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The squad rushed out of the hanger quickly, for they didn't want another welcoming party. "Uh boss according to this ship's schematics Sev should be on the detention level on the bridge, security there will be VERY tight" said Fixer hacking into a Separatist terminal. "Well I guess it's up to us to loosen security then" said Scorch. "I can do that just from here" said Fixer without turning from the terminal's monitor. "Say what?" asked Scorch; "you heard right I can hack into security from here and make the defense turrets fire on the droids" said Fixer. "Fixer did I ever tell you I love you" said Scorch overjoyed with not having to fight through legions of SBDs. "No and don't" replied Fixer.
Delta Squad ran into the nearest turbo-lift and got to the bridge when the ship shook violently. "The hell was that?" asked Fixer. "It sounds like⦠laser cannons!" yelled Scorch. 38 looked out the nearest view port, there were 9 republic ships firing upon the Devils Claw. "What the-? How did they know this ship was here?" asked Scorch. "Same way we did?" said Fixer curtly. "We have to hurry this up or we'll be blasted into space dust" said 38. The squad ran into the turbolift and sped off towards the bridge detention center. As soon as they got out of the lift they saw Separatist droids blasting Trandoshan slavers and the Nemodians that ran the ship. "Well looks like that little trick you did back there worked just fine" said 38 watching a SBD blow off a Trandoshan's head.
"Uh just one thing guys" said Fixer suddenly. 38 and Scorch stopped suddenly to hear what he had to say. "Once we get Sev we need to get out quickly, I may have been able to hack the Droidekas, SBDs, and Battle Droids but I wasn't able to slice the Magnaguards programming, it was just too complicated" said Fixer. 38 simply nodded, Scorch gave him the thumbs up and they went on. (Huh I thought they would be angry at this news) thought Fixer. Once they reached the detention center that held Sev, 38 ordered them to set up a perimeter. "Boss I need to slice this console so I can locate Sev's holding cell" said Fixer. "Slice away Delta" said 38. Fixer logged on to the console. "Boss do you hear that?" asked Scorch, jerking 38 out of his thoughts. "Listen" said Scorch, 38 listened intently to whatever Scorch had heard. (Footsteps but they're not organic like a Trandoshan, yet it is mechanical and not a SBD or battle droid, and it's not Droidekas because I would have heard them roll here yet Fixer sliced they're programming so, oh no!) "Magnaguards!" screamed 38 as a Magnaguard burst through the door.
"Deltas! Eliminate target!" yelled 38 but the guard did its famous leap into the air and landed on Scorch hitting him with the electric staff and knocking him on the floor. Then it did 3 back flips hitting Fixer with enough force to send him flying into a wall. "Well looks like its you and me now" said 38 to the guard. The guard just looked at him with it's crimson mechanical eyes. "I never liked you guys much anyway" said 38 charging forward, the guard swung it's staff but 38 dodged it and grabbed it. Now he was in a kind of 'tug-o-war' game. The guard desperately tried to get the staff back but 38's strength was more than a match for even the strongest droid.
Then 38 noticed an entrance to a garbage chute behind the guard. So 38 threw the staff upward hitting the guard in the face with the metal part. With that distraction 38 yanked the staff out of the guards grip, and hit the droid in the face with the electric part. The metal on the guard's face fused with it's circuits. Then 38 twirled around and stuck the staff in the guard's abdomen. The guard stumbled and spewed blue oil and back up slowly to the garbage chute it lossed it's balance and fell into the mile long chute down into the garbage. "Good riddance to bad guards" said 38 dropping a thermal detonator and a sonic detonator into the chute to make sure the guard was dead. BOOM (rule # 19 always make sure they're dead) 38 recited in his head.
Scorch and Fixer slowly got up "owww that's gonna hurt in the morning" said Scorch. "Well at least we know that blow to your head didn't affect your sparkling personality" said Fixer sarcastically. "Want to find out if a blow to the head will affect yours?" said Scorch to Fixer. "Can it you two, did you find out where they're holding Sev?" asked 38. "Yeah detention block 1138" said Fixer. "Good lets go" said 38. They ran to cell 1138 with high hopes that they would see they're comrade again. Fixer sliced into the cell's opening controls. Whoosh, the door slid open and there suddenly they were face to face with a person they haven't seen in over a year.
Even though his helmet was on they could tell Sev was smiling. "Took you long enough" he said, "Better late than never bro" said Scorch. "I knew you were coming for me as soon as I heard the ships sirens" Sev said. "Well that's partly because 1/8 of the Republic fleet is out there blasting at this ship" said Fixer. The ship shook violently again "Sorry to rush this reunion but that is our invitation to leave" said Fixer. Sev loaded his DC-17 "lets go then". "Wait a minute, why did they leave you armed?" asked Scorch. "They figured I wouldn't be a threat, biggest mistake they ever made, 13 Magnaguards, 37 Trandoshans, 50 Battle droids, 10 SBDs, and 21 Droidekas I took down as they tried to get me in that cell" he said. "Quite impressive" said Scorch. They got in the turbo-lift and sped down to the hanger. As soon as they got out they ran to their transport.
38 looked back as he climbed up the loading ramp. 20 Magnaguards were chasing after them but it was too late the loading ramp closed and the transport flew out of the hanger. Behind them the 'Devil's Claw' blew up in a humongous ball of fire and metal as the result of being blasted by so many Republic ships. Then 38 got a garbled message from the Republic frequency a holo-figure of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine showed up, "Initiate order 66" he said calmly and it ended. The squad looked at each other; order 66 was the order of immediate eradication of the Jedi generals. "That doesn't sound good" said Sev.
38 checked for other news on the holo-net. It showed Chancellor Palpatine in a dark robe in the senate building. "My brothers and sisters now that we have eliminated the darkness that is the Jedi order we must move to stop the fighting on all the worlds and become one, we shall be known as the Republic no longer, we are now the galactic empire" he said and the whole senate cheered. "The galactic empire now I know my loyalty isn't to them any more" said Fixer. "What has this galaxy become?" asked Scorch. Then they received a distress signal coming from one of the moons of Yavin. "Boss I think we should check this out" said Sev. Reluctantly 38 nodded, and the freighter zoomed off into the darkness of space.
