(Authors note. Sorry, this chapter isn't very long. But stay with me until the next chapter. There, the excitement starts."

"16 Droids on your left!"

Plank watched in awe at the skills of his fellow clones. Not to say his skills were any in the lacking. They were quite impressive, actually. Snipe was on the top of the ridge keeping his eyes on them, Camo and Sly at the back. Crusher was in the middle and Plank at the front. With these positions, no droid stayed up and running for long.

"The coordinates are just in this section of caves."

Looking around warily, Plank saw how there was only one way into the cave. No emergency escape.

"Be cautious. Perfect trap." Plank warned.

He could imagine the other troopers rolling their eyes. Better to be on the safe side. Walking in, a collective groan from everyone muffled out the droids cocked blasters. Blocked from both sides, they would need a lot of luck to get out of this.

Camo piped up from somewhere besides him. "I hope, Plank, that in the future, your not ever right."

Kamino

"Master Mliss, I am glad that you finally arrived. We were going to have to start testing without you."

Smiling with cautious excitement, Mliss replied," That won't be necessary I hope. I believe I know the cause."

Nala Su's smile froze."How can that be? Have you already done some tests?"

"No, the force guides me to divulge the answers."

"That is somewhat unreliable, yes?"

"Not in any way. I have examined the patients symptoms and combined with my extensive knowledge of viruses. Especially ones commonly used in wars, there is no mistake."

Nala looked incredibly sceptical."Then what, may I ask, is both the cause and the cure?"

"This is a variant of the Angor Dalor virus. Usually, the cure is the same thing that speeds up the ageing process in clones."

Frowning Nala Su obviously didn't see that coming." I assume you know that it won't work on clones. It would just speed up the process further."

"You need to split the molecules and inject the solution into their bloodstream. That should very quickly fix them up."

"And if you're wrong?"

"If you want proof, I will go to the most critical clone and help him. You can then see from his recovery."

"Since the Jedi council wished you to come, I will allow you to. Just so you know, if you were anyone else, I would not permit it."

Mliss smiled, the times when it's good to be a Jedi. "Thank you Nala Se, you will not regret it."

"I'd better not, the whole Army Of The Republic is in your hands."

Walking away, Mliss couldn't help thinking, no pressure.

Siccitas

"Clones! Destroy them! Roger, Roger!"

Plank cautioned with his hand. Wait for it... Wait for it...

"Fire!" Plank called out.

Blaster bolts burst brilliantly out of every corner of the room. Running into the fray, Plank hit every droid within his firing range. Before Plank could realize it fully, every droid was a smoking scrap pile on the floor.

"There will no doubt be more on the way."

Sly spoke up, "Camo and I will go see."

Looking around, it occurred to Plank for the first time that he was doing well as a leader. What if Mishap could see me now, Plank thought smiling. He turned around in time to see Camo and Snipe return to the cave with blaster bolts hot on their heels.

"Bad news," Camo said as Sly caught his breath, "There are about 100 droids out there."

Groaning loudly Crusher frowned, "So we're stuck."

Plank sighed. Luckily, it was muffled by his helmet. Just when things were going well.

"Good news crusher, "Snipe called," We've got incoming.