Now, I have noticed that I have yet to bring in any of the Middle Eastern nations or one of the African nations. Well, I think I'll get them into the action this chapter. Now onto reviews.
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Chapter 47: Battle for New York, Part 2: Fight as One
September 19th, 2020, 19BBY
0700 hours
Atlantic Ocean, 10 miles from New York City
Normal point of view
As the sun started to rise over the ocean, the silence and calm see was broken when the sound of dozens of jet engines. MIG-35's, Rafale's, Mirage 2000's, F16's, F4's, F5's, MIG-29's, Saeqeh's, Mirage F-1's, F15C', F15E's, F-35's and F14's belonging to Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Israel, nations from the Middle East that constantly fought each other in the past, now flying in perfect formations of four-man squadrons streaked towards their target location.
Their mission was to determine the location of a large formation of Chinese and North Korean naval vessels that were protecting a large group of Separatist battle ships and the two Chinese aircraft carriers that were constantly launching both Droid and TIE bombers on bombing runs. The targets of these bombing runs were both military and civilian locations across the eastern seaboard. The purpose of these bombing runs was the same that Tambor tried on Ryloth, attack civilians and show the public the cost of a New Republic 'victory'. Already, the enemy had bombed numerous military bases that were housing Red Cross camps, far away from the current ongoing battle for New York City.
When they learned of the attacks on these camps, it came as a surprise to the commanders that pilots from these four nations decided that they would be the ones to sink this fleet before they could launch an attack on any other camps, seeing as these countries once fought each other in mid-20th century for various reasons. Lucky for them, they would be getting the assistance from Spare Squadron who would be helping these brave pilots, many of whom received a lot of upgrades to many of their aircraft, specifically the Iran F14's.
Leading a formation of four F15C's, Israeli fighter pilot Jaydon Samuels triple checked the systems of his fighter, which like the F15J, F2 Vipers and F16's was modified with a secondary 20mm cannon for dogfighting and hold extra ammo. He then glanced outside his cockpit and looked to the other aircraft, half of the planes were armed with various bombs, anti-ship missiles and rocket pods while the rest were loaded with missiles for air-to-air combat. The largest formation he had ever seen in his life.
He then looked to a photograph of his wife, son, daughter and his Golden Retriever puppy. This was taken days before his country and the rest of the world was invaded by Sidious and the Separatist alliance, whose leaders like Gunray and Tambor were looting the museums of his country for all valuables. From what he heard from Cham Syndulla, Tambor did the same thing to his home planet of Ryloth, only to have many of them returned by the Lone Wolf upon being found on the Skako, kept in Tambor's personal treasure vault. "I won't let these separatist bastards rob us of our culture or treasures." He said to himself.
"Don't worry. We'll be making sure that the next generations have those treasures to learn about our past and we'll return to our families." Moein Shookohi, one of the Iran F14 pilots said over the radio. "Besides, we're not fighting for greed or fame. We're for freedom and our families. We will win this war." The pilot added as Spare Squadron arrived.
"You're right about that on both accounts." Roberts voice said over the radio as he flew in the middle of the formation, flanked by Nathan, Vito, Shinn and Maya. "We're going to make sure our loved ones won't live under the rule of some money-grubbing bastards or a power-hungry old man." He added, smiling on his end of the radio.
When he met Sandra, she greeted him to his children who he immediately felt were something else he would be fighting for. His children took a liking to him as well and Shaak Ti, well just like any mother was smiling with delight at the sight of her grandchildren. She even decided to pull out of fighting for a bit in order to take care of the children until their mother was rescued.
"Aw, someone's happy that he's a daddy. Bet he's going to be taking a lot of baby-pictures and showing them to the boys." Nym teased over the commlink as the Havoc joined up with the jet planes, along with Vana, Jenkins, Reti, Rhys and other members of the Lok Revenants that had opted to join the mission.
"And there's the part I hate. Really, Nym? You're teasing me about being a father. I haven't even gotten married yet and I'm not even thinking about something like that. I'm taking things one day at a time, stress over a tomorrow you can't see, you'll end up dead." He said annoyed by the Feeorin's teasing. It had only been a few days and he was being teased more and more than he was during his school years.
"It's not like I am telling too…" Nym began before the formation arrived at the location of the fleet. "There's our target. Looks like we got more ships then we thought. I'll launch a cruise missile." Nym said before Robert stopped him.
"Do that and the enemy will know that they are being attacked. All aircraft armed with bombs and rockets, reduce speed and let the fighters clear a path for you, soften up some of the enemy anti-air defenses." Robert instructed before turning to R4. "Let's do it partner!" he said with a smile and gunned his engines to full power. "Nym, I want you in charge of those equipped for anti-ship combat. Save those cruise missiles of yours for when you need them the most." He called out to the Feeorin captain.
"Copy that! I'll just treat them to some bombs!" The captain replied and released a few of his energy bombs on one of the Sariwon corvettes before they could fire their anti-aircraft weapons. "Splash one enemy ship. All pilots, engage!"
(Follow, Halo 2 OST starts)
Most the of the pilots flying knew that if they fired their missiles at range, CIWS fire from the enemy ships had a fifty/fifty chance of being shot down and hitting their target. So, they decided to get in close before firing their missiles. A risky move but a risk some pilots were willing to take if it meant freeing the world from the grasp of Sidious.
