First off, I would like to apologize to all those who were confused as to why I reposted my last chapter. I had to fix something in terms of spelling and grammar. That tends to happen. Aside from that I am pissed. Why? Because one of the people I work says I have an attitude problem and started cutting my work days since August. I don't have an attitude problem.
Now the guy is giving me shifts that I cannot work. Six to twelve thirty at night. I made it clear that night-shifts cannot work for me, but does the guy listen? No, he doesn't and he says I am demanding more days to work. Demanding my ass, the guy never even answered my messages I sent him regarding the matter and didn't even tell me why I was only getting two days. Not to mention I rarely even see that guy around.
Well there's my complaints for that. Now onto reviews.
1049: Thanks for the review and you're right. It wouldn't be Call of Duty without Makarov. Unless it was set in the Black Ops timeline and the original WW2 ones.
Spartan-626: Yes, Ahsoka is free for the moment, but she won't be for long. I know, I am evil for having her get recaptured. Mandalore will be getting in on the action sooner than you think. As for Obi-Wan, the answers you seek are in this chapter.
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To the guest reviewer: I can try, maybe I can have it occur before the return to Hope County.
Now onto the chapter. Be prepared for a bit of history in this chapter. Disclaimers are the same as before. Enjoy.
Chapter 37: Freedom to The People
June 28th 2020, 19BBY
Peral Harbor
Hawaii
0748 hours
Normal point of view
On December 7th 1941, the former Japanese Imperial Navy and Air Force launched a surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet, damaging and destroying numerous aircraft, naval vessels and killed over two-thousand four hundred and three sailors, soldiers and airmen.
The Japanese thought that if they crippled the Pacific fleet, the United States would not be able to wage a war in pacific. There primary target were the aircraft carriers, which were out to see at the time but they made up for it by sinking the battleships Arizona, West Virginia, California and Oklahoma. The West Virginia and California were resurfaced and returned to active service; the Oklahoma too damaged to return to active duty was scrapped in 1943 but sunk in 1947 on its way to the breakers yard in San Francisco.
As for the Arizona, it remained at the bottom of the harbor after a bomb struck its forward magazine and exploded, killing nearly two-thousand sailors. Today, the remains of the once mighty battleship were now a memorial to the men who died. The Japanese suffered sixty-four pilots and seamen killed by the time the attack ended. While they failed to sink the carriers, they succeeded in getting America to become involved in World War 2.
Looking at the remains of the battleship, Robert felt the cold pacific breeze blow past his face before he threw a wreath into the water before he looked up to see the ships of the Royal Australian Navy, JMSDF and Russian navies being worked on by the naval personal of the United States navy that were captured when the separatists took control of military base. The Aircraft Carrier Ulysses S. Grant, belonging to the High-Altitude Warfare Experimental Squadron or HAWX had just sent out a formation of F/A-18C loaded with the AGM-84 anti-ship missile, accompanied by SU-33 which were also loaded with anti-ship missiles streaked towards the ocean on anti-ship combat missions.
When the invasion came, HAWX along with its leader General Andrew McAllister were among the first members of the United States armed forces to refuse Trumps orders to work with the Separatists. During the first month of the occupation, Captain David Crenshaw and his squadron destroyed a chemical weapons factory belonging to Artemis Global Security, another PMC group that joined forces with the Separatists. While the factory was destroyed, it was revealed that Artemis had built hundreds of the prototype forward-swept wing SU-47 Berkut.
An experimental aircraft developed in Russia, the SU-47 had a top speed of Mach 2.21 at high altitude and had a range of three-thousand miles. Using technology given to them from the Separatists, the SU-47 was equipped with two nose mounted 30mm cannons. It could also carry twenty missiles for a variety of combat operations.
Despite being a unique aircraft and mass produced, the SU-47 was no match for Aircraft like the F22 in terms of speed and fire-power, when it came to the aircraft used by HAWX. All their aircraft except for the F-35 were equipped with another cannon for close in dogfighting. As for the F-35, its 25mm cannon was upgraded to hold eight times the amount of ammo then it normally could.
As he returned to the shore, his commlink beeped and Anakin contacted him that Ayala, Cham and the 327th still fighting alongside the Migarda forces in Africa and the Middle East. They were encountering heavy resistance, but according to Ayala they were making excellent progress and had already reached the Red Sea.
"Tell Ayala that once she reaches Iraq to send several battalions to Pearl Harbor. We need Bly and his brothers ready for battle as soon as possible." He said into the commlink before he turned to Kalani. "Anything from Obi-Wan?" he asked the super tactical droid.
"General Kenobi and the Nite owls have already pushed the separatists out of England and are currently fighting in France as of now. I estimate that they should reach Berlin in several days." The droid general answered.
"If they can link up with Task Force 141 and the Rainbow Operators of the SAS, GIGN and GSG 9 they'll have a fighting chance. Grievous is in Europe, I hope Caesar, Ray and Obi-Wan can try and get him on our side. He needs to know the truth about his accident." Robert mused as he walked off to check on Noah who was busy training a bunch of soldiers for amphibious assault landings.
Halfway across the world, just outside of Folkstone in Kent on the south east England, Rainbow operators Seamus Cowden 'Sledge', Mike Baker 'Thatcher', Mark R. Chandar 'Mute' and James Porter 'Smoke' of the SAS along with Morowa 'Clash' Evens of Scotland Yard stacked up on the side of the door leading to the control room for the English side of the Channel Tunnel. A quick look from Sledges snake camera confirmed that inside the control room were ten battle droids controlling the tunnels gate. Taking out his breaching hammer, Sledge bashed down the door before the others took the droids down with controlled burst of gun fire. "Doors are opening. Convoy, you are cleared to depart." Thatcher said into the radio.
Ten miles away from the town, a large formation of British tanks, armored fighting vehicles, troop trucks, rocket and self-propelled artillery along with tanks of the 212th powered up and departed for the road tunnel. With them were the armed forces of Scotland, Wales and Ireland who volunteered for this mission.
As the convoy moved out, the noise of four whistles echoed throughout the land and approaching the rail junction were the LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado, LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa and LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, four of the many preserved steam locomotives in England which were preserved at the National Railway Musuem and used for special occasions. Each of the locomotives were pulling long trains of flatbeds loaded with more tanks, ATTE's and other vehicles, ammunition cars, and troop cars which contained a majority of the equipment belonging to the other militaries of the countries of the English isles.
When Queen Elizabeth and Royal family were freed from their imprisonment in Buckingham Palace by the efforts Rainbow, Task Force 141, Gregor, Obi-Wan, Cody and ARC troopers Waxer, Boil, Longshot and Gearshift, the leader of England pledged her help to liberate the other countries of Europe and contacted the head of National Railway museum in York and leaders of the militaries of the other nations to assist them in this effort.
