Am I the only Rwby fan that is pissed about the fact that Volume 6 won't be aired on Youtube because many of Rooster Teeth's videos were demonetized. Seriously, who cares about that as long as the fans get to see what they want to watch, am I right.
Anyways, I accepted a challenge from Marka Ragnos629 and I am trying to figure out which hammer wielding Gundam would be the ideal choice for a certain Warhammer/Grenade Launcher, pancake loving and hyperactive girl. If any Gundam fans have an idea, let me know in a review.
Disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy.
Chapter 7: A Necessary Bond
May 29th 2019, 20BBY
Florrum
0837 hours
Normal point of view
You would think that after beating Hondo fair and square would get you clear of any foul intentions by his crew, right? Wrong.
Almost immediately after the two lovers left Hondo's base, they were pursued by two pirates who weren't to happy that Hondo had lost, too the Lone Wolf no less and wanted both of them back. needless to say, they had a little difficulty trying to evade them since they brought in two WLO-5 speeder tanks for their pursuit.
Fortunately, Robert and Ahsoka were able to hijack one of the tanks the night before, disabled its tracking device and were able to hide from the pirates before morning. During the night, while Ahsoka slept Robert kept guard incase the pirates had found them. That didn't happen but he was still on the lookout, not just for pirates but for the droid army as well.
"Just when you think you're in the clear you get a stalked by a group of pirates whose boss you warned about the enemy approaching their base. The endless challenges one faces." Robert said as Ahsoka gunned the speeder to full speed trying to outrun the pirates. "You think they'll let us go and focus on helping Hondo make his exit before the droids get here?" Robert asked as cannon fire hit their 'borrowed' speeder.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Ahsoka responded.
"Yeah, you're right." Robert said and pressed a button on his commlink. "R4, get the shuttle out of here. I'll hitch a ride with the Crucible." Robert ordered his astrodroid.
Back at the landing zone, R4 activated the ships engines and in a matter of seconds rocketed away from the planet just as the Crucible took off and headed towards the coordinates that Robert and Ahsoka had sent the younglings.
As the pirate cannon fire got closer and closer to the tank, the pirates then noticed the crucible flying overhead and come around for pickup. "Time to blow this popsicle stand babe." Robert said to Ahsoka, who then let go of the tanks controls and climbed up to the top of the tank and the two saw the boarding ramp had been lowered.
Unfortunately, the pirate manning the other speeders heavy cannon hit one of the engines and the ship began to fall out of control, forcing the younglings, R2 and Huyang jumped onto the tank which then skidded across the ground knocking them off the tank as the ship skidded along the ground. "Somebody stop the room from spinning. I'm going to vomit." Robert said dazed as the pirates quickly captured the group.
"Normally, we wouldn't be taking someone like you back with us, but since you beat the boss we'll make an exception." One of the pirates said and placed binders on all of them, except for Huyang and R2.
As the sun began to rise, the pirates were greeted by a sight they didn't expect to see. The droid army had arrived. "Droids? Its an invasion." The lead pirate said. "What was your first clue sherlock?" Robert joked.
Meanwhile inside the base, Hondo and his boys were busy loading up the crates of equipment they were taking with them when one of his men ran in. "BOSS! BOSS! We're all in trouble-" the pirate began to say before he was shot in the back by a commando droid. Two other pirates went for their blasters but were cutdown in a matter of seconds as Grievous and his bodyguards entered the hanger.
"Hondo." The droid general said.
"General Grievous, I presume? What a surprise. I'd offer you a seat, but my men and I were just how do the earthlings say? Ah yes 'closing up shop' but what, may I ask is the honor?" Hondo asked curiously.
"You can dispense with the pleasantries, pirate. This planet is now under separatist control." Grievous said coldly and grabbed the weequay pirate leader by the collar. "Uh-huh and what do you suppose that means?" Hondo asked.
"It means that you are going to pay for the price of your treachery. Need I remind you that you took Count Dooku hostage and tried to ransom him off to the highest bidder." Grievous growled before throwing the pirate to the floor.
Getting off the ground and dusting himself off, Hondo tried to sweet talk his way out of the situation. "But can you blame me? I mean a Sith Lord, what a handsome price he would-" but Grievous stopped him mid-sentence and stated that for the treachery, everything Hondo owned, arsenal included was property of the separatists.
"This is unacceptable, an outrage. I am motivated-" the pirate began but was led away by the general's guards. "THIS IS NOT GOOD BUISNESS!" He yelled.