One of the MIG-35's fired a KH-31 missile at a Chinese frigate which struck the ships magazine which then sent a chain reaction through the rest of the ship before it snapped in half and sank to the bottom. Pulling up to avoid the gunfire from another frigate, the pilot of the MIG-35 banked around for another attack run and fired another missile at another enemy ship before they were soon swarmed by Buzz Droids which sliced into the aircrafts frame before their plane was slammed with a missile, killing the pilot.
Other planes equipped for anti-ship combat met the same fate as the pilot before them from either anti-aircraft fire or enemy fighters. "Woah! That's a lot of anti-air fire coming from those ships. Something tells me that this isn't going to be as easy as I thought!" Reti said over the commlink after launching one of his cruise missiles which impacted a North Korean cruiser, sending it to the bottom of the ocean.
"You thought this would be easy!? Reti, you know operations like this are never easy!" Jinkins snapped to the Toydarian over the commlink, strafing another enemy ship with the Freefalls cannons, knocking out several of the ships weapons before Rhys followed him in and hit the bridge with a burst of cannon fire. The vessel they attacked was soon listing heavily before it slipped beneath the waves of the ocean.
"We need to hit those carriers! Forget about the rest of the small fry they'll just slow us down!" Nathan shouted from his own cockpit, firing his cannons at a pair of bombers that were heading for Boston. "Splash two enemy bombers!"
Jaydon and Moein each downed an enemy MIG-29 with their fighter's cannons before they strafed an enemy Aegis vessel the enemy had captured, knocking out the cruisers torpedo launchers and .5-inch guns before a pair of SAM's were fired at them from the vessel. Both pilots braked hard right, causing the missiles to lose track of the aircraft, allowing the two pilots to come around and strafe the ship again, with Moein hitting the bridge of the vessel which then sank to the bottom. "One enemy Aegis vessel down, but there are too many of them! I don't think we can hit the carriers!" Moein stated again banking his aircraft hard left to avoid being hit.
"All aircraft, if you have an opening hit the carriers and battleships! Sink them and we can all get out of here. The Missouri and a couple other ships can handle the rest. Anyone with rocket pods, use dive bombing tactics from WW2, that should do some damage on these tin cans!" Shinn radioed the rest of the formation, firing a missile at one of his remaining AIM-7's which tracked a J-7 which damaged the aircraft. To Shinn's surprise, the aircraft transmitted a surrender signal and turned towards the direction of New York City. "Looks like someone is surrendering. I don't know if they will make it back to base with the damage it sustained." He said to himself before firing his 20mms at several droid fighters that crossed his aircraft's nose while they were chasing after Nishi and Slipstream. The droid fighters crashed into the sea below allowing several friendly aircraft to strafe the enemy fleet below with rocket fire. His fellow JASD pilots pulled up from their attack runs and quickly formed up on his wing before they went after several fighter squadrons.
Explosions erupted from the carriers and battleships before they snapped in half and began to sink. The carriers were able to launch the last of their fighters which much to the surprise of every single pilot still in the air, suddenly started to engage the droid aircraft. "To all New Republic aircraft, this is Colonel Qiao Zhou of the People's Liberation Air Force 5th tactical squadron! My squadron and I will fight on the side of true justice. We'll go after the enemy bombers that had taken off just moments before you sunk the carriers!" the pilot of a red and white SU-35M said on all frequencies as it climbed and went after several of the enemy bombers.
"First some North Korean and Chinese soldiers, a True Sons soldier, a squad of LMB soldiers, Black Tusk combat medic and now a squadron of Chinese fighter planes. Damn, this is something I'd didn't expect to see." Robert chuckled, firing his third to last missile at a Vulture droid before R4 picked up the Missouri and the other ships it was with. "All pilots, we're done here. Let's get after those bombers, can't let these guys show us up!" he added, turning sharply and following after the Colonel and his squadron.
(End Song)
"R4 just picked up several enemy squadrons heading for New York! We can't let those fighters hit our forces in the city and some of them may be carrying chemical weapons! We've made a lot of progress and if those weapons are a lot of people are going to die. If you're low on ammo and fuel, change your barring to 280, we got a republic cruiser nearby playing supply ship. Head to it and rendezvous with the rest of us and the colonel. Those with anti-ground and anti-ship weapons, swap them out for anti-air weapons quick!"Robert shouted into the radio after he checked his fuel and ammo gauge. He still had plenty of fuel and ammo left for his aircraft but he didn't want to take any chances and followed the other aircraft for resupply.
Once they landed, all of the planes were quickly refueled and rearmed. "Commander." One of the clones on the ship said to Robert as he was preparing for takeoff. "Commander Valcara and his team haven't reported in after their incursion to Grand Central Station. They were investigating a possible lead on Dark Stars whereabouts and a place where we could bring in the trains, but we lost contact with them a short while ago." the trooper explained.
"Knowing Barriss, she'll probably want to go find her husband. Alright, contact Captain Benítez and tell him to inform Breach to get a couple of IDF special forces squads ready for action and tell Barriss to prepare for combat." The Lone Wolf said to the trooper before he took off from the ship and headed back to the battle.
Once he joined up with the other fighters, the formation soon arrived and witnessed Colonel Zhou down an enemy J-20 with his aircrafts 30mm cannon. The aircraft plummeted to the ocean below where it sank beneath the waves with a full payload. "Commander Lehner, I'm sending you the IFF codes to the enemy aircraft. Several of my squadron are flying SU-33's so we don't want anyone being shot down by allies now, do we?" The Colonel inquired, forming up on Roberts left wing.
