Hey guys, it's me again first off, I want to say I saw The Rise of Skywalker and I have to say it was a good movie, I don't care what anyone says about the film.
Second, I am sorry to say that my grandfather passed away in his sleep on the 22nd and I've been really down in the dumps. I'll never get to see him again or here is voice again. But living to be 102 years old is something to be proud of. He lived a great and happy life, even visited his home of Italy several times in his life. I just wished I saw him more often and I wished I could have taken him to the Grand Canyon, it's a place he always wanted to visit.
Onto reviews.
1049: Thanks. I was watching some of the GI Joe series recently and since I nicknamed two clones after a few Joes, I'd figure I'd go with a few more. Plus, I wanted to have Makarov die by Price's hands instead of the Lone Wolf's.
TheEpsilonCommander: Thanks for the One Liner ideas. I kind of wished I mentioned this in earlier chapters, but I forgot every time.
Mpowers045: Glad you liked my chapter.
Mr. Shades42: Thanks for the support. I'm still crying every now and then when I remember him and while he didn't serve in the military during WW2, he still fought like a soldier in his last days.
'Maverick: Its funny you say that, considering not only I was watching a lot of GI Joe but I also have a plan for the final battle, it regards a certain plan that an organization named after a snake had tried along with a music score.
Spartan-626: Thanks for those kind words. Still trying to figure out how Longinus and Hondo are going to interact with each other, maybe I might have it occur in this chapter or in the epilogue but I am still trying to figure it out. In regards to the Gunship, the nose art always looks so badass and I believe it was inspired by the shark's mouth of several aircraft squadrons, like the Flying Tigers. I doubt we'll see the Muununlist 10 in the seventh season, but it would be great if we did. Thanks again for those words.
Alright, let's get going. Disclaimers are the same as before, please enjoy.
In memory of my Grandfather, Louise 'Happy' Giudice (1917-2020)
Chapter 46: Battle for New York Part 1: Yo Joe!
September 16th 2020 19BBY
0905 hours
Manhattan
New York City
UN HQ
Normal point of view
Much like Tambor when he had taken control of Ryloth, Sidious had chosen his stronghold well. Accessible by both road, rail, air and water, the big apple was under complete lockdown. The bridges and tunnels were heavily guarded by divisions of enemy armor and infantry at the ends of the bridges that lead directly into the city. The runways of airports like JFK international were packed with aircraft, both starfighter and non-starfighter aircraft, each fueled up and ready to be deployed at a moment's notice.
The harbors were packed with anti-ship weapons batteries, enemy ships and carriers which had their weapons pointed both in the direction of the city and the bay, those that were pointed into the city had their cannons set at the elevations which had several civilian camps targeted. As for the bay itself, it was riddled with naval mines ready to deploy and sink any destroyer or cruiser that tried to get into the city.
The road and rail entrances were also heavily guarded, much like the bridges and tunnels but were also blocked off by numerous train wrecks and other makeshift barricades. While most people would attack these barricades, they couldn't because the enemy was using human shields preventing anyone from New England or the rest of country from even launching an attack. Most of these hostages were only women and children and every now and then some of them were let loose and allowed their captives to try and escape, as part of sick game where those that killed the 'escapees took a trophy from the dead.
As for the city itself, it was surrounded by a large anti-air and ship defenses while enemy ships hovered over the city, making it practically impenetrable to any enemy attacks from all areas. The New Republic command knew this, and instead opted to focus their efforts on taking key areas several miles away from the bridges and tunnels as to avoid being outflanked by the enemy and get pushed back.
One of these areas was the Newark International airport, the FOB of the 501st, Dragoons and several other infantry divisions of several countries, including the Big Red One. Turns out the airport was once an enemy base, but was abandoned shortly after the assault on DC in favor of reinforcing the Big Apple for the final battle and in their retreat, the enemy left behind a lot of weapons, ammo and equipment which also included much of the stolen equipment that was sold on Canto Bight along with spare parts for the earth based vehicles. As the soldiers from earth that were on duty were tending to their duties, those weren't on duty rushed over to an area inside the main terminal where a competition was being held.
Hondo had challenged Longinus to a shooting contest using only the M1 Garand. Thankfully, Longinus had a few Garand's in his possession and one of Hondo's pirates had set up the targets. Several wrecked battle droids that damaged in a Wolverine's attack several weeks ago. "Alright, the rules are simple my friend. We each have eight shots, the one who downs the most targets wins." Longinus reminded his competitor, holding his rifle good and tight to his shoulder.
"And you should remember our agreement. Should I win, you give me your entire collection of weapons. I'm in the market for some weapons." Hondo reminded. Ever since he took an interest in firearms, the pirate captain was looking for a way to expand his collection. Since Robert introduced him to Longinus, the two have become something like brothers when it comes to weapons.
One of the pirates gave them the signal to start and the two started their contest. Both contestants hit one of their targets but Hondo's second shot missed its mark while Longinus's hit its target. Despite the lead, Hondo kept on shooting until both of them fired their last round, with the ping made echoing throughout the terminal. "Looks like I win." Hondo smirked, pointing to the targets he had hit.
"Well my friend, it seems you are quite the shooter." Longinus said impressively. The two then started talking about some of their adventures during their younger days while everyone who had bet money on Hondo collected what they had placed on the pirate captain.
Meanwhile, inside the air traffic control tower Anakin, General Keating and Robert were discussing the plan of attack with the other Jedi via holographic projection from their own bases along with their second in command.
"It seems that Sidious choose his stronghold well. He's got all routes in and out of the city blocked off and heavily guarded, not to mention numerous vehicles and who knows what else he's got in the city." General Keating stated as one of the numerous UAV's they sent over the city continued to broadcast the visuals it had over the Brooklyn and the other road and rail bridges connecting the city. "All of the bridges are heavily fortified with armor, anti-armor weapons and several platoons of soldiers guarding them. A direct assault is out of the question. Same thing applies for an airdrop, our transport planes will be shot down by the enemy ships and fighters." he added.
"Wouldn't an amphibious assault work for this operation? Seeing as the enemy has strengthen all ground and air options, we could attack by water and land on the piers?" Obi-Wan asked.
"Not possible. The enemy dispersed numerous naval mines in the Hudson River and New York bay. Any ships sail through those areas, the mines will activate and surface before we would even spot them. Its suicide." Luminara informed, showing dozens of Mark 60 CAPTOR mines anchored to the bottom of the bay.
