Lone Wolf End of a Journey

by CT7567Rules

Every Story has an ending. For The Lone Wolf and his lover, the war is almost over. But as the war comes closer to ending, a deadly conspiracy against the Republic and Jedi is revealed. Can our hero save the Republic and what will happen when the war reaches Earth. Will Dooku redeem himself? Prepare yourselves for the Final Chapter of the Lone Wolf Series.

9. Baptism of Fire

Sorry for the delay with this chapter, I accepted a challenge by Marka Ragnos629/SaurusRock625 for a Rwby Gundam crossover, so I was working on the first chapter of that story before I continue this story.

Now, Cronus Prime you are correct that the names of the four characters are from the Dead or Alive games but the last names are original, except for Marie. For their clothing, Kasumi wears her Night Sakura costume, Honoka her fifth costume with an extra glove, Hitomi her first costume and Marie her second costume, but her gloves and sleeves are one.

Also I got my hands on the new Red Dead Redemption and it is awesome. If any of you want to play that or games like Call of Duty WW2, the Division or Gears of War 4, PM me your gamer tag and I will send you mine.

Kind of surprised no one picked up on the Death Troopers material I used for my last chapter, but its no big deal. Now before we get to the episode when Maul kills Satine, its time for some training for the family of Spartans.

Disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy.

Chapter 9: Baptism by Fire

August 1st 2019, 20BBY

Anaxes, Azure Sector

Wolfs Dragoons training base

0900 hours

Normal point of view

It came as no surprise that Marie ended up teasing Robert about his relationship with Ahsoka and called him a 'pervy sci-fi fans' since he was in love with an alien girl. This led to Robert using the force and pushed her into a wall, not too hard until they stopped teasing him.

Kasumi and Hitomi on the other hand didn't tease him about his liking of Ahsoka and actually encouraged him to try and do something special for her as a way of showing he truly loves her, off the battlefield. The two even became friends with Ahsoka very quickly and taught her the Tenijin Mon style of Ninjutsu and the Karate the two of them learned.

Honoka, being the anime fan she is, nearly drooled over the Winged, Strike and Freedom Gundam models that Ahsoka had built for Robert and was surprised that for a first-time builder she did very good on the construction. She was even amazed that she used a bit of paint for Winged Gundams buster rifle. This made her like Ahsoka even more and the two of them ended up going out to Dex's dinner during most of the time they were on Coruscant. She could tell that Ahsoka was quiet a girl and also imagined Ahsoka in a wedding dress.

Marie, after learning not to make fun of Robert for loving Ahsoka, spent quiet a bit of time in the Jedi temple, observing the younglings practicing with their sabers and couldn't help but admire the skills these kids possessed, especially at a young age.

But most of the times, she ended up accompanying Padme during the senate meetings and almost always ended up coming back with a migraine from all the bickering and debating about the war effort. At the same time, she crossed paths with Tarkin after the admiral's meetings with the Chancellor and always ended up getting a nasty smirk from the Admiral. She didn't trust him, just like she didn't trust how humble Palpatine seemed to be when he was given more and more emergency powers. In her words, Palpatine was a 'power hungry old man'.

After weeks of getting a chance to adjust to their new environment, the girls were then sent to Anaxes to begin their training as the newest members of the Dragoons. When they arrived on Anaxes they were given their own version of the Mjolnir armor.

Kasumi was given a custom MK V scout/CQC hybrid style armor with a katana sheath since along with shotguns she was skilled with a blade.

For Hitomi, she was given a MK V Recon version, she was an ideal scout/sniper and could hit a target from the same distance as Grace could with any marksman rifle.

For Honoka, her MK V Commando was customized to allow her to utilize 'Honoka Fu' her own fighting style which combined elements of all other fighting styles. But in terms of firepower, she was skilled with submachine guns.

Marie was the troubling one. Due to her interest in explosives and the amount of time she spent with Gunner, she was given the MK V EOD armor and specialized in grenade launchers and under-barrel grenade launchers like the M79 and M203.

The Expendables were each given their own MK V commando armor and each was modified fit each member's style of combat. One was made for Cassie when she would return to battle.

Like Ahsoka and Roberts armor, they greatly increased one's strength and offered equal protection like the Katarn class commando armor worn by Gregor and Delta squad, featured magnetic straps for weapon storage and could retract and configure into a chest piece when situations called for less firepower and more diplomatic means.

Honoka and Marie stated that they needed no training in the systems of the armor, but the first day of training they tripped and nearly dropped a crate full of detonators they bringing to the firing range.