Ireland, Scotland and Wales agreed and command of this operation was placed under the command of Obi-Wan, whom the Queen owed a debt to for deflecting a blaster bolt that would have meant her death.
High above the trains, Eurofighter Typhoons, F35's and Panavia Tornados that were called back into service after being retired less than a year ago flew over the channel to attack targets on the French Coast. The plan was to have the F35s and Tornados along with Y-Wings to launch air-to-ground missiles on enemy armor and emplacements while ARC-170s, X-Wings, Typhoons and Z-95s establish air-superiority over cities like St. Nazaire and show the French that help had arrived so they would launch their Mirage 2000's and Rafale fighter jets to assist them.
As for the ground forces, landing ships would land at the harbors along the coast deploying armor and troops onto the French Mainland and make liberate all the towns in their path along their way to Paris. As for the trains, they were the advanced forces who would stop two miles before the French capital, deploy the armor and troops and establish a Forward Operations Base and medical camp to treat the members of the French Military and the GIGN and GSG 9 Operators of Rainbow that were in the country.
Watching as the armor entered the tunnel, Obi-Wan, Bo and Cody were to say the least surprised that a nation that once held a vast empire was about to use one of the greatest feats of engineering from the late 20th century to liberate a county that survived two world wars. For Ray and Caesar, they were preparing their weapons for battle before the group boarded the train that was being pulled by the Flying Scotsman which then coupled up to the other trains and chugged into the tunnel. The speed limit for the tunnel was 99 MPH so it would take them about a half-hour or so to reach the French side of the tunnel.
"To think that these 'British' still use such machines in order to preserve the part they played in the Industrial Revolution. I must say, I am impressed." Obi-Wan said in amazement while looking at a map of Paris.
"It's kind of primitive if you ask me. They still use wheeled vehicles and haven't even mastered space travel." Bo said, unimpressed.
"Say what you will lass. English Railways are known for running special steam excursions during the tourist seasons, so they keep them up and running." Captain Caitlin MacDhubhaich of Irelands 3rd Infantry Battalion said as she walked into the command car flanked by her squad mates.
"It's one of the reasons Robert likes Steam Locomotives. These Mighty Machines helped out the allies during World War 2 transporting materials and men to the ports where they then sent to the frontlines of the various fronts of the war." Ray added, sliding an ACOG scope onto his M16A4 rifle, which he modified to fire full-auto for when the time called for automatic fire.
"Let's not forget, old Grievous is in Berlin so we need to reach the German capital before he has a chance to escape. He needs to know the truth." Caesar said, loading his P226s up before he checked his AA12.
"Believe me, if I know Grievous, he'll be waiting for me. We do have a score to settle after all. Perhaps it is time I use these Lightsabers again." Obi-Wan added in agreement, holding Qui-Gons Lightsaber and his second Lightsaber which Robert found after a visit to the Petranaki Area on Geonosis which was in the room that belonged to Poogle who kept it as a trophy.
"Well, let's just hope the general is ready for some noise." Caesar said, hefting his shotgun up. "You know the enemy's always been terrified of noise, especially shotguns. With this big boy spitting out 300 rounds a minute, you tell me who's tolerating that. Absolutely zero." He added with a smirk.
"Well, so long as your pointing that boom stick at the enemy, go for it." Caitlin stated as the trains entered the tunnel. Clouds of steam billowed into the air as the last car disappeared into the tunnel.
Across the channel, Captain Jean-Pierre Baschet of the French Air Force watched as flight mechanics finished making the final checks on his aircraft, the Dassault Mirage 2000. Introduced in 1984 as a replacement for the Mirage III, the Mirage 2000 is a single engine delta-winged aircraft. Its top speed is nearly twenty-four thousand kilometers per hour and carried over nine hardpoints. Unlike fighters like the MIG-31 and F-22, the Mirage 2000 was equipped two built in DEFA 554 30mm cannons making it one of the few aircraft to have more than one gun.
Normally, the Mirage's cannons were loaded with only one-hundred-twenty-five rounds per gun, but Jean's aircraft was modified to hold eight-hundred rounds per gun, giving the pilot a total of sixteen hundred rounds. The same thing applied for the other pilots in his squadron, not just upgrade in fire power but their aircraft were painted black with red lightning bolts, given the fact he leads Lighting Squadron.
On a makeshift runway, not far from the current runway, twelve Dassault Rafale multirole fighters taxied onto the runway. Like the Mirage, the Rafale was built by the Dassault Aviation company. First introduced in 2001, the Rafale could act as an air-superiority fighter, aerial recon or close air support. The Rafale was slower than the Mirage, with a top speed of one thousand, nine hundred and twelve km/h.
While it wasn't as fast as the Mirage, the Rafale carried fourteen hardpoints which could carry a variety of air-to-air, air-to-ground and anti-ship ordnance. It's also equipped with the GAIT 30mm revolver cannon and carried one-hundred and twenty-five rounds for close in dogfighting. Like the Mirage's of Lightning squadron, these Rafale's had the same black with red lighting bolts as the Mirage 2000s and were given more ammo for its cannon.
"Capitaine Baschet, you and your squadron are cleared for takeoff. The British and Republic forces are heading our way now. Time to play our part in the operation. Vitesse de Dieu, Mon ami." The tower operator said over the radio.
"Bien Recu, tower. Lighting Squadron, Decollage." Jean responded and soon found himself in the air with the other Mirage's and Rafales and headed towards their targeted AO's. None of them knew that a series of Inner Circle SAM's were hidden under some hay and had locked onto to them.
One of the SAMS was about to fire, but just seconds before its missile launched, the SAM was blown to pieces, taking the terrorists that were operating the anti-air missile launcher. The other same sights soon followed and not a single French aircraft was shot down.
Blowing a puff of smoke before crushing his cigar, Captain Price smiled as he, Soap, Roach and Ghost, TF 141 members that were parachuted into the country prior to the plan getting the green light to proceed and instructed to take out anything that would hamper the attack. They had already knocked out several anti-armor checkpoints along the rail route from the Channel Tunnel, sabotaged dozens of enemy MIG-29's, droid and TIE fighters, liberated numerous French Resistance and Military personal and helped keep the French forces supplied with ammo, fuel and medical supplied.
"That takes care of those damn SAM's. I hate those things." Price said before walking back down the hill they were atop of and returned to their commandeered VBMR Griffon armored APC where Emmanuelle 'Twitch' Pichon, Gilles 'Montagne' Touré, Oliver 'Lion' Flament, Gustave 'Doc' Kateb and Julien 'Rook' Nizan, the GIGN operators from Rainbow were waiting for them.