"No shit! We don't any friendly fire incidents. All pilots, R4 is sending the IFF codes to you now. All friendly's have been marked, so don't shot them down." Robert instructed the rest of the fighters before he picked out a single enemy SU-33 and went after it.
(Start Annex)
Once he was close enough to the enemy plane, he fired his twin 20mms which hit the plane in the engines before it exploded. The rest of the planes in the formation soon broke off, but were quickly shot down by several Egyptian F16's. The F16's soon banked off where they joined several Iran F4's in going after several enemy TIE fighters escorting a formation of TIE Bombers. The Middle eastern pilots quickly knocked out the enemy craft with their guns and missiles, sending the wreckage crashing into an unsuspecting TF Lander which was no doubt attempting to drop reinforcements behind allied lines.
Not all of the remaining aircraft were doing as well. The few remaining Mirage's and Rafale's had fired the last of their missiles and cannon rounds, forcing them to return to base since they could do no more. Thankfully, Nym and his crew escorted the retreating aircraft back to the airport. The remaining F35's followed suit in retreating since they suffered extensive damage from attacking the enemy fleet.
"All pilots, if you can't fight get out of here and assist the ground forces in liberating the city!" Colonel Zhou called over the radio before he banked hard left and got behind a pair of Vultures going after two of the damaged F35's. "Fox 1!" the colonel said and fired one his SU-35's R27 missiles at the droid behind the first before unleashing 30mm shells from his cannon which destroyed the second Vulture. He soon spotted a group of enemy MIG-29K's and Hyena Bombers at 5 o'clock low. Pitching his nose down, the Chinese pilot was soon joined by Jaydon and Moein who both fire a missile at a bomber while he took out another with his gun.
Three bombers went down in flames but the others didn't stray from their course. "These pilots must be so dedicated to their objective that they are willing to ignore enemy fire." Zhou said to himself before he fired a missile at one of the MIG-29K's. The whole plane burst into flames before the Colonel soon found himself taking fire from behind. Craning his neck, Qiao saw that an enemy Vulture had managed to get behind him and was trying to send him to a watery grave.
Quickly, the Colonel raised his plane's nose to a vertical level before dropping back down putting himself behind the enemy Vulture which he then downed with a burst of cannon fire. Once his target was downed, he banked to the right and went after several enemy bombers that managed to slip past them. "Bombers are attempting to slip past us, Tigers two though six, form up and follow me after the bombers. The rest of you, keep the enemy fighters occupied!" the Colonel said to his squadron mates over the radio before veering off towards the enemy group. No sooner had he and his squad mates went after the bombers, two of them were shot down by cannon fire from behind. Looking back, Zhou saw that a Rouge-Class starfighter the same fighter that ordered him to attack a civilian facility in Vermont a few months ago was trailing them. Another burst from the enemy fighters' cannons downed another member of Tiger squadron which then made the Colonel pull the same maneuver he did before and got behind the enemy fighter.
He lined up his plane and fired a missile at the fighter, but to his surprise the enemy fighter evaded the missile and allowed the Colonel to overshot him and got in gun range. Thankfully, the Colonel was saved at the last second by Vito who sent the fighter and its Magna Guard pilot down to the ocean below.
"One group of bombers left! Colonel Zhou, Moein, Jaydon. Form up with me, we'll run them down with our guns." Robert said over the radio. The Colonel and the middle eastern pilots soon formed up with the F14D of the Lone Wolf, lined up their sights and fired. A stream of 20 and 30mm cannon rounds sped towards the bombers sending them all down to ocean below just as they neared the shore. "All bombers confirmed down. We've done it. Shinn, Vito, Kyoto, Nishi once we land, get your aircraft refueled and equipped for air-to-ground combat. Rocket pods, Laser Guided Bombs and AGM's only. Nathan, I want you, the Colonel, Moein and Jaydon to provide cover for these guys. Remember, only fire your weapons if you have a clear shot, I don't want the city damaged any further than it is!" Robert added as he lowered his landing gear and gently landed on the runway followed by the other aircraft.
(End song)
Once he taxied his plane off the runway, Robert boarded a gunship that took him right to the Farley post office where he met Breach on the lower levels of the building where they meet up with several squads of Israeli Special Ops soldiers armed with Galil's, Uzi's, Tavor's, Negev's and other weapons designed for medium and close range combat, dressed in urban camouflaged combat gear. With them was Barriss and several ARC troopers armed for battle. "Alright, listen up. I know many of you have never taken the Subway in your lives' so I'm only going to say this once; Everyone is too stick together. While we may have cleared out a lot of the hostiles in the tunnels, the enemy may have set up traps to slow us down. Our mission is to get to Grand Central, find Commander Valcara get him the hell out of there. Don't let your guard down, we need to secure the station before we go for the final objective." Robert said to the men. As he said this, he put his armor on and grabbed the Morita, Smart Gun, Pulse Rifle, his three handguns and his sabers.
The soldiers and troopers all acknowledged his orders and double checked their weapons and ammo before they went topside and boarded a few gunships which would take them to the station in Times Square. Intel showed that the number 7 line of the MTA was the best way to reach the station. Once the gunships landed and the troops entered the station, they dropped down off the platform and onto the tracks. "Commander, the third rail isn't active, right?" one of the Israeli soldiers asked.
"Don't worry. Kalani reported that this line isn't in use by the enemy. We may find a few abandoned Subway trains, so Commander Offee will cut the doors open." Robert assured the trooper before he helped Barriss down to the tracks. "Erik will be fine. I'm sure of it." He assured the Mirialan heeler. Deep down, Barriss knew he was right, but at the same time, she couldn't feel that something bad was waiting for them.
