Glad somebody wants to see Ahsoka in a bunny girl outfit down the road, maybe I might use it for a chapter where she and Robert get a bit closer (Not a Lemon). I really wish others who have favorited my stories would leave a review. Don't get me wrong, the ones who have been leaving reviews have been a great support, I just want to hear what other people are saying.

Kind of surprised no one figured out I used Kasumi's outfit from the Ninja 2015 DLC of Dead or Alive 5. I may not play the games, but the girls have some good costumes.

Any way's, be advised this chapter includes the final part of the Onderon Arc but the name has been changed to try and grab more people's attention. Disclaimers are the same as before, enjoy.

Chapter 5: A Tank Named Grizzly

May 10th 2019, 20BBY

Onderon

1000 hours

Normal point of view

The rescue of Dendup proved to be more help than anyone had hoped for. While the massacre at the palace was tragic, it showed that Rash carried little for the people and this action further caused the citizens to hate the king. In fact, many civilians flocked to the rebel movement the moment they heard about the massacre.

Knowing the upcoming battle would be deadly, the Rebels and Militia evacuated the city and moved their base of operations to the highlands, which happened to be the location where Robert's backup plan was hidden. From above on Ruping with Lux at its reins, Robert watched Ahsoka place a transmitter on the ground.

A droid patrol went to investigate the transmitter and when it activated, a holographic projection of Dendup appeared, startling one of the droids who fired their blaster at a nearby market stand. "My fellow subjects, I appear not as your king but as a servant of Onderon." Dendup stated as Ahsoka jumped to the building the Ruping was on and took a seat behind Robert.

"We are in the midst of a great struggle, the Confederacy has used the recent attacks as an opportunity to tighten their grip on Onderon, they have accused me of leading these so-called terrorists and have claimed them to be responsible for the atrocities that have fallen on our people. That is a lie they have engineered to further restrict your independence and use deadly force against our people, the truth is I have never met them before now, I have come to recognize them not as only the true sons and daughters of Onderon, but 'ordinary joes'. They are unwilling to surrender our freedom to those who conspire to take it from us and allow such needless deaths. Our destiny is tied to them and this planet, we must all rise together to protect it." Dendup finished before vanishing.

The citizens who saw his speech took it upon themselves to take down a few droids as the three rode away back to base.

When they returned and gave the report to the others, Dendup and Tandin took the opportunity to talk to Robert. "My boy, I have heard that you are from another world. Tell me, why have you chosen to fight for a place that you know so little about?" Dendup asked the Lone Wolf.

"That's the question everyone is asking. When I first arrived I only wanted to find a way home. I thought I was destined to lead a normal life. But here, I have made a difference and learned about who I truly am. It doesn't matter if I was born here or on Earth, what matters is what I fight for and I fight for freedom." Robert said.

"When we first heard of your exploits, we thought it was all Republic propaganda, but now we see that you are as you say 'the real McCoy'." Tandin said impressively as Robert walked over to and joined in on Saw and Steela's debate on taking the fight into the city.

"Its to dangerous to fight in the city. Saw, your sister wants to protect the people, but if you fight in the city more innocent lives will be lost. That may be the sad truth about war, but can you condone the deaths of innocent people on your hands?" Robert asked. "Steela's right. The more you draw the droids away from the city, the safer the people will be." Ahsoka added.

Tandin and Dendup soon had a brief discussion and decided to put Steela in charge of their forces. "Your rebels have renewed my faith in myself. Now I am placing my faith in you." Ramsis stated. "Thank you, your majesty. Lux, lets ride." She said and soon the two lovers left the staging area.

After they left, Robert went to work on the Grizzly when Saw came up and kicked his leg, causing him to band his head on the tanks bogey. "Ow." Robert exclaimed before coming up from underneath the tank.

"You know, I have to say I am quite impressed with the vehicle of yours Lieutenant. It buts the droid tanks to shame." Saw said impressively. "Well when you got a tank customized with more weapons than its standard loadout, has a higher top speed than standard models and shielding, yeah, it is impressive. Hopefully I won't have to use it." Robert said to Saw.

"Why, afraid you're going to show us up?" Saw joked as he mounted his own Ruping. "No. This is your fight. Sure, Ahsoka can't get involved, but I don't think that will last much longer. The enemy knows a Jedi is on the planet and where there's a Jedi, the Lone Wolf isn't to far behind." Robert stated.