"Unless we disable the mines, we won't end this war. The people have suffered enough because of Sidious." Plo reminded. The other generals agreed and were discussing what course of action they should take to get into the city. Anakin was about to speak when he noticed that Robert had his back turned to them and his gaze was fixed upon the Big Apple.
"You're awfully quiet, anything you want to add about this?" Anakin asked.
"We don't know where the mines are, so we can't do anything until we find where they are and it's not like the enemy will transmit the location of the mines to us anytime soon." Robert said calmly before he was proven wrong. R4 burst into the tower and plugged right into the terminal and showed the location of every single mine in the water. "I stand corrected." He uttered in disbelief.
"Now that we know where the mines are, we can take them out." Anakin stated before he walked to the terminal and brought up a display of the city's airspace. "Only problem is that if we attempt such an operation, we need to keep the enemy busy. If they figure out our plan, they'll send everything they got to try and stop us." He added and brought up an image of a few Banking Clan frigates. "These frigates serve as an early warning system for any incoming ships both on the water and in the air. They'll detect anything flying above five-thousand feet and that's what we'll do."
Everyone looked to Anakin in confusion until Kota figured out what he was planning. "You're suggesting we send a squadron of fighters after these frigates as a diversionary tactic. The fighters get their attention while scuba troopers disarm the mines." He surmised.
"Leaving us free to marshal our forces for an assault." Anakin added.
"I like this plan and I know just the troopers for the job. Monnk's going to get his feet wet again. Plus, the Dragoons have a few soldiers skilled in underwater combat, not to mention the Gungan's, Quarren and Mon Calamari will finally be able to contribute to the battle." Robert said and contacted the ground crews to have his fighter prepared for immediate take off. The other Generals agreed and their holograms vanished as the meeting had come to a conclusion.
Outside on the tarmac, flight crews were finishing the final checks on the fighters of Strider Squadron, Shinn's F-20, Nishi's F2, Maya's SU-37, Jean's Mirage, Nathan's F15C, Vito's MIG-35 and Kyoto's new F15J along with Roberts F14D. Many of the flight crews were for the lack of better words very excited to be working on modifying an F14D, giving it an extra cannon in the same place as the standard issue one and with Anakin's help modified the airframe of the aircraft allowing it to be carry more of the radar-guided AIM-54 missiles. However, all Robert needed was an extra cannon but was grateful for the improved airframe.
R4 was already loaded in the back of the F14 when dressed in black armor was Kasumi who walked over to Robert as he was about to climb into the cockpit of his fighter. "You know your mission. Sneak in through the sewers and find this Sandra Quinn. She'll know where Ahsoka is. I'm counting on you." Robert said as the canopy closed. Kasumi nodded and sprinted off like a ninja before rocketing away by the jetpack that was attached to her back. As she rocketed away, he noticed that his friend had only a customized MP5, her sabers and a pair of blaster pistols holstered on their waist. His friend disappeared from view before he returned his focus to the matter at hand. "Alright people, our job is to get the enemy to focus on us while Monnk and the others disable those sea mines. We'll be on our own so make sure you watch each other's backs on there. Droids can be tricky, but don't forget about the North Korean and Chinese fighter pilots. They are just as skilled as any droid fighter." Robert said over the radio/commlink as he taxied onto the runway.
"Copy that Spare Leader! Strider Squadron is ready to kick some ass! This'll be for Maverick and the rest of Red Squadron!" Trigger responded over the commlink.
"That's what I like to hear Trigger! Just remember, don't try to go it alone, a squadron is only as good as its squad leader. On that note, Strider Squadron will depart first. Following them will be us. Let's get ready to kick some ass people!" Robert said with the same enthusiasm as Trigger showed and waited for clearance to take off.
The others took off and he soon followed suit. By the time he was in the air, he joined up with the rest of the pilots and headed directly towards their target's location; the middle of Raritan Bay several miles away from the city. Robert didn't want to risk a fight above the city where the chance of civilian casualties was high, so the plan was to attract them to area where there wasn't the risk of civilian casualties and where there were a few enemy frigates. As soon as the formation of X-Wings and fighter planes reached five-thousand feet, R4 picked up enemy contacts being launched from the four enemy frigates ahead of them. Along with the droid fighters, several J-11's and J-15's, the Chinese versions of the SU-27 and SU-33 along with North Korean MIG-29's were launched from the Banking Clan ships.
"All pilots, weapons free. Take out the fighters, clear a path to the ships and target their bridge. Even if its shielded, a missile or torpedo will take that thing out with a single shot. Just make sure you've got some back up!" Robert instructed his squadron and armed one of his AIM-54's, locked onto a MIG-29 heading directly towards him and fired.
(Start Wardog)
The missile streaked towards the enemy aircraft and slammed right into the cockpit before the pilot could even react. The aircraft exploded into bits causing the other fighters to break off their intended head-on attack and the battle started to turn into a World War 2 style dogfight.
Pushing his engines to full power, Nathan with Vito and Maya covering him opened up with his 20mm's while his wing-men each fired a single missile, all three of them downing an enemy fighter. Cannon fire raced past his cockpit and Nathan craned his neck to see that he had picked up a North Korean MIG-29 that was hungry for blood.
Seeing this, Nathan kicked in full afterburner and went straight for the enemy frigate which had started to fire its cannons at the incoming Eagle. Weaving in and out to avoid the incoming flak, Nathan pulled back on his stick and snapped up just before he got close to the ship while his pursuer slammed into one of the flak guns of the frigate. "Pilot must have been very overconfident if he didn't see what I was planning." Nathan said with a chuckle over the radio before he rolled over and veered to the left, circling around and lined up his aircraft directly on the bridge of the frigate. "Fox 1." He said and fired a missile directly at the bridge of the ship before he pulled away.
The missile slammed into the bridge of the frigate which then exploded, sending a chain reaction throughout the entire ship which then fell to the water below. Seeing this as he downed an enemy Vulture with his cannons, Shinn formed up alongside Trigger and Count and went after a formation of TIE fighters that were going after Nishi and Kyoto. "Trigger! Two targets coming in at your three! Bank right and I'll get them with my cannons." Shinn said over the radio.
