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.

42. Final Battle

Well, I didn't lose power with the snowstorm we just had, but it appears that more snow is on the way. I am getting flashbacks to the winter of 2015, now that was hell. Snowstorm after snowstorm and not to mention the delays the public transportation network where I live was completely unprepared for the weather. Hope they are this time around.

Onto the reviews.

Mr. Shades42: Thank you for the kind words. I take it you liked the part with the Division Agents.

Spartan-626: Glad you liked it. I was trying to include a bit of material one would see in a Western Video Game or movie; those are some of my favorites. That and I was playing Red Dead Redemption 2 again.

Mpowers045: Thanks.

To the guest reviewer who I assume is the one called Mogar, thank you for the kind words.

Ok, let's get started. Disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy and we are only a few weeks away from the Rise of Skywalker.

Chapter 42: Final Battle

August 15th 2020 19BBY

St. Louis, Missouri

1345 hours

Normal point of view

Whizzing through the air at high speeds, a volley of enemy artillery shells slammed into an armored column destroying ninety percent of the tanks and walkers before the rest were destroyed by several incoming enemy fighters, forcing the infantry to retreat from the battle.

From the cockpit of his Thor, Maximillian Veers now ranked Captain fired his mechs four .50 caliber machine guns at the enemy infantry covering the retreating survivors while Aayla and Kit deflected enemy fire back towards the ones he missed.

"That General, what a complete and utter fool. We should have sent in a reconnaissance team before launching this attack." Veers snarled, destroying several GAT's with his guns and missiles as the Freedom arrived beside him and fired its arsenal taking out several incoming droid fighters.

"Bastard thought he was smarter than the droids. He didn't count on them having fortified the Mississippi river to block us." Rally said from inside the battle armor as a squad of F15C's flew overhead and began to duke it out with the enemy air power while Breach exited an ally after having finished off a Black Tusk Warhound that attempted to flank them.

"Where's the fight at?" he asked.

A retreating Canadian soldier answered him. "Take a guess, genius!" the soldier said. An AAT soon rolled down the street and spotted the ARC trooper. Not wanting to get blasted, the ARC trooper double timed it and followed the retreating soldiers just as the tank fired its main cannon. While the blast wasn't a direct hit, it did knock Breach down before a friendly tank destroyed the enemy tank.

"Son of a Bitch!" the ARC Trooper cursed before Thomas and Ray arrived and helped the trooper back to his feet.

"Wanna live? Then get your ass out of the street!" Ray said firing his Tavor taking out a few hostiles while his brother lobbed a few grenades towards the incoming enemy forces, clearing a path for Erik who laid down covering fire with his MG3 allowing the Aayla and Kit along with the others to retreat while Veer's put the Thor into a back pedal, once again providing covering fire for the retreating friendlies while Rally called in an artillery strike.

Sure enough, dozens of artillery rounds soared overhead and slammed into the attacking enemy forces allowing the remaining allied forces to retreat from battle. Not one volley of artillery fire hit the buildings and by the time it was over, the allied forces had lost sixty percent of their attacking forces.

It wasn't just St Louis. All along the Mississippi river, other offensives were being forced to retreat before they could even get close to the second longest river in the United States. It became clear that the enemy had established an impressive defense network along the river with anti-air and armor artillery placed along the two-thousand, three-hundred and twenty-mile-long river.

Further complicating the matter was that on every front, the enemy had launched several bomber formations which unlike the New Republic forces, didn't hold back on dropping rounds on buildings wherever the New Republic and its allies were fighting.

Casualties' skyrocketed with this reckless plan and many a clone trooper would say that it appeared to be one of Pong Krells reckless strategies. In truth, the strategy was the work of American General, Walter Melon. At first, the general claimed that his intel came from a captured LMB captain who wanted to defect and liberate the world. In truth, the General was actually trying to get the Allied forces to leave the planet and he would become the second in command of Trumps military.

Thankfully, Cindy who was chasing Boomer at the Whiteman Air Force Base discovered this and gave the general a really ass kicking, especially since he was the one who told her that Will was killed in action almost a year ago.

Despite capturing the traitor, the losses suffered by the allies were worse than Umbara. Now the Air Force base was filled with the cries and moans of pain from those that survived the battle. Most of the wounded died on the way back to the base and those that survived they were given the best treatment from both Barriss and Shelia.

Her hands covered with blood after stitching up a soldier's leg, Barriss used the force to ease the pain of a Clone Trooper that took a hit in the exposed area of his armor while a Midgarda medic applied a bacta patch on the wounded area. "Bring in the next one!" Barriss said to the volunteers who were helping the wounded. The trooper was removed from the bed and she looked to see both her husband and Robert bring in a wounded Canadian Marine, who to her shock had his leg shot up badly.

"Canuck took a full submachine gun magazine to the leg. Bullets went clean through, but he's bleeding badly." Robert said, gently putting the wounded soldier down on the bed. "Do what you can." He added before he went out to get another wounded soldier. He didn't get the chance before Breaker jogged up to him.

"Commander, we just got a transmission. And you won't believe who it is." The trooper said. Curious, Robert followed Breaker into the bases command center where he found the holographic projections of several other Jedi and their second in command, his aunts and uncles, the Ghosts, Price, Valkyrie, Ash, Ella and Velvet standing by the command table they had set up all of them with a shock on their face as the person who contacted them, was General Grievous!

"Grievous! What are you doing on this frequency? Where's Ahsoka? If you hurt her, I swear I will…" Robert began before Barney stopped him.

"Your 'friend' is safe for the moment. She was rescued by a Black Tusk medic who betrayed the group and went into hiding a month ago. If she was recaptured, I don't know." Grievous answered before coughing. "I have no doubt that you are aware of the defenses the enemy has placed around the 'Mississippi' as you call it? The enemy has an airbase in Canada, I know where it is, but I can't give it you over this frequency. Darth Sidious knows I betrayed him and have been fighting against his forces for some time. I will give you the location if you meet me in Winnipeg." Grievous added before coughing again.

Before anyone could ask the general why, an explosion behind Grievous caused the image to flicker and the only thing they could hear before the transmission ended was blaster fire, gunfire and the activation of several lightsabers. "They found us!" an unknown voice from the other end of the transmission before a JTF2 soldier with a C9 LMG turned around and fired a burst of machine gun rounds allowing several other JTF2 soldiers to follow the general. The machine gun wielding soldier was then stabbed in the stomach by a Commando droids vibro-sword, but the soldier went out in a blaze of glory before the transmission finally ended.

"Looks like my hunch about that fighter I saw last month was spot on. That was Grievous and it looks like the Canucks are protecting him." Robert said impressively. Anakin, along with the others were surprised to say the least, seeing that the fearsome supreme leader of the Droid Army was now fighting against his former allies.

"I think I speak for everyone when I say that this has to be a trap. Grievous still has a score to settle with you after you broke into his castle and stole a few lightsabers from his collection, not to mention you also did a real number on his new pet Roggwart." Anakin reminded the earth born warrior.