Back outside, the three pirates and their captives watched as welder droids began to dismantle the pirate's vessels to produce more war machines. "The fact that Grievous is here with his entire fleet means that Master Kenobi has been overrun. The entire system is now in separatist controlled space." Ahsoka stated.
The moment Katooni asked what they were going to do, the lead pirate thought that if he traded them to the separatists, he would get away scot free. Needless to say, Robert proved him wrong. "You think Grievous will want to make a deal?" he began and finally broke his binders apart with all his strength. The other pirates raised their blasters at him, but he just walked towards the lead pirate.
"If you try and hand us over he will execute us and then you. We have a common enemy, but together we can get off planet. You lot are pirates; don't you have other ships somewhere?" Robert added.
"Hondo's got a private fleet, but only he knows where it is." The pirate said. "Then its time for a jailbreak. We know droids and Grievous. With our help, you stand a better chance." Robert said and held out his hand. "What do you, deal?" he asked. The pirate thought for a moment before taking Roberts hand. "You and your Jedi friend have got yourselves a deal." The pirate said as the others uncuffed Ahsoka and the younglings while Robert grabbed his equipment. "R2, take the tank and distract the droids." Robert ordered.
Roberts point of view
Getting out of Hondo's fortress was easy when I won the fight with him, but getting in when it was occupied by droids was going to be a lot more challenging. Normally, I would use my holo-guise and sneak in, but the device needed maintance after it got some shrapnel in it.
R2 kept the droids busy while we were able to sneak by them and made our way into the prison block, where we found the real-life alien Captain Jack Sparrow. "I thought you all would have left by know." Hondo said surprised sending a glare at his men.
"Don't blame them, the men in other tank that went with them was the one who decided to come after us." I stated bluntly. "Complications. Oh, I hate it when things become complicated." Hondo said in agreement.
"We only came back because we need your help, all of us." Ahsoka added. "And what do you need?" Hondo asked. "A ship." Katooni said. Hondo then explained that his ships were being dismantled, but Ahsoka mentioned the private fleet he had, which made the guy very upset with his men. But the surprising part was that Hondo looked like he was giving up.
"Come on. Don't tell me that the great Hondo Ohnaka is afraid of a bunch of Terminator knock offs. You had the guts to attack a Jedi ship, after all you had done for the Republic and now you're just giving up. I guess when push comes to shove, you're just a weak man." I said.
"Weak, WEAK! HONDO OHNAKA IS NOT WEAK! If we are going to fight Grievous, then have these little Jedi show me their swords and show me what you have in the duffle bag." Hondo shouted.
I smiled and unzipped my duffle. "What you are about to see, is a working replica of one the most badass heavy machine guns in a sci-fi movie. I give you: the M56A Smart Gun. Capable of firing in four round or automatic bursts, this bad boy has a rate of fire of twelve hundred rounds per minute. It uses custom made ammo fired from either a five hundred round drum magazine or a Scorpion backpack feed system." I said before heaving the weapon up with one hand.
"You, my boy put a whole new meaning to the word overkill." Hondo said in amazement. "When you need it and don't got it, you sing a whole different tune." I chuckled as Petro and the others ignited their sabers, everyone but Katooni. "You must trust that the components that form your lightsaber are meant to be together. There is no other way, it is the force that binds them." Huyang stated to the young Tholothian, before Hondo said he was going to say the same thing.
"Finish it now! Finish, finish! This is worth the price of a ship to see the construction of a Jedi-lightsaber, this-this is priceless, finish it and together, we can defeat Grievous." Hondo encouraged and in no time at all, Katooni finished her lightsaber in front of Hondo before cutting him free.
"Why the big show?" Ahsoka asked.
"I know we have to work together," Hondo began before pressing a button on the cell wall revealing a heavily customized M16A2 featuring two 'jungle style' fifty-round magazines already loaded into the rifle, a under-barrel M203 grenade launcher and a ACOG scope mounted in place of the standard iron sights which he grabbed before slinging two bandoliers one of 5.56mm ammo and the other of 40mm grenades over his chest. "But we all know that what we are about to do is very dangerous. I may be a pirate, but I do not like taking children into battle." He added.
"That didn't seem to bother you when you attacked the crucible." Ahsoka remined him.
"Well, today is a new day and lucky for you, today I like children." Hondo admitted with a laugh. "Now let's free the rest of my men." He added and in no time at all the rest of Hondo's crew was freed from their prison.
Soon the droids began to fire on the building, mostly do to the part that Petro and Zatt had taken out a droid but before the droid could raise the alarm. While Ahsoka, the younglings and the pirates went on the attack, I stayed close to Hondo and the two of us let loose a barrage of gunfire on the droids.