When they said they would stay and fight with their friend and his family, Kasumi and the others didn't know what they would be getting themselves into. They weren't trained like he was or learned most of the skills he learned from his Aunts and Uncles so it was difficult for them to learn how to use their new armor.

Same could be said for Barney and the others except for Cassie who was still pregnant and didn't want to risk the life of her and Rex's child. Naturally, this annoyed her to no end and most of her time she spent cleaning the weapons at the Range, or helping Kasumi and the others with choosing dresses for any special events and teaching them all that she knows about the galaxy they are in.

Even so, despite a few hiccups in the initial training the members of the Expendables and Roberts friends managed to learn from their mistakes and became almost like a real spartan. Everyone but Honoka was successful in mastering their armor and combat capabilities and it appeared that she wanted to quit.

Robert however, wouldn't let his friend leave because even though she was a civilian, if she was captured by bounty hunters working for the separatists, she would be interrogated on the belief that she would have some useful information for an attack on a Republic allied world or military base. Not wanting that to happen, he made a plan.

Honoka's point of view

I am usually up for a challenge, but now I feel like I can't keep going.

Every time that I was tested with my armor, I kept failing to take note of certain aspects of the armor and combat. Sure, I could handle a submachine gun, but I kept missing my targets when using my armor and often lagged behind the others during exercises.

I was about to ask Mr. Ross to give me a lift home, but Robert stopped me. "Get your armor and come with me. We're going on patrol." He said. I tried to protest, but he left before I could even say anything. Putting the armor on I found him waiting for me by a 74-Z's I believed it was called. Jumping on the speeder and holding on tight, the two of us left the base and headed through the forest of Sirpar trees on are patrol route.

We must have been gone for a half hour before Robert stopped the speeder and the two of us walked towards a large open area which appeared to have been turned into an obstacle and shooting course. "I know you're having trouble with the armor, Honoka. We're going to change that. Give me your helmet, I can make the necessary adjustments to it and we'll give it another shot." He explained. I handed him my helmet and I soon began to run the course.

Being a basic obstacle course, it was fairly easy despite the fact that most of the time I was being shot at with stun lasers to simulate live fire, crazy but then again when he was training he was often being fired on with stun lasers. A few of them hit me, but I kept on going. All the while Robert worked on my helmet and I could tell that he was so focused that I could he was trying to hide something.

I finished my fifth lap when I noticed him rubbing his eyes and trying desperately to stay awake. "You ok?" I asked running over to him. "Not really, I haven't been getting much sleep lately. I keep having these… nah forget it, its nothing." He said and was about to get back to work before I stopped him. "Doesn't sound like nothing. What's this about?" I asked.

He sighed and explained that he had been having reoccurring visions of Earth being attacked, someone killing him and the sounds of innocents screaming and dying. He thought it was just a nightmare, but from what I learned from the talks I've had with Yoda, visions can mean one thing and the outcome could be different than what will happen. But the thought of Earth being attacked merited some concern for myself as well.

Another half hour later, he finished making the adjustments to my helmet and when I put it on it was better than before. Apparently, there was a problem with the calibration which explained why I kept missing most of my shots.

Picking up the customized EVO 3 he prepared for me and aimed it at one of the targets, which was a bunch of old beaten droids and fired. A single three round burst from my gun hit the droid and much to my surprise, all three rounds hit the target. I then aimed at the other targets and fired the rest of the magazine at them, proving myself that I wasn't dreaming that the helmet was fixed. "See, you can handle it. You need to have faith in yourself or else you'll be filled with doubt. Can't have my friends get captured and wishing they knew how to handle a gun." Robert said patting me on the back.

I smiled, Robert always knew how to make me feel better and I was grateful to see him again. I once thought that he was the right guy for me, but then the incident with his mom and Courtney happened and I thought I lost him, but then I found him only to learn that he found someone else he was in love with. Regardless, I still felt like he was the brother I never had.

"Come on, lets get back to base. The others are probably looking for us." Robert said and the two of us climbed on the speeder bike and returned to base. I was feeling Gung-Ho and ready for what ever came our way. I didn't know how soon that chance would come.

Normal point of view

August 15th

After weeks of training and adapting to the Mjolnir armor, Roberts friends and family were ready for combat. All they needed was their battle scars. Sadly, and by some weird twist of fate, their missions were to be given out by Tarkin who immediately wrote them off as a waste of time and kept them as more of a 'effort to give a boy's harem a set of flashy armor' in his words. Fortunately for them, the Jedi council gave them the green light and their first mission.