"Targets have been destroyed. Let's get moving. I've got a feeling that Makarov's boys will be looking for the ones who blew up those SAM's. Come on, we need to get to the RV point before Kenobi and the others arrive." Soap stated.
"Maître Kenobi seems to know more about this Grievous salaud. What's the deal with those two?" Twitch asked as she climbed into the driver's seat while Montage took control of the vehicle's remote weapons station, powering up the 12.7mm machine gun.
"According to Cody, Grievous and Kenobi have always fought undeceive duels with either one of them retreating or in the case of Grievous, running away with his tail between his legs." Roach explained as the APC sped down the country road.
"And yet we are trying to get the general on our side. Why would anyone want to ask him to join our side?" Lion asked confused like the others.
"Turns out Grievous has been a pawn in Sidious game like the Jedi were. Sidious had some of his followers plant a bomb on the Generals ship which then allowed this San Hill bastard to turn the guy into the cyborg he is now. Hell, this Count Dooku guy taught the guy how to use those Jedi weapons as a way of getting revenge against the Jedi, who he was led to believe were responsible for the crash. Even worse, the guy takes the lightsabers from the Jedi he kills as trophies and uses them against the Jedi." Ghost answered.
"Jesus. That's fucked up." Doc cursed.
"Yeah and the Lone Wolf thinks we can convince him to join us for the attack on the States." Price added. The others looked to each other and wondered if Robert had a few screws loose in his head when he came up with this plan.
As the operators and special forces soldiers headed for the RV point, in the German capital of Berlin, within the confines of the Reichstag, Grievous was sparring with several of his Magna Guards. Countering the attacks from two of his bodyguards, he slashed the two that tried to take him out from behind before slashing the two in front of him in a fit of rage.
Ever since he retreated from Utapua and he arrived on this planet, his mind was plagued by a mysterious message claiming that the Jedi weren't the ones to blame for his current 'condition'. He refused to believe such a thing, but at the same time a part of him was telling him that he was being used by Sidious and the Jedi weren't the ones really responsible for his current state of being.
Still, he needed proof and perhaps the Lone Wolf might be able to help him. He quickly shook off this idea when a tactical droid arrived. Turned out, the GSG 9 members of Rainbow had destroyed several of his tanks and naturally, the general was none to pleased at this news. Even more so, Grievous was starting to have doubts about the terrorist group, The White Masks who seemed to have their own agenda as opposed to the goals to Sidious and the Tarkin.
"Could my entire life be a lie? My quest for revenge, could it have all been a tool for Sidious? Would he destroy me when my usefulness has come to an end?" Grievous asked himself, remembering the last time he fought someone as skilled as both Kenobi and Lehner. "That girl, Kasumi. She's a skilled warrior for one who isn't a Jedi, could she see the truth about my life? No, it's impossible. She's but a human warrior who has never fought battles like I have before now, could she be similar to Ronderu lij Kummar? No, she can't be!" Grievous told himself, shaking off his doubts and returned to his training.
While the general continued to train, the Tornado, Mallard, Flying Scotsman and Union of South Africa exited the channel tunnels French exit steamed across the French country side before they stopped just several miles away from Coquelles, the town where the exit of the tunnel was situated before the SAS members of Rainbow along with Obi-Wan, Cody, Bo, Grace, Melissa, Dylan, Jess, Fenrir, Lycan, Ray and Caesar went to the control tower and switch the points to the Gare du Nord, one of six railway stations in the famous city of love.
Prior to exiting the tunnel, comm chatter from the other forces had confirmed that the operation was well underway despite a few hiccups from hidden anti-ship missile launchers that were hidden from the recon flights that were sent over the French coast with an advanced stealth system, making them practically invisible to radar.
Four of the British ships, two of the Type-23 frigates and two of the Type-45 destroyers were sunk giving away the position of the launchers to the attacking forces which were then quickly targeted by the allied air-power. "Despite the enemy resistance, everything is going according to plan, General." Cody said to Obi-Wan after receiving a status update from Odd Ball who was engaging the enemy over Cherbourg with the rest of his squadron, attempting to recapture the Cherbourg Naval Base, in an attempt to free the French ships docked in the harbor along with the Charles de Galle, the only non-American aircraft carrier equipped with a catapult launch system and the flagship of the French Navy.
"Knowing Odd Ball, he can take care of himself. Right now, we have to focus on our own objective." Obi-Wan reminded his trusted friend and leader of the 7th Sky Corps. "Besides, Omega Squad and your Null Class brothers are more than capable of dealing with the enemy." He added.
That made Cody smile underneath his helmet hearing the general say that. He soon came to a stop when Ray spotted the control tower, which was guarded by both battle droids, Inner Circle and White Mask soldiers who soon spotted them and opened fire.
Rocketing into the air with her jet pack, Bo swooped in and fired her WESTAR-35 blaster pistols taking down several hostiles with her pistols before she fired her jetpacks missile at one of the spider droids that was guarding the tower. The missile impacted the droid, destroying it and taking a few of the terrorists that were nearby with it.
She then landed and activated her portable shield which blocked numerous blaster bolts from several commando droids. She then ignited the Dark Saber and proceeded to slice the droids in half. Both White Mask and Inner Circle soldiers started to become afraid, but threw that fear away and charged towards Bo, only to be cut down by her saber.
Firing his DC-15 as he ran down the hill, Cody downed several droids before he took cover behind the leg plating from the destroyed Spider Droid. Firing short controlled bursts from his rifle, Cody blasted several White Mask suicide bombers before they could get close to the others and detonate their bombs and kill the others.
Firing their sniper rifles from the hilltop, Grace, Jess and Fenrir managed to knock out a few White Mask members armed with machine guns who nearly turned Obi-Wan into swiss cheese. Pulling the bolt of the TAC .50 he was given, Fenrir chambered a new .50 BMG round, fired and blew a hole through a super battle droids chest before the round them tore through two more battle droids. Grace fired her CM901 at a couple of Inner Circle snipers on a nearby road bridge, killing them and allowing Caesar and Ray to move up with Obi-Wan, Dustin and Melissa.
Jess opened up with her Ruger AC556, taking down four White Mask riflemen with headshots, blowing off their masks and revealing their faces. "Is it just me, or do those White Mask bastards look to be American?" Jess asked, ducking down to avoid a sniper round from a droid sniper.
She was accurate in her question. Ray looked to the body of a dead White Mask Roamer and confirmed that they were not just American, but also British, French, Canadian, German and Russian. "These guys are from all over the world. What's their purpose anyway?" Ray asked himself before his shields took a blaster bolt to the chest.
