Next chapter is here folks! Next chapter will be Defenders of Peace, and after that, I'm not sure if I'll go straight into Blue Shadow Virus arc or do Trespass first.

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Jedi Crash

Tessa was walking down the hallway, on patrol when the Intercom went off.

"All stations prepare for Lightspeed, and prepare all weapons for combat. We are heading into a hot zone." The Admiral said.

Tessa then felt the familiar pull, and started to make her rounds again. It had been a couple of weeks since the Listening Station. When they had gotten back, she had found out she had few bruised ribs but nothing major. Her squad basically congratulated her on the mission, while her batch mates made her swore she wouldn't go up against Grevious again.

She wasn't mad at the latter; she was going to leave fighting Grevious to the professionals, as in the Jedi. Unless she had a Sniper Rifle, and he was at a good distance, then she'll fight him. But the good thing was, that her armor got a small dent and a little wear, she would consider that a battle scar in a way.

After that, not much else had been happening, then again, she was assigned on inventory duty, which was to take stock, see if they needed anything or was missing anything. That job was for the newer clones, but a small part of her felt she had a little seniority, considering she had already fought in two battles already. Delta hadn't been called for anything, along with some other squads in Torrent.

The most interesting thing that had happened was when Ahsoka had been called to help General Luminara, who was in charge of Separatist, Nute Gunray. They had talked about it, when she and Ahsoka had the time.

After the whole thing with the Listening Station, Ahsoka would drop by and hang out with the squad when she had the time. It was funny how Zeer almost had a Heart Attack when she had first came in the first time, and no one had noticed. Thinking it was Coric, who was due to be on break and was going to hang out with them.

But, they soon realized when Tessa had casually said hi to her, and everyone scrambled to their feet and stood attention. The only one who didn't do it was her, and Zeer had given her a look. But both females had laughed, due to them planning it beforehand, when Ahsoka had the time to hand out with them.

Which got a laugh from everyone, and fake reprimand from Zeer.

But Gunrey had gotten away, due to Dooku's Assassin and a traitorous Senate Guard. And also General Skywalker and Kenobi were taken hostage by Pirates, along with Count Dooku, but were rescued, but Dooku had escaped as well.

Those events had spanned almost a month, and she was itching for some more action. This was going to be the form of wherever they were heading to.

After the announcement was made, and the trip to Lightspeed went smooth, she jogged back to the barracks. Battle Stations meant everyone had to be on high alert, and report to their squads and positions. So she had to go back to the barracks and wait for Zeer to give out orders.

She rounded a corner, and almost ran into someone.

"Sorry, my bad." She said, and looked at the person.

She then stood at attention, and saluted Captain Rex, who had two Troopers with him.

"It's fine, Huntress, no harm. I take it your headed to the Barracks to be with Delta?"

"Yes, sir."

Rex nodded and said," Well, change of plans. Contact Zeer and tell him you are with me. C'mon." He said, and he and the other two troopers took off.

Huntress blinked, and then ran after them, and activated her comlink.

"Sergeant, I'm with Captain Rex. He needs me for something." She said.

"Alright, just don't fight Grevious." He said, with a chuckle, and ended the call.

Tessa snorted in amusement, and fell behind the other two troopers. She soon figured out they were heading to the Hanger Bay.

"We'll be exiting Lightspeed in a moment. We're going to rescue General Secura, Commander Bly and help the 327th who are losing badly to the Separatists." Rex explained.

Tessa then felt the familiar pull again, and heard the General Quarters alarm. A minute later, Anakin and Ahsoka ran into the hanger.

"Rex, are the Gunships prepped?" Anakin asked.

"Yes sir, their ready for takeoff." Rex said.

Anakin nodded and said," Good, Aayla doesn't have much time, let's move."

"Kid, you're with us." Rex said to Tessa, and ran after him.

Ahsoka grinned as she and Tessa ran after them, and said," Looks like we got another mission together, Tess."

Tessa grinned under her helmet and said," It appears so, Commander."

It didn't dawn on her that they were heading into a sky battle between Republic and Separatist forces, and the Republic was losing. What she could describe when the Gunships took off, and flew out, was complete chaos. Two Republic Cruisers were taking on heavy damage and were in danger of being destroyed, with another already falling down to the planet. A couple of Separatist ships were firing down on them, and she could see fighters dogfighting. And she was seeing Rocket Droids fly around and invade the remaining Cruisers.

She knew that they were heading into a hot zone, but she was wondering why the pilots hadn't closed the blast doors. That's why, she was holding onto the grips as tight as she could.

"I know, first time is nerve racking. You'll get used to it." Rex said.

She knew she was a soldier, but how could someone get used to something like this.

"Rocket Droids! Incoming!" The pilot yelled into their comms.

She heard the rockets and turrets fire outside. One droid managed to get on top of theirs, and tried to get the pilot. General Skywalker told them to take care of it, while he was going to find General Secura in the ship.

Tessa thought he was crazy, and Ahsoka voiced her opinion on it.