Barriss's point of view
From what I heard from one of the American soldiers, New York City had the largest Subway network in the world with almost fourteen hundred kilometers of track. The system also had about six-thousand subway cars to deal with the cities massive population. A remarkable feat of engineering for Earth. Still, it didn't stop me from worrying about Erik.
We needed to know if Grand Central Station was useable and where Jana was, so he volunteered to lead several platoons of soldiers to the station personally, but all contact was lost earlier this morning and many people were wondering if he and his men were wiped out. My concern for my husband was immense that the dreams I had been suffering several weeks ago seemed to be nothing. Each of those dreams showed me falling to the Dark Side, betraying Ahsoka, fighting Master Skywalker and claiming the Jedi were responsible for the Clone War. My dreams became even darker when I saw the deaths of Master Luminara and other Jedi at the hands of the clones with Anakin being the one laying siege to the temple.
In both cases, I saw myself as a Lady of the Sith, who went out into the galaxy and either abducted those who connected to the force and train them as servants of the Sith or killed them to prevent any Jedi from becoming a threat to who I know now is Sidious's grand scheme. Some of those times, I slaughtered entire settlements just to cover my tracks. In those dreams, I saw Erik and Karin among the dead.
Even if it was only a dream, I kept seeing the dark side of me tell me to embrace the darkness and allow myself to become her. But each of those times, I kept resting to the point of waking up in the middle of the night, which began to take a toll on my health. I thought I had it under control after I talked to Master Yoda about it who told me to act on this as I deem fit.
"Hey! Barriss, you ok?" Robert asked, looking back at me with his Smart Gun in hand. I told him I was alright, just deep in thought. "Well, just keep up. These tunnels sometimes have the most unusual things lying about. Some of which are disgusting." He added, stepping over some of the unusual items he mentioned. (A/N: Use your imagination as to what the item are.)
The tunnel seemed to go on for miles and we encountered no enemy presence. What we did encounter was one of the many abandoned subway trains that littered the tunnels. One of the Wolverines told us that during the invasion, numerous underground trains were stranded in the middle of the tunnels after they lost power, stranding the passengers who had to wait until the likes of the LMB found them or walked to the next station once it was confirmed the third rail was off only to be captured by the droids. This train however, was filled with the smell of something rotting.
One of the Israeli soldiers bashed the door of the lead car and what we found made a few of the soldier's sick to their stomach. The entire train was littered with spent bullet casings and the bodies of dead law enforcement officers and civilians, another war crime ordered by Sidious as to show the people what happens to those who resisted his rule. The entire sight reminded me of why I hate killing and it made me vomit.
"Lone Wolf to Delta 1. We found a subway train with a whole lot of dead civvies and officers. We're below Madison Square Park and haven't encountered any resistance in the tunnels. Still no contact from Commander Valcara or his team, we'll continue on towards the objective, tell the Expendables to hit the enemy position at the Rockefeller Center and have the Division guys take out the Rikers leadership!" Robert said into his commlink.
"Copy that Commander!" Treadshot's voice came over the commlink. I watched Robert kneel down by one of the bodies and closed their eyes. We soon kept moving through the tunnel. We still didn't encounter any hostiles but that was soon about to change.
We came to one of the many maintance areas in the tunnels used for repairing the many subway trains that traveled the tunnels, this one connected to several of the other lines. For once it looked like things were going to be easy but it wasn't as the rails began to rumble and a set of lights were seen coming from the tunnel we were about to enter. Coming towards us was one of the trains that was used to maintain the tracks in the tunnels and for the sections of track that ran above the street.
"SHIT! TAKE COVER!" Robert shouted as the train came to a stop and the turret mounted on the front car opened up on us and cut down a few allies that were making for cover. I ignited my saber and began to deflect weapons fire away from us. Robert opened up with his Smart Gun and managed to cut down a few of the attackers which we found out were droids, LMB, Rikers, Black Tusk, White Mask and several of the remaining Inner Circle terrorists.
"Damn it, looks like I should have had Mitchell and the Ghosts search the tunnels before we decided on this plan!" he snarled, unleashing a torrent of gunfire from his weapon at the enemy forces. The droids were broken apart while the soldiers were riddled with bullet holes. The Israeli's opened up with their own weapons cutting down more of the advancing enemies, but there were just too many of them.
One of the ARC troopers took a blaster bolt to the chest, but it didn't kill them allowing one of their brothers too pull them back behind cover. I was able to cover them by moving to the enemy and slicing their weapons in half and pushed them back with the force. I knocked out quite a few of them but all the droids I encountered were reduced to scrap metal. I hate taking another life but droids only do what they are programmed to do so there was no need to hold back against them.
Still we faced problems with the turret mounted on the train which had killed more of the commando's behind me. We needed to take out that gun before we lose any more men. Some of the commando's lobbed a few grenades but none of them were able to knock out the turret. However, Breach was able to knock out the enemy on the gun allowing us to move up further while the enemy began to retreat back into the tunnel. "SURRENDER!" I shouted to the enemy soldiers but all they did was shoot at me while they retreated. One of the Rikers got behind me and hit me with the butt of their weapon, causing me to fall down and drop my saber.
"I'm going to enjoy this you green skinned bitch!" the Riker said sadistically before being riddled with bullets. The body of the enemy fell to the ground and I retrieved my lightsaber.