Meanwhile, back in the city Rash took notice that he was losing faith in the people and was fearful of the outcome of the upcoming battle. Kalani however, stated that fear would bring the people back. The moment their scouts found the rebel base to the east. With their forces stretched thin in the city, Kalani found it the perfect time to send in the new droid gunships to soften up the rebel forces while the army followed behind.

Steela Point of View

I must have vomited three times before Lux, Ahsoka, Saw and I arrived at ambush point we established. Ever since Lux and I became close, I been having an upset stomach for the last few days and its only been getting worse, luckily Ahsoka was able to use her Jedi abilities to help ease the nausea down and kept me ready to fight.

"The droid army is almost here. Everyone, get ready." I instructed as soon as I dismounted my Ruping. Down below, General Tandin and other ground forces began to move closer and closer to the droid army. The General called that he and his men were ready and I ordered Saw to begin his attack.

Riding on a Ruping, my brother and three others launched an aerial attack, throwing detonators on the droids catching them off guard and allowing the rest of us to begin our own attacks. I sniped a few droids as Saw and his group began another attack run destroying a troop transport and a couple of tanks.

I thought the battle would be ours but I was wrong. One of our mounts was soon destroyed when a new droid vehicle entered the battle, taking out one of the turrets we had setup. "Any ideas?" I asked Ahsoka while Lux and I fired our weapons at the droid gunships but did little damage. "Yeah, run!" Ahsoka shouted and we mounted our beasts again and began to retreat back to the nest with the rest of our forces. "Looks like they brought more armor." Lux noted as more tanks arrived.

"Poodoo." I cursed as I continued to pick off the droids while Ahsoka contacted the council. Sure she was only meant to advise us, but we could really use some back up. More gunships came into view and it looked like things were about to take a turn for the worse.

Barney's point of view

I couldn't believe what I was hearing coming out of Obi-Wans mouth. It sounded like he was already giving up on the Rebels and was already thinking of the worst possible outcome. "The Separatists already know the Republic is involved with the situation on Onderon. Its time for the secret weapon." I stated, getting a confused look from both Kenobi and Skywalker.

"Anakin, go to Florrum. If we can't send direct aid to the rebels, then we're going to need Hondo to deliver some heavy fire-power." I said who nodded and headed for the hanger. "What's the secret weapon you're talking about?" Obi-Wan asked me as I pressed a button on my gauntlet and sent the signal. "I'm talking about the hardware Robert had shipped to Onderon: A Tank Named Grizzly." I stated.

Roberts point of view

The minute I heard the sounds of blaster fire and explosions getting closer and closer, I knew something was wrong. Though the retreating rebels should have been a clear indication of what was going on. "Why aren't you fighting? They need you're help." Dendup told me as he approached me and Grizzly. "I have my orders, I can't get involved. But I say to hell with those orders. Your Majesty, you better take cover. I have a feeling the enemy is coming after you." I said before jumping into the tanks cockpit and turned on the bad boy.

"Grizzly, Lets Roll Out." I stated and drove that beast like it was a bat out of hell.

(Tank Rush Battles, MA2LW OST begins)

"Rhino 2-1 to Rhino 2-3, heavy artillery is on route. I don't think it can handle the gunships, best I can do is get them to focus their attention on me and give the rebels time to regroup. Be advised, help is coming just get the rebels to safety!" I called over the commlink as I drove my tank through the bushes and circled the enemy forces.

"Roger that, but is the council sending help?" Ahsoka asked over the commlink.

I stopped my tank. "I don't know, all we can do is help these guys out the best we can." I answered and activated the tanks stealth generator and turned the tank invisible.

Rotating the turret to the left, I powered up the gravity cannon, targeted an AAT and fired. A golden-brown beam exited the tanks left barrel and impacted the droid tank, destroying it and getting the other tanks to fire at my position, fortunately for me they couldn't detect me so I moved right and fired the cannon again and took down another tank before acquiring a missile lock on one of the droid gunships and fired four missiles towards the thing, damaging its shields and getting it and the others to look for me.

"That's right you mothers, focus on the hostile you can't see instead of the rebels." I said running over a few droids that were in front of me. The satisfaction of grinding clankers between tank treads felt so good. It's better than driving over people.