"I'm aware of that, but need I remind you that I didn't kill his pet. All I did was toss it around a bit. But you do have a point. Grievous wasn't exactly a pleased Megatron when I saw the look in his eyes during my escape, but this time I know he's on the level." Robert answered before he brought up a display of the current battlefront. "We can't secure a route over the Mississippi like this and we have to many wounded. We need to retreat back to Kanas City, that should give us time to plan our next attack." He added before he turned to Valkyrie.

"Miss Castello, I want Rainbow on QRF detail. We may have retreated from the river, but there are a lot of survivors that didn't make it out. I want Ospreys, Chinnooks and Gunships coming back with all the survivors you can find. If you find soldiers you can't rescue, drop them supplies and instruct them to commandeer any vehicle they can find and get back to friendly lines. We're going to need all the manpower we can get." Robert instructed.

Valkyrie nodded and left with the other operators to inform their allies of their mission. "Price, I want you, Soap, Roach and Ghost to get Buck, Frost, Vigil and Dokkaebi. Wheels up in fifteen we're heading for Canada." He said to the 141 captain, who nodded and went to get their gear. He then turned to Velvet, Rally, Kasumi, HK-47 and Barney. "What, do I have to spell it out for you five? You guys get your gear as well. We're going to need as much help as possible." He said urgently. The others soon got the message and went to get their gear as well.

"I'd better go with you. I know Grievous and if he tries anything, you're going to need an extra lightsaber." Obi-Wan said, walking over to Robert.

"I think that would be a bad idea. But if you insist, then you're more than welcome to come along." Robert said to Kenobi with a smile. He then turned to Treadshot. "Treadshot, tell Veers that he's in charge of the Dragoons until I return from Canada. No matter what, he is not to launch an attack on the enemy positions. We can't afford any unnecessary risks." He said to his second in command.

"Yes sir." Treadshot responded and went to inform the Captain while the projections of the others vanished and technical crews began to pack up the gear. Yoda then walked up to Robert.

"Concerned, you are about the Generals intentions." The Grandmaster of the Jedi order said, immediately sensing Roberts worries.

"It's that obvious isn't it? Anyone would be, Grievous… well he hasn't exactly been a big fan of the Republic or Jedi. Not to mention a lot of your fellow Jedi have been killed by him. But if he can give us the information, we need to break the enemies line, then I am willing to gamble my life so we can finally end this damn war. More than anything, I want to believe he's finally accepted the truth about the one who really made him the warrior he is now." Robert admitted.

"Cautious, you must be. A disturbance in the force I have felt. Not the only ones looking for Grievous we are." Yoda said.

"I understand, General. I'll be careful." Robert assured the Grandmaster before Barriss walked over to them. "Barriss, we're pulling out. We can't hold this position for much longer. A battle may prove to be unavoidable but, in the event, you are forced to fight do what you can to protect this place until the evacuation is complete." He said to the healer. He knew Barriss wasn't going to like it, but he had a plan.

"You said I wouldn't have to take another life ever again." Barriss reminded him.

"Then do not fight to kill. Remember that advice I gave to you before Umbara? Do the same thing, but instead of just taking out the droids, disarm the guys with guns. I won't force you to kill." He added, with a smile. Barriss returned this smile and much to his surprise, gave him a hug. "Just promise you'll be careful. Not for me, but for Ahsoka." She said.

"If I were Vector Prime, I'd say that I'd 'swear on the spark of Primus'. But all things considered, I will be careful. Just keep that saber of yours ready, just in case." He said, returning the hug. He then spotted Erik, who smiled despite the fact his wife was hugging him. But Erik didn't mind, he knew that it was out of concern for a friend.

Fifteen minutes later, Robert along with his friends and allies that he had selected for this mission were onboard an LAAT that was flying straight towards the capital of the Manitoba Province and a stop on the route of Canada's transcontinental train, the Canadian. Gunship was flanked by several MIG-35's providing escort for the gunship. The whole trip took about a few hours before the Gunship crossed over into Canada while the MIG's had turned around earlier since they were low on fuel.

Inside the gunship, each member of the team was checking their weapons before they entered a firefight. For Price, he had an M4A1 fitted with the SOPMOD red dot sight, AN/PEQ-2A laser sight, silencer and M203 grenade launcher, a Winchester 1200 shotgun and his trusty 1911.

Roach had his preferred HK G36C equipped with an ACOG scope, M320 grenade launcher with dual magazines, a Glock 18 holstered to his side and a M14 EBR equipped with a fifteen-round magazine, silencer and sniper scope.

Ghost stuck with his preferred ACR but had an MP5K modified for stealth missions and a Desert Eagle while Barney slid the EOTECH holographic sight on his FN-SCAR-L. The leader of the Expendables had also selected a pair of FN-Five-sevens and a SIG MPX SMG.

Kasumi chose the Calico M960A equipped with a set of improved iron sights and a silencer along with a Carbon 15 carbine with a thirty-round magazine and ACOG scope. Instead of a pair of ballistic pistols, she opted for the DL-44 heavy blaster pistol.

HK-47, well it didn't come as a surprise when the Assassin Droid had selected one of the HK416's which he modified with one of the Beta-C hundred round drum magazines, an M320 grenade launcher and a hybrid ACOG/Holographic sight. Completing the droid's arsenal was the HK MG5, equipped with a red dot sight and a one-hundred and twenty round magazine.

Rally chose the same loadout she used on Mandalore with the exception of her pistols which were swapped for a pair of CZ-75B's chambered to .40 S&W. Velvet on the other hand opted for the RPK-16 she used during her time when she was driven by vengeance and an HK433 in place of the P416 she used. The difference between the two rifles was that instead of an M203 or M320 grenade launcher, she had attached the M26 under-barrel shotgun.

The member of Rainbow had their own weapons already while as for Robert, he went with the Morita, BFG, Punisher, his Colt 1911, the handgun Ahsoka gave him and an MP5, the latter of which he had strapped to his back while he held his Morita tightly. "Remember, this is a retrieval mission. We find the general and his allies, and get the hell out of dodge as quickly as possible." Robert reminded.

Frost was about to speak when the gunship pilot called out, they had been targeted by an enemy SAM, but the warning came too late as the surface-to-air missile slammed into the gunship which then crashed a few miles away from the city.

Meanwhile, back in New York City Ahsoka was helping tend to the wounded members of the Resistance when she started to cry out in pain. "Not now!" she screamed as several doctors along with Sandra soon realized her water had broken and she was entering labor. Quickly, they brought her to a more secured room and began to help her give birth. None of the resistance members knew that the pain she was feeling also told her that the boy she loved was in a great deal of pain of his own.

