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Sparks of Rebellion
Chapter 35: The Last Battle
In Space...
The Ghost was descending into the atmosphere of the planet Agamar.
The rebel ship landed near the wreck of a former Separatist supply ship.
Kanan, Ezra, Lisa, Chopper, Zeb and Captain Rex disembarked from the ship.
"You're sure you don't need help?"Hera asked.
"I'm sure everything will go horribly wrong."Kanan admitted.
"We'll be fine."Ezra assured. "We got a Clone Wars veteran with us."
"Ready, Captain?"Kanan asked.
"Yes, sir. Uh, General."Rex answered and placed on his helmet. "Kanan."
The group walked towards the former supply ship.
"There was a battle here during the Clone War."Rex said. "This old transport's the perfect place to find weapons, ammo, maybe even some proton bombs."
Ezra picked up a Separatist battle droid that was on the ground.
"Hey, was this a Separatist battle droid?"Ezra asked.
"Oh, yeah. Little piece of one anyway."Rex complemented. "This place used to be crawling with 'em. We called 'em clankers."
"Clankers."Zeb chuckled. "I like that. How many of these things do you think you blasted?"
"I don't know. Thousands."Rex said simply. "Probably tens of thousands. Never kept count like some of the boys."
"They don't look very dangerous."Ezra commented.
"Listen, those droids wiped out a lot of Republic troopers."Rex admitted with a hint of anger. "Many of them were my friends."
Rex walked away as Kanan walked up to the group.
"Rex has been through a lot."Kanan said. "Battles leave scars, some you can't see."
"Boost told me that during the war, a clone trooper that was a close friend to Rex had discovered about the control chips implanted in clones at the earliest stages of life."Lisa stated softly. "But he was killed before he could warn anyone about it."
"That awful."Ezra commented.
The group rushed into the transport's munitions depots and went behind a crate.
"Hold up."Rex instructed. "Let me recon first."
Rex scanned an entrance using his helmet.
"Well, look at that. We hit pay dirt."Rex commented. "The munitions depot is fully loaded. More proton bombs in there than we can carry."
"Good job, Rex."Kanan said.
"Way to go, Captain."Ezra chuckled.
Rex, Kanan, Ezra, Lisa and Zeb walked towards the open entrance.
Ezra started to walk forward.
"Hey, careful, kid."Rex warned. "The droids used to protect their armories with ray shields."
"What's a ray shiel..."Ezra started.
Rex and his team find themselves trapped inside a ray shield, a technology that the Separatists used to protect their battle droids.
"What is this?"Lisa asked.
"This is a ray shield."Rex replied.
Then a bunch of battle droids walked forward and surrounded the team.
"Look!"Ezra said. "Aren't those battle droids? I thought they were all shut down."
"Well, these weren't."Zeb commented.
"You have been captured by the Separatist Alliance."the battle droid commander B1-268 stated.
"Huh?"Zeb questioned.
"Separatists?"Rex responded.
"Prepare to blast the Republic invaders."A battle droid said.
"Republic invaders?"Kanan repeated.
"Belay that order."B1-268 replied and got a respond on his comlink. "Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Roger, roger."
"Wait, who's Roger?"Ezra asked.
Lisa frowned. "Just how dense can you be?"
"We have new orders, incapacitate and capture."B1-268 commented and took out a data pad. "Activating stunner."
"No!"Rex shouted. "No!"
The rebels got knocked out by a stun ray.
"Take them to the command center."B1-268 ordered.
The battle droids drag their prisoners to the command center.
"We haven't captured anyone in years."A battle droid said.
"We haven't captured anyone ever."Another battle droid added.
Unknown to the battle droids, Chopper was spying on them with his camera.
In the Command Center...
"Ugh."Rex groaned as he slolwy opened his eyes. "Where Where are we?"
Rex wakes up at the Separatist command center in the bridge of the wrecked transport.
The old clone captain finds himself the prisoner of a super tactical droid named Kalani, who thanks B1-268 for his services.
"How intriguing."Kalani said. "Well done, B1-268."
"Roger, roger."B1-268 answered.
"Oh, no."Rex said in shock. "The war, it's not over."
"Rex! Rex!"
"Cody!"Rex replied and looked at his right side.
"Talk to me."Kanan instructed.
"Ah, Kanan. I'm sorry."Rex apologised. "I thought you were someone else."
"You okay?"Lisa asked with a hint of worry.
"Yeah, just got a little carried away."Rex replied.
"I need you here now, buddy. We're in the usual mess."Kanan admitted. "I think the commander's a super tactical droid."
"Ah, you're right."Rex agreed. "He is."