Soon I spotted a couple of AAT's heading towards the retreating rebels. Knowing that they wouldn't last long against the incoming armor, I turned hard left and fired my tanks concealed laser cannons peppering the tanks with blue cannon fire taking down a few of them before gunning my vehicle quickly backwards towards the rebels.

"YOU GUYS FALL BACK!" I shouted after I opened the tank hatch letting them know I wasn't a droid. "I'LL HOLD THEM OFF! GET THE WOUNDED OUT OF HERE!" I added before firing another long burst of cannon fire taking down four more AAT's and then targeted an MMT and fired the gravity cannon, destroying the droid troop transport.

I was about to target another transport when spotted a formation of Hyena bombers with Vulture, Tri and T.I.E. fighter making a strafing/bombing on the retreating rebels. The gunships were still chasing me, unaware that I had pulled the wool over their optics and gave them the slip so I could assist the rebels in retreating.

"Not many SAM's left, might as well make them count." I said and acquired a target lock on the incoming formation. Twenty-four bombers and eight fighters, thirty-two in total. I pulled the trigger and all the remaining missiles flew out of the front launchers and careened towards the formation. In a matter of seconds, the entire formation plummeted towards the ground exploding in a fireball.

With my surface-to-air missiles depleted I prepped the anti-armor launcher and fired. Four missiles rocketed towards a formation of AAT's destroying them and forcing the enemy armor to retreat. "That takes care of them." I said before noticing a Personal Luxury Yacht bearing the mark of the Ohnaka gang heading to the nest. "What's that pirate doing here?" I asked before turning around and heading back to the others.

(OST ends)

Normal point of view

Thirty minutes ago

While Robert was dealing with the enemy armor, Anakin and R2 dropped out of hyperspace over Florrum and after detaching from the hyperspace ring, sped towards the base of the pirate that tried to ransom Obi-Wan, Dooku and himself.

He didn't exactly receive a warm welcome by some of Hondo's crew, but Hondo was a different story. "Skywalker, my old friend. You come alone?" The Weequay pirate asked with a smile. "For your service on the behalf of General Ross." Anakin replied.

"Oh, business. Good, good, good that I understand." Hondo replied. "Barney needs you to make a delivery for him." Anakin stated bluntly, causing the other pirates to raise their blasters at him.

"And that is all I am to you, Jedi? A delivery boy?" Hondo asked chuckling. "We know that if we need arms smuggled illegally, you're the man to come to." Anakin admitted reluctantly. "Illegally? Now, why would a Jedi and a military general need to smuggle arms, illegally?" Hondo asked curiously.

"How about I pay you well enough that you'll just deliver the missiles for me without asking questions?" Anakin suggested. Hondo agreed, but not before mentioning that he wasn't going to except credits as payment.

Back on Onderon, the rebels still had yet to receive word from the republic about additional support when Robert arrived back, his tank scorched with blaster marks. "Enemy armor is holding their position, but those gunships are going to be a challenge. Not even my missiles could get through." He stated bluntly before jogging over to join the others. "

"We're not giving up yet. Stagger our defenses to the camp, secure the approach, stay in small teams and make use of our training." Steela admitted, to which Saw stated he was proud of his little sister. Again, Lux tried to ask Ahsoka for assistance but she stated that all she could do was protect them, not fight their war.

"But, Robert got involved, why can't you?" Lux asked.

"Robert follow's his own path. He may be connected to the force, but he is military and he has the call to make his own decisions." Ahsoka admitted. Due to his status as a great soldier and leader, Robert was given more authority to do as he pleases when in battle. But this wasn't about authority, this was about a promise he made when he first joined the army. "Oh, I just remembered, we're going to having visitors." Robert remembered

The sound of a ship landing forced everyone outside and a firefight almost broke out until Ahsoka stopped the rebels from shooting. Much to everyone's surprise mostly Ahsoka and Robert, Hondo had come bearing gifts, in this case the latest in Merr-Son Munitions and Sienar's line of RPS-6 shoulder fired rocket launchers.

Unfortunately, commando droids had followed Hondo's ship and forced the pirate to make a quick exit but not before mentioning to Robert that Barney had paid him with a couple of surplus M16A2's from the Expendables armory.

As Hondo took off, Hutch was killed and Steela's Ruping took out the last droid. "If these clankers followed Hondo's ship, then the rest of the army can't be far behind. Let's get these RPG's to the others, and pray that they work." Robert said before picking up one of the launchers and handed it to Ahsoka. "I'll stay behind and protect the King." he stated.