Roberts point of view

Had I made it to the cockpit of the Gunship, the pilots would have survived the crash. But I never made it to the cockpit when I felt an immense pain coursing through my body. As if that wasn't bad enough, the crash caused me to stumble and hit my head on the gunships wall before I had a chance to put my helmet on. This caused me to blackout for a few minutes before I came to.

Unlike the others, I was pinned underneath some of the wreckage of the gunship and it took all the strength of Ghost, Roach, Soap and Price to get it off of me. As if that wasn't bad enough, I was starting to see double, suffered a brief headache and felt like I was hearing a bell ringing in my ears. "You've got a concussion kid. It's not that bad, but it could be a lot worse. Good news is you aren't bleeding." Soap said after he finished wrapping some gauze around the area where I hit my head.

No sooner had he finished, I felt uneasy and heaved chucks of my lunch on the ground. I never puked this hard before, even after riding several roller coasters one after another. "Ahsoka's going through a lot of pain. I can feel it!" I said after I finished blowing chunks.

"Talk about bad timing. You Jedi are really strange to a guy like me. But then again, I haven't…." Soap began before he heard several twigs snap and we turned to see a large pack of Eastern Wolves coming out of the nearby bush. "Wolves. They must have been nearby when we crashed! Wish we packed a few Winchesters." Soap stated before he raised his rifle.

"Don't shoot." A voice said from the bushes. Again, the others trained their weapons on the bush expecting an enemy combatant to emerge. Instead of the enemy, was a man with black hair, brown hair and reddish white skin. The man was clearly in his early twenties and was dressed in the combat armor of the Canadian military. The man was holding a Thompson 1928 submachine gun with the standard thirty-round magazine and on his back was a C7A2 assault rifle equipped with a C79 optical sight, extended magazine which held fifty rounds and an M203 launcher while a Browning Hi-Power was holstered on his right side.

"You one of those Clawdites?" Barney asked, still keeping his SCAR trained on the man.

"I have no idea what a Clawdite is, my name is Hudson Garcia. I am a member of the Mohawk Tribe and you have met my friends. I've been training Wolves since I graduated college." Hudson answered, somewhat confused about what the hell Barney was talking about. Before anyone could answer, one his friends started to growl. "We need to leave. The metal men are coming." He stated before turning to his wolves and spoke to them. The wolves seemed to understand him and immediately bolted for wherever he came from before he walked over and helped me up to my feet. "I can tend to your wounds when we reach safety." He added.

I would have said something, but I passed out before I could speak.

I came too much later when one of the wolves, a pup jumped up on my chest and began to sniff my face before licking me. I laughed so hard I felt like I was going to bust a gut before the pup nuzzled up to me and fell asleep. I would have gotten up, but I was still a little weak so I just lied down and rested. My thoughts were still thinking of Ahsoka and the pain I felt her going through. Was she being tortured or was she giving birth to our child? I didn't have the answer, but I knew in my heart that she was still alive. Maybe that's why this pup was sleeping by me, it's possible that he sensed my feelings and was trying to comfort me. "Boomer would be a little jealous if he were here now." I chuckled to myself and returned to my rest.

When I woke up a few hours later, the pup was still by my side and my concussion had subsided. Quickly, I put my armor back on and looked at the surroundings. It appeared that Hudson was using an old mining camp as a hiding place. Or so I thought, I looked outside and saw that numerous Canadian army soldiers were both working on their equipment and tending to the civilians in the camp. Helicopters, Humvee's, Tanks and APC's along with other vehicles were being serviced away from the civilians in case the enemy snuck inside this place and sabotaged them.

Even more surprising were several children playing with some of the other wolves like they were domesticated animals. I rubbed my eyes, thinking I was dreaming. Thankfully, I wasn't when a female Canadian soldier walked over to me and said "Thank God you're awake. The General asked me to bring you to him right away."

I thought she was talking about Grievous, but I could sense she was talking about someone else. I followed the soldier who answered all the questions I asked on the way. Turns out, the Canadian military was in somewhat the same boat as the United States. Their military was in shambles during the opening days of the invasion, but unlike the States their Prime Minister didn't side with the separatists but instead turned himself over to the enemy forces in return for the droids to spare his people. All he got was an execution which was broadcasted to the entire world, followed by the Inner Circle and White Masks massacring hundreds of citizens.

During the time before the New Republic arrived, the Canadian Wolverines were using hit and run tactics against the enemy forces which much to their surprise got a number of Chinese and North Korean soldiers, pilots and tank crews who weren't onboard with working with terrorists and during the evacuation of Winnipeg, turned on their allies and assisted in the evacuation. They fought hard before ninety-percent of the defectors were wiped out by the enemy.

Now, only ten percent of the defectors were left and to some of them, that meant they couldn't return home until their governments were brought to justice. I felt sorry for them. Soon enough, the soldier and I arrived at the main building of the camp where Barney and the others were waiting for me. "Glad to see the Lone Wolf is alive. I was worried when Hudson said you were hurt when your gunship crashed." The general said before turning around. This man had blonde hair, green eyes and was about forty-five years old. "General Parker McCrae. 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Army." He added, hold his hand out to me. I took his hand and shook it.

"Pretty sure you know who I am." I said after letting go of the general's hand. I soon Obi-Wan walking towards us, looking a little perplexed. "Let me guess, the guys that were with Grievous aren't here, are they?" I asked.

"Unfortunately, it appears that when Grievous made contact with the Canadian's the separatists were already hunting him down. It appears the datapad you had your friend place in his fighter told him the entire truth about his 'condition' seems Sidious was the one responsible for the shuttle crash that nearly claimed his life and blamed the Jedi and Republic for this attempt. It's no surprise, considering the Republic believed the lies of the Huk when they asked the senate for assistance." Obi-Wan answered.

"Well maybe if you guys had intervened earlier before Huk lied to that the Kaleesh started the conflict when the Huk were the ones selling Grievous's people into slavery then the guy may not have been the warlord he became or come to hate the Republic so much. Oh yeah, and let's not forget all the war reparations you forced on the Kaleesh and how you all left the damn bugs go unpunished for what they did, including the desecration of Kaleesh burial grounds!" I spat. The whole thing reminded me of what happened to Germany after the first World War.

Obi-Wan looked down in shame before he spoke. "I suppose the situation is rightly our fault. We were fouled into believing the Huk's lies about the start of the war." He admitted.

"Sometimes you learn a lesson the hard way. In this case, you unknowingly helped Grievous become the monster he is today." I added. General Parker soon cleared his throat and interrupted our conversation.

"Regardless of how this Grievous fellow came to be, we know his location. As of now he is still in the city, here at the CFB." The Canadian General said, pointing to the location of the Airbase. "We would have extracted the enemy general, but there's a problem. One of the helicopters we sent to extract the team located a series of artillery positions which have decimated all of our attempts to launch a rescue effort." He added.

"The droids seem to be dead set on killing Grievous. He must know something we don't. He did mention in the transmission we received back in the states. Maybe it has something to do with a weakness in the enemies defenses along the Mississippi." Frost said as he and the three other Rainbow Operators entered the building.