"Is that bad?"Ezra asked.
"It's really bad."Rex responded. "That droid's extremely intelligent."
"Near the end of the war, Separatist droids significantly outnumbered Republic units."Kalani explained while holding Rex's helmet. "By my calculations, our probability of being defeated was only 23.6%."
"After Clone Order 66, the whole droid army was given a shutdown command."Rex stated. "How are you even operating?"
"The Jedi betrayal ended the war for most of the galaxy."Kalani said. "But here on Agamar, I assumed it was a Republic trick and prevented the shutdown command."
"Well, it doesn't matter how it ended."Rex argued with a glare. "The war is over. Let us go."
"Negative, Captain."Kalani refused. "I calculate that this will be my only opportunity to end the Clone Wars as I planned, with a victory for the Separatist Alliance."
"What do you want us to do, surrender?"Rex questioned sarcastically.
"On the contrary, I want you to fight, to prove, once and for all, whose tactical strategy was superior."Kalani answered.
"Well, you can count me out."Zeb retorted bitterly. "I'm not playing some stupid war game."
"That is correct, Lasat."Kalani said. "Your species were not in the Clone Wars, so you will be the hostage your allies must save."
"The 'Jedi Rescue' is a recurring scenario based on 132 battles I have reviewed."Kalani complemented.
"Yeah, we've done it a few times."Ezra remarked.
"I've done plenty of this too."Lisa agreed.
"Jedi, is this your padawan?"Kalani asked.
"Ezra is."Kanan answered. "Most of the time."
"Good."Ezra said. "A complete set of Republic opponents will make this authentic."
"No, it won't, because we're not fighting."Rex answered with a glare.
"If you will not fight, you will be terminated."Kalani threatened.
The battle droids point their blasters at the rebels.
"I'll fight your Clone War."Ezra admitted.
"What?"Rex asked.
"Ezra, no!"Kanan protested.
"Have you lost your mind?"Lisa questioned.
"Hey, you three talk about the Clone Wars."Ezra reminded. "What it was like, the good and the bad. I wanna help you win this last battle. Besides, look at them. How can we lose?"
Two battle droids looked at each other.
"Uh, hey."A battle droid said.
"Okay, it might be easier to fight them head-on than to get out of our current dilemma."Kanan reminded.
"Fine."Rex replied. "Fine, we'll do it."
"Okay, but if we win, Zeb goes free and we take all the proton bombs in the hangar."Ezra stated.
"I accept your terms."Kalani admitted and dropped Rex's helmet on the ground.
Beneath the Station...
Chopper spied on the battle droids and entered a Neimoidian escort shuttle which he began to restart.
Meanwhile in Space...
Hera and Sabine were flying the Ghost, which was being pursued by three TIE fighters.
"How much fuel did we get before the ambush?"Hera asked.
"Enough for the whole fleet."Sabine replied. "I just hope Kanan and Rex aren't expecting us back on Agamar anytime soon."
"If Kanan needs help, he'll call us."Hera answered.
"Since when?"Sabine questioned.
"Fine."Hera said. "If Chopper's in over his head, he'll hide and call us."
"That's more believable!"Sabine commented.
In a Star Destroyer...
"Congratulations."Agent Kallus remarked. "Your plan to ambush them at the fuel depot worked like a charm."
"Only if we catch them."Governor Pryce responded.
"Excuse me, Governor."Admiral Konstantine said. "We've intercepted a rebel transmission from the Agamar system before it was received by the rebel ship. The message is encrypted, but it repeats like a distress signal."
"Interesting."Governor Pryce complemented. "The rebels there must be desperate for help that will never come. Locate the nearest Imperial outpost to Agamar and deploy them. Immediately."
Back on Agamar...
Kalani outlined the rules of engagement.
"The objective of this battle is simple."Kalani said on the PA. "You must fight your way back to my command center and capture it to free your friend."
"Rex, you've got more battlefield experience than either of us."Kanan stated. "You lead."
"All right."Rex responded. "Our first goal is to get inside the hangar. Kalani is a war machine, programmed to kill, and he's got the numbers and the firepower to do it. Our only chance is to be aggressive, surprise him, hopefully put him on the defensive."
Lisa looked at Ezra.
"It sounds pretty simple."Lisa replied.
"How many droids do you think he has?"Ezra asked.
"The last battle will begin now."Kalani announced.
A a column of B1 battle droids marched towards the four rebels.
"A lot."Kanan said. "He has a lot of droids!"
"We've gotta scatter them."Rex instructed and placed on his helmet. "Use the sword and shield maneuver."
"Wait, what does that mean?"Ezra asked.