"Now this I like." Hondo exclaimed before firing his rifles grenade launcher at a few battle droids. "I am so keeping this." He added. "Hey, it's yours I'm not going to take it from you." I responded as my shields took some blaster fire. "Hey Clankers, SAY HELLO TO OLD PAINLESS!" I shouted and pulled the trigger, sending numerous custom-made bullets towards the enemy droids, covering Hondo while he made his way to one of the nearby speeder bikes while I leapt onto R2's tank and provided covering fire from the rear while the Ahsoka and the others, minus Katooni jumped onto the tank and we quickly fled the burning base, running over a few droids in the process.
Normal point of view
Their escape wasn't with out problems for no sooner had they left Hondo's smoldering base,
Grievous on his personal combat speeder with six Commando droid driven STAPs pursued them like Sharks drawn to the scent of blood.
One of the pirates was killed by the droids and a part of the canyon they were flying through collapsed, causing the group to be separated from each other. Fortunately, Hondo, Katooni and the remaining pirates made it to Hondo's secret hanger which contained numerous ships, one of which being a rebuilt Slave 1 with a new paint job.
For a moment it seemed to Katooni that Hondo was going to abandon the others and save himself, but Hondo proved her wrong. "Just because I am a pirate doesn't mean I act like all the other pirates in the galaxy. I ow the Lone Wolf a great deal, so I am going to return the favor." Hondo stated. This made Katooni smile.
Back with the others, Robert had taken down two of the STAP's before his weapon was out of ammo and R2 executed a risky maneuver forcing the captured tank to crash and sending everyone to the ground.
Soon Grievous arrived and activated two lightsabers, both of which belonged to the late Aisha Marisel. "Hold these, kids." Robert said and deactivated his armor and gave the pulse rifle to Petro, the Smart gun to Gungi and the helmet to R2 before activated his Moms lightsaber and Revan's lightsaber. Quickly, he got in front of the younglings with Ahsoka who had activated her own sabers. "So many lightsabers to add to my collection." Grievous laughed and activated two more lightsabers.
"I thought you were an honorable warrior, General. But it seems that being turned into a Cyborg has made you nothing but a ruthless killer. Killing children is despicable." Robert spat and assumed a Jar'Kai stance like Ahsoka.
"Finally! Someone who doesn't call me a droid. I was an honorable warrior, but the Jedi took that from me. Now I live for one reason, to destroy the Jedi Order." Grievous snarled and before he could strike, Katooni arrived with Hondo aboard the Slave 1. "You kids better go. That means you to Ahsoka. I have some business to take care of with the General." Robert said.
"No, we do this together." She responded. Robert nodded and while younglings boarded the ship the two lovers stayed behind. "Brave of you both. But protecting them will not stop the inventible." Grievous stated and charged towards the Lone Wolf and Ahsoka.
Spinning his four lightsabers in a circular motion, the Cyborg general attempted to slice off the head of the two, but they quickly backflipped and sent Grievous back with a powerful force push. Snarling at this Grievous attacked with several powerful strikes before he grabbed Ahsoka with his left foot and threw her back, before spinning his sabers on the ground trying to cut her up like a vegetable.
"Hey tin!" Robert yelled. "You want a trophy, then come and take Revans Lightsaber." He goaded.
"With pleasure." Grievous said and charged towards Robert.
(Burning Finger Theme starts)
Channeling his desire and love for Ahsoka, Robert transferred his energy into the blades of his sabers, turning them pink before his eyes turned bright white. "This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to grasp Victory1!" he declared before charging towards Grievous. "ERUPTING BURNING FINGER!" He shouted and severed the hands holding the sabers belonging to Veer's late general. "And Now, The End!" he declared.
(Theme ends)
The Younglings, Huyang and Hondo gasped with amazement as Robert picked Ahsoka up bridal style and with a powerful leap, made it on board the rebuilt Slave 1 just as enemy reinforcements arrived.
Sometime later, they rendezvous with Obi-Wan and the remnants of his fleet, Hondo 'explained' the situation to Kenobi and after a brief discussion, Hondo left but not before he smiled at Katooni. Despite everything that happened, the order had six new Jedi in their ranks and for some the future was looking bright.
But in another part of the galaxy, far from the war, something evil had awakened and was waiting for its next meal.
Like the Pulse rifle, I had given my Character the M56 smart gun from the AVP series, but this acts more like the one from the 2010 AVP game.
Anyways, so for the long wait and I hope some of you have seen Venom and the Predator movie. If you have, tell me the movies were good, but do not spoil it for me and please give me another Gundam that wields a hammer and I will see you all next time with a Halloween special chapter.
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