"Uh-oh." Said the droid who fired the blaster bolt at the man from Texas. Ray then charged the droid, tackling it to the ground and crushing its head before spraying 5.56mm rounds at several other droids that came charging towards him.
Caesar fired off his AA12 mowing down battle droid after battle droid while Dustin fired machine pistols at the terror droids that were coming up behind the droids. 9mm rounds turned the droids into nothing but scrap metal while the rest of them were blown up by a round from the M203 mounted under Melissa's SIG 556 which also knocked out a few Inner Circle members in the process.
The members of Rainbow fired their assault rifles and submachine guns mowing down at least a dozen Inner Circle rifleman that attempted to flank them. "MOVE UP!" Sledge shouted as Clash took out her tactical shield and moved up firing her P-10 handgun at any hostiles that got in her way while the others mopped up the rest of the terrorists.
Using both his masters and his second lightsaber, Obi-Wan sliced through the battle droids while deflecting blaster bolts back towards the enemy droids. An Inner Circle suicide bomber rushed towards him with their shotgun blazing, but the bearded Jedi Master pushed the terrorist back into several of their allies before the bombs on the terrorist's chest could even activated.
Throwing Qui-Gons lightsaber, he bisected a dozen battle droids before calling his old master's saber back to him, jumped into the air and sliced a spider droid clean in half before he grabbed one of the halves of the spider and threw it into the path of a squadron of STAPS. Lycan then jumped over him and ripped the throat of one of the Inner Circle riflemen wide open before Fenrir arrived and mowed down several more enemy riflemen with his UZI, followed by the roaring sound of Caesars AA12.
By the time the weapons fire subsided, dozens of terrorists laid on the ground dead and riddled with bullet holes while the enemy droids were reduced to nothing but scrap metal. "Not the longest firefight I've been in, but that was one of the more interesting ones." Ray commented, before he knelt down and checked one of the White Mask bodies.
"What do you got, McCall?" Bo asked.
"These guys, there armed with military weapons. But that's not the problem. The problem is that these guys, The White Masks there shrouded in mystery. No one knows anything about them or what they want. Yet, here they are working with the enemy and take a look at this." He answered, cutting the clothing off one of the dead White Mask soldiers to reveal the body armor. "The body armor is homemade. Nothing like this hasn't been used since Phillips and Matasareanu used in the 97 North Hollywood robbery. This stuff, is modified Kevlar and the only ones who have access to that stuff are law enforcement and the military." He added.
"We can worry about that later, right now we need to switch the points quick. Sounds like the enemy might be going for the trains." Caesar added, loading a new magazine into his shotgun before he running into the control tower and pulled the lever, switching the tracks to Paris.
As they headed back towards the locomotives, several Mirage 2000's flew overhead with several TIE fighters hot on their tail. Two of the Mirage's were shot down by the TIE's, but the last two reduced their speed, getting behind the enemy fighters before unleashing a volley of 30mm cannon fire sending the fighters plummeting to the ground before they slammed into a nearby barn house and exploded.
When the group returned to the trains, the soldiers still onboard the trains had just pushed back several small platoons of White Mask and Inner Circle members who launched an all-out attack against them without any kind of extra support, helicopter or armor. Scottish soldiers of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers, 6th battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland policed White Mask and Inner Circle weapons and ammo while members of Black Watch, 3rd battalion, also a part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland checked the dead bodies for any kind of hidden traps.
The men of Black Watch, having fought in the battle to reclaim the Fourth Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland prior to the arrival of the New Republic forces had suffered a lot of casualties and lost numerous weapons to raids by the White Masks who managed to disguise themselves as members of the regular forces. Having a long history of military tradition, predating the Act of Union between England and Scotland, the Scottish soldiers were more than determined to kick some ass.
"Hell, of a party, looks like we missed it." Ray stated as the wounded men were loaded onto the trains before they began to move down the tracks towards the French capital. While he tended to the wounded, he pulled out a commlink and contacted Robert. "Hey kid. We've already made it into France and get this, we're using a couple of old locomotives. The Mallard, Flying Scotsman and a few others." Ray said after Robert appeared from the device.
"Not surprising. From what I heard, a lot of the British diesels were either damaged or destroyed in the initial attack. According to my sources anyway. Those two along with whatever other steamers you're using, that's a cleaver plan." Robert answered from the other side of the commlink.
"Yeah, I'll admit I was kind of surprised. Anyways, we should have Paris liberated in a few days. From what I've gathered, the enemy has concentrated a lot of their forces in Berlin." Ray added.
"So, I've heard. The Russians are already nearing the eastern side of Berlin. There already at the Polish Border and are their tank crews are just waiting to roll into Germany. Same goes for their aircraft." Robert answered. Ray then noticed Robert looking a little worried.
"Don't worry, we'll get your girl back. I got a feeling Thomas is fighting the enemy right now in Texas and might know something about her location." Ray said to his nephew. His brother, Thomas McCall who was ten years younger than the oldest McCall was indeed fighting the droids in Texas. A member of the Texas National Guard, the second member of the McCall family was a skilled sniper and had a vast collection of lever action rifles, ranging from the Spencer 1860 and Winchester 1873 'Yellow Boy' to the Henry 1860 and the rare Evens repeater, which he used to when ever he went hunting when he returned home.
"Yeah, I sensed that your brother was fighting the enemy when we arrived. I haven't been able to get in touch with uncle Thomas, but I did send him a supply drop, complete with a shotgun equipped M4, you said it yourself, he liked the weapon combo from Predator." Robert answered, earning a chuckle from his uncle.
"Well, we should be at the RV point shortly. I'll contact you as soon we kick the bastards out of Paris." Ray said. "Remember, don't go damaging the city. We don't need to be known as the ones who blew up the Eiffel Tower in our liberation." Robert added before he ended the call and Ray went back to tending to the wounded. A good number of soldiers had taken some serious injuries from either bullet wounds, grenade fragments and a few blaster burns.
One of the wounded soldiers was bleeding badly due to the large amount of shrapnel embedded in his leg. A dose of morphine did little to ease the soldier's pain as they continued to scream. With little to no options left, the only choice was to amputate the leg. That would have been the case, had Ray not used a high-powered magnet, pulling the metal out of leg before wrapping some gauze around the leg. "Just keep an eye on that man. If he looks like he's in more pain than usual, give him some plasma, that should help until we reach the rv point." Ray said to a clone medic who saluted him before he made his up to the front car.
"I take it the men are doing ok?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Some of them didn't make it. Others are bleeding pretty badly. Stains are going to be hard to get out of the rugs after the war. Those that are seriously wounded are going to need some better treatment than what I could give them." Ray answered. "Something about this doesn't sit well with me. Makarov hates the west and the current Russian government, yet Black Tusk, The True Sons and The Last Man Battalion are American PMC groups. Now, the White Masks are a different story, but there is no way in hell Makarov would be working with guys like those PMC's." he added.