"We'll leave one of the medics behind to tend to the wounded, we need to push forwards." Robert said to me before he handed Breach the Smart Gun and then used the force to push the train blocking our path back down the tunnel. "We need to keep moving forwards. We stop now, I have a feeling Erik won't last much longer." He added.
I know he wasn't saying that Erik was dead, but he was right we had to hurry. That was easier said than done because once the train was out of the way, Terror Droids leapt down from the ceiling some of which landed and killed a few soldiers before they could even fire their weapons.
(Red Fraction Starts)
"OPEN FIRE!" Robert shouted to the others behind us before he opened up with one of his rifles, taking out a few of the droids. Gunfire and blaster fire flew towards the droids taking out a good number of them but there must have hundreds of them swarming us like Piranha's drawn to the scent of blood. Two of the Israeli soldiers had downed a few of them with their Uzi's as Erik called them, but they were soon stabbed to death by the droids before one of their comrades avenged them with their own weapon.
"Breach, get up here!" Robert shouted to his brother in arms who then opened up with the machine gun. The trooper than fired the weapon hitting numerous targets while the Dinobots joined up beside him and fired their own weapons taking out more of the enemy forces allowing us to move further down the tunnel.
"Barriss, you're with me. We'll take point. Breach, Grimlock! Cover the rear!" Robert shouted, sprinting forwards and firing his rifle at any of the droids that got in his way while I destroyed any that got a little too close to us. Reaching out to the force, I pushed a lot of the small spider droids back with a strong blast of energy which destroyed them in a single blast.
"Stations only a few yards away! We're almost there!" I shouted, my voice echoing through the tunnel and sliced apart a few more of the small spider droids. The number of droids was dwindling quickly and it didn't take us long to reach the station. By the time we reached the station, the forces that had retreated earlier were ready for us.
"CLEAR THIS STATION!" one of the ARC Troopers shouted, firing his rifle in bursts taking out a few of the enemy forces waiting on the platform allowing Robert and I to jump up and eliminate the enemies or in my case, disarm and knockout.
"Just like Kira when he got the Freedom from Lacus." Robert said impressively. I had no idea who he was talking about, but I could tell he was proud that I wasn't taking any lives. Then again, he did give me plenty of advice during and before Umbara. I ow him a lot and I was going to do everything I could do to help him get Ahsoka back. Weapons fire from one of the enemy gun emplacements by the stairs was hampering our progress. I was able to block several shots away from our allies, but the gun was still keeping us from moving forwards.
"Suppressing fire!" Robert shouted and trained his sights on the gun crew. Other soldiers followed his actions and fired at the enemy gun, forcing the shooter to cease fire and allowed another soldier to move closer to the gun before they threw a grenade behind the gun, knocking it out.
"Move your asses' people. We need to get top side and secure the upper levels!" Breach shouted, firing the Smart Gun at a few retreating enemies before he reloaded the weapon. Moving up from the lower levels, we made it to the main concourse and found Erik and the few remaining members of the scout team pinned down by several weapons emplacements guarding several droid dispensers in the middle of the concourse.
One of his men, a member of the JTF2 prepared to fire their rifle but they were soon killed by sniper fire from the stairs that led up to the viaduct that allowed access too 42nd street. I soon spotted Erik, firing the ACR, one of the weapons from Earth he took a liking too back at the enemy, a bloodied bandage wrapped around his upper arm no doubt from a bullet wound he suffered from earlier. "Its about time you guys showed up!" he shouted as the rest of us took cover behind a few overturned vendors they were using for cover.
"We would have been here sooner, but we ran into some trouble down below. Let me guess, the enemy dropped a few dispensers late last night and have been giving you guys a real headache!" Robert surmised, pulling out his second rifle and fire back.
"You're right about that. Back on the platforms there were more of those damn things. Took all of our explosives to destroy them. We've been trying to take those things out and get to street level, enemy reinforcements are on their way and they don't want us staying here." my husband answered while I checked his wound.
"What about Dark Star? Is she here?" I asked.
"Not that I could see. Maybe she was here or not, all I know is we need to take out these dispensers and quick!" he stated, wincing in pain a bit as I changed his bandages with fresh ones. "Damn it! That hurts like hell!" he cursed.
I was about to respond when I watched Robert sprint towards the dispensers, braving weapons fire once again with his shields taking the brunt of the damage. He didn't see a spider droid charging up its main cannon and fire at him. All of us thought he was about to die, but too our surprise he didn't.
The blast from the cannon instead hit one of the dispensers, destroying it and the other ones near it. "BARRISS! THE DROID!" he shouted. I noticed the spider droid was more focused on him than anyone else and that's when I realized what he was doing. Smiling, I ignited my saber again and leapt onto the droid's head, thrusting my saber into the droid's head which then short circuited before it was ready to blow. Pulling my saber from the droid, I leapt off just before it exploded.
(End song)
"Barriss, stay here and tend to the wounded. Everyone else get to the viaduct. We need to hold off the enemy as long as possible." Robert said to me. I knew he said this because my husband was wounded and needed medical attention. I nodded and watched those that weren't wounded make their way to the viaduct to engage the enemy. As they left, I felt that something dark was nearby.
Normal point of view
Just seconds after Robert and the other men left, they were sent flying down the stairs, some of them hurt badly after slamming into a few kiosks. Walking down the stairs with her saber ignited was Dark Star. "So glad you could come." She said evilly and leapt down the stairs landing in front of the others who had their trained on her. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. I'll kill you in a mere number of seconds."