Instantly, Trigger snapped his X-Wing to the right allowing Shinn to down the attacking TIE's that were on Triggers tail with his cannons while Count kept watch on Shinn's rear. It was a good thing Count did cause a pair of enemy fighters opened up on the two from behind. Looking back, Count saw that the boogies were a pair of TIE interceptors. Both of the interceptors were coming in fast behind them but Count quickly put his deflector shields on, but instead of increasing his speed cut his engines and allowed the enemy craft to overshot him, giving him the opening, he needed to blast the enemy fighters. His four KX9 cannons blazed to life and both interceptors were sent plummeting down to the water below.
"Boogies are down. Continue with the operation." Trigger said over all allied frequency's as Count joined up with Striders 3, 4 and 5. Once he joined up with his brothers, they sped towards another enemy frigate and acquired a target lock on the frigates bridge. "Fox 1!" Count shouted and fired a single proton torpedo towards the ships bridge. His squad mates followed suit and after Counts torpedo hit the bridge the others hit the bridge causing a massive explosion. As the frigate exploded from the insides, the four pilots broke off from the ship and returned to engage the enemy aircraft.
Kyoto and Nishi fired their cannons at a formation of enemy J-11's and downed them before they turned towards another of the enemy frigates. Locking their sights onto the bridge of the enemy ship, both Japanese pilots fired a single AAM-5 missile directly at the bridge of their target, only to have the frigates point-defense systems blow the missiles out of the air before they were even close to the target. "Damn! Enemy ships are using their CIWS or whatever it's called to intercept our missiles. Nathan got lucky because he was close enough. We'll need to get in close so we take them out!" Kyoto cursed into her radio, pulling her aircraft up into a climb before repositioning her craft for another attack run.
"This is AWACS Flame Swallow. New enemy craft are coming in at high speed at wave top level. Confirming, enemy fullbacks coming in, they're loaded for air-to-ground combat. Current course puts them on a direct heading to the airport!" The AWACS plane shouted urgently, getting the two JASDF pilots to break off their attack.
"Copy that! Jean, Maya. Intercept those strike fighters. Flame Swallow! Get in touch with the airport and let them know what's coming. See if they can scramble a HAWX flight to protect the airport!" Robert shouted, firing another AIM-54 at his target one of the enemy frigates. The missile slammed right into the bridge of the frigate, since he fired it from nearly one-thousand meters and the enemy's anti-missile weapons failed to stop the missile.
Pulling the stick back into his gut and banking hard left to avoid the debris from the frigate and spotted a few fighters going after Nathan and Vito. "Galm Team! Enemy boogies on your tail!" he called out urgently and kicked in his fighter's afterburners to full power. "Too risky for missiles, switching to guns." He said to no one in particular and armed his two cannons. As he got closer to the enemy fighters, he lined up his gun sight directly onto one of the enemy fighters. "Eat lead!"
The two M61 Vulcans roared to life as a four second burst from the two cannons blew apart one of the enemy J-15's which then rolled over into a death roll before exploding into a fireball while the second enemy fighter broke off its attack only to have Robert give chase and run the fighter down with a single AIM-7. Surprisingly, the enemy pilot ejected before the missile hit and much to Roberts shock, the pilot saluted him as if he wanted to be shot down.
Another enemy frigate was blown to kingdom come as Maya and Jean returned to the battle after having downed the enemy fullbacks. By this time, Anakin had arrived with Gold Squadron and had taken down two of the remaining enemy frigates. "I was wondering when you'd show up, Skywalker." Robert joked and formed up alongside Anakin's wing, firing two missiles at the last frigates heavy-turbo laser cannons. "Time to sink the last frigate!" he shouted and maneuvered to hit the enemy bridge.
"Don't destroy the ship! R2 scanned the ship, the droids have intel regarding the enemy's plan to demoralize the people. We need to know what their target is and stop them. Cover me, I'm going to board the ship!" Anakin shouted and gunned his fighter's engines to full speed, heading right for the ship's hanger.
"Spare 1 to all points. Skywalker has boarded the last enemy frigate. Hold your fire and focus on the enemy fighters. Give Anakin the time he needs to get the data!" Robert called out and picked out another J-11 and fired a missile at it.
(End song)
Meanwhile, underneath the surface of New York bay, scuba troopers, Gungans, Quarren and Mon Cala soldiers along with several U.S Navy Seals and Russian Spetsnaz soldiers worked quickly to disable the naval mines while the flyboys kept the enemy occupied.
Among the soldiers was Team Metal, clone troopers Torpedo, Wetsuit and Deep Six all of whom were armed with both blasters and under-water assault rifles. As one of the Navy Seals finished disarming one of the mines, Commander Monnk ordered the men to split up into groups and disarm the rest of the mines as quickly as possible while Torpedo, Wetsuit and Deep Six were to keep on the lookout for enemy reinforcements with Team Metal.
No sooner had the commander given those orders, the seven soldiers soon came into contact with enemy water troops and Aqua droids which immediately opened fire. "Sandman to all points, we got enemies! We'll handle them as best as we can, but if anyone can give us some support, we would appreciate it!" he shouted into the radio before returning fire with his ASM-DT.
His rounds took down a few hostiles while Torpedo opened up with his Devilfish's cannons while a few Quarren, Gungan and Mon Cala soldiers fired their spear blasters at the incoming forces while the Gungans swam forwards with their spears and other melee weapons at the ready. One Gungan impaled an Aqua droid with their spear while another threw a bomba at another droid which short circuited both it and the others by its side. "Never thought I would be fighting alongside a bunch of fish people!" one Seal said to the Russian by his side.
"Da, it is surprising no? To think that we once thought that we were alone in the universe and find that we are not alone. Honestly comrade, I hope to see the planet these warriors come from." The Russian responded. The Seal nodded his head in agreement and ducked down to avoid a blaster bolt to the head. Both soldiers reloaded their underwater rifles before quickly returning fire on the enemy forces. They were soon joined by Frost and Truck who started to return fire as well.
"Think about the planets latter and focus on the battle!" Frost said to them and fired off a few more rounds from his APS. His rounds impacted several enemy soldiers whose blood started to exit their wounds. "Shit! We got blood in the water! Sharks are coming!" he shouted urgently to the others.
He wasn't wrong, Sharks could smell blood from three kilometers at most and when they smell it, they are drawn to the smell and won't stop until they get their meal. "Mines in this area are disarmed but we've still got a few more!" Sandman shouted over the radio before he and the others started to swim towards the next couple of mines.