"Maybe old Sidious promised him that he would wipe them all out after they take over the planet." Caesar said, earning a look from the others. "What? Makarov is the type of guy that wants only one thing, power. Once he gets it, he'll probably use it wipe out anyone he deems as the enemy." He said defensively.
"Well, Mr. Lincoln isn't wrong. Those who have power are usually corrupted by it and want more and more. It's possible that what Caesar said is true. If I were Sidious, I'd probably use the guy as much as I could before getting rid of him. Viszla did it all the time back during my Death Watch days." Bo admitted.
"Well, what ever the case is, we'll deal with it anyway we can." Cody added in agreement as the train's brakes screeched aloud having reached the rendezvous point. France was about to get its capital back and it was going to be a long and bloody battle. Or so they thought, almost immediately as the allied forces entered the City of Love, the French flag was raised high above the Eiffel Tower, indicating the city had been taken without even a drop of blood. This was only the calm before the storm.
June 30th 2020
Remagen Germany
Three-hundred eighty-four miles from Berlin
Obi-Wans point of view
I never thought I would find the remains of one of the only bridges that was captured by the Allies during the second World War these people fought. The Lundendorff Bridge, or what was left of it was as stated by Dwight D. Eisenhower was 'worth its weight in gold' due to its importance to the allies. The Nazi's had blown up nearly every bridge across the Rhine during the war in an effort to keep the allies from Berlin. Only ten days after its capture, it collapsed but not before allowing twenty-five thousand men along with tanks, artillery and trucks to cross it. After the war, it was deemed not worth the effort to rebuild and became a memorial.
To think that one of the greatest enemies the people of Earth faced would resort to such tactics. Not to mention the fact that the leader of the Nazi group ordered the slaughter of six million people who were Jewish just because they were blamed for the defeat in the first great war.
If this man, Hitler were still alive and the Clone War had occurred, Sidious would no doubt assist him in the Holocaust, the worst genocide in Earth's history. Some people said it was a lie, others said it was a blessing as they hated those who were Jewish. For me, while I may not have seen it, its probably the worse atrocity I have ever heard of. The German people of today feel the same way, even those who survived the last great war like Oskar Groning who was stationed at Auschwitz, one of the concentration camps used for these massacre's admitted he was disgusted by what he had seen.
Looking over the Rhine, I thought about the men and women who gave their lives for stopping someone just as evil as Sidious, perhaps even more evil. I then turned around to see Cody and his men talking with Elias 'Blitz' Kotz, Marius 'Jager' Streicher, Dominic 'Bandit' Brunsmeier and Monika 'IQ' Weiss, members of the current German counter-terrorist unit GSG 9 and members of Rainbow who had entered Remagen to give us some intel regarding the enemies defenses in and outside of Berlin.
They, like other Germans hated what their country did during the war and wanted to try and redeem their country after such a genocide, as well as making sure such a thing never happened again. I had to admire their commitment.
"General, IQ and the others have just located a threat to both ours and General Plo's attack on Berlin." Cody said, pressing a button on his gauntlet and showed a map of the other side of the Rhine. "Rainbow found an Inner Circle weapons facility and they have a lot of the white prosperous munitions, tanks rounds, mortar shells, you name it." Cody explained
"Even worse, ze the enemy has loaded the chemical into bombs. They plan to drop ze bombs on both our men and Berlin. If ze they succeed, our losses will be high. Ze have a few Tornados and are loading them with ze bombs now." Blitz said.
"From what we've gathered, they haven't loaded the bombs onto the aircraft. If we can disarm those bombs, they won't be able to use them." IQ said.
"Then this is clearly a job for Rainbow. This is a counter terrorist operation; we would only get in the way." I said.
"Actually, we're going to need a Jedi. They have more forces guarding the bombs then we have men, GIGN, SAS, GSG 9. We can't handle them all. If you could spare us a couple of your men…" Bandit began. I raised my hand and finished what he was about to say.
"Then your potential losses will be greatly reduced." I said before turning to Cody. "Get Ghost Company ready to move out, prep the gunships, we'll need to be quick with this one Commander." I said. Cody saluted and went to get his men ready for battle.
A few minutes later, four of our gunships were directly over the German forest with IQ guiding us to the location of the facility. As soon as we were two clicks from the location, I ordered the gunships to land not wanting to risk the lives of these pilots. We were going to need all the help we could get if we were to liberate the United States.
Once the gunships started heading back towards Remagan, the men, Rainbow Operators, Price, Soap, Roach, Ghost and myself started our way towards the facility. We had to keep our guard up, in case the enemy had laid some traps. Fortunately for us, Fenrir, Lycan, Ray and Caesar had decided to accompany us and were keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
We did find a few tripwires placed between the trees but they weren't anything to worry about. We soon reached the location without loosing a single man to enemy traps or attacks. The enemy had turned a civilian used airport into a base of operations. The airport was small compared to the ones in cities like Berlin, Moscow and Tokyo, from what Robert told me.
The entire airport was surrounded by BTR-80 APC's, T-72, T-90 and Leopard 2 tanks. Hundreds of terrorists and battle droids walked inside the airport making sure that no one could get inside the airport. I then turned my attention to several parked MI-24 Hind and MI-28 Havoc attack helicopters, some of the deadliest helicopters ever built by the Russians. Beside them being loaded up with the bombs, were the Panavia Tornado multirole/attack aircraft.
The fighter's top speed is Mach 2.2 and had an effective range of all most one-thousand and four hundred kilometers, eight-hundred and sixty miles. The aircraft had a total of nine hardpoints allowing it to carry nine-thousand pounds of ordnance, for engaging enemy aircraft or attacking ground forces, the Tornado had a single 27mm cannon loaded with one-hundred and eighty rounds on starboard side. However, the models of the aircraft at the airport were the Tornado GR 4 which were equipped with a second cannon mounted on the port side of the fuselage.
"Looks like their loading the bombs into munitions dispensers. The amount of firepower those things carry is devastating." Caesar said, watching as two flight technicians loaded the dispensers with said bombs.
"Drop those things in front or on top of an enemy unit, the fire will spread, destroying anything and anyone in its path. Not even a back fire could stop that thing. Not to mention they can cause some serious damage to a person's organs." Ray added.
"Nasty weapons." Price said, lowering his own set of binoculars before we returned back to the men who were waiting for us. "Full frontal assault is a risky move. We attack, they may launch those aircraft and use the bombs on us. Not to mention those helicopters will be on us quicker than a hungry dog." He added.