I was about to speak when I felt something rub against leg. I looked down and saw that the pup that kept me company while I recovered had followed me and was about to fall asleep. I picked up the pup and began to scratch its ears. "Someone seems to have taken a liking to me." I chuckled. The pup soon started to lick my face.

"That pup has always been quite the explorer. Even when he was a few weeks old, he was quite the explorer." Hudson said with a chuckle as he arrived with Barney and my friends. "And I thought you were good with only dogs." Rally joked before she laughed, followed by Kasumi.

"Very funny." I shot back to my friends and was about to join them, when the building began to shake. "That doesn't sound good." I said as the pup jumped out of my arms and hid under the table just as one of the Canadian soldiers burst into the building.

"Enemy attack! The enemy is attacking!" the soldier shouted before a blaster bolt tore through their chest. The shooter, a commando droid raised its blaster and was about to fire, only to be jumped by Hudson who took snapped the droid's neck before he threw the droid out of the building. Outside the building, droids, PMC soldiers along with their terrorist allies were slaughtering the people in the camp regardless of whether they were holding a weapon or not.

"BASTARDS!" I shouted, whipped out the Morita and rushed towards battle. If there is one thing I hate, it's the slaughter of people who can't fight back. It was time for Canada to get a taste of what the Lone Wolf is capable of.

(Sail Barge Assault starts)

My shout caused the enemy to look towards me and pretty soon a lot of the enemy fire was being sent in my general direction. A thermal detonator from a nearby droid was also being thrown at me, but a quick side kick sent the grenade back to the bastards where it exploded and took out about six droids with the explosion.

With my feet still moving I fired my rifle without even aiming. Sure, a lot of my shots missed their intended targets, but I still managed to get the enemy to turn their attention away from the unarmed people and focus on me. Good thing I didn't use the BFG or else I'd have a lot of innocent blood on my hands.

Still a lot of enemies were hammering the Canadians and even with our backup, it looked like they weren't going last much longer. That is until a couple of placed rockets slammed into several enemy droids and the tanks that had crashed through the camps gate.

Looking back, I saw a couple of Canadians with a couple of recoilless rifles and rocket launchers firing at the enemy armor while Frost, Buck, Vigil and Dokkaebi fired their own weapons further dividing the enemy's attention from both me and the ones who were running for cover.

Velvet, Kasumi, Rally and Barney along with HK-47 came up behind a group of civilians with Hudson firing their weapons at several White Mask and Inner Circle squads killing them while Obi-Wan leapt in front of me wielding both his second and Qui-Gon's lightsabers deflecting blaster fire back towards the incoming forces standing by my side. "Do you always have to throw yourself directly into the enemy fire?" he asked me, cleaving a battle droid in half with his old master's saber.

"It's not like I am trying to get myself killed. I'm only throwing myself to the wolves so I can protect others. Aside from the fact my armors shielding is strong, if they focus on an HVT like myself than that gets them to forget about the civilians." I answered just as several droid gunships started to arrive. I thought for sure I would have to use the BFG on those droids, but instead they were shot down by a stream of missiles from behind us.

Looking back, both Obi-Wan and I saw that the Canadians had been able to scramble a few of the Apache's they had captured from the White Masks a month ago while we were pushing our way towards the Mississippi. 30mm HE rounds impacted the enemy vehicles destroying them while much to our surprise a dozen Canadair CF-5A's, the Canadian version of the Northrop F-5 Tiger dived down on the attacking enemies from 12'oclock high firing both their 20mm cannons and CRV7 rocket pods while the Canadian version of the F/A-18, the CF-18A Hornet's flew overhead and began to duke it out with the enemy aircraft that had just arrived.

"KEEP THE PRESSURE ON THEM!" I shouted, slamming my rifle into the face of a Black Tusk Engineer before pushing them back with the Force. I then leapt over the swarm of droids and landed on top of one of the enemy Abrams tanks. My rifle's magazine had run dry so rather than reload it, I attached it to my armor, ignited my blue saber and began to cut a hole in the tanks hatch. Once I finished cutting the hole, I removed the sliced metal from the top and sent in flying before I primed one of my grenades, dropped it into the tank and jumped off at the last second before it went kaboom, taking more of the enemy infantry and tanks with it.

(End Song)

"They're retreating!" McCrae shouted as he ran towards us with his own rifle in hands. Sure, enough he was right, the enemy was indeed retreating but the battle was a costly one. Numerous soldiers and civilians were killed in this surprise attack. From what I was told, the enemy had already checked this old camp long before the resistance even considered using this place for a base.

I smelled a rat and I needed to fine them quickly. I would have started searching had it not been for one of the North Korean Defectors acting strangely. At first, I thought it was because the guy was trying to give a report to the general, but that soon changed when the Nork raised their Type-88, the North Korean version of the AK-74 and fired.

Obi-Wan slashed apart the bullets allowing Hudson to tackle the soldier from behind, knocking the weapon out of the attacker's hands. "Looks like we found the rat that sold you out." I said as several other soldiers removed the spy's equipment and took them away. "We're going to need to relocate. The enemy knows your location and they will be back." I said to McCrae.

"It won't be easy. If I were a gambling man, I would bet all the money in Canada that the enemy is sending another wave to wipe us all out. Even if we were to start evacuating now, they would attack us after we send out two maybe three convoys." McCrae admitted, looking back at the numerous soldiers and civilians who were both unhurt and wounded from the attack.

I knew he was right and began to think about what to do. Laying out some explosives would delay them, but only for a few minutes. If we set up a few defensive positions and send in the helicopters to strike the enemy, we would lose more lives. No matter what I thought of, every situation would result in casualties.

At that moment, the Wolf Pup that stayed with me when I was hurt ran up to me, along with their mother. It was then I had an idea. "Obi-Wan, do you still have contact with Anakin?" I asked.

"Yes. Why?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Contact him, tell him to get Dustin and Melissa in a couple of VTOLs and bring in the Blood Asp. The mech's vehicle mode will allow me to cut off the enemy before they reach the camp. A large-scale attack force would risk to many lives, but a single unit with the right equipment could do the work of an attack force. After all, aren't I called the Lone Wolf for such actions?" I said.

Obi-Wan thought for a moment before he pulled out his commlink and did what I suggested. A few hours later, the Blood Asp was dropped outside the camp while Melissa and Dustin hovered in their SkyGraspers for a few minutes before landing.

"Melissa, Dustin. There were a few SAMS back along the way towards Winnipeg. Fly at tree top level and take them out. See if you can find the enemy force and soften them up as well if you can. Report to me their position and I'll take them out." I instructed while climbing into the mech's cockpit. Just before the hatch closed, the Pup jumped into the cockpit and rested on my lap. "Oh, I see you want to stay with me. Well, hold on tight buddy, we're in for a Ruff ride." I joked to the pup.