"We block, he fires."Kanan answered. "Everybody ready?"
"Yep!"Ezra answered.
"Let's clean up these clankers."Lisa said with a smirk.
Kanan, Ezra and Lisa activated their lightsabers.
"Let's go!"Rex ordered as he took out his blaster and a grenade.
The battle droids began to fire causing the three jedi to reflect the lasers using their lightsabers.
"Ezra, Lisa, get ready to duck!"Kanan warned.
"Okay!"Ezra and Lisa said in unison.
"Now!"Kanan ordered.
The jedi ducked as Rex hurled a grenade at the battle droids, destroying some of them.
"Again!"Kanan ordered.
Kanan, Ezra and Lisa ducked as Rex threw another grenade at the battle droids.
"That scattered 'em!"Rex said. "Everybody forward!"
Rex and the three jedi advance forward and destroyed the remaining battle droids of the first assault wave.
"Ezra, form it up!"Rex reminded as he took out the last battle droid. LWe've gotta stay together."
The rebels head into the hangar.
"The hangar looks clear."Ezra said. "Let's go."
"Wait."Rex instructed. "That's not how it normally goes."
"What's wrong?"Ezra asked.
"The droids usually keep coming, wave after wave."Rex admitted.
"That tactical droid has had a long time to think about this."Kanan said. "And remember, he wants to win."
"I'm surprised it means so much to him."Ezra remarked.
"Yeah, it means a lot to his programming."Rex commented. "It means a lot to mine as well."
"Your programming?"Ezra questioned in confusion.
"We clones were bred for combat."Rex said. "With few exceptions, there was no other way of life for us."
Lisa looked at Rex in sadness, feeling bad that he and the other clones had no better way to live.
"We should move."Kanan suggested.
"Right, Commander."Rex answered. "Uh, Kanan."
Kanan and Rex rushed forward causing Ezra and Lisa to follow after them.
In the Command Center...
"Looks like my friends are doing pretty good."Zeb complemented proudly. "You might as well surrender now."
"I am not programmed to comprehend your humour."Kalani said.
"I'm not joking."Zeb stated.
"Ha, ha, ha. Your Republic friends have taken the bait."Kalani admitted. "Send in the destroyers."
A battle droid pressed a few buttons to activate the destroyers.
Back in the Hangar...
Above the catwalk, a bunch of destroyers started firing at the rebels.
"Incoming!"Rex warned.
Kanan, Ezra and Lisa started deflecting the lasers of the destroyers.
"Ezra, Lisa, get back!"Kanan protested. "They're too dangerous."
Unable to break the destroyers deflector shields, Rex and the Jedi were forced to retreat.
"Can't advance with those destroyers up there."Rex said. "There's no way to breach their shields."
"Look!"Ezra admitted. "That crane! I bet we can use it to take out the catwalk."
Lisa looked at the crane behind the catwalk, realising what Ezra was planning.
"I'll make a run for it."Ezra suggested.
"I'm coming with you."Lisa stated.
"We'll draw their attention."Kanan said.
"There's gonna be a lot of fire."Rex warned. "We'll have to be quick."
"Ezra, Lisa, move as fast as you can."Kanan ordered.
"You can count on us."Ezra assured confidently.
Ezra and Lisa headed towards the catwalk while Kanan and Rex fought the incoming droids.
"Ah!"Ezra shouted in fright and frowned. "Hmm, Chop, where've you been?"
Chopper beeped in respond.
"How the heck did you send a distress signal?"Lisa questioned.
Chopper let out a beep.
"We're kinda in the middle of something."Ezra stated.
Chopper showed Ezra and Lisa the shuttle that he found.
"Whoa, check it out."Lisa chuckled.
"A shuttle! It's a good find, Chop."Ezra admitted. "But we're not leaving without Zeb."
"Think you can make the shuttle fly, Chopper?"Lisa asked. "We are in the middle of a war battle."
Chopper beeped and headed to the shuttle.
Ezra and Lisa used the Force to collapse the catwalk over the destroyers and the battle droids.
Kanan checked on Rex, who was knocked on the ground.
"You all right?"Kanan asked.
"I'm good."Rex chuckled as he stood up. "Generation one armor always holds up."
Rex fired at the ray shield generator as he and Kanan continue towards the command bridge.
"No ray shields this time."Rex commented.
Ezra and Lisa followed after their companions.
"Well, that went just as planned, more or less."Ezra said. "I make a pretty good soldier, huh?"
"No. A good soldier follows orders."Rex replied angrily as he went forward. "That plan was based on timing and execution. And you took too long!"
"We didn't mean to take long, Rex."Lisa replied.