"Master, are you sure that's the wisest thing-"

Before she could finish, Anakin jumped out and used a nearby Rocket Droid as a stepping stone, and soon made it into the ship.

"How is he not dead yet sir?" Tessa asked in disbelief.

"We've all been wondering the same thing, no clue yet." Ahsoka quipped.

Their Gunship was the last one, and it was going into a dive. Everyone inside held on for dear life, and the Gunship soon crashed into the ship. They got their bearings and soon jumped out. She saw a couple of Super's behind them, and fired a couple of shots at their legs, and they went down.

She was glad she had used her personal Rifle for patrol. As soon as everyone had gotten off, they just followed the path of droid destruction General Skywalker had left them. While also taking out more droids, and trying to stay up, due to the ship getting hit and explosions everywhere.

Tessa found this sorta fun. She then had a thought of if Attie was here, and if Hevy was alive, they would've cleared the hallways in record time. They would've been different personality wise, but explosives and weapons they would bond over.

They soon made it to where General Skywalker was, and Tessa got to see him stab a Super, and Force Toss it into a group of them, which created a path to General Secura and Commander Bly.

"Nice entrance, Skywalker." General Secura said as they got to her.

They all started to run, taking out droids as they went. Tessa knew the plan, a ship was going to dock and get them out of there. And it was basically a race against time, they were running in a floating death trap that would be destroyed at any minute.

But she gotta hand it to the people at the Shipyards; they knew how to build a sturdy and strong ship. Considering what she had seen outside.

The Republic Military hardware at its finest.

"So, your CT-2008, Huntress?" Bly asked.

"Yes, sir." She said.

"Nice having you sister, there's been reports of you around the GAR. Glad to fight along side you." He said.

"Thank you sir." She said with a small grin.

They soon rounded a corner, and found a lone Battle Droid.

"Uh, hold it!" It said and pointed it's blaster at them.

Tessa found it funny and General Skywalker's response was to activate his Lightsaber. Unfortunately, the doors behind and next to it opened, and more droids walked in.

The droid seemed to get a confidence boost with it pointing it's blaster at them again. Ahsoka and Aayla activated their Sabers and deflected the blaster bolts. And took off running down another hallway, but Tessa was the last person and managed to destroy the droid.

In her mind, she wasn't going to give it the satisfaction that it wasn't going to be destroyed. It took them another minute to finally get to the docking bay, which was relief, because the ship was shaking more.

"It's too late!" Anakin yelled.

Tessa turned to see a wall of fire charging fast at them. She felt something take hold of her, and then found herself and everyone else, flung closer to the docking doors. She would've had time to think what had happened, but Ahsoka yelled out for Anakin.

"What is he doing?" She asked.

"No time! We'll get him, you guys get on the ship!" Ahsoka said as she and Aayla went to open the blast doors.

Tessa nodded, and the rest of them got onto the ship. It took them a few minutes, but the ship finally detached and flew back to the Resolute. Tessa met the other two clones, who were named Cameron and Lucky, while another clone who was coincidentally named Flash, like the one she knew back on the Resolute, but he was part of the 327th.

Another problem soon arose as the ship started to shake. Then the next thing she knew, they were pulled into Lightspeed.

"Did we dock to the Resolute?" Flash asked.

"Not sure, but my gut tells me that something bad is going to happen." Tessa fearfully said.


Unfortunately, her assumption was correct. Turned out some enemy fire hit the ship, knocked out the pilot, who accidentally activated the Hyperdrive. They were almost incinerated when they almost crashed into a star, but they missed it, but then crashed landed onto a nearby planet.

Now she was helping Flash build fire, while the others built a makeshift shelter for Anakin. It was already close to nighttime. And she gotta admit, the sunset was pretty beautiful.

On Kamino, the sun rarely came out, and most of the time, all she saw was rain, and dark clouds.

And the fact this was her first planet with grass and trees. It looked like it could go on for miles. But her curiosity was outweighed by her fear of what was happening right now.

"I'm not the only one who is freaked out right now, right?" She said.

"Same, let's hope we figure a way out of this." Flash said.

A low, loud roaring was heard in the distance, and that made the hairs on the back of her head stand up.

She, Flash and the others looked around, and had their weapons at the ready. When nothing happened, they lowered their weapons.

"If you don't mind me asking, General Secura. Where exactly are we going?" By asked, and Tessa could hear the slight fear in his voice.

"To find the people who live on this planet." She responded.

"Where are we going to find them? We have no idea where they are."

"Sir, didn't you find a tablet earlier that had a drawing? I mean, it could be a landmark somewhere." Tessa suggested.

Ahsoka agreed by saying," She's right, the drawing showed giant trees. Which means they might live by them."

"Very good deduction. We should leave now." General Secura said.

Ahsoka talked to Anakin, to promise they were going to return, and then she went to Tessa.

"Think you and Rex can watch him?"

Tessa nodded and said," You have my word, sir."

"Same with me, kid." Rex agreed.