Republic intelligence had intercepted numerous coded transmissions that the separatists were building a supply depot on the desert planet Jakku in the mid rim which put them several parsecs to Kashyyyk in the mid rim. If the supply depot was finished, it the separatists would either launch an attack on the Wookie's or use the base to resupply their fleets and intercept Republic convoys heading towards the outer rim and other active battlefronts all over the galaxy, the Republic had to act fast.

With their forces stretched thin across the galaxy and the Dragoons fleet and equipment undergoing repairs, Robert suggested the operation fall to him, his family and friends, which he called 'Hellfighters', after the infamous 369th infantry regiment 'The Harlem Hellfighters. The council agreed and in no time at all, the Albatross dropped out of hyperspace over the planet and began its descent.

Intelligence also indicated that the separatist had set up a series of anti-aircraft and orbital guns to prevent enemy ships from landing on the planet and force them to retreat. Much to their surprise, the only ships stationed over the planet were a few banking clan frigates which failed to detect the approaching freighter.

"Either these droids are powered down or their just stupid." Lee said from inside the cockpit as Proxy flew the ship past the ships. "Untrue General. Scan's indicate the enemy ships systems are operating at one hundred percent, they have failed to register us as a threat. The planet is riddled with small settlements and outposts essential to the survival of the people living on this planet." Proxy corrected the knife wielder of the expendables.

"I know, I read the briefing. Bucket of bolts." Lee said to the droid who ignored his remark. "Just keep us on course Proxy. We need to be ready to drop." Barney said as he entered the cockpit and motioned for Lee to head to the Albatross's armory.

When they arrived in the armory, each member of Red team was armed and ready. Jess had a pair of Glock 17's holstered in her waist holsters, a FN SCAR H DMR with an M68 aimpoint scope and Grippod foregrip attached to her back, and a Barret M468 with assault rifle with a holographic sight, retractable stock and forty-round magazine in her hands.

For Kasumi, she had an ACC Honey Badger rifle with a forty-five round magazine and a Red dot sight in her hands, a Republic Arms Musler shotgun modified with seven round box magazine and red dot sight was strapped to her back. Holstered to her waist were two Para Ordance P-18 handguns. Her katana sheath between her shotgun.

For Hitomi, a Sako TRG-42 bolt-action sniper rifle chambered in .300 Winchester Mag and a Leupold Ultra M3A 10x42 scope was strapped to her back and in her hands was a Daewoo K7 Submachine gun featuring an optic rail and a C-More Railway Series red dot sight. In holstered in her armors cross-draw holster was a FN-Five-seveN with a red dot sight and thirty-round extended magazine.

Honoka had two FN-P90 submachine guns strapped to her legs each sporting side mounted laser sights, two HK USP Match pistols with fifteen round magazines secured in her armors dual cross draw holsters. After spending time with Revy, she learned a few things about using two weapons at once. In addition, she had a Howa Type 89 rifle attached to her back sporting an ACOG scope and M203 grenade launcher.

Marie on the other hand was a bit of a concern for the group. In addition to her Sage Control GL6 Rotary Launcher, she had a SIG SG 552 assault rifle with a longer barrel, an experimental night vision/ ACOG scope, forty round magazine and GL 5040 grenade launcher mounted under the barrel strapped to her back and pair of Glock 25 hand guns were holstered in her side.

"Don't you think that's a bit much?" Grace asked the Swedish girl as she checked her CM's scope. "Don't you think you it's better to have too many explosives than too little?" Marie shot back at Hope County's resident sniper.

Grace just chuckled. "Got a point kid." She responded.

"Trust me, you don't want to get in Marie's way when it comes to explosives or dresses." Robert added, slapping a magazine into the Punisher before holstering it and taking his Morita into his hands. Strapped to his back along with the BFG in place of his Pulse Rifle was the General Dynamic's Lightweight Medium Machine gun or GDLMMG with a M2 ACOG Scope and one-hundred fifty round box magazine of .338 Norma Magnum rounds.

As for the Expendables, each member was armed with the same weapons they used on Umbara and Shili, with the exception of Barney who had taken a Bushmaster ACR and equipped it with an EOTech sight, fixed stock, a PMAG magazine modified to hold fifty-rounds and M203 grenade launcher to replace the LVOC Krell destroyed.

"Alright people, we got us a supply base to capture. Remember, we're on our own so don't expect any back up in case we run into heavy resistance. Any questions?" Robert addressed the group.

"Yeah, how we getting down?" Hitomi asked.

"Simple, we jump." Robert responded as he headed for the boarding ramp. The ramp opened up and below them was the planet surface. "Expendables first. Once you're on the ground, activate your beacons in case we get separated in the drop." Robert said to his aunts and uncles who then jumped off the ships ramp at eight thousand feet.

