Thanks for the reviews, i love you all. I would just like to say, I am considering going through the origional trilogy, but it will have to be serverly changed as you will see when i write and post the last story. (Theres two more after this) If I do write it, it will be after I write another series which is brewing in my mind. But lets not get ahead of ourselves, lets' finish this series first!
Chapter 3
Obi Wan sat in the shuttle, entering the atmosphere made him and the soldiers jolt around. A couple of clones could be heard throwing up at the movement. The pilot shouted, "We've shot over the landing zone!" Obi Wan knew that was not good, It meant that the would be in enemy territory.
"Alright men," he shouted to the troopers, "We'll be landing in a blood bath, keep your weapons ready and be prepared for anything." The troopers nodded. The atmosphere was tense as they jolted around. They landed quickly. They had guns at the ready, there was no one there at that moment, but they would be soon. Obi Wan had them form their groups, they were ready for battle. The shuttle quickly left, but was soon seen flying back down in a blaze of parts as it had been shot to pieces.
The men started to move towards the enemy lines. With a fierce surprise from behind, Obi Wan and the troops managed to punch a hole through the enemy lines. The battle was tense, but quick, the enemy had no defences on their rear, so they easily punched through. Using that hole, Obi Wan could then allow the forces to flood round behind and get the droids in a pincer movement. The battle was over quickly, but unfortunately it was only the beginning. It was a mighty blow to the droid forces.
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Anakin walked through a corridor on the battle station on his way to the command centre. It was his place of command where he could easily contact all the other fighters and a good places to relay and intercept information. Any troops trying to get to the planet would also be effectively destroyed, cutting the planet off from contact. "Commander, Commander!" A clone said from behind him.
Anakin turned round to see him running. "Yes?" he asked.
"Communication from General Kenobi," he said, Neither Anakin or Obi Wan had been officially given titles, they had tried to get the troops to call them Master Kenobi and Jedi Skywalker, but it hadn't worked. "He says they have pushed through the line and have taken a huge chunk out of the droid army. He says he will talk to you when more reliable communications have been set up."
Anakin nodded and dismissed the trooper. It was very good news. Anakin relayed a communication to Coruscant telling them of the first strike. "From the looks of things though, we'll will be here a couple of months with this battle."
"Understand we do, my old Padawan," Yoda said, "For this good first strike congratulate Obi Wan fore us."
As Anakin was about to reply he heard the siren go off. Incoming fighters, "I will Master, but now I must be going, we have incommming."
"May the Force be with you." Yoda said as they switched off.
Anakin ran down to the dock, "keep sensors out for any incoming ships, this could be a distraction, deal with them as best you can, but keep your eyes open, we don't want any ships slipping through," he said to the pilots as they got ready to go, "May the Force be with you." Anakin and the pilots then ran to their ships. The fighting was fierce, Anakin manoeuvred through ships and dodged ships avoiding getting hit. They eventually saw the ship coming out of hyperspace. They managed to dispatch it quickly followed by most of the droid army before they went into retreat.
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Dooku landed on Rattatak. It was a planet that watched people fight for entertainment. It was on the outer rim, and not a member of the Republic. He walked around the arena watching the combatants. "And now, our undefeated champion, Asajj Ventress." the announcer shouted. Out came a slim woman. It was and alien with grey skin. Watching her fight, Dooku thought that he had found the perfect person to recruit. She used two light sabres with ruthless efficiency. Dooku signed himself up to face her next. He managed to defeat her easily, but he gave her a proposition. Train with him for a month or so and become unbeatable, in return she would go kill a certain Jedi for him. Not surprisingly for someone whose life depends on winning, she agreed. The Dark Jedi started training.
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Kit Fisto, Jedi Knight was on Mon Calamari with the clone troops. It was an underwater battle. The Mon Calamari were a strange group of people. The battle was going well with their help. Fighting underwater was an odd experience, but Kit Fisto was more then able to deal with it. He had the most experience.
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Gaina meanwhile, was using her expertise in negotiating to sway planets, not affiliated to the Republic to lend aid against this growing threat. She was very good at it, having had a good support rating.
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"Obi?" Anakin said through the com's.
"Yes, Anakin," he replied, they were in the middle of the report, they shared info on what had been happening, it made it easier to co-ordinate attacks and plan for future ones.
"Durge is going to be personally involved in the battle," Anakin said, slightly worried. They had found out that Durge was not afraid to use chemical weapons. He was a ruthless killer and a brutal strategist. Anakin knew that the two of them would end up fighting, and that it would be rough. What he didn't know is who would make it out of the fight alive.