By the time they reached the second group of mines, a school of Tiger Sharks started to arrive and immediately went after the corpses that they were drawn to. Some of the sharks ripped apart a few of the bodies chewing on all of the gear on the bodies while a few of them gave a quick burst of speed and grabbed a Clone Trooper by the leg and would have sunk its teeth into the soldier, but the trooper fired their blaster so quick enough that the hunter had now become the hunted. The body of the shark then became a meal for the others, but now the soldiers were now fighting against both the enemy and one of the most dangerous under-sea predators. Lucky for them back up was on its way.
Just seconds after he blasted apart another Aqua droid, Torpedo saw a new group of contacts coming from behind them and would have open fired had it not been the sight of General Fisto with these newcomers. "Stand down, trooper. These creatures are on our side." He said with a laugh as the 'creatures' started to ram the sharks, some of which were killed while the other sharks turned tail and ran, much to the surprise of the soldiers from Earth.
"Well I'll be damned. Dolphins just saved our asses." Sandman said with a chuckle and returned to disarming the mines. The combined efforts of the Dolphins and the others was enough to send the sharks running and gave the allied forces enough time to disarm the last of the mines. "Objective complete! Let's get back to the surface!" Sandman ordered.
"Yes sir!" they all shouted and started to swim away. Kit soon followed, but not before he thanked the dolphins which then swam away.
Meanwhile, Kasumi had just dropped two LMB scouts guarding the entrance to the street and checked their bodies for any intelligence that they may be carrying. She didn't find anything, but did take one of the fallen scouts P416 rifles and all the ammo both of the scouts had on them. She then looked up to the manhole ladder and noticed that the whole way up was rigged with explosives. Rather than getting herself killed, she pulled out one of her pistols and fired at one of the explosive charges, detonating it and sending a chain reaction which took out the other explosives as well.
The girl than sprinted forwards and soon came into contact with another pair of enemy scouts but instead of firing her weapon ignited the saber that belonged to Roberts mom and slashed both enemies across the torso killing them both. Another pair of enemy scouts had arrived and immediately noticed the girl before they opened fire at her. Taking a defensive stance, Kasumi sliced apart their rounds before leaping over and eliminated both of the soldiers. Again, she checked the bodies of all four dead enemies and she didn't find anything in three of the dead soldiers, but the forth one had a map of the sewer system and upon a quick look at the map noticed that one area on the map was circled, indicating it was significant to the enemy.
She was proven right when she double checked the sewer map with the subway map she had picked up with the P416 from earlier and it appeared that there was an entrance to the A Line of the New York City subway just a few miles away from the 23rd street station, the closet station to the James A Farley building and location of the New York branch of the Wolverines, which Sandra had been assisting ever since she defected from the enemy. "Bingo." She said to herself and sprinted away from the area.
She didn't get very far before she stopped and ignited her second saber before closing her eyes. Rising from the water were several Super Battle droids that were acting as extra security for defend the sewers. The droids cocked their blasters and fired, but Kasumi dodged their attacks and sliced apart two of them with her sabers. The orange and green blades sliced apart two more droids before she started to deflect enemy weapons fire back at the senders knocking out the remaining droids. She was about to let her guard down when a Terror droid dropped from above her, dead set on killing her.
Kasumi just smirked and ran forwards slashing apart any droid that leapt at her. Most of the droids she slashed were in the air but she ended up missing a few of them. Rather than turn around and face the droids, she continued forward and led them to the entrance to the subway tunnel. Stopping at the other side of the tunnel, she turned around and deactivated her sabers, standing completely still while the terror droids continued towards her only to be turned to scrap metal after being hit by one of the subway trains that the enemy was using to transport supplies and troops across the city.
"Never play on the train tracks." She joked and hugged the wall, following the tracks towards the station. She encountered very few subway trains running down in the tunnels, but for the ones she did encounter she kept hidden from whoever was operating the trains. "Why do I get the feeling that the enemy is using the subways for the same purpose in DC." She said to herself as she neared the 23rd street station.
It was their she was to make contact with a few Division agents and Sandra who would then take her to the Post Office where Faye Lau, a member of the Division and Roy Benitez the commander of the Wolverines in the Big Apple, NYPD officer and one of the first responders during the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But to her surprise, she found that instead of allies, enemies were waiting for her. Several squads of droids, LMB, True Son and Black Tusk soldiers were standing on the platform with their weapons at the ready. From her location by the outbound track, Kasumi saw the bodies of several Wolverines positioned near the wall of the station, blood splattered across the wall indicating that they were only recently executed.
She gritted her teeth in anger at the sight and readied her shuriken's. She waited silently for a few minutes before she threw the throwing stars at the lights around the station, shattering the glass and allowing her to move forward with her MP5 at the ready. "What the fuck happened to the lights!?" one of the LMB soldiers asked, scanning the tunnels with their rifle missing Kasumi with their laser sight.
Kasumi then sprinted to another piece of cover, directly behind a Black Tusk rifleman. Quickly, she grabbed the enemy soldier from behind and dragged them behind cover and choked the life out of the soldier. Letting go of the enemies' neck, she ran towards another enemy soldier and unsheathed her knife, plunging it into the body of True Sons soldier before she took cover behind a vending machine.
"Maybe the power's been cut?" another soldier asked.
"What the fuck was your first clue?" Another asked.
"Maybe it was the rats?" a droid asked. The soldiers looked to the droid and 'accidently' bumped the droid off the platform and into the path of an oncoming train. "Ops." The soldier joked while the other droids just continued with their patrol. As the droids left, both enemy soldiers were taken down by several well-placed shots to the head.
Another few shots from Kasumi's MP5 took out a couple more enemies before she was soon spotted. "Over there! Shoot her!" one of the Black Tusk soldiers shouted, aiming their rifles weapon light at her. A quick burst of fire from her submachine gun took down the enemy soldier before they could fire and forced her to move from cover. She wasn't packing any grenades and didn't risk grabbing any grenades from the dead soldiers on the side of the platform she was on.
Quickly, she ran up to one of the pillars holding up the ceiling and blind fired her MP5 taking out a few hostiles emptying her current magazine. Quickly, she dropped the empty fifty-round magazine and loaded a new one before she decided to use the rifle she picked up in the sewers. 5.56mm was more powerful than 9mm rounds and could penetrate body armor better than pistol caliber rounds, plus it could hurt the droids a lot better.