"But Chopper wanted to show us-"Ezra started.
"This is not a game! This is life and death!"Rex snapped. "Every move you make affects the rest of us. If we're gonna survive this, we're gonna do it with strategy and discipline."
Ezra frowned and Lisa looked down with a hint of guilt.
Rex ran ahead as Kanan walked up to Ezra and Lisa.
"It's not you."Kanan assured. "He needs to finish this battle his way."
Kanan rushed ahead in the hallway.
"Just like that droid."Ezra commented.
Rex blasted at a few battle droids as the three jedi followed from behind.
"Rex, get between us!"Kanan instructed.
"Kids, incoming!"Rex warned.
A destroyer appeared from each side causing Rex to fire while the jedi deflected the lasers using their lightsabers.
"Push and fire, now!"Kanan ordered.
Rex fired at the destroyer on the left side causing the old droid to overheat and get destroyer.
Ezra got hit and ended up on the ground causing Lisa to throw her blue lightsaber like a boomerang at the other destroyer before Rex knocked it out with his helmet.
"It worked!"Rex said.
"Shield overheated."Kanan replied. "That droid's too old."
"Huh. Just like me."Rex admitted as he placed his helmet back on.
Lisa helped Ezra up.
"It seemed it got a direct hit."Lisa responded.
"I'll be fine."Ezra assured.
Afterwards...
The four rebels arrived at the commander center.
"Well, looks like we win."Rex said with a smirk.
"I disagree, Captain."Kalani replied.
A battle droid pointed his blaster at Zeb.
Rex got ready to shoot Kalani.
"Rex, no!"Ezra protested. "Don't!"
"We didn't win. These droids are so old, they malfunctioned."Ezra said. "If they hadn't, we'd be goners."
"The boy is correct. The droid army would have prevailed."Kalani stated. "So, technically, victory is ours."
"No, it's not!"Ezra answered. "I never really thought about it. I never asked. I know the Jedi were wiped out, the clones were decommissioned and the droid army was just shut down. The Clone War ended, but why? If none of you won, who did?"
Lisa lowered her lightsaber.
The blonde haired girl remembered that her father told her when the Clone War ended, the Empire rose from the ashes of the Republic.
"Uh, the Empire."Zeb answered.
"Zeb, that's right!"Ezra agreed. "How did you know?"
"Because they're here, and they're about to win again."Zeb admitted.
The group looked out the window and saw a star destroyer in the sky.
"I've got a new calculation for you."Ezra said.'"What are the chances your droid army can defeat the Empire?"
"My resources are depleted."Kalani replied. "However, the droid army is not currently at war with the Galactic Empire."
"You wanna bet?"Zeb scoffed.
"Unit B1-268, analyze the threat."Kalani ordered.
"Roger, roger."B1-268 replied.
Two Imperial landing craft land near the transport ship and deploy several stormtroopers.
B1-268 and his force tried to greet the Imperials but were attacked.
When B1-268 tried to flee, he got crushed by an AT-AT walker that was deployed by a landing barge.
"I think we face a common enemy now."Ezra said.
"Ah, wait a minute!"Rex protested.
"Let him finish, Captain."Kanan stated.
"I have to agree with, Ezra."Lisa said. "The war seemed to have been corrupted and misleading both sides."
"Exactly! Clones? Battle droids? You destroyed each other."Ezra admitted. "And when you were both weak enough, the Empire took over."
Rex and Kalani looked at each other.
"General, what were the Separatists fighting for?"Ezra asked.
"According to my programming, freedom from the tyranny of the Republic."Kalani replied.
"Hmm, fighting tyranny."Ezra said. "Sounds like the Empire has always been your enemy."
"You are against the Empire. I am against the Republic. Now the Republic has become the Empire."Kalani commented. "I accept your logic. We are on the same side."
The battle droid lowered his blaster from Zeb.
"Sorry."the battle droid apologised.
"I guess we are."Rex agreed as he removed his helmet.
"However, as I stated, my forces are too depleted for me to plan a successful counterattack."Kalani stated.
"Fighting insurmountable odds?"Kanan asked. "We can help you with that."
Then Kalani showed the rebels a hologram of the hangar.
Then Ezra contacts Chopper via comlink, who informed him that the Empire was here.
"Yes, Chopper, we know the Empire is here."Ezra responded. "How's the shuttle coming?"
"Shuttle?"Kanan questioned. "What shuttle?"
"The one I tried to tell you about earlier."Ezra replied.
"We have three Sheathipede-class shuttles, but they have no weapons."Kalani stated.
"No, but they can get us outta here."Kanan admitted.