"Thanks for telling me, Obi Wan out," the com link was cut. They were about to start a major push, hopefully the last. Obi Wan had over the past three months managed to surround the main centre of control, this push would hopefully bring an end to the battle on this planet. It had been a tough war, and Anakin was showing the strain. He spent most of his free time tinkering with a ship in the main hold. It wasn't ready to use yet, but it was getting there. He had had very little sleep the past months, he had his visions repeated over and over again, and new ones, like this clash with Durge. Anakin avoided going to sleep, not through fear, but he knew that he wouldn't be asleep for long. There wasn't much chance of it anyway, there was attacks all the time, and on top of that, Anakin had to run the station, all the paperwork he had to sign for, all the rations everything, all drops to the men below had to be sorted by him. He really wished he could go on holiday. Back to Naboo with Padme where they had had that all too brief honeymoon. As he sat in his quarters he meditated, the only real rest he managed to scrape up. It would have gone better if he hadn't been interrupted by and incessant call on his com link. It was usually one of the troopers with some vital emergency like a valve was broken and needed to be fixed. He got up and went to the com, "Yes?" he said looking into the holo vid.
"Ani?" It was her, his angel.
"Padme, you don't know how good it is to see you, to hear your voice."
"We don't have long, but it's been 3 months since we last talked and since I am in range, Master Yoda and I thought this would be the best time to talk." She looked so beautiful.
"Master Yoda?"
"We're on our way to a negotiation for the Senate," she paused for a second, "I miss you."
"I miss you too, this battle should be over soon and then we can talk to each other properly."
"Yes, Anakin you look tired, are you alright?" she sounded concerned.
"Yeah, haven't been able to get enough sleep," he said, rubbing his eyes.
"Well you better get some now, a leader needs to be focused, and you can't be that if you're yawning like you're doing now."
"I know, I know, I will as soon as I can," Anakin paused and reached to touch her holo image. "I love you."
"I love you too," she said with a smile. "Good bye," the com link then faded.
Anakin got up and went to the ships, there was a skirmish to fight.
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Obi Wan entered the Muunilist capital. The men fought bravely. It was a bloody mess, but they needed to capture San Hill, the Banking Clan leader, and Durge needed to die before he unleashed atrocities on them. Obi Wan was on a speeder bike, flying through the city when he came against Durge, also on a speeder bike. Durge lowered his lance as Obi Wan raised his light sabre and they clashed. Durge's lance shattered, so he resorted to his blaster. As he started shooting at Obi Wan, Obi Wan flipped off his bike, deflecting laser fire. All around them the city was crumbling. Durge was a skilled fighter and together they joined in hand combat when Obi Wan slashed the speeder bike. The fight was long and arduous, but Obi Wan managed to kill the Gen'Dai with a swift strike to his heart. With Durge gone the fight below became easier as the droids didn't have a commander anymore.
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In the atmosphere above, Anakin was leading his fighters around the ships. He showed unrivalled skill as he quickly dispatched the ships, but out of hyperspace, a new fighter appeared. It started to out fly the clones and destroy them. The fighter then took Anakin on. It was a head to head battle, the other ships avoiding their clash. Both were experts, but the fighter, as suddenly as it arrived, vanished.
"Obi Wan," Anakin said into the com, "I'm going after a fighter. It was amazing. But it was trying to kill me personally. I'm going to have to go after it, Commander EL 5172 will be able to conduct the rest of the fight. There isn't much left to do."
R2 sent the co-ordinates of the fighters flight path while Obi Wan responded, "Anakin, don't be rash."
"Obi Wan, we need to find out about this new player, it makes strategic sense."
"Only in you mind, but if you do go, at least take 10 fighters with you."
"Right," he said as he told a squad to follow him. Then they left.
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"What is it Master Yoda?" Padme asked on their way to Sturga 5.
"Master Windu up against a new foe, he is," Yoda said, looking grave, "A Seismic Tank and super destroyer droids. Many are dead."
"This is a horrible war, I try to advocate peace and negotiation, but few will listen," Padme replied.
"Worried for Ani, you are," Yoda said, seeing through the young Senator.
"Why, yes, why shouldn't I be?" Padme said, "he is far away from me, in a war which I can't stop."
"Well trained, he is, no need to fear for him. Survive he will," Yoda replied.
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Bariss Offe, a Padawan, and Luminara Unduli, her master, were on Ilum. Bariss was building her light sabre and was nearly there when they felt a disturbance in the force. They couldn't see anything, but the clocked assassin probe droids quickly covered them in slag. They were buried with no way out.
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Yoda came out of meditation. "To Ilum, we must go." He quickly convinced Padme of the need, but Captain Typo took a little longer a little use of the Force to pursuade. Soon they were off.
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Coming out of hyper space and descending to the planet, Anakin could find no trace of the missing fighter. Once in the atmosphere of Yavin 4, Anakin saw that the ten troopers surrounding him were systematically being blown up. Behind them was a ship that quickly got rid of the last. Anakin tried to out manoeuvre, but the fighter had some moves he hadn't seen before. The fighter hit the ship and he landed near the old temple, his ship in pieces, but thankfully R2 was alright. He was out in the open though and needed to find a good vantage point to surprise his mystery fighter pilot.
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