One of the droids on the other platform, a super battle droid fired their rocket launcher at Kasumi's location but the shot missed and hit the wall behind her, blowing a chunk of it off. Following this, Kasumi returned fire with her P416 and downed two of the super battle droids before she took cover as machine gun fire from an LMB gunner. "You got nowhere to run bitch! Surrender and we'll grant you mercy!" the gunner shouted as a subway train arrived and offloaded the troops on the platform. While the train blocked the enemies view, Kasumi took the chance to move to another pillar and returned fire as the train pulled away from the station.
She managed to take out a few hostiles before the enemy started to fire on her new position, forcing her back behind the pillar again as the gun fire pinged off her cover. "Damn it!" she cursed firing her rifle blindly at the enemy, most of her shots missing her attackers while a few of them scored a few wounding shots.
More enemies started to arrive and soon enough she was more outnumbered than she was before. Despite the odds, she continued to fight, even going as far as to run across the tracks and engage the enemy head on with her sabers. "JEDI! KILL HER!" one of the soldiers shouted.
"It won't matter." A droid said in defeat. Said droid than got slashed in half by Kasumi's sabers and its remains fell onto the tracks. Running forwards, Kasumi deflected blaster bolts back at her attackers and started to mop the floor with her attackers.
She slashed a few LMB weapons in half before killing them, leaving their ammo intact for the Wolverines if they ever arrived. However, much to her surprise a few Magna Guards arrived and blocked her escape route. "Great, just what I needed." She said sarcastically and blocked a strike from one of the droids while another droid leapt over her and tried to bring down their electro staff on her, only to block that strike with her other saber.
Fortunately for her, Kasumi was skilled with a blade and was able to break the standoff and jumped behind the second one, thrusting her saber into the droid's chest before the other droid looked to its fallen brother in sort of rage like state and lunged forwards. Just seconds after the droid charged towards her, the noise of gunfire from behind caused the droid to turn around and watched as several NYPD SWAT officers and a few Division agents led by Sandra herself entered the station and began to attack the other enemies. The droid was taken by surprise allowing Kasumi to swing her sabers down on the droid's arms before thrusting them into the droid's torso.
"I take it that wasn't the welcoming committee you weren't expecting?" Sandra asked as Kasumi deactivated her sabers. "Well, none of us were expecting the enemy to have control of the station either." She added, loading a fresh magazine into her ACR.
"Doesn't matter right now. We better get to the post office before the enemy starts hammering your base." Kasumi replied and followed Sandra to the surface were they, the SWAT officers and Division agents soon bolted for the post office as quick as they could.
Back in the air, Strider Squadron was doing all they could to hold off the enemy units attempting to take out the enemy frigate that Anakin had boarded. They would have been able to do more, but the newly formed Spare Squadron had returned to the airport for refueling and rearming. Even without the extra firepower, Trigger was doing all that he could to keep the enemy forces away from the ship while Anakin had Artoo download the data from the ship's mainframe.
"More enemy fighters coming in! Damn it, these guys just won't give up!" Trigger cursed and fired all four of his cannons at an enemy MIG-29 that was coming at him head on. His shots impacted the enemy fighter and sent it plummeting down to the water before he started to take cannon fire from behind. A few shots hit his fighters, reducing his shields by five percent. Turning his head, he spotted that a flock of four TIE fighters had targeted him and were attacking him.
Diving down to the water, the speed of Triggers fighter increased as he drew nearer and nearer to the sea below him. From another perspective, it looked like Trigger was trying to commit suicide but that wasn't the case. At five hundred feet above the water, Trigger reduced his speed allowing the enemy fighters to streak past him where they then crashed into the water. "Works every time." Trigger said to himself before leveling out and started to climb back to the altitude the others were at. As he started to climb, his Astrodroid beeped in warning as bullets zipped past his canopy. "What the!?" he shouted and looked back.
Approaching him from directly behind him were about a dozen enemy F35 Lightnings. One of the new aircraft fired a missile directly at him, but Trigger launched one of his flares which caused the enemy missile to lose track and explode harmlessly over the water. "Strider 1 to all points. I could use some support here! I got enemy lightings on my tail and I can't shake them!" he shouted urgently into the commlink.
The enemy aircraft soon started to fire their 25mm cannons at him, forcing Trigger to dive down and avoid the rounds. While he avoided the rounds, the enemy fighters were flying in perfect formation and tracking his every move. "Damn, these guys aren't giving up!" he said, gritting his teeth.
Fortunately, he had a guardian angel looking out for him. Just seconds as another fighter got into gun range, two of the enemy Lightings were hit by missile fire from behind and sent down into the water below. Looking back, Trigger saw that a formation of Clan Bralor X-Wings and Fang Fighters had arrived and took down two more of the enemy fighters causing the other fighters to break formation in an attempt to deal with the new attackers, only for another two fighters to be taken out by cannon fire from Fenrir's X-Wing. "Strider 1, this is Blue Leader. We got your back. We just got confirmation that there's a few enemy carriers a few miles from here. We'll handle the carriers just get back to your squad." Fenrir said over the commlink.
"Copy that!" Trigger replied and started to climb back up to the fight the rest of his squadron was taking part in. "Strider 2, where's General Skywalker?" he asked after saving his squad mate from a Vulture droid.
"He's still inside the ship. He must have found something important or it wouldn't be taking this long." Count replied.
He was right. Anakin did find something important in the frigates systems and when he realized what it was, he had Artoo rush right to the bridge and began to download the data. No sooner had his friend started hacking, every droid on the ship had started rushing towards the bridge in an effort to stop Anakin.
Skywalker hacked apart a commando droid before he lifted up the sliced parts and sent them flying into several more commando droids. "How's it going buddy?" Anakin asked his long-time friend. Artoo beeped and whistled in response. "Four minutes. You're as good as always buddy." He said in amazement as more droids arrived on the bridge. "I'll keep you covered. Just keep going!" he added and surged towards the droids.
(Kaiba theme starts)
Sprinting towards the droids with the power of the light side of the force flowing through him, Anakin slashed apart four battle droids before he lifted their remains and sent them flying into the bodies of several other droids. Blaster fire from his opponents forced him to start deflecting the shots away from him and his companion but the amount of enemy fire was too much for him. Tapping into the force, he extended his hand forward and pushed several droids back with the force, knocking a few into the wall.
"Anakin. The enemy has started to attack the ship you're on. You need to get off now!" Obi-Wan said over the commlink.
"In case you haven't noticed Obi-Wan. I'm currently dealing with a bit of a battle droid problem right now." Anakin responded in annoyance as more droids arrived on the bridge. "Great, just what I needed." He said with sarcasm and readied himself for another fight. The fight he anticipated never came as the droids were suddenly attacked from behind, some of which were slammed right into the windows of the bridge.