I then configured the mech to its vehicle mode and drove down the rode with the VTOL's heading towards the direction of the SAMS I mentioned. A few minutes later, both Canadians radioed that they had eliminated quite a few of the enemy emplacements but were now engaged with enemy scout fighters. They also called in that the enemy attack force was larger than we originally thought and was comprised primarily of tanks. They soon sent me the coordinates and I gunned my transformable vehicles engines to full speed and reached a steep hill just ahead of the enemy force.

"That's a lot of armor." I said in surprise. The Wolf Pup looked at me, almost as if he knew that this was going to be a tough mission. "Thirty-two Javelin Missiles, four-eight hundred rounds for the four machine guns, two plasma PPC's and four Pulse Lasers. I got the advantage in armor and weapons, but in mech mode this thing is as slow as hell, but it sure beats the old Mark V tank. But in vehicle mode, it's just as fast as Optimus." I added, petting the pup on the head.

"All I got to do is hold them off until the camp has been evacuated. Well, there ain't no rest for the wicked." I said with a chuckle and pushed forwards on the controls.

(Transformers Armada Theme Starts)

Going down the hill my mechs speed increased far beyond the standard limits and soon enough I found myself within range of the enemy armor. "Target locked." I said to myself and pulled the trigger. Two LRM's flew towards one of the enemy tanks destroying it before I fired another pair of missiles at another target, this one a troop transport and like the first target it was reduced to scrap metal.

By this time, the rest of the enemy armor had started to open fire on my mech with their anti-personal weapons or machine guns but the rounds did very little to the weapons Mandalorian Iron frame, the only thing they did was scratch the paint.

I pulled a U-turn and got on the right flank of the enemy forces and unleashed hell with the pulse lasers. Activating the mech's vehicle mode thrusters, I began to strafe the enemy vehicles with bursts of purple pulse laser rounds. Sure, the pulse lasers don't do a whole lot of damage but they were very effective against enemy vehicles when compared to the machine guns.

Another enemy vehicle was destroyed by my vehicles laser weapons before two more vehicles were destroyed. I looked towards the sky to see the SkyGraspers soaring in at top speed firing both their cannons and missiles at the enemy armor destroying more of the attackers as McCrae called over the radio that the evacuation was about forty-percent complete.

"Copy that general. Send the location of the new base as soon as you hear from me that the enemy forces have been destroyed." I said into the commlink before I fired four Javelin missiles towards four enemy AAT's.

The tanks were reduced to wrecks of metal before I charged up the Plasma PPC's and launched two dark balls of plasma towards a HAG artillery tank. Without the shields that the TX-130 Saber had, the tanks were easily destroyed before I began to charge up another set of plasma rounds.

The PPC's were at fifty-percent when a blast from an AAT hit the mech, causing me to release the trigger too early and streak to my intended target, an NR-N99. The tank was destroyed as the SkyGraspers came in for another attack run, picking off a few more enemy vehicles. At the rate we were going, we would have finished this up quickly, but that was dashed when several Ymir and Ragnarök mechs arrived seconds after the two Canadians strafed the enemy armor with their cannons again.

(End Song)

"Well, looks like it's time for a surprise." I chuckled and hit a button on my controls.

(More Than Meets the Eye, Transformers Armada OST starts)

As the mech configured into its true appearance, I could sense the fear of the terrorists and their PMC allies as the mech transformers. "Blood Asp, Battle Mode!" I shouted as the Pup jumped onto my lap. During the transformation, the enemy fired their tanks cannons at me in the hope to they could take me down.

"They never learn. Its like taking on the Wing-Zero. No matter how much firepower you throw at me, you can't stop me." I said, finally showing my fangs and pushed forwards firing the machine guns at the enemy tanks while crushing those that didn't even bother to try and retreat.

I crushed two AAT's while I riddled an enemy Abrams with bullets while the two Canadian lovers went in for another attack run. Seeing as they had finished taking care of the scout fighters they encountered after wiping out the enemy SAM's, they were proving to be wreaking havoc on the enemy column which was almost completely wiped out.

The enemy mechs were still a threat to them, so I knew what I had to do. I flipped a switch and began to power up the Alpha Strike. At full power, a single shot would wipe out any mech regardless of class. From the reports of their first appearance on the battle field, the Separatists had given these mechs more armor and weapons, reducing their maneuverability. This made it easier for me. A quick high-powered shot from the Alpha Strike weapons and fired at one of the enemy Ragnarök's. Just seconds after I fired the weapons, I configured the mech back into vehicle mode and gave it some gas as the shots impacted one of the Ragnarök's.

The hits penetrated the mech's armor, hitting the reactor and causing it to go critical. The other enemies started to get away from the explosion but were too slow and ended up getting caught in the explosion, same as the rest of the intact enemy forces.

Me, Dustin and Melissa cleared the blast zone and when we looked back, the only thing left were the smoldering wrecks of the vehicles. It was then that Obi-Wan had contacted us and confirmed that the camp was evacuated.

(End OST)

"Melissa, Dustin. Get to the new camp. I'll be heading for Winnipeg, let Obi-Wan and the others know that I'll clear some of the enemy forces in the city so the resistance can take the city back." I said into the commlink.

Both pilots acknowledged me and after making another U-turn I headed straight for the city. Grievous was waiting and I needed answers, not only that but from what I heard from Dustin, the retreat from the airbase was going as planned but more enemy air strikes were hammering the allied forces. We didn't have much time left. I just hoped that Barriss was doing ok.

Normal Point of View

0647 hours

August 16th

Found in 1812 and situated on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, Winnipeg was nicknamed the Gateway to the West due to the large railway and transportation hub with a diversified economy. Many festivals were held in the city year after year ranging from a Jazz music festival to a Winter Festival.

Now the capital was like the rest of the cities across the world, scarred by the scourge of war. Running through an alley and hunkering down behind a dumpster, Canadian Special Forces Sergeant Odin Law scanned the entrance to the alley with his C9A1 light machine gun for any signs of hostile patrols. He watched as an Inner Circle patrol passed the alley and waited a few minutes before he bolted from the dumpster and headed for the rendezvous point his team had designated as Sanctuary.

The Churchill High School, once an evacuation center during the opening invasion was now a shadow of its former self and a place where the civilians and Police that were abandoned when the city was overrun by both terrorists and machine men.

For months the people taking refuge in the school were barely surviving with the supplies they could scrape from the wrecked buildings. Food was particularly scarce since numerous small-time gangs had cropped up and had been hording a lot of food in an effort to extort money from the civilians. A lot of the people who were still in the city did give into the fear of seeing their loved ones hurt or killed. That's when things changed.

After learning the truth behind his 'condition' Grievous had taken up his sabers in the defense of the people of the city he was using as a hideout. His entire goal of revenge was nothing but a tool used by Sidious to create his Empire and he himself was an expendable asset to his 'lords' schemes. Now, he had decided he would take revenge against his true enemy and their allies.