"You're next girls." He said turning to his friends. Marie was to go first, but she was just standing in place frozen in fear. "Come on Marie. Get. The. Lead. Out." Robert shouted getting his Swedish friend to snap out of it and jumped. "GERONIMO!" she shouted and jumped.

"ARAPAHOE!" Hitomi shouted before she jumped.

"NAVAJO!" Kasumi shouted and jumped.

"Pocahontas." Honoka said before leaping off in a swan dive motion. "Funny." Robert said before backing up and with a running start leapt off the ship. "BANZAI!" he shouted and followed suit.

Like the paratroopers of the world's militaries, Robert soon caught up with his friends and family and were nearing the target location. "Activate thrusters, Now!" Robert shouted and within seconds the thrusters of nineteen armored warriors came to life, slowing their decent and keeping them from becoming flat like a pancake.

"Everybody alive? Holler if you're dead." Robert said to the others. "We're good. But I think I'm going to vomit." Honoka said, removing her helmet and blew chunks of the pizza she had earlier all over the sandy ground. "I told you not to eat before we left, but no one ever listens to me." Robert said with sarcasm and pulled out a holoprojector from his back and activated it. "Target is five clicks west. Let's get moving, but keep your eyes open for patrols. AR's up from, MG's behind and snipers in the rear. Let's move it people."

The others nodded and followed him.

Roberts point of view

I was starting to wish Ahsoka was here with us, but after the incident with the Zeds she was given some time off and paid Lux and Steela a visit on Onderon to see how they were getting along after their wedding and the birth of their daughter, who named Mina after Lux's mother. Based on what I could tell, there was another reason she went to Onderon and it wasn't for her friend and his wife, but something else altogether but I didn't know what it was.

Trekking through this vast desert reminded me of the Mojave and Sahara deserts and the conditions settlers and soldiers faced in the environments. Needless to say, it's different than what soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq described and experienced, IED's weren't our concern but hidden droids under the sand were the concern.

Despite these challenges we pressed on and arrived at the location in no time at all.

Pulling out my electro-binoculars I got a feel of what were up against. From the hill, I spotted over two dozen mortar tanks, several platoons of GAT's, half a dozen Hailfires and Octuptarra combat tri-droids, two anti-orbital cannons like the ones of Scarif but completely locked in place. Amongst the small number of fighters at the base were several prototypes of a new gunship/starfighter, the UT-60D or U-Wing built by Incom, one of their newest products for the Republic army.

A series of anti-aircraft guns surrounded the outpost and created a strong anti-fighter defense ensuring that any fighters that came into range would be destroyed before they could drop their payloads. Even a formation of bombers couldn't get through the defenses without either being shot down or damaged. I am also fairly certain that the F-117 or any other stealth fighters wouldn't be able to make it through either.

Putting my binoculars away, I slid back down the hill to the others and brought up a display of the base. "A full-frontal assault is out of the question. The second they spot us, they'll send everything they got at us and try to box us in." I explained.

"Hitomi, Lee, Faye and I could take them out from here and provide sniper support." Grace suggested. All three of them were skilled marksmen and have given Sev a run for his credits. "That's a good idea, but we still have to deal with the tanks and guns." I reminded my friend.

"Mr. Jensen and I can take care of the tanks. He has the MK 153 and I have the GL6 so while he deals with the tanks, I can provide support against the droids." Marie stated. "Just don't blow yourself up. I don't want anyone else to die on my watch." I joked.

I then turned to Lincoln. "Uncle Clay, I want you providing suppressing fire on the left flank with Dustin and Melissa. I want those droids pinned down so they can't get to the U-Wings, if those birds get airborne, they'll strafe us."

"Don't worry kid, we'll keep them busy." Lincoln stated confidently.

"The rest of us will flank right. The moment we're in position, I want sniper fire raining down on the enemy." I addressed the group. "Let's do it Hellfighters."

The others nodded and the snipers unfolded their rifles bipods while the rest of us moved towards our attack locations. I noticed one of the nearby buildings seemed to be getting a lot of power from the generator and seemed to be important. "Kasumi, Caesar, Honoka, Payne, Ray check that building and see what the droids are hiding. We don't know what we don't know." I instructed.

They nodded and entered the building. I stopped Honoka before she followed. "Go kick some ass." I said encouragingly. She nodded and followed the others. The moment they entered the building, I saw Lincoln, Melissa and Dustin taking cover behind one of the pieces of the next AA gun that the droids were setting up. I turned and motioned for Marie and Gunner to move up and make their way towards their targets.