"A successful retreat is improbable."Kalani complemented. "The walkers will destroy the ships before they escape the hangar."
"We don't have the firepower to take on walkers."Rex said.
"What about the bombs we came here for?"Kanan suggested.
"We have no cannon to fire the shells."Kalani answered. "Otherwise, I would have used them on you."
"Oh, thanks."Kanan answered with a hint of sarcasm.
"We're running out of time!"Ezra reminded.
"Ah, we roll 'em!"Rex remarked. "The proton bombs. We roll 'em across the hangar and into the feet of the walkers. Then we blast 'em!"
"My battle droids are not accurate."Kalani said and looked at Kanan. "However, you are, Master Jedi."
"I don't understand."Kanan admitted.
"My droids will line up and fire at you and your apprentice."Kalani explained. "You two will then redirect their blaster bolts toward the shells more accurately, thus setting off more targets than my droids could hit alone."
"Well, this takes trust to a whole new level."Rex said.
"It's a good plan though."Lisa commented.
Kanan sighed and took out his comlink.
"Chopper, get the munitions ready to roll."Kanan ordered.
Meanwhile...
The Imperial walkers advance towards the hangar.
The rebels hid in a bunch of crates with Kalani and a bunch of battle droids at their side.
"Ready, Zeb?"Rex asked.
Zeb nodded in respond.
"One last glorious day in the Grand Army of the Republic."Rex said quietly.
"Chopper, have the shuttle ready to go!"Ezra ordered.
Chopper beeped and moved away.
"D squad, get ready!"Kanan reminded.
"I have never attempted such a desperate strategy."Kalani said.
"That's why we always won."Rex chuckled.
"Not always."Kalani stated.
"Guys, focus on the here and now."Lisa reminded with a frown.
"Once those shells explode, get to your shuttles."Zeb ordered.
"Roger, roger."the battle droids answered.
Zeb throws a grenade that knocks out an advancing AT-DP walker.
Then the Lasat joined with the battle droids and destroyers in the attack.
"Now!"Rex shouted.
The other battle droids roll the proton torpedoes towards the walkers and stormtroopers.
"Fire."Kalani ordered.
Kalani ordered his droids to fire at Ezra, Lisa and Kanan, who then deflect the blasts at the proton torpedoes.
The torpedoes exploded and destroyed the frontal legs of one of the AT-AT walkers; causing it to topple.
"This might be our only chance."Ezra stated. "Get to the ships!"
The battle droids then flee aboard two Neimoidian escort shuttles with the rebels following suit.
"Lead shuttle, bank right!"Rex ordered. "Bank right!"
The droid shuttle was shot down by a second AT-AT walker.
The remaining droids shuttle and the rebels shuttle managed to escape stormtrooper fire.
Inside the Rebel Shuttle...
"We made it!"Ezra remarked. "General, do you read us?"
A hologram of Kalani appeared in front of the rebels.
"Affirmative."Kalani replied."We have survived the battle. It was not a victory, but a successful strategy nonetheless."
"No, it was a victory."Rex admitted. "We all just won the Clone War, and you ended it, Ezra. A galaxy of senators couldn't do that. An army of Jedi, clones and droids couldn't find the middle ground, but you did."
"Rex, all I did was point out that none of you were meant to win."Ezra replied. "You couldn't."
"It's like my dad said, the war did start but in the end everyone became a victim of the Emperor."Lisa said.
"And we needed to hear it."Rex replied.
"Agreed."Kalani answered. "I am satisfied if you are, Captain."
"I am."Rex answered.
"Very good."Kalani answered. "Now, based upon this battle, I calculate that you have less than a one percent chance of staging a successful rebellion against the Empire, so this is where we must part ways."
"Roger, roger."Ezra said and saluted.
Then the hologram of Kalani went off.
"I can't imagine fighting that many droids all the time."Ezra admitted.
"Well, if you think that was bad, let me tell you about the Battle of Geonosis."Rex chuckled.
Lisa smirked in amusement before her comlink started beeping.
The blonde haired girl notice her friends were busy listening to Rex's story causing her to back away a little to answer the comlink.
"Hello?"Lisa asked.
"Hey Lisa, it's me."Ferus replied.
"Dad, I'm so glad to hear you."Lisa remarked with a relived smile. "I've missed you so much."
"Lisa, I have to tell you something."Ferus admitted. "It wouldn't be easy for you to hear, but you have to know. Even if I tell you, you are still my little girl and I love you."
"Okay, tell me."Lisa suggested calmly. "I trust you."
Ferus fell silent for a moment before responding.
"I am not your biological father."Ferus responded.
A stunned expression grew on Lisa's face.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter:)