"If we don't do anything, those Batard's will launch those aircraft before we can even disarm the bombs. We can't just ignore them." Lion stated angrily.
"Control yourself, Mr. Flament. If you let your anger take control of you, it will end up getting yourself killed. You're a father, aren't you? How would your child feel if they knew you let your anger get the better of you and were killed by it?" I said to the member of Rainbows CBRN unit. That got the man to calm down. "However, I do agree with you. We can't let a single aircraft launch with those bombs. But the question is how?" I added.
It was at that time one of the recon droids the men had launched prior to finding the enemy base had returned and a view of the area was placed in front of us. "Looks like we might be able get inside the base from here," Cody said, pointing to an area behind one of the hangers. "Looks like they weren't able to keep someone from trying sneak into or out of the airport before they took it over. Send in a couple of men and they can knock out the choppers and give Lion the time he needs to disarm the bombs." The Commander added.
"That could work, but we'd have to do that in each hanger. They've got a dozen air units down there, its possible that if we disable one of the bombs, the others might be linked and detonate." Soap added.
"Soaps right. Knowing Makarov, he might have planned for something like this and will be ready to take out those who disabled the bombs and anyone else. All his men are expendable after all." Ghost added in agreement.
"Wish Gunner was here. He knows a thing or two about disarming chemical bombs." Ray said.
"We maintain radio contact, then Lion can instruct each of us who are working on the bombs on how to disarm them." Twitch suggested. Thatcher agreed with her and volunteered to assist in disarming the bombs. Soap, Roach, Price and Ghost also volunteered for this task along with Mute, Smoke, Bandit and Jaeger who also agreed, each of them screwing a silencer onto their weapons.
"Get those bombs disarmed and place those charges on the helicopters. Don't get seen by the enemy and keep those jets intact. We're going to need them." I said to the team that was about to leave before turning to Cody. "The rest of us will surround airport and attack as soon as the explosives on the helicopters are detonated." I instructed.
The men nodded and we quickly moved into position, ready to attack the moment the Price detonated the charges. IQ, the female member of the GSG 9 operators finished checking her own rifle before she looked to me. "So, you got someone you want to protect?" She asked me.
I did have someone I wanted to protect, Satine. Even though she was still the Duchess of Mandalore, she did admit that she loved me and I in turn shared those same feelings. When I learned that Anakin had married Padme, right after the war began I admit I was a bit upset that he broke the Jedi Code, but after seeing how attached Mace and may other members of the council were so attached to the idea that Jedi should never marry, that it was a tool of the dark side along with the number of times I've seen Anakin control his emotions and stayed in the light made me now realize that the Jedi code was wrong and was only an enemy tool if the enemy knew of the relation a Jedi had with another person.
"Yes. I have someone I want to protect. I will make sure that they can live in a galaxy not ruled by fear." I answered.
"That's a good thing. You fear something and you let that fear control you, its only going to turn people against each other. I've seen it before, Sudan, Iraq and other places across the globe. People living in fear will most always turn against one another, just to save their own lives." She replied.
"Price to Kenobi. Charges are placed and we iced the guys guarding the choppers. The others are working on disarming the bombs now. We're going to try and gather some intelligence on the enemies plan." The TF 141 Captain said over the radio.
"Understood." I responded.
Cody then gave orders to his men to surround the base under the command of Ray and Caesar, leaving only me, Cody, Waxer, Boil, Longshot and Gearshift along with the Montage, Rook, Doc, Sledge, Blitz and IQ took cover behind a few concrete slabs positioned on the left flank while the others took up positions behind and on the right flank of the base.
We waited for a good few minutes before Soap contacted us, stating that they found some good intel and the bombs had been disarmed. He then detonated the charges, destroying the enemy attack helicopters and causing both terrorist groups to become disorganized. The resulting confusion caused them to shout in several different languages trying to determine the source of the explosions. By the time they did, the Rainbow Operators attacked first. Rifle, submachine gun, machine gun, pistol and blaster fire echoed through out the forest taking out numerous hostiles who were as Caesar said 'caught with their pants down'.
(Diamond Eyes starts)
"Their middles weak, Vorwarts!" Blitz shouted, bringing his ballistic shield up blocking enemy weapons fire while returning fire with his P9, followed by Montage who followed suit firing off his own sidearm. I used to think it was only Rex, Fordo and Wolfe who were able to do a lot of damage with a pistol, but these operators took out several enemy soldiers with ease. 'Gunslinger' was the term I believed Mr. McCall called it.
Igniting both my lightsabers, I dashed forwards towards the battle, blocking blaster fire with my sabers while the men took out the terrorists that I missed. Two enemy units with rocket launchers fired their payloads towards me, but a quick redirection with the force sent the rockets harmlessly towards the remains of the enemy helicopters.
A Crab Droid that we didn't see, crashed through the fence of the airport and began to make its way towards us. IQ opened up with her machine gun and managed to the droid's attention, allowing me to jump onto its back and stabbed my sabers into its body, before I leapt off the droid and landed on another one and did the same thing again.
More droids and terrorists started to arrive and some of the men were cut down by weapons fire. "GOTT VERDAMMTE BASTARDE!" IQ cursed in German before she threw one of the grenades, she was given by Ray which exploded just before it touched the ground, blowing several White Mask forces away. As she reloaded her machine gun, I noticed Waxer take a blaster bolt to the chest. Thankfully, the shot didn't kill him, but he was hurt badly. More troopers fell to weapons fire and for a second it seemed that we were going to die.
Or so we thought. All of a sudden, the enemy started taking fire from the rear and the noise of an automatic weapon echoed from behind the enemy forces. Blocking weapons fire, I looked up to see Caesar, Ray, Price, his men, Lion and the other Operators firing their weapons at the enemy forces who were trying to figure out which group of enemies to focus on.
Stepping over the bodies of the dead and destroyed, the barrel of Caesars AA12 let out a little bit of steam as he loaded a new magazine into the weapon. "REMEMBER THIS SHIT AT CHRISTMAS!" he shouted before turning around and charged towards the remaining enemies that were exiting one of the closed hangers. Following them was were a dozen large two-legged droids following a couple of Dwarf Spider Droids. These new units were heavily armored and armed with several anti-personal blaster cannons, two on its left platform and one on its right platform. On the right platform was a scatter gun and a missile launcher like the ones used on those advanced Dwarf Spider droids.
No sooner had the men began entering the airport, the new units opened fired and took down dozens of troopers. "SHIT! ITS ED-209!" Sledge shouted firing his shotgun. The other Rainbow operators followed suit, but their rounds did nothing to stop the new units.
Blaster fire had no effect either and the new droids continued to advance towards us. Many of the troopers that were hit were only wounded and were dragged back to cover by their brothers who were courageous enough to risk their lives for the only family they had known.