By the time the trio arrived at the battle site, the gunships had returned and were pounding the rebels with their own rockets. The moment he took one of the launchers, Saw rushed forward and fired at one of the gunships, destroying it and sending it crashing down to the ground. "I love this." He remarked before the rest of the launchers were distributed to the rest of the launchers to the others. Their sigh of relief was short lived as a call came in that the droids had found the nest and were after Dendup. Quickly, Lux, Ahsoka and Steela headed back to the base.

A lone gunship was attacking the rebels who stayed behind to protect the king. Unfortunately, they were wiped out after doing zero damage to the enemy gunship and too further complicate things, the gunship had brought in four Terror Troopers.

The remaining Militia men had fallen back into the mountain as and would have been killed had Robert not leapt in and sliced the droids and terror troopers to pieces before getting the gunships attention and began to deflect shot after shot from the droid ships cannons away from the Dendup's location. This was only a distraction to buy Steela and the others enough time to arrive.

Steela aimed her launcher and was about to fire when her stomach churned and caused her to miss her target. Once she got back on the ground she fired again hitting the gunship and destroying it before rushing over to aid Dendup and saving his life from a commando that managed to get through their lines.

Down below, Saw and a few others took down the last two gunships, but he was unaware that the gunships trajectory was sending it right towards the nest.

Steela saw this and pushed Dendup out of the way as the cliffside she was on began to collapse from the damage it took when the gunship crashed. She didn't have enough time to save herself and was barely holding onto the cliff. Lux tried to reach her but he couldn't reach and almost fell himself if it weren't for Robert grabbing him by the collar.

Ahsoka soon ran over and tried to pull Steela up but was unaware that the Gunship still had some power left in its systems and fired its cannon hitting her in the shoulder and breaking her focus and Steela began to fall. "NOOO!" Robert yelled and jumped over the cliff and fell after Steela.

"I gotcha." Robert said after grabbing Steela and aiming his left arm to the cliff and firing a grappling hock which latched onto the cliff and stopped them from falling. However, the force of the stop dislocated Roberts shoulder and he couldn't move it. Luckily, they weren't that far from the ground so Robert let Steela go and with his newly freed arm, deactivated the grappling hook.

"Thanks. Lux wouldn't have liked it if the three of us died." Steela admitted. "Three?" Robert said surprised. "I'm pregnant and Lux is the father." she stated. "Congratulations." Robert said, ignoring the pain in his shoulder.

Back in Iziz, Rash had finished informing Dark Star of the situation and after Kalani stated his assessment, Dark Star was about to give him new orders when her transmission was broken and, in her place, appeared Dooku. "Count Dooku, I need more…" Rash began before Dooku began to choke him. "When I sent you your army I was under the impression that you would only be using them to stop a rebellion." He began before tightening his grip around Rash's throat. "Too hear that you ordered the slaughter of innocents and framed the rebels and Lux Bonteri for terrorism, has shaken my faith in your rulership." He added before turning to Kalani.

"General, order our forces to retreat and return to Serenno. I have new orders for you and don't bother with this so-called king, leave him for the people." He instructed, letting his grip go and vanishing.

Hours past after the droid army left the planet and, in those hours, former king Rash was arrested for crimes against the people and a small memorial was given for those who had fallen in battle for Onderon's freedom. It came as a shock to the people when Lux was not only appointed as Onderon's new senator but also asked Steela to marry him after learning about her pregnancy.

"A lot of people died fighting for their home. I'm just glad we were able to help them reclaim it." Robert said to Obi-Wan and Anakin who had returned for the memorial. "Yes, this has been quite a journey, for all of us." Obi-Wan agreed turning his eyes to Steela and Lux. "I'm happy for those two." Anakin said as Dendup announced that today would remembered as the day Onderon became free.

"So, what's this about uncle Barney paying Hondo with a couple of M16A2's?" Robert asked Anakin.

And so, concludes the battle of Onderon Arc. I changed the name of the chapter so I could display the Grizzly's firepower. The name comes for the GI JOE game of the same name that is or was still on the Hasbro sight.

I had always wished Steela would have survived the battle so I kept her alive and Lux's future wife. Don't worry, we will be seeing them again in a latter chapter. Anyways, today is my birthday and this is my treat for all of you.

Next time, our hero recovers a family weapon and fights for the one he loves. Please read and review and I will see you all next time.