The soldiers stood down, but Erik just glared at Jana. "Oh, you like what you see?" Jana asked in a teasing voice. Erik said nothing but Jana turned her attention too Barriss who kept her saber ready. She didn't see Robert get up and throw one of his sabers to Erik who caught it almost like he used the force.
"Dark Star. Why are you doing all of this? Does being Anakin's padawan mean all that much to you that you would go to such lengths and join the dark side?" Barriss asked, trying to reason with her. Sadly, Jana just ignored her and smiled with a sadistic pleasure.
"You know, I sensed that your daughter is strong in the force. She will make a fine Sith Assassin once the two of you are dead. Oh, don't worry I'll raise her like a daughter." Jana said. She then went on ranting about how much stronger the dark side was then the light side and that those who let themselves fall in love were weak, and that she was a god. That is until Robert sprinted forwards, grabbed her leg and tossed her around like a ragdoll, slamming her hard into the ground a few times. "You ain't no god or a Sith Lord. You're a puny god and lord who's killed so many innocent people. People like you are nothing but a plague on the galaxy. I'll say this only once: Surrender." Robert said after ending his 'hulk moment.'
Jana just got up from the ground, wiping a bit of blood off her lip after her thrashing. "Surrender? I'll never surrender. I live for the death of the Jedi. I failed once to kill you, so now I'll I do it personally." She stated, calling back her lightsaber which was knocked from her hands during her smackdown. "I'll enjoy this." She added and charged towards the group.
She would have brought her saber down on them had it not been blocked by Luminara's blade, who along with several ARC Troopers of the 41st Elite Legion began to tend to the wounded. "Your heart has been clouded by darkness for too long Jana. Talking is pointless." She stated, pushing Jana back with the force. "I would have been here sooner, but we ran into some trouble in the tunnels." She added. Barriss just smiled, happy to see her master and would have spoken, but Jana interrupted them and this time went after Barriss.
This time Jana's blade was blocked by the blade of the saber Robert gave Erik. Barriss's husband then engaged Jana in combat. The fight didn't last long and Jana cut Eriks arm off before she sent him flying into one of the ticket booths. "I'll start with this fool!" she said.
(My Demons, starts)
Seeing her husband hurt and lose an arm, Barriss felt her the rage inside her build up to the point of erupting. Charging forwards with her saber ignited, she clashed with Jana. "I won't let you kill him!" she declared.
Jana just smiled, believing that Barriss had lost control and given into the dark side. "That's the spirit. Come, the dark side awaits." She said. The fallen Jedi than began to unleash a series of Vaapad strikes, forcing Barriss to block each of her opponents strikes without being able to land an attack of her own. "You talk a big game, but you're just weak, same goes for the rest of the jedi. You're a dying breed and its time you become extinct." She gloated, grabbing a few nearby benches with the force and threw them towards Barriss.
"GET OUT OF THERE!" Robert shouted to Eriks husband, but Barriss didn't move. Instead, she just slashed apart the benches thrown towards her like they were nothing. Jana however just charged towards Barriss and once again pressed her attack, taking their fight onto the platforms outside.
Jana's constant attacks pushed Barriss back further and further to the edge of the platform and in all this time, Barriss didn't even attack once. "So, I guess it's true. You lack the willingness to kill, shame. All that training you had and this is what you have to show for it? Pathetic. You're nothing but a second-rate Jedi." She taunted. Barriss said nothing. "What, Sith got your tongue?" she teased.
Again, Barriss said nothing and when Jana attacked again, Barriss leapt backwards and landed in the center of the tracks. Jana followed her pray and it was then that Jana started to get the feeling that something was wrong. Bringing her saber down on her pray, Jana was surprised to see Barriss block the strike and saw the look in her eyes. Her eyes had the look of a person who was determined to win.
"You harmed Ahsoka, Robert and my husband. You killed one of the few people who could bring a peaceful end to the war. I know the kind of person you are Jana. You're pure evil and nothing will convince you to see otherwise. I will defeat you." Barriss declared.
Jana looked in shock as Barriss then started to use the Ataru form to push Jana back. Each of her attacks became more ferocious that the last and for the first time in her life, Jana was starting to become scared. "You're weak!" Jana spat, blocking another attack from Barriss.
"You're right. I am week if I listened to your words." Barriss began, pressing her attacks on Jana. "I once almost believed that the Jedi were responsible for the war, but then I met Robert. He's been there for me every step of the way same goes for Erik. They've supported everything I have done and too give into the dark side would betray everything the trust they placed in me." Barriss declared.
Robert, Luminara and Erik soon arrived to see Barriss's battle with Jana. "I've faced my demons time and time again and have come back stronger. I may not be a Jedi anymore, but I will not allow you to harm those I care about. This world is still worth protecting!" she shouted.
"Well done Barriss, well done!" Robert shouted while Luminara smiled at the padawan she called a daughter.
"Its time to show you what I learned from the Lone Wolf!" she declared and began to channel her force energy into her saber. "This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to grasp victory!" she shouted and made her move. "Erupting Burning Finger!" She blocked Jana's strike, knocking her off guard before swinging her saber high and slashed Jana across the torso.
Jana started to gasp for breath before she finally fell to the ground face first. "Damn…you." She cursed before finally dying.
(End song)
Sheathing her blade, a triumphant Barriss Offee knelt down to Jana's body and closed her eyes. "May you finally be at peace." She said with the uttermost respect to her opponent before she rushed back inside the station to Eriks side. Thankfully, his wound was cauterized but he was still in a great deal of pain. "I'll tend to the wounded. You better get outside and push the enemy back!" she said, turning to her former master and the one Ahsoka loved.
