I thought I would re-write this chapter because I feel like the original one was not my best work and I feel like in these dark times I should use my talents to help brighten people's lives. I know that many of my readers are living in countries that are dealing with the COVID-19 virus by shutting down all public spaces or limiting the number of people in certain areas or gatherings. I know that many of my readers might also be wondering when their next paycheck is coming, or how are they going to help support their family. In times like these many of us tend to lose hope, but we must not. One of my favorite opening quotes from Clone Wars is "Never give up hope, no matter how dark things seem." Take those words to heart and stay safe my readers, my friends.
Chapter 6: The battle of Skull island Part 1
"So what can you tell us about these First Order Star Destroyers" Colonel Diane Foster said as she, Poe, Doctor Russell, Doctor Colemen, Doctor Stanton, Doctor Ling, Luke and Rey stood around a holotable on the bridge of the Argo "They are big, around 2915 meters long and carry around 8,000 stomtroopers and two TIE fighter wings" Poe said as he showed the Colonel a diagram of one of the ships "They have any defenses other than troops?" Doctor Staton asked "Yeah, a shit ton of turbolaser turrets" Finn replied as he entered the bridge "How many did you say were spotted heading to Skull Island?" He asked "Seven" Foster said "Really because we just picked up another one" Finn said as he pulled up a satellite feed that showed another flying object heading toward Skull Island "That can't be a Star Destroyer, its too big even to be a dreadnought" Poe said "And it's moving fast" Doctor Ling said "Can you pull up video feed of the object?" She asked. Finn then pressed a few buttons and a video pulled up of a large winged creature that looked like a pteranodon "What is that?" Rey asked "That would be Rodan" Doctor Ling said "Is that a good force Titan or a bad one?" Finn asked "He fights alongside Godzilla so he is one of the good guys" Russell said "I almost feel sorry for these First Order Bastards" Stanton said "Why?" Luke asked "They have Kong and Rodan to worry about" he replied.
Rey sat uneasily in the hanger as she watched the pilots ready their planes for battle. She would have joined them but Luke had told her that she would be needed on the ground, despite her prowess as a pilot. "You Rey?" a voice said causing her to turn and see an African American man walking towards her, he was dressed in a cameo uniform "I am" Rey replied "I'm warrant Officer Barnes, Colonel Foster told me that my troops are fighting alongside you and your friends when we reach Skull Island" he said, she smiled weakly "I'm guessing you have never been on a battlefield" Barnes replied "Once, but I've never been in a battle" she replied "From what Finn tells me, you kicked ass against some guy named Kylo Ren" Barnes said "If you can show that same courage here, we will win this fight" he added. Rey smiled but she knew that deep down her fight against Ren was won because he was injured and she got lucky "Barnes, Foster needs you on the bridge" a soldier said causing Rey to snap back to reality "Alright, see you when we launch" Barnes said as he walked away.
Hux smiled as his ships began to bombard the ground on Skull Island "General when should we begin to launch the ground assault?" one of his officers asked "Momentary, just a few more bombardments and we should be-" he started but then suddenly a massive rock came flying through the air and crashed into the bridge of one of the Star Destroyers causing it to crash into the earth in a massive fireball "What the hell was that?" Hux asked "Order all ships to stop bombardment!" Hux yelled and the bombardment stopped. Suddenly from behind a tall peak a massive figure emerged What in the galaxy is that?! Hux asked himself. The figure was over 100 feet tall and appeared to be a giant ape "General what should we do?" one of the officers asked nervously "Tell all ships to hold fire until I give the order" Hux said nervously as well, he had no idea what this creature was or what it was capable of doing.
Kong had been in this situation before, years ago against the flying blades and their stingers, a battle he had won easily, but these flying things Kong had never seen before, but from the bombardments that they were doing to his island, and the amounts of animals that had been killed by them, he knew that they were not friendly and were not like the other flying crafts Kong had seen that were friendly. Kong pounded his chest and let out a roar that let whoever was on those ships know this was his island and his kingdom and that they needed to leave and fast. Then a massive shape flew overhead and then landed on a peak next to him, it was Rodan. Kong turned and grunted at Rodan who squawked back in response and then turned to face the ships. Suddenly one of the ships fired at Kong and hit him in the arm causing Kong to stagger in pain and then roar in defiance and Rodan took to the air as Kong charged towards one of the ships and with his bare hands tore it down from the sky and slammed it into the earth in a massive fireball.
"OPEN FIRE DAMNIT!" Hux yelled as the remaining Star Destroyers began to fire at Kong who was unphased by every hit, he then watched as Rodan grabbed another Star Destroyer in his talons and tossed it into a cliff causing it to explode "General shall we launch fighters?" one of the deck officers asked "Launch all the bloody fighters!" Hux yelled at the officer. Moments later hundreds of TIE fighters filled the sky like bats out of hell Lets see these two beasts deal with the might of the First Order now! Hux said to himself as the fighters swarmed on Kong, firing at him every chance they got causing the giant Gorilla to stagger and roar in pain "Yes, Kill that damn dirty ape!" Hux said. Then out of nowhere, Rodan swooped in and single handedly took out two wings of fighters, allowing Kong to recover and then decimate another squadron with his bare hands. Hux turned to his officers and gave them a nervous look "Launch transports to the base, hopefully our fighters can distract the two monsters long enough for our troops to land" he said. Hope was all Hux could do at the moment, Hope that Ren was able to complete his part of the mission, and hope that he was still alive by the time it happened.
