against the wall and knocking her out. Ventress would've loved to stick around and finish the job, except time was of the essence.
By the time Ahsoka returned, Ventress was gone and Barriss by herself. She rushes towards her fallen friend and manages to wake her up. "Ahsoka?" Barriss believed the blow to her head caused her to have a distorted reality.
"We have to get out of here." She tells Barriss. Lifting her arm over her neck they proceeded to limp to the outside, despite Barriss' pleas to leave her so Ahsoka could save herself.
"Jedi don't leave anyone behind." She says proudly.
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Jania had two options, fight the aerial force of Geonosians or focus all her energy on digging the Jedi out of their cocoons. She settled on the former, believing it futile to dig them out by herself.
"You're not going to last long by yourself, go get cover!" Anakin advises the lone soldier.
"I'm not alone." Jania points out. Ahsoka's lightsaber cuts a hole in the debris finally letting everyone outta of their traps. Just in time too. The enraged Geonosians have surrounded them.
"Should we surrender?" Anakin jokingly asked Tera, even without a weapon he wasn't going to let these slugs capture him.
"Where's your lightsaber?" Ahsoka asks, Anakin quickly explains it was destroyed. Unable to fight, Barriss lends her weapon for Skywalker to use. They fought their way out of the ambush, cementing their victory.
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The Jedi and the Galactic Republic sent reinforcements and Jedi to relieve the wounded Anakin and Tera of their duties, to return to the temple for treatment.
"You sure you'll handle yourself here alone?" Skywalker was unsure of how'd Ahsoka fair in battle without him. Barriss was heading back to the temple too. Only Jedi Master Aayla Secura taking their place.
"Skywalker, you need to learn to trust your Padawan. According to Barriss, she handled herself fine on her own." Tera speaks up on Tano's behalf, Ahsoka beaming with satisfaction over having a respect Jedi vouch for her.
"Come on, our time is done here."