The first time he began to attack his former allies, he saved a group of civilians who had almost paid the ultimate price when they tried to steal food from a group of gang members. He killed a majority of them and sent the rest of the gangers running away scared and had since become a vigilante across the entire North American Continent, even saving the Lone Wolf from a pair of enemy fighters a month ago.

In fact, his treachery forced Sidious and his allies to send several battalions of 'canon fodder' as several brave civilians called the enemy when they tried to destroy the former supreme commander of the Droid Army. Now the people of the city were on even terms with the enemy in firepower.

Despite being called a hero, Grievous kept his distance from the people who were fighting against the ones who had taken almost everything from them. In a way, it reminded him of his days when he fought against the Huk when he was a normal being, but these people weren't warriors they were just people trying to survive and many of them had never killed another person before.

Deep in thought, Grievous coughed this time harder than he had before and a pain coursed through his lungs. The damage from the blow he took from Mace Windu during his attempted escape from Coruscant was greater than the medical droids had told him. The general wasn't going to be done in by his failing organs and would meet his end as a warrior.

The sound of several children chasing each other in the hallway outside the class room that he had secluded himself in broke his thoughts. While he may have been a ferocious warrior, he couldn't help but hope that these children would not have to become the same person he had become.

"For a cyborg who want's to be left alone, you sure don't seem to mind hearing children running by and interrupting your train of thought." Rhett Wilson, another one of the Canadian Special Forces soldiers that was sent to extract the General, but their Chinook was shot down by a thug with an RPG. The general couldn't even escape as his fighter was critically damaged after a dogfight with a formation of TIE fighters escorting several enemy bombers, including several Inner Circle Bombers carrying several new chemical weapons that were going to be dropped on the advancing New Republic forces in the United States.

"What I do is no concern of yours, Lieutenant. Have you had any luck in contacting your General?" Grievous growled before letting out a light cough.

"Nothing. Sergeant Law just returned and there's no sign of the Resistance of the Lone Wolf. If I may ask, why do you want to make contact with someone who was once your enemy? It'd be better if you just turned yourself in." The Lieutenant answered and asked, not noticing that a small boy was looking through the door.

"I am a warrior and while I have fought the Lone Wolf numerous times before, not a single one of our duels has ended in a decisive victory. The same can be said for Kenobi, but time there will be a victor and if I am to die peacefully, I will die a warrior's death." Grievous answered determinedly, looking at the datapad he had stolen right around the time he deserted the Separatists. "This intelligence must be given to the Jedi directly. If my theory about those gangsters is true than…" he added before he noticed the young boy.

"It's not polite to eavesdrop on other people's conversations young one." Grievous said and the boy entered the room. Like the other children, he was wearing the same clothing for the past three days and was only five years old, but unlike the other children this boy was special.

"Are you going to fight again?" the boy asked.

"Yes." Grievous answered.

"So, you'll beat all the bad guys?" The boy inquired.

"As best as I can." Grievous answered. The boy was about to speak but the school bell began to ring like crazy. Wilsons radio then crackled and Staff Sergeant Violet Manuel called out that the enemy had found them and was attacking with a large-scale force.

"Bastards must have followed Odin without him knowing it." Wilson cursed before he radioed the last member of the team, Corporal Sierra Miller. "Miller, get everyone who can carry a weapon on the perimeter. I want sniper rifles, launchers and machine guns on the second floor. Everyone else, take up positions on the first floor. Hold your fire until the enemy is in range, make your shots count. Get all non-combatants to the basement." Wilson radioed before he turned to the kid. "Better get somewhere safe kid, your parents wouldn't like it if you took a bullet now." He added.

The kid nodded and ran to safety while Grievous and Wilson ran to the entrance of the school.

While the former General and the Lieutenant made their way to the front of the school, the rest of the combat capable civilians took up positions with at their designated positions with every weapon they had available. Snipers were armed with the old Lee Enfield MK 1's, Ross and Springfield Bolt-Action rifles while the ones with machine guns had several dozen Bren MK II's and M1941 Johnson light machine guns. The others were armed with M1 Garand's, M1 Carbines, Johnson M1941 service rifles, Browning Automatic Rifles, Thompson and Sten Submachine Guns along with the Mark III version of the Lee-Enfield. On the roof of the build were two .30 caliber machine guns and an old jeep mounted .50 caliber machine gun. Not much firepower by today's standards.

Weapons from the two greatest conflicts of the 20th century once used by the Canadian, British and American Militaries were also being used in battle just like in the United States. When the enemy invaded the city, they raided the police stations for all their weapons and ammo and collected all other firearms that were owned legally, like the AR-15. Fortunately, they disregarded these old weapons as antiques and non-firing replica's which the resistance was now using. The only thing they lacked were Rocket Launchers and rifle grenades, but they did have an old M45 Quadmount .50 BMG anti-aircraft gun which they disassembled and reassembled on the roof of the school in case of air attacks.

Despite lacking modern firepower, the defenders were more than ready to fight for their lives as Grievous and the JTF2 survivors walked out of the building. Miller was armed with the FN-P90 and Benelli M3 Shotgun, Wilson the Diemaco LSW machine gun and an MP5 while Manuel was armed with a C14 Timberwolf and an MP5 like Wilson. All of them carried a SIG P226 handgun chambered to .357 SIG.

As for Grievous, he had only his lightsabers which he prepared to activate while the JTF2 soldiers went to the positions that Wilson had ordered them to. "Stand fast everybody, they won't be pulling any punch's this time. Don't open fire until you see the whites of their eyes and make your shots count!" Wilson instructed the defenders who kept their weapons trained on the main entrance to the school.

Every single person kept their fingers off their triggers and chambered a round into their weapons waiting for the enemy to appear. Soon enough, the sound of marching PMC and Terrorist soldiers along with crazed individuals high on drugs approached them, but rather than attack immediately they moved aside allowing several MTT's to maneuver in front of them.

Before any of the defenders could make any guesses as to why the enemy wasn't attacking immediately, the troop transports opened up and deployed their complements of droids. "Here they come." The former General of the Droid army said.

(Trade Federation March Starts)

A single MTT carried one-hundred and twelve battle droids and twenty destroyer droids prior to the beginning of the clone wars. When the war began, they were modified to also carry twelve super battle droids. The enemy brought six with them and together, that numbered to six-hundred and seventy-two battle droids, one hundred and twenty destroyer droids and seventy-two super battle droids. The people defending the school were one-hundred and sixty brave souls, but only fifty-four of them were fighting back as most of them were just unarmed civilians and their families.

They were outnumbered more than fifty to one and with their current fire power wouldn't last long against the enemy onslaught which also comprised of four battalions of terrorist, PMC and gang-banger forces. As the droids unfolded and marched forwards, their allies followed suit. "OPEN FIRE!" Wilson shouted once the enemy was in range.