"WE CAN'T KEEP THIS UP!" Ray shouted, flanking one of the new units and fired his rifle at one of the new units, getting it to turn its attention from Ghost Company to him. Weapons fire from the new units was starting to get closer and closer to McCall and I couldn't bear the thought of telling Barney or Robert that their friend and uncle was killed.
Thinking quickly, I sprinted towards the new units, slid under the first unit and sliced through its legs before it toppled down to the ground. This in turn got the other units to turn their attention to me, making me their new target. Two units fired their cannons at me, forcing me to deflect their fire away from me and the rest of the men.
Another unit fired their rocket launcher at me, forcing me to leap into the air and land on the head of the unit that fired the rocket. The other droids began to fire at me, not caring about their ally and the ones behind the one I was atop of and destroyed three of the other droids before they finally destroyed the one, I was standing on.
Jumping onto another of these 'ED-209's' as Sledge had called them, I plunged my sabers into the head of the new unit before sliding off its back where the unit then collapsed and fell to the ground. As for the last unit, a rocket slammed into the unit, destroying it. Looking back to the source, I saw Cody holding an Inner Circle rocket launcher. Looks I ow the commander my life.
(End Song)
As the last unit fell to the ground, several transports, New Republic, British and French helicopters arrived and began to unload their troops. As the new men arrived and began to sweep the area for any survivors, Price headed towards me and showed me the intel he had found. "This could prove to be a problem." I said and the British Captain agreed with me.
July 1st 2020, 19BBY
0903 hours
Berlin, Germany
Normal point of view
Once again, the largest city in Germany in terms of both area and population was engulfed in the flames of war. During World War 2, the city was bombed constantly by American and British bombers, targeting military facilities and infrastructures like ports and railway yards in an effort to hamper the Nazi war machine. By April 1945, the former Soviet Red Army and Polish armed forces had managed to enter the city, fighting tooth and nail against its determined defenders.
On April 30th 1945, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party committed suicide in his secret hideout, the Fuhrerbunker. While the garrison protecting the city surrendered on May 2nd, fighting in the city continued until May 8th 1945. The battle was a costly one. The Russians and Polish lost roughly about eighty-thousand soldiers with almost three-hundred-thousand people wounded and sick. The Nazi's on the other hand lost over a hundred-thousand men, some of whom were young and old, twenty-two thousand civilians were also lost when the battle ended.
One would think that after the last great war, the world would be brought to peace. They were wrong. Just three years after the end of World War 2, the Soviet Union blockaded several sectors of the city that were under the control of the west. The resulting blockade forced the British and its allies to airdrop supplies to the people on the Russian side. The whole crisis lasted almost a year and no violence was recorded to occur.
But it only got worse. Just a year after the end of World War 2. The Cold War started. While it was more of an arms race than an actual war, numerous conflicts from Korea to Vietnam occurred over the course of forty-five years. During that time, the Berlin Wall a ninety-six miles separating both East and West sections of the nation was constructed, complete with numerous anti-vehicle trench's, watch towers and bunkers.
Designed to stop military advances from both sides, numerous people even tried to flee to the west side of the city for various reasons. Nearly one-hundred and fifty people were killed, some trying to escape to the west, or shot by accident. After twenty-eight years, the wall was finally torn down in 1989 and by 1990, the nation was reunified and the cold war ended in 1991.
Now, like in one the documentaries about that terrible time, Russian forces were fighting in the city. This time, they weren't alone. British, Irish, French and Scottish forces with the 104th and 212th units of the New Republic army and Mandalorian warriors were now fighting tooth and nail with the Inner Circle, White Mask and separatist forces.
Green clouds of smoke billowed from the sewers as an Inner Circle sniper prepared to fire their SVD. Just before they could fire, GSG 9 sniper, armed with the antique Kar98K fired at the enemy sniper, who then fell from the roof of the building they were using as a sniper position and landed in a puddle of mud, directly in front of Hitomi, who was leading a small squad towards the Berlin Hauptbahnof train station. "Danke." Hitomi said in German to the sniper as a Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon dropped its two 500-lb bombs onto two Inner Circle T-72's that were blocking Hitomi's path.
A multirole, two-seater delta winged fighter, the Typhoon entered service in 2003 and is used by England, Germany, Spain and Italy. Its top speed was almost twenty-five-thousand kilometers per hour and had an effective combat range of about one-thousand-four-hundred kilometers. For fighting, the Typhoon was equipped with thirteen hardpoints which could carry up to nine-thousand pounds of ordnance from air-to-air missiles and air-to-ground ordnance. The fighter was also equipped a 27mm revolver cannon and carried only one-hundred and fifty rounds.
These fighters however were carrying more rounds for their main cannon and were equipped with five air-to-ground missiles or bombs and eight air-to-air missiles. Some fighters were even equipped with a neutralizing agent to counter the effects of the chemical weapon that was built by Makarov and detonated in the event of an enemy invasion of the city. The gas spread had already spread by the time both Obi-Wan and Plo's forces arrived at the city. But thankfully, the neutralizing agent was dropped before it could spread even further into the city.
Blocking blaster fire with his sabers in down town Berlin, Obi-Wan cleared a path towards the rendezvous point he had established with Hitomi prior to entering the city. The Rainbow Operators had left both groups prior to the attack in order to take out White Mask weapons depot where a man named Volk was preparing more of the chemical bombs to be sent to other active battlefronts across the planet. His capture would also give the allied forces some much needed intel on what the White Masks true goal was.
Sending a blaster bolt back towards the droid that fired at him, Kenobi then grabbed a wreck car with the force and sent it flying towards a squad of enemy units as Price, Soap, Roach and Ghost fired their under-barrel grenade launchers towards one of the alleys, killing a few groups of hidden enemies.
"COME ON!" Obi-Wan shouted back to his men while catching an enemy rocket and sent it back towards the unit that launched it. One of his men jumped up and urged his brothers to follow, only to be taken out by a blaster bolt which knocked the soldiers helmet off.
"FIGHT LIKE CLONE'S!" Cody shouted, leading the charge with his brothers. Lycan leapt over the commander's head, landing on top of a droid while Jess and Grace opened up with their rifles while Ray and Caesar fired their own weapons, clearing a path towards the station. An enemy T-90 fired its 120mm cannon, taking out an allied Leopard 2 tank before Bo, Fenrir, Lucia, Vaer, Koylar, Garrod and several other Nite-Owls swooped in from above firing both their blasters and jet-pack rockets taking out the enemy tank and a few enemy HMMWV's that were keeping the advancing forces pinned down by their mini-guns.