Looking back to the hill, I saw Hitomi give a small wave to us and I tapped my commlink. This was the signal to attack. The second I did, .300 Winchester, 7.62 and .50BMG rounds blew three battle droids in half catching them off guard and allowing us to attack as well. Aiming the GDLMMG at a group of six super battle droids, I pulled the trigger and fired a quick burst of .338 rounds blowing holes in the SBD's armor. "MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" I shouted and covered the advancing Expendables as they charged forwards firing their own weapons at the droids.

Using short-controlled bursts, I gunned down a squad of B3 cortosis battle droids coming in from the left flank. Cortosis is a very rare ore that can cause lightsabers to temporarily short-circuit upon contact, it is also used in the construction of anti-lightsaber weapons like a Vibrosword and was resilient to blaster fire. Thankfully, bullets were effective in penetrating their armor and left them for scrap.

Anakin told me he destroyed the factory while I was still in a coma after my interrogation by Tambor, but somehow a couple of units must have survived and were defending the base. My thoughts were rudely interrupted when a Vulture droid in its walking mode began to pepper my position with blaster fire. Turning to face the droid, I pulled the trigger and fired the remaining rounds in my gun's magazine, destroying the droid fighter.

Ejecting the spent magazine, I loaded a fresh magazine and attached it to my back, pulling out my hybrid weapon and configured it to rifle mode. I spotted Barney and the others pinned down by a mix of commando, B2 and B1 droids. Rushing over to help my allies, I sprinted towards them firing my weapon as I went either downing the droids or getting them to turn their attention to me.

One SBD was directly in my path so I shoulder charged it, knocking it to the ground and then like a wrestler brought my armored elbow down onto the droid's body destroying it and firing my weapon with one hand gunning down the other droids.

"Thanks." Barney said pulling me up. I was about to answer when Kasumi and the others regrouped with us and called out that more droids were coming this way from the north end of base. "TAKE UP DEFENSIVE POSITIONS! HOLD WHAT YOU GOT!" I shouted just as the reinforcements began to fire at us.

Normal point of view

Even from a distance, Kasumi fired 12-guage slugs at the approaching droids, causing them to stagger before they were taken down for good. Kasumi was about to reload her shotgun when a commando droid tackled her from the left and knocked her weapon out of her hands. Normally a soldier would reach for their side arm, but instead Kasumi pulled out her katana and slashed the droid's head off before she sprinted towards more enemy droids and slashed them in half.

"Girls got skills." Marie said to Hitomi and Honoka as the trio fired their weapons, each of them downing a squad of droids before firing their under-barrel launchers destroying more droids. "What would you expect, she's a ninja." Honoka responded, loading a fresh magazine into the Type 89. "I just wish I have something with a little more punch." Hitomi stated before popping out of cover and fired her Five-Seven and a squad of droids which got close. "Plan ahead next time." Grace said as she and Jess joined the trio and fired their own rifles at the droids.

As the battle raged on, the members of the Hellfighters were beginning to run low on ammo. Each of them had about one or two magazines left for their weapons and made an effort to make every shot count. They had destroyed a fifth wave of droids when Robert called out. "I'M OUT!"

The others responded with the same thing and it seemed that more droids were heading towards them larger than the last wave. For a second, it seemed that the Hellfighters would die on their first mission, but just as one of the remaining AAT's aimed its cannon at the group, a volley of blue laser rounds strafed the droids taking down some of the lighter tanks. Turning towards the direction of the fire, all of the unit cheered as a dozen ARC-170's, Z-95's and Y-Wings screamed in saving them and either bombed or blasted the remainder of the droid defenders. "Glad we got here just in time Lieutenant." Halberton said over the commlink as the Retribution, Ark-Angel and Guardian flew over head and began to deploy gunships to secure the base.

"Your timing couldn't be better Admiral. We would have been buzzard food if you hadn't shown up." Robert responded and let out a sigh of relief before turning to the others. "Not bad for a first mission wouldn't you all say?" Robert asked.

The others nodded and, on that day, the Republic's Hellfighters were born.

Sorry for the delay, I have been a bit lazy with writing since after the next chapter comes the most heartbreaking episodes of the Clone Wars which really impacted our hearts.

On a positive note, I am going to doing a bit of a James Bond theme chapters in the future so if you have any ideas for the dresses Kasumi and the others should wear for that mission, weapons and gadgets leave your ideas in a review and I will consider them. Ahsoka is already taken care.

Please leave a review and I will see you next time with the return to Mandalore.