(End song)

Grievous ignited his sabers and rushed forwards towards the enemy forces while the soldiers behind him opened fired. Rifle and machine gun rounds streaked towards the attacking forces taking down several enemies while Grievous slashed apart anyone who got in his way as enemy weapons fire streaked towards him and his allies.

Two of the allied snipers were hit by enemy sniper fire from the rear of the enemy forces, killing them while the operator of the M45 opened up on several incoming droid fighters that were providing air support for the attackers.

Two droid fighters were struck by .50 caliber rounds causing them to crash behind the school and crashed into the red river behind the school. Another group of fighters came in from the east but they two were blown out of the sky by the anti-aircraft gun. This in turn left the operator and loaders of the gun exposed to enemy fire. A droid sniper quickly picked off the three manning the gun before the droid was slashed apart be Grievous.

"They just keep coming!" one of the Bren Gunner's shouted as they ducked down to reload their weapon.

"Just keep shooting!" Wilson shouted, unloading the remaining rounds from his machine gun's magazine onto a few super battle droids. Ejecting his spent magazine, he loaded a fresh one into his weapon and quickly returned fire before he took a sniper round to the chest, killing him instantly. A series of grenades from a couple of droids killed a few other resistance members along with Sergeant Law while one of the .30 caliber machine guns was knocked out.

"There's too many of them!" another member shouted, ducking down quickly and avoiding a headshot from a gang banger Tec-9. The resistance soldier popped out and unloaded their Johnson LMG on the gang member and a few other enemies. He ducked down to reload his machine gun again and would have fired his weapon, had he not been riddled with bullets from a White Mask's AK-47.

"FALL BACK INTO THE SCHOOL!" Manuel shouted, firing her submachine gun in short bursts while Miller picked up their fallen comrades' bodies and pulled them into the school. Those that were covering her quickly fell back into the school, a few of them taking a bullet or blaster bolt to the leg or arm hurting them.

Grievous was the last one to enter the school and quickly assisted the defenders in pushing a few lockers in front of the door while the others took up defensive positions behind a few desks they had positioned in anticipation of such an event.

The barricade didn't hold for long and was soon blasted open by an enemy rocket launcher and the enemy forces began to pour into the school. Once again, Grievous attacked the enemy head on while his allies from behind provided so much needed fire support. "Come and meet your doom, you fools!" Grievous shouted, cutting down several battle droids before he used his left foot and grabbed an Inner Circle rifleman and flung them into one of the classrooms.

He walked into the classroom and was about to finish off the enemy soldier when he noticed the boy from earlier hiding behind the desk, this gave the soldier time to get back to their feet and aimed their weapon at the child. The child would have been killed had Grievous not used his body as a shield, protecting the child before he killed the terrorist soldier. "I won't allow anymore people to be killed by you monsters!" he declared.

The forces that had already entered the school were quick to advance further and further into the school, but this was all part of a plan the defenders had set up in anticipation of such an event. Numerous claymores and trip wires were laid across the entrances to several classrooms where several other resistance members laid waiting behind a few desks they had flipped for cover.

Several traps were triggered killing several enemy attackers while the rest of the attackers were gunned down by the Stens, Thompson's, BAR's and other weapons the resistance had with them. All of the first wave of attackers was wiped out, but they weren't out of the woods yet.

More battle droids and terrorists entered the school and quickly surrounded the general. They were about to open fire when the noise of machine gun fire from outside caught their attention, allowing Grievous to cut them all down. "He's here." the General said.

(Start Belgrade, Gen: Lock opening)

Firing his four fifty-caliber machine guns, Robert maneuvered carefully through the wrecked city making his way towards the high school and clearing a path for the allied Leopard tanks, M113 and LAV-III APC's followed close behind him picking off any enemies he might have missed. "Lone Wolf to all points, path to the High School is being cleared at the moment. What's the status on the airborne troops?" Robert asked, firing another two LRMS at one of the MTT's that was retreating towards his position.

"Airborne troops are on their way now." Obi-Wan replied over the commlink. Late last night, the Canadian resistance had dispatched several battalions of tanks and other armored vehicles to the outskirts of the city in preparation for an attack on the enemy forces in the city. Having moved all of their forces from the mining camp they used previously, the forces that had already assembled were now stronger in both firepower and numbers then they were before.

With the added fire power of the Blood Asp and SkyGraspers, they quickly made their way into the city with few casualties before splitting up to secure the airport, rail yard and extract the general. Obi-Wan and Kasumi had already established a foothold on the airport and were pushing the enemy back while Rally and Velvet were able to hijack a pair of capture Atlas Mechs and were hammering away at the enemy forces. As for Robert, he and the Wolf Pup were still clearing a path towards the high school and while it was slow going, they were making good progress.

They soon reached the high school and the while the APC's offloaded their soldiers, the tanks and Blood Asp turned around and opened up on several enemy units that managed to flank them and started to launch a counter attack. A barrage of 120mm cannon, 7.62mm and .50 caliber machine gun rounds flew straight towards the enemy forces taking out infantry and armor while, much to Roberts surprise, Grievous clambered onto the back of the Blood Asp, looked into the cockpit of the mech before he leapt off the mech and into the middle of a group of enemy infantry where he began to slash apart enemy units.

"Can't let him have all the fun." Robert joked and switched to his pulse lasers as Canadian C-130s flew overhead dropping off airborne troops all across the city all armed to the teeth with both New Republic and standard weaponry.

A barrage of pulse lasers cut down two squads of battle droids and white mask soldiers, saving Grievous while Buck and Frost fired the RPG's they took at a few incoming tanks, reducing the enemy armor to scrap metal and taking out a few enemy infantry in the process.

"KEEP UP THE PREASURE!" Robert shouted before switching to the Plasma PPC's and fired at an incoming Droid Gunship which was sent crashing into the river behind the school. By this time, the remaining enemy forces in the city were beginning to retreat from the area but a few enemies were still at large.

One of these units was an enemy Super Tank which fired its primary weapons taking out a few allied tanks. Thankfully, Robert activated the Alpha Strike and began to charge it up to full power before he had a full charge and fired the weapon, destroying the last enemy tank. "Targets eliminated." Robert declared.

(End song)

Powering down the mech and exiting the cockpit, Robert walked towards the former general as several Chinooks arrived, two of which carried Obi-Wan, Rally, Kasumi and Velvet. "I take it there is a reason you called us here instead of coming to one of our bases back in the states?" Robert asked Grievous.

Grievous was about to answer when he spotted an Inner Circle member with an RPG. The soldier was about to target Grievous and Robert, but instead changed his target to the school entrance where the same boy that Grievous had saved earlier was standing. Barney killed the enemy soldier, but they had fired their warhead which slammed into the school sending a portion of the roof falling to ground.

The roof piece would have killed the boy had it not been for Grievous shielding the boy with his own body while Obi-Wan and Robert caught the roof piece with the force. Grievous looked down and saw that the boy was alive and well, he then turned to answer Roberts question.