"Los los los." A Bundeswehr commander shouted from a top another Leopard 2 before that one was blown to bits from rocket from a nearby restaurant. "Sucks, um er zu sein." A German soldier said, loading a new magazine into their HK 433. Just before the soldier could fire their rifle, he ducked back down to avoid getting his head blown off by a White Mask sniper. "Ficken" he cursed. He waited for a few minutes before the enemy sniper was eliminated and moved up with the rest of his men.
They soon linked up with Hitomi's group and took the station. As Plo and the Russians arrived at the station, Maya Rodionovna flew overhead in the SU-37, with four Tri-Fighters on her tail. Two of the enemy fighters fired their cannons at her aircraft forcing her to zig-zag in order to avoid getting shot down. This gave the other two fighters the opening to launch their discord missiles at her. Thinking they were heat seekers, she deployed one of her aircrafts four flares in an effort to shake them off her tail. This failed as the missiles ignored the flare and continued to streak towards her aircraft.
"Damn." She cursed and pitched her aircraft down towards the street. The missiles continued to follow her and were about to hit her aircraft when at the last second, she pulled up from her dive and flew above the street while the missiles impacted the road. Pulling up, she began to climb scrapping the fuselage of her aircrafts under belly before she veered off towards the capital building.
As the air battle above the city began to turn to the republic's side, inside the Reichstag, Grievous decided to finally take to the battlefield, grabbed his second wheel bike replacing the one he left behind on Utapau and headed to fight his rival. "I must learn the truth." He said to himself.
Back at the station, comm chatter from all over the city indicated the enemy forces were starting to falter and the Rainbow Operators had captured Makarov's bomb maker and were bringing him to the station for interrogation. "All chemical clouds in the city have been extinguished. Seems like the Russians and General Plo dealt with a lot of the enemy armor. Enemy air power has been destroyed completely. There are still pockets of enemy resistance, but it looks like the city is finally free, General." Cody informed.
Just before Obi-Wan could answer, he heard the familiar sound of a Wheel Bike approaching the station. A call from Gregor confirmed that Grievous was heading towards them, but it appeared the General had come alone. As the cyborg general's bike came to a stop, he hopped off the bike and glared at Kenobi while Clones and Earth soldiers trained their weapons at him. "I challenge Obi-Wan Kenobi to single combat." Grievous declared.
The men were surprised, seeing as the General always fought with platoons of droids by his side. This declaration for a one-on-one challenge was something they never expected to see. Though they did here about something like this just before the Battle of Utapau had begun. "I accept." Obi-Wan answered, walking towards the general.
Throwing down his cape, Grievous pulled out two of his sabers before igniting the cyan and amber blades. Obi-Wan followed suit, igniting his own sabers and the two waited for the other to make the first move.
(Start Heart of Sword)
Grievous made the first move, charging in while spinning his upper torso around rapidly and keeping Obi-Wan on the defensive before he put Obi-Wan in a saber lock. Obi-Wan kept a close eye on the General's arms, waiting for when Grievous would separate them and grab two other lightsabers. Pushing his foe back with the force, he jumped over the General who much to his surprise didn't take out any other lightsabers. "Why the change in tactics, General? I thought you were a ruthless warrior?" Obi-Wan asked.
"What I do is none of your concern Kenobi. If I am to meet my end, I will meet my end with the honor of a true warrior. No tricks, no droids just my skills." Grievous countered, charging towards Obi-Wan with his sabers ready for combat.
"That lightsaber, it belongs to Qui-Gon Jinn. I've heard Dooku talk a great deal about his former Padawan. He considered him to be like a son, the same goes for the mother of the Lone Wolf." Grievous said impressively, breaking the saber lock the two were once again in. "Tell me, where is the Lone Wolf?" he then asked.
"Why? You want to finish what the two of you started on D'Qar and Florum? Sorry to disappoint you, but he is busy planning the assault that will finally end this war." Obi-Wan answered, ducking to avoid an attack to his head.
"You misunderstand. Yes, I want to fight the Lone Wolf again, but in an honorable match. I also want to learn the truth. The truth of who really made me what I am today." Grievous answered, putting his sabers away and took out two new ones, a blue one and a green one.
Ray, Caesar, Lincoln, Billy and Hitomi knew what Grievous was referring too and while the others were too busy watching the ongoing fight, Hitomi slipped away and planted a datapad in the cockpit of Grievous's personal fighter, which had landed during the fight.
"You mean you finally have accepted the fact that the Jedi and the Republic didn't try to assassinate you?" Obi-Wan questioned, leaping over the general's back, hitting the armor plating. Howling in pain, Grievous turned around and if one could see his mouth, he was smiling.
"Dooku told me he knew the truth, but he died before he could tell me. The Lone Wolf knows the truth and I want to know who is responsible for turning me into this cyborg." Grievous answered before swinging his sabers at Obi-Wan again. "I was a proud warrior once. I fought against the people who tried to enslave my people. Yes, I attacked their colonies in spite of the hatred I felt for them, but the Republic did nothing to help my people." He added, skidding across the road and hitting the side of a wrecked T-72 before leaping out of the way to avoid a strike from Kenobi.
"I was turned into a cyborg by the Separatists in order to get revenge on the Republic and the Jedi who were supposedly responsible for the attempt on my life. I have killed many Jedi in my quest for revenge, but to find out that my entire existence has been a lie, I want to know before my time in this world is over." He stated, deactivating his sabers.
(End song)
"Then why not join us and defeat Sidious? If he is truly the one responsible for the attempt on your life, then there may be a way to give you a new body." Obi-Wan said, deactivating his own lightsabers as the droid general walked to his fighter.
As the cockpit of the general's personal fighter opened, Grievous looked back to his rival. "After all I have done against the Republic, I won't assist you. I am a Separatist general and I am loyal to the Separatist alliance. If I am to meet my end, then I will meet my end as a warrior." He answered, climbing into the cockpit and powered up his fighter, before taking off.
Naturally, the general escaped, but he escaped with a datapad containing the truth.
Back at Pearl Harbor, the 501st and Dragoons just received that the enemy was pushed out of Europe while Africa, the Middle East and several other countries like India were being liberated. Looking at the data, Anakin gave orders for several Predator drones to be launched on recon flights, in order to determine the enemies fighting strength along the western coast of the United States.
Consider this my late birthday gift to all of you. It took longer again to get this out. But, its done. Now, we are moving towards the United States and an amphibious assault similar to ones done during World War 2.
I will take suggestions as to which units are assigned to what coastal areas of the western states and to the enemy defenses. I have a few ideas, but I would like some ideas from my readers. This has been my longest chapter yet and it seems the droid general is having doubts about his loyalties.
Until next time, please read and review and I will see you all next time.