"Even when you're on the council, it seems I am still bailing you out of trouble." Obi-Wan teased as Artoo finished downloading the data.
"We'll talk about this later. We need to move, now!" Anakin shouted, all three of them rushing off the bridge and back to the hanger as fast they could. "I take it you spotted the Kamikaze's heading for the ship." He asked his former master. Before Obi-Wan could answer, the ship suddenly shook violently.
"I think that shaking was from the suicide fighters hitting the ship!" Obi-Wan exclaimed as the two slashed at any droids that got in their way and they made it back to the hanger in one piece. Quickly, they climbed into their fighters and blasted out of the hanger as the frigate started to explode all around them.
(End theme)
"Let's hope the information Artoo downloaded was worth it." Obi-Wan said. Before Anakin could respond, Shinn's F-20A blasted towards them.
"We've got a problem. The enemy just pursued Robert into the city!" Shinn called out over the radio before firing one of his missiles at a J-11 that was in gun range of Anakin's fighter.
"That's not good!" Anakin said in concern. "We can't help him, not if we risk getting ourselves shot down. I don't like it any more than anyone else does, but we don't have any choice." He added, pulling off and downing an attacking squadron of enemy interceptors.
Roberts point of view
"Damn! That was a close one!" I said, pulling up and almost hitting a building. After me and the others were refueled and rearmed, we started to return to the battle ground only to find ourselves ambushed by several dozen enemy fighters from Staten Island. However, all the enemy fighters came after me and left the others alone. Rather than risk their lives, I voluntarily lured the fighters away from the battle only to realize too late that they were trying to lure me into the city and ended up being detected by the enemy's anti-aircraft system.
Skyscrapers and office buildings that were once full of hustle and bustle were now empty of any life. If Spider Man or Captain America were real, they wouldn't tolerate a dogfight in their city. Nevertheless, I tried to avoid firing any missiles or my cannons unless I had a target directly in front of me.
That was easier said than done, considering that the fighters trailing me were F22's and F35's. Stealth based fighter aircraft which while slower than my Super Tomcat, carried more missiles than I did. I had only AIM-7's and AIM-9's missiles, which lacked the range the AIM-54 had and my cannons were fully loaded and ready for battle.
R4 beeped in alarm as a missile warning alarm blared around my cockpit. Quickly, I banked hard left narrowly avoiding slamming into an office building and breaking the missiles lock on my aircraft. These fighters, belonging to Artemis could fire back at me all they wanted but I couldn't do anything within the range of the buildings.
I needed more space to maneuver and the only place I knew I could do it was over Central Park or if I climbed up higher above the buildings. Both choices meant that I had to avoid crashing into buildings or the ground, but there was no other choice. "Hang on tight buddy. We're going to full power!" I said to R4 and kicked in full afterburner.
(Contact Starts)
Sure, the F22 and F35 were much more modern than the F14D, but the Super Tomcat had the advantage in speed and considering that my aircraft had its airframe modified to withstand more punishment and it had an extra cannon which gave me an edge over the enemy fighters. "That's it you sell outs. Follow the leader." I said to myself and kept checking my radar for any indication of a missile being launched at me. Sure enough, two of the enemy fighters had launched a missile at me and both of them were locked onto me. Quickly, I released a few flares which caused the missiles to lose track of my aircraft, only to have them smash into a few buildings. "Well, they can't blame me for that." I said with a somewhat concerned tone.
R4 beeped in concern as several new blips appeared on my radar from dead ahead. Eight black and red MIG-31's were coming in at top speed with their cannons blazing. 23mm cannon shells streaked past my cockpit, some of which took out a few of the fighters pursuing me from behind. From what Captain Price told me, the late Makarov had several ex-Russian ace pilots in his group, all of which held the same ideals as he and his mentor Zakhaev. The pilots were known as the Schwarze Team and from what I gathered they had attacked hundreds of innocent people over the course of the occupation.
"Murderous bastards!" I snarled, but kept heading towards the park. The MIG's were faster than both the F14 and the stealth fighters behind me. I had to be careful or else my droid and I would be dead. Still didn't mean I wasn't going to take any chances. I was about a few miles from the park when cannon rounds from the one of the MIG's hit my aircraft. Thankfully, the plane could take the hits and I kept on flying.
"Get ready R4. I'm going to hit the brakes hard and let them get a little closer." I told my droid who screamed in alarm as I slammed on the breaks and allowed the enemy fighters to overshot me. Quickly, I lined up my plane's gunsights on one of the F35s and fired. My twin cannons tore through the Lightnings airframe which then started smoking and nosed over before crashing into the park where it exploded. "Time to dance."
With more airspace to maneuver, I quickly picked out an enemy fighter and waited for a missile lock and fired one of my AIM-7's. The missile tracked the target, one of the Raptors which then exploded in mid-air. It was by this act that the enemy stealth fighters activated their stealth systems which would render them invisible to my radar. Lucky for me, I had a plan.
"R4, activate the Soundwave." I instructed my copilot. Prior to acquiring my Tomcat, Boba and I built a special sensor jammer which could counter the stealth systems of the Raptor and other stealth aircraft. While we didn't test it, it would be put into action now.
Once R4 activated the jammer and just seconds after the stealth fighters had disappeared from my radar, they came back. Radio chatter from the enemy pilots indicated that they had no clue what had happened, one of which unintentionally maneuvered into my sights. "Fox 1!" I shouted and fired a missile.
The missile slammed into the fighter where it joined the other two fighters, I had shot down earlier. This time, 20mm cannon fire flew past my cockpit and I spotted an F22 had me in gun-range. "Not going to happen." I said and slammed on the breaks allowing the fighter to overshot me where I then downed it with my cannons. Several of the enemy fighters that were behind me were shot down by the MIGs when they arrived, so there were only about two left. One Raptor and one Lightning.
I would have continued fighting over the park, but I then spotted several dozen people below running for cover. I then noticed one of the MIG-31s dive down and maneuver into attack position. "NO, YOU DON'T!" I shouted and dived after the MIG. Sure, the MIG was faster, but I wasn't going to let them win. Once I was in range, I fired a missile and pulled up as the MIG turned into a fireball and landed in the reservoir. As I pulled up, I took my fighter into a climb and decided to take the battle away from the park and turned towards the UN building. A risky move considering it was the enemies stronghold, but I knew I had to do it, not just to reduce the chance of civilian loses, but also let Ahsoka know I was still alive, considering Makarov had said just before he died that Jana had told her I was dead.