"I wish to face you, Kenobi and Kasumi in one finally decisive match." Grievous answered.

All three looked to each other and Grievous in confusion before Grievous answered their unasked question. "Like Dooku, I have been used by Sidious who promised me a great deal of power in my quest for revenge. He is the one who turned me into this former self. I was a powerful warrior once and now I've become nothing more than a tool for a Sith Lords quest for power. If I am to die, then I will die as I should have died, a warrior." He stated.

Again, the three looked to each other and didn't know what to say. Velvet on the other hand did. "What do you have to give us in return? You said you had intel on the enemy air base, why not just take it out yourself?" she asked.

Grievous coughed before he answered. "If my fighter weren't badly damaged, I would have, but this air base is far more dangerous than anything any of us have ever seen. You'll be facing perhaps the entire enemy air force on the planet. If you ignore this, then you'll lose more lives." He answered.

"Why not just turn yourself in? It is true that the Jedi and Republic were fooled into believing the lies of the Huk and completely devastated your planets economy with the reparations and while the New Republic is still young, it isn't as corrupt as it was before." Obi-Wan spoke.

Grievous eyed Kenobi and laughed a bit. "I would rather die a warrior then rot in prison. This is my choice Kenobi. But know this, the battle we are about to fight will be an honorable one. No tricks, no bodyguards. Only three warriors against me." He stated.

"Question: Why not let me just blast him master? He is part meat bag and I would be honored if I could as you earthlings say 'pump him full of lead'." HK-47 asked, raising his MG5.

Kasumi pushed down the droids machine gun before throwing down her guns, deactivating her armor and ignited her sabers. "This is a duel between swordsmen. That is how it will go down." She declared, holding her sabers in the reverse grip position. Robert followed suit and ignited his own sabers as did Obi-Wan.

"If this is the path you wish to take, then I will gladly give you a warriors death. I only wish there was another way." Robert said sadly as Grievous ignited his own sabers.

"Agreed." Grievous stated firmly and all four combatants waited to see who would strike first.

(Battle Iron Blooded Orphans OST starts)

Grievous made the first move and charged forwards targeting Kasumi. Kenobi blocked their opponents attack and attempted to take out the Generals legs. Grievous avoided the attack and attempted a double strike at his long-time rival only to be blocked by Roberts own blades.

"I have long waited to finish our bouts since Florrum, boy. Now, we will finally get our chance to settle the score. Not just me and Kenobi, but you as well." Grievous snarled, rotating his torso a full three-hundred and sixty degrees, blocking both Roberts attacks as well as the attacks from Kasumi and Obi-Wan.

"If that's the case then why…." Robert began before once again he felt Ahsoka's pain. "ARGH! DAMN IT!" Robert cursed, lowering his guard and allowing Grievous to grab him and fling him towards one of the wrecked enemy tanks this also knocked out Roberts sabers from his hands and deactivated them both.

"Those like you can sense the pain of those you care about. I take it that Skywalkers former padawan is either in pain or is giving birth to your children." Grievous said, walking over to Robert. "If you wish to see her again, then you must defeat me in battle. It is the only way to see your lover again!" Grievous roared, once again attempting to bring his sabers down on one of his opponents.

Robert rolled out of the way and called his sabers back to him, this in turn allowed Obi-Wan and Kasumi to attack the ex-droid general and were able to score a hit on the general's armor. "That's the spirit! Come, fight me with all your strength and I will do so in return." He boasted, detaching his arms and grabbed two more lightsabers. "Now it is a fair fight." he declared.

He didn't get much of a chance to use both sabers before Obi-Wan get him busy and deliberately allowed himself to be thrown back a few feet allowing Kasumi to destroy the general's newest hands. "Haha. This is the battle I have waited for all my life. Now, we will see who is the true warrior!" he roared and continued to attack Kasumi.

The guys from Rainbow, the Canadian Resistance and Barney all watched in amazement as the battle continued. "He's going all out in this fight. He's like a kid playing the newest videogame." Buck said in confusion.

"No. He's a warrior at heart. Even if his body looks like a droid, Grievous is a warrior now and forever. He's enjoying this because this is what he has waiting for the entire war. A glorious demise." Barney answered and continued to watch the battle as Robert quickly rejoined the fight as did Obi-Wan.

Despite being outnumbered, Grievous wasn't about to give up without a fight and continued to battle with all his might. "YOU WANT THE BEST! THEN YOU GOT THE BEST!" Robert shouted and began to channel his powers into his sabers.

(End OST and Start Kenshin Battle mode, Ruroni Kenshin OST)

Seeing what the boy was about to do, Grievous kept fighting against both Obi-Wan and Kasumi while Robert powered up. "This hand of mine is burning red, its loud cry tells me to grasp victory." He said and shrugged forwards. "ERUPTING DOUBLE BURNING FINGER!" he shouted and dashed forwards slicing off Grievous's arms and allowing Kenobi to stab the General through the heart.

(End OST)

Gasping for breath, Grievous fell to the ground slowly dying as his opponents deactivated their sabers and the boy, he saved ran over to him. Grievous looked to the boy and for the first time since he became a cyborg, smiled. "I am…glad that you are still alive boy. I may not see you grow up into a man… but I can tell that you have a warrior's soul." Grievous said slowly, wiping away one of the tears from the boy's face before he turned to Obi-Wan.

"Kenobi. I ask that you bury me on my home world. I would… be grateful if you grated me that much." Grievous asked. Obi-Wan promised him that and he then turned to Robert. "Here is the data of the air base. Be warned… it is… well-guarded… but I have faith… that… you… will… destroy it." Grievous said before he finally lost the strength to live.

"Rest in peace, General." Robert said and closed the general's eyes. "You will get your justice, I promise." He added. He then looked to the data that Grievous gave him and was determined to get this job done.

Back in New York City. Ahsoka was still recovering from the pain of child birth as she held her two children. One of them was a Togruta boy with the same eye and skin color as her while the other was a human girl with green eyes. "I wish you were here now Robert." She said silently before Sandra walked into the room. During the procedure, the enemy had discovered their base and were launching an all-out assault.

"Take my children and run. Protect them." She said to Sandra who did so and quickly left the former base while Ahsoka stayed behind and was recaptured. "Robert, please hurry." She said as she was escorted away by her captors.

Ahsoka gave birth and was recaptured Grievous is dead and now Canada has gotten in on the action. More battles on the Canadian front will come next chapter with the beginning of the parts involving the poll I've had up for a while.

Only seven more days until The Rise of Skywalker. How many of you can't wait for the movie? I know I can't and before anyone asks, I have yet to see the Mandalorian, but I have heard great things about it.

Anyway, I have an idea of the names for the children of Ahsoka and Robert, but I will hold off on that for now until we reach New York City. Until next time, please read and review and have a pleasant night all of you.