Luminara smiled at her former padawan and followed Robert and the others up the stairs to the front of the station. By the time they made it outside the turrets that were placed at the ramp of the viaduct were destroyed by several advancing enemy forces who were quickly cut down by the defenders. "Damn it, that's a lot of hostiles!" Robert said aloud, just before a missile from an enemy helicopter hit the ground in front of him, sending him back a few feet and knocking his shields out. "I'm calling some artillery. Lone Wolf calling Dragoon Slayer, Requesting artillery support. Coordinates are 233 937, 233, 984 and 233, 955. Be advised friendlies are nearby so be sure to get it right or we're dead!" Robert said into the commlink, preparing a smoke grenade and threw it as hard as he could towards the advancing enemies.
"Dragon Slayer copies. Be advised, we got a few strike fighters on route, but they've run into some trouble and they'll be delayed. All we can do is provide artillery support for the time being!" the soldier on the other side of the commlink said urgently. Robert soon looked up to see an F15 chasing down a few droid fighters overhead indicating the battle was still going strong.
"Solid copy! We'll make do with what we have!" he responded before he turned back to the others. "Everybody dig in and prepare for battle! We'll need to hold out until back up arrives. Hopefully it won't be much longer!" he shouted. "Really wish we had the Hulk with us." He said to himself and raised his rifle.
Back above the city, Shinn fired his last AGM at an enemy T-72 destroying it before he strafed several enemy vehicles with his 20mm cannons. Following him was Nick Rye in his F4E and Zhou with his SU35, strafing the enemy with their own cannons. "Bastards are really starting to piss me off!" Nick cursed over the radio before a restored F105D Thunderchief fighter bomber flew past them dropping several cluster bombs on a few enemy tanks before it pulled up and went after several enemy fighters. Although it was officially retired, the Thunderchief was fixed up by a fan of the aircraft and fully armed with the help of HAWX. Now, the aircraft was back in action with an improved combat range and speed.
"Thank you for fixing up a great bird." The Chinese Colonel said over the radio before following after the Thunderchief and destroyed the aircraft that were attempting to shoot it down. Two of the attacking SU-27s were blown to bits before the other two peeled off and tried to get away from the colonel, only to be shot down by two F15's of the Israeli air force.
(Fight as One, Bad City begins)
The battle for New York City was continuing to heat up as fighting on the ground and air intensified with both sides determined to defeat the other for control of the city. LMB defector Dominic Stone and his men fought bravely alongside Rahm Kota and his militia, clearing a path for the Noah and his squad who had linked up with Barney and the rest of the Expendables. "GIVE IT TO THEM!" Dominic shouted, firing his P416 back at his former allies. The former LMB soldier watched in awe as General Kota sheathed his saber and whip out the customized M16A4 he had on his back, firing back at the enemy soldiers like a trained professional.
Plo Koon covered Wolfe as his second in command pulled a wounded trooper away from battle as Kit Fisto strafed attacking enemy armor with his fighter's cannons, allowing Fenn Rau, Fenrir and Clan Braylor fighters to go after several Trade Federation Bombers that were about to drop a load of bombs on them. "FOR MANDALORE!" one of the Mandalorian pilots shouted, firing their X-Wings cannons at several bombers, making sure he didn't hit any of the buildings.
Troops from Russia, England, France, Japan and Germany engaged enemy forces using both ranged weapons and hand to hand combat while Japanese and Russian snipers picked off enemy snipers from a nearby building in Times Square. A JSDF sniper fired their M24 at LMB rocket trooper which had taken out a friendly Type 10 tank, hitting the enemy soldier square in the head. A Russian took a shot to the shoulder, causing them to drop their Dragunov and almost fall out of the building only to caught by another JSDF sniper. "I won't let you fall." The sniper said, pulling their ally back into the building.
Down in the streets, Itami threw a grenade towards a couple of droids which were destroyed once the grenade exploded. Following the explosion, several German soldiers rushed towards the enemy with their HK433's blazing to life. Following them were several French, English and Russian soldiers with their bayonets attached to their weapons. Once they were in range, they engaged in hand-to-hand combat shooting and or stabbing their enemies.
Once again, Kuribayashi really cut loose and took down several enemies all by herself with her rifles bayonet before firing her pistol at several enemies. She didn't notice an enemy soldier had her dead in their sights, but thankfully Aayla did and quickly disarmed the soldier before she stood back-to-back with the buxom JSDF sergeant who looked to the Twi'lek Jedi Knight and smiled before returning to the battle at hand.
In the Bronx, American soldiers and the 212th fought against both Black Tusk, White Mask and LMB forces, pushing them back and advancing further and further out of the city where they were then surrounded by the combined forces of the Wolverines from the North Eastern United States and New Republic forces.
Enemy forces in Brooklyn and Queens were quickly routed by the efforts of Anakin, the 501st, 41st, 91st and 639th legions but the enemy soon launched a counter attack with their mech and armor forces. Despite being pounded by enemy armor, the combined forces of these legions continued to hold their ground against the enemy firepower while HAWX squadrons swooped in firing their weapons at the enemy forces. "Don't let up! We've got to hold out!" Rex shouted as Australian Tiger helicopters fired their rocket pods at several enemy vehicles, taking them out.