Once again, I kicked in full afterburner towards the building with the enemy fighters still hot on my tail. Cannon fire streaked past my cockpit, some of which came close to hitting R4 but none of the shots were enough to shot me down. Flying past the buildings reminded me of the fight over the planet and the destruction of the Death Star, only difference was none of the buildings were armed with turbo lasers.
As I drew closer and closer to the UN, I calmed my mine and reached out to Ahsoka who I could sense was being tortured. "AHSOKA!" I shouted through the force as I buzzed the UN, who's defense forces didn't even have a chance to fire any anti-aircraft weapons. By now I was back over the water but in the middle of enemy territory, nonetheless I wasn't going to give up.
"Schwarze team, time for you to go to hell!" I shouted and made a 180-degree turn putting myself facing the enemy aircraft. I pushed the plane to full speed and quickly closed the distance between the last two stealth fighters. I fired one missile at the last enemy Raptor which exploded into several pieces while I took out the last enemy Lightning with another missile.
"Splash 2!" I said to myself and targeted another MIG which was trying to lose me by diving down towards the water where an enemy battleship was about to launch a few bombers. "Guns." I said and lined up my guns on the MIG and fired. A five second burst turned the fighter to a smoking bandit which crashed into the enemy battleship, causing some damage to the ship.
Pulling up, I quickly turned around and fired two missiles at the enemy battleship without even getting a lock onto the target, especially considering the fact all my missiles were suited for air-to-air combat. The missiles slammed into the ship which then sank to the bottom on the river. Now I had only two missiles and plenty of gun rounds left.
Two of the remaining MIGs soon overtook me but all they got was a meal of 20mm rounds. Both planes skidded along the water for a bit before exploding. "Mudak!" one of the pilots cursed and lined up their craft, firing a missile at me. Lucky for me I pulled my craft into a loop getting behind the MIG and fired a missile, only to have the missile miss my target.
"Shit!" I cursed and downed the fighter with my guns. Five aircraft were down, but I had only one missile left. Flak fire from the shore started to lite up the sky, some of the fire getting closer and closer to the MIGs. "Guess someone doesn't care about friendly fire." I said and fired my last missile at the MIG that sped past me while I took in the situation.
"Two left." I told myself and took my fighter into a loop, getting behind the last two MIGS. "This is for all the people you've killed." I snarled and pulled the trigger. My cannons made quick work of the last two enemy fighters which splashed into the water. "Time to get the hell out of here!" I said and quickly made my way back to the airport.
"Hope Kasumi got in touch with those Division guys." I said to myself.
(End Song)
Normal Point of View
"These guys just won't quit!" Faye Lau, a Chinese-American Division agent of thirty-two years stated before ducking down behind a stack of sandbags to reload her M4. "If they were here to 'liberate' us, they wouldn't have let these psycho's loose!" she added before popping out from behind the sandbags and fired her rifle at one of the enemies attacking the Post Officer.
Her bullets penetrated the body armor of her attacker, one of prisoners from Rikers island. After the initial invasion, the newly appointed head of New York City, Wilhuf Tarkin ordered all of the hardened and more dangerous criminals kept on the island prison to be released 'for acceptable behavior' as he put it. However, this was only to keep the remaining law enforcement and military forces in the city from launching any kind of attack on the enemy's stronghold.
Compared to other resistance groups, the New York City branch of the Wolverines lacked any kind of armored vehicles or attack helicopters and had very few heavy weapons aside from a few rocket launchers they stole from the enemy forces. As if that wasn't enough, the Rikers as they were being called were armed with more advanced weapons and body armor given to them by Black Tusk or stolen from the dead Wolverines.
Faye trained her sights onto a Riker member with heavy body armor and an M249 machine gun and fired off a few rounds at the enemy, aiming for the exposed areas where the body-armor didn't protect. However, a shot from a sniper rifle from the roof of Madison Square Garden forced her to duck back down behind the sandbags. One of the other Wolverines wasn't so lucky and had a hole blown right through their head. "SNIPERS!" she shouted and soon began instructing the others to fall back inside the post office.
Just as the defenders began to retreat, two heavily armored Rikers with Type 56 assault rifles fitted drum magazines sprayed the stairs of the post office with gunfire killing many of the defenders and wounding a few of them. One of the wounded defenders, a SWAT officer rushed to aide several of the wounded resistance members pulling a few of them back into the building before one of the rounds from the enemy rifle went right through his body armor, causing him to feel like he was on fire. "Fuck! Their using armor-piercing rounds!" the officer shouted before he was killed by sniper fire.
"Where's Sandra?!" Faye asked, helping several other wolverines push a few bookcases in front of the main entrance while others began to ready the machine guns, they had setup in anticipation for such an event. "Roy!"
"She's on her way. But we need to take out those guys in the Garden! I'm sending her and the others to take out those bastards in the garden. We need to…" Roy began before the entire building started to shake. "What the hell?" he questioned before a loader crashed through the wall, creating an opening for the enemy to enter. Leading the pack were the two Rikers with armor-piercing rounds which they than sprayed on the defenders.
"Shit!" Roy cursed and fired off a few rounds from his Smith and Wesson 686 at the armored enemies. His rounds couldn't penetrate the body armor the enemies were wearing and he almost bought the farm had a brave wolverine not pushed the captain out of the way and took the rounds meant for the captain. Seeing one of his men killed right in front of his eyes, Roy grabbed one of the grenades on the dead soldier's belt and threw it towards the attackers. The grenade exploded, but it didn't take out the targets he wanted.
"Just throw down your weapons, and we'll kill you slowly!" one of the Rikers shouted over the roar of gunfire.
"Not going to happen bastards!" Roy shouted and exited cover, firing his newly reloaded revolver at the Riker who shouted the request, killing them. Several Rikers trained their sights on the NYPD captain, some of whom held a grudge against him but before they could fire their weapons, they started taking fire from the Garden and something or someone was already carving a path to the office.
(Hero starts)
Leaping over several Rikers with her green blade ignited, Kasumi slashed the two armored Rikers across the chest before she grabbed a few grenades, pulled the pins and threw them. The grenades were flashbangs and with their ears ringing like crazy, the Rikers were caught unprepared and met their end by her blade.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! START SHOOTING BACK ALREADY!" she shouted, sprinting towards the Rikers and the newly arrived droid reinforcements. Deflecting blaster bolts and slicing apart bullets with her blade, Kasumi's actions inspired the Wolverines inside the post office to follow her lead and began to push the enemy back.