Finn watched the carnage unfold from the bridge of the Argo along with the other crew members "Jesus, look at em" One crew member said "Do you really think our presence is needed?" another one asked "Yes, Kong and Rodan may help lessen the attacks from the air, but ground support will still be needed" Colonel Foster said. Just then Poe entered the bridge "No response from General Organa yet" Poe said "Does that mean your guys aren't coming?" one of the soldiers asked "I don't know yet, but as of right now me, Finn, Chewie, Rey, and Luke are the support you have from the Resistance" Poe replied solemnly "Colonel how should we proceed?" an officer asked "Finn you and Rey will assist Warrant officer Barnes and his troops on the ground" Foster replied, Finn nodded "Poe I need you up here, you know their air force better than anyone on this ship and I could use your help directing First Lieutenant Griffin and her pilots" Foster added "Will do Colonel" Poe replied.
"Are you sure you don't need me to help you guys?" Luke said as he walked with Finn, Rey and Barnes towards the landing craft "I may be old but I can still fight" he added "As much as I appreciate the offer Mister Skywalker'" Barnes started "Master Skywalker" Luke corrected with a sly smile "As much as I appreciate the offer Master Skywalker, I think it's best you stay here, I think Foster could use your wisdom to help direct the battle" Barnes replied "Are you sure it's not because I'm an old man?" Luke said slyly causing Rey, Finn, and Barnes to look at each other nervously "I'm just messing with you" Luke said "May the Force be with all of you" he added "And with you too Master Skywalker" Barnes replied as the three boarded a Boeing MV22B Osprey transport plane. Rey looked back at her master one last time before the landing door of the Osprey closed "Hey, don't worry" Finn said "We got this" he added causing Rey to smile "Well" Rey said to the troops in the plane who looked at her as she addressed them "May the Force be with us" she added, causing the troops to look at her with confusion "She means lets kick some ass" Barnes said "Oorah!" he added "Oorah!" the troops responded along with Finn and Rey as the transport took off.
"Lieutenant Griffin what is your status?" Poe's voice said on Griffin's radio "Already in the air and moving to engage" she replied "All wings call in" she added as her wingmates called in "Alright guys fangs out we got hostiles inbound!" Griffin said as her and her squadmates banked in towards the fight. Griffin watched as Rodan crushed a TIE fighter with its talons "Griff heads up you got incoming!" one of her squadmates said as a TIE fighter banked towards her "Copy that!" she said as she quickly maneuvered to get behind the TIE and was quickly able to lock on to it "Got you!" she said as she fired her missiles and the fighter, causing it to explode "Nice job Griff, I'm going-" one her squadmates said before his radio cut out "Connors?" she said "Connors is down! I got two on me! I can't-" another squadmate said before Griffin saw two TIE fighters turn the plane into a fireball, she then saw another plane shot down by one of the cannons on the Star Destroyers "Mayday, Mayday we need to pull back we are taking heavy losses" Griffin said into her radio. Suddenly two TIE fighters were on her tail "Shit!" she told herself as she tried to dodge the fire from their ion cannons, then her heads up display beeped, letting her know that one of the fighters had locked on to her "Griff, get out of there now!" Colonel Foster's voice said on the radio. Then she heard an explosion behind her and saw that the two fighters were destroyed as a craft a few inches longer than her plane but with 4 prongs sticking out of its sides passed her by "And another TIE hits the dust!" a males voice said "This is Lieutenant Griffin, who are you?" she asked "Lieutenant Griffin this is Snap Wexly of the Resistance navy, we are here to back you guys up" the voice said. Griffin then saw a large group of ships appear in the sky in front of her, some were huge and oblong, while some were medium sized and had large engine clusters near the back "Snap get your X-Wings to assist Griffins squad, A-wings and Bombers you are with me" a female voice said "It's good to hear your voice Tallie" Poe replied on the radio "All remaining pilots join up with me and Snap, let's get these assholes" Griffin said as she directed her fighter towards a small squad of X-wings. She smiled as her remaining squadmates grouped up with her Payback time she told herself.
"Just got word that your Resistance friends have joined us" Barnes told Finn and Rey who both smiled as cheers went up from inside the plane "I guess the force is with us" one of the soldiers said to Rey "It sure is" she replied as Finn's comlink went off "Finn, Rey you there? It's me, Rose Tico" a female voice said "Rose thank the maker you're here" Finn replied "What is the situation?" Rey asked "General Organa is sending me with a few battalions to help you defend the base" Rose replied "Alright see you on the ground Rose!" Finn said as the transmission ended "You seem excited" one of the soldiers said to Finn "I'm just ready to kick some ass" Finn replied "You and the rest of us" Barnes added with a smile "30 seconds to landing!" a voice from the cockpit said "Stand up!" Barnes yelled "Ready weapons!" another voice said as the troops readied their Assault rifles. Finn pulled out his EL-16 blaster rifle and Rey ignited her lightsaber as she walked towards the entrance door "20 seconds!" the voice from the cockpit yelled "May the Force be with us today!" Rey said as the plane landed and the door opened to show other landing craft unloading troops and other ground forces taking up defensive positions in the dense rain forest that grew around the facility with some placing auto turrets and machine guns in certain spots and snipers taking up camping positions "Finn, Rey!" a voice said as both of them saw a young Asian woman running up to them with an A-180 sniper rifle in her hands "Rose it's good to see you, what's the situation?" Finn asked "First Order transports were sighted heading in this direction a few clicks west of here" she said as she led Finn and Rey towards one of the defensive positions "Any support vehicles?" Rey asked "Scouts haven't reported any-" Rose started when suddenly the sounds of blaster and machine gun fire rang out "It's begun" Rey said "What?" Finn asked "The real war" she replied.