Back in Manhattan, middle eastern forces had established a perimeter around Central Park where a large number of NYPD officers were waging a desperate battle against the enemy to protect several dozen civilians who were hiding in the park. Two of these civilians, who bore a striking resemblance to the Power Rangers duo, Bulk and Skull watched as two Iraqi soldiers were killed by enemy fire. The blaster carbines they had skidded over to the two civilians who looked at each other and picked up the carbines before they rushed to join the defenders at the perimeter. "COME ON LET'S GET IN THERE!" the Bulk like civilian shouted before firing back.
Having killed the leader of the Rikers, Kelso and her fellow Division Agents and Ghost Recon forces had mopped up a platoon of battle droids before firing a series of rockets towards half a dozen enemy tanks. "KICK THEM OUT OF THE CITY!" Mitchell shouted as a seeker mine rolled past him and detonated in the middle of several droids.
As for the Expendables and Roberts friends, they had just arrived at Grand Central Station in several gunships carrying special forces soldiers from every country, including the Chinese and North Korean soldiers that had defected several months ago and quickly joined the fight. Velvet swooped down in the Freedom firing the armors full arsenal at numerous enemy tanks and infantry before landing in the middle of a large group of hostiles which she began to beat with hand-to-hand attacks.
Grenades fired from Marie and Gunner eliminated a large number of hostiles while Kasumi and Luminara stood back to back, deflecting blaster fire back at the attacking enemies while doing their utmost to disarm their opponents. "You seem to show restraint at various points in battle." Luminara noted as Kasumi kicked several Black Tusk soldiers into submission without even killing them.
"If one gives into their rage, they will become the very thing they swore to destroy." Kasumi answered, slicing apart an enemy blaster before kicking its holder in the chin, knocking them out. Luminara smiled and continued to make work of the enemies attacking her.
Hitomi, Honoka and Rally threw a few droid poppers circuiting out several droids before they mopped up the remaining droids. "Watch those wrist rockets!" an Iraqi spec ops soldier shouted before they were gunned down by an enemy gunner. Angered by this, Rally threw her last frag grenade towards the enemy soldier, who was killed.
Caesar and Doc fired their Spas-12 and Spas 15 shotguns at the enemies that got within range while Lee, Faye, Melissa and Grace fired their sniper rifles from the roof top of the station. Machine Gun fire from Lincolns M249 mowed down half a dozen hostiles while rifle fire from Barney, Cassie, Dustin, Toll Road, Ray, Billy and Thomas mopped up remains of the attacking platoon. "FRAG OUT!" Barney shouted and threw a grenade towards another hostile tank.
No sooner had the grenade exploded, artillery rained down on the enemy forces destroying enemy vehicles and sending the troops in disarray. For a moment it seemed like they were about to win, but that moment vanished when an AT-AT arrived on the scene. "Velvet! I need a lift!" Robert shouted, firing his Morita at several battle droids.
Velvet quickly turned around and flew back towards the station, grabbing Roberts hand carrying him into the air. "Drop me right on that walker!" he said to his friend, firing his rifle with one hand at the enemies below. Velvet did so and with the rage of a certain mutant, sliced open a whole in the walker's head with his saber, tossing a grenade into the cockpit before jumping out and leaping into the air.
Landing in the center of a group of hostiles, Robert cracked his knuckles and proceeded to beat the grab out of them as the walker exploded and collapsed onto the street. A few middle eastern soldiers quickly joined the brawl using Krav Maga, Aikido, Judo and other martial arts styles disarming their attackers. "Not exactly the moment to say it, but still: AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" Robert said, hitting a Black Tusk soldier with a series of punches and kicks in the torso.
Other enemies were taken down in the same way but it soon became clear that a squadron of enemy bombers was heading right for the station. Thankfully, the bombers were shot down by the combined Middle Eastern air force pilots. Finally, the enemy had either surrendered or began to retreat.
(End Song)
"Benitez to all points. Enemy resistance is starting to collapse. We did it, we've pushed them back!" The NYPD captain said over the radio and commlink, causing everyone in the city to cheer. Soldiers from every country and the various clone legions began to round up prisoners but let out a small cheer as planes and star fighters soared over the city while others began to tend to the wounded. The Bulk and Skull lookalike duo, smiled and hugged each other as brothers.
As for Robert, he smiled at the sight of the entire world uniting together against a common enemy. This was a world he had dreamed of and it was almost over. He then looked into the direction of the UN building. "One battle remains. We can do this! I know we can!" he shouted before saying a familiar battle cry. "WOLVERINES!"
At the UN, Ahsoka who had sensed her lover's presence several days ago, smiled. The was almost over, but she didn't know that in the final battle to come, her lover would face his ultimate test. Sidious had one more ace up his sleeve and he had prepared for such a moment.
Originally, this chapter was going to be called Fallen Star, but I decided to go with Fight as One as the entire planet was fighting the separatists in the air and on the land. Plus, I couldn't resist using the opening theme to Avengers Earths Mightiest Hero's for a music score. I think I'll use My Demons again, probably for the fight between the Lone Wolf and Tarkin. Jana is dead at the hands of Barriss. I hope I did ok with that fight.
Only a few more days left until the final season of the Clone Wars airs on Disney Plus. A service I have yet to get, but I did get my hands-on Zombie Army 4: Dead Army, the sequel to Zombie Army Trilogy, the spin off series of Sniper Elite and it is awesome. Anyways, please read and review and I'll see you all next time. Still need ideas for Ahsoka's wedding dress, any help would be appreciated. Oh and too the person who mention Golgo 13, I love the anime and the first opening theme.