A couple of AAT's soon arrived and started to hammer the post office with cannon fire. "Launchers!" Faye shouted to a few National Guardsmen that had the rocket launchers they were able to steal, aimed at the tanks and fired. The rockets slammed into the enemy tanks, destroying them and taking out a few Rikers and droids in the process.
From a top the garden's roof, SWAT snipers were picking off enemy forces with their Remington 700's while Sandra and the others kept the enemies that were either still inside the garden or entering the garden in an effort to reestablish their overwatch position against the Wolverines.
Sandra quickly reloaded her ACR before she lobbed a flashbang towards several Rikers armed with shotguns, blinding them and allowing several of her allies to take them down. "Don't let them through!" she shouted, firing her assault rifle at several Rikers machine gunners that had arrived. Much to her surprise, following them was a squad of heavily armored LMB soldiers arrived and shot the Rikers.
"Squad, get these guys some ammo. Hold off these loonies." One of the LMB soldiers shouted to their squad mates before turning to Sandra. "We've had enough of working with these guys. We've witnessed too many families gunned down by these bastards. Its time we take a stand for what we believe in!" the soldier stated, firing their P416 at several Rikers that were preparing to lob a few grenades.
Sandra smiled and spoke into her radio. "Hey, Kasumi. Looks like we got some back up. A couple of LMB soldiers just joined our cause and we're holding the enemy back!" she said.
"Glad to hear it!" Kasumi replied from below the garden, slashing apart another squad of battle droids before a few Wolverines lobbed a couple of grenades towards a few Rikers armed with shotguns who were killed when the grenades detonated.
"We can't keep this up!" A Wolverine with a machine gun shouted before being killed by enemy fire. Turning to the source of the fire, Kasumi saw a battalion of battle droids approaching from 12th avenue and were backed up by a few tanks.
(End Song)
"This isn't good." Kasumi said and readied herself for battle. Then, as if by luck the enemy was starting to take fire from the rear as a Belial mech turned onto 30th street and started firing at the enemy forces with its pulse lasers and missiles at those foolish enough to try and stop it.
"Glad I used only the pulse lasers when I cleared the George Washington Bridge." Rally said over the radio, crushing an enemy tank with her mech, causing the remaining enemies to begin retreating.
"Rally!?" Kasumi said in shock as the gunfire subsided. She would have said more, but Rally interrupted her.
"The rest of the armor and mechs are on their way into the city. But right now, Robert and the rest are trying to stop the enemy from blowing up the Statue of Liberty. The enemy is going to blow it as a way to demoralize all parties on our side." She explained.
(Start GI Joe The Movie Intro)
Rally wasn't kidding. For on Ellis island, the people that had turned the landmark into a shelter were now running for any cover they could find as Black Tusk, White Mask, LMB, Tarkin's fist and droid forces started firing on the people while a Separatist destroyer started to launch fighters and other support craft swooped by the statue.
One of the enemy STAP's circled around the statue and was about to strafe the civilians below when a burst of weapons fire destroyed it. Stepping out from the shadows of the statues torch, Robert emerged with his Morita smoking at the barrel. "YO JOE!" he shouted and activated his armors thrusters while clones and militia troopers rocketed in with their jet packs.
The enemy soldiers on top of the statue began to open fire before they were cut down by the allies that emerged from the windows of the statues head while Skygraspers, Harriers, helicopters and the other allied fighters began to duke it out in the skies as troops from the various earth militaries ran towards the enemy with their bayonets fixed at the ends of their weapons.
Despite the sudden appearance of the enemy forces, the separatist allies continued to carry out their plan while a pair of droids placed a powerful bomb on the base of the statue, capable of puncturing even the strongest of capital ship shields. The bomb's timer was set to go off in five minutes and with all the fire begin exchanged between both sides, no one was able to get the bomb away from the statue.
A Skygrasper pulled up and blasted an enemy starfighter to pieces while Pryce, Tua and several other soldiers began to open up with their weapons at enemy rocket troops, while Anakin, Obi-Wan, Rahm, Treadshot, Cody and Rex landed in front of a few allied soldiers and began to cover their allies. "Don't let up. Keep fighting!" Obi-Wan shouted, deflecting a few blaster bolts that would have ended Cody's life.
"Thanks, General." Cody said, firing his blaster at few droids before he saw Breach fire his ascension cable at a passing enemy MIG-29 before he fired his blaster into the plane's cockpit, killing the pilot of the enemy plane before jumping off as the plane crashed into an enemy patrol boat. Breach soon landed and began to fire his blaster at the enemy forces.
One clone punched a battle droid off the statue while Lennox, Itami, Epps, Sandman and their comrades continued to fire their weapons at the enemy, narrowly avoiding getting caught in the blast of a rocket launcher that was fired by a clone that tripped. The rocket flew over their heads and impacted a droid gunship that was coming in low over the water. The gunship exploded as a few Midgarda Aurek-class tactical fighters swooped in, strafing a few more enemy boats with their torpedo's and cannons.
"We'll stop this Sidious bastard no problem! We've got more than numbers on our side; we've got a reason to fight!" Epps said, reloading his M4 watching Shino lobbed a grenade at a few droids before she started to cut lose and charged in with her rifle-mounted bayonet, stabbing quite a few enemy soldiers. "Yet some of us are still gung-ho as always." He added.
Back in the air, Robert fired the Pulse Rifle at a few STAPS before he spotted the bomb and dived down to grab it. Kicking in his thrusters to full power, Robert placed the bomb directly on the glass of the enemy ship's bridge, kicking off the glass and rocketing away from the ship as the bomb exploded, taking the ship and its crew with it to the bottom of bay.
By then the enemy forces began to retreat and those that were left behind surrendered. Robert swooped down and grabbed two flag poles, one with the American Flag and United Nations flag which he then raised into the air and shouted. "WOLVERINES!"
(End song)
By now, reports were coming in from all over and all points were confirming that they were entering the city limits, breaking through the tunnels and clearing the bridges. The battle of New York City and the final battle of the war had begun, and Ahsoka upon sensing Robert fly by the UN building knew the boy she loved was still alive.
Once again, this chapter is dedicated to my departed Grandfather. Hope you all enjoyed it and understand why this chapter took a bit longer to post. Until next time.