"You both keep your locator's on, and we will be back by day-break, hopefully with whomever or whatever lives on this planet." Aayla said.

"Got it, General Secura." Rex said.

"Yes, sir. And Ahsoka, good luck." Tessa said.

Ahsoka nodded and the small group took off. Which left Tessa, Rex and Anakin.


Later on in the night, Rex and Tessa had deemed that the crashed ship was ok to get closer to. So she was on top of it, to have a better view of the area, while Rex stayed on the ground.

She sighed as she looked out at the perimeter for what it felt like the thousandth time. A couple of times, she had thought she heard something in the grass, but found nothing. Earlier, she and the Captain had tried to get into the ship, to see if it was safe to go into. Turned out it was, and the Captain stayed with the General. While she tried to find any supplies that survived, like food, medical equipment, or maybe a long range communicator that could've been fixed.

Rex made it clear to only be in there in for 5 minutes, just in case anything happened. All she found was a small container of rations, including water, a Basic First Aid Kit, a few small ammo boxes that hadn't exploded, but nothing communications related.

The problem with being by herself, that she was alone with her thoughts. Thoughts of what were going on, and the unknown of what was going to happen to them.

She hoped any Republic ships had tracked their trajectory before the ship crashed. If they didn't, they would be stuck here for who knows how long. The people of this planet could be primitive and don't have the necessary technology. But the worst case that this was a Separatist controlled planet, and they would be taken prisoner or killed on the spot.

She got out of her thoughts when she the Captain called for her. She climbed down and walked over to the Captain, and sat down next to him.

"Take a break, kid, I'll handle the watch." He said.

"How's the General?" She said as she looked at Anakin's still form.

"Still unconscious, but stable."

Tessa took off her helmet, and grabbed a Ration Bar in the container she found. She took a bite, and chewed on it. She guessed her posture and look gave her concerns away, due to Rex saying.

"You got something on your mind?"

"It's nothing sir."

Rex took off his helmet, and he face softened.

"Look, you might think I'm a strong leader, and fear nothing. But, I'm scared too, but I have faith we'll get out of this. It's ok to be scared, you're only human."

Tessa sniffed, wiped her eye, and said," I'm just not sure we'll make it out of this. Gods, I can't even imagine what my squad is going through right now. Especially Echo, Fives and Cutup, they must be worried sick. They once told me that they wouldn't know what they will do if I died. For all we know, we won't be able to get off this planet."

"We'll be fine, I promise. You were brave to even admit that you were worried and scared. I'm pretty sure you'll do great things in the future."

"Thanks Rex, that means a lot." Tessa said with a small smile.

Rex shook her shoulder and said," Anytime sister."

The brother, sister bonding was broken, when a low growling sound was heard. The both of them placed their helmets back on, and looked around.

They then heard a small grunt in pain. And looked to see Anakin trying to get up.

"Sir! Your injured, don't move." Tessa said as she went to see if he's ok.

"Be… behind you." He managed to get out before laying on the ground.

Tessa and Rex turned around in time to see a creature charging at them. Rex didn't get a chance to move when it managed to grab him by the arm with its mouth, and tossed him. Tessa then tried to grab her Rifle, but the creature kicked her away, and landed hard on the ground. She shook her head and looked to see the creature attacking Rex.

She got up, even though her body was still sorta sore from the impact. She got her Vibro-Blade, and sprinted towards the thing, and stabbed it in the leg. The creature howled in pain and ran off into the grass, while Rex shot at it, but missed.

Tessa then sat down and dropped her blade, and took a couple of breaths, while Rex did the same.

"You alright Rex?" She asked.

"Yeah, just give me a minute. Check on the General."

Tessa sheathed her blade, and went to help Anakin lay down.

'Those guys better get back soon.' Tessa thought.


The rest of the night, the both of them took turns keeping watch. They didn't see the creature again, but they heard it, and they knew it was nearby. Tessa had gotten back to her post on top of the ship when it was her turn to take watch. It felt like they were the hunted, while the creature was the hunter.

She had a feeling there was going to be more of them, and they had to be ready.

It was already morning, and the others hadn't come back yet. Tessa was starting to get worried, but she remembered what Rex had told her, and she kept her faith they would return soon.

She was standing on ground level, when she caught General Skywalker to get up again.

"Sir, I know you're my superior, but I ordered you to stay, or else you'll make yourself worse." She chastised.

"I appreciate it, but, they're coming. I can hear them. We must fight." He said, as Rex helped him up.

The sound of more than one of those creatures was heard. And Tessa knew that they needed his help.

'Coric will kill me for doing something like this." She thought.

The creature that she stabbed ran out, and roared at them. While two more came after him, from the grass.

She and Rex aimed their guns, while Anakin activated his Lightsaber. All three charged at them, and both Clones took out two of the creatures, but the last one, who she had stabbed, was too fast, so all three of them were forcefully shoved away. And she landed hard again near Rex.

"Next time, I pick the damn planet we crash land on." She grunted in slight pain.

She saw Ahsoka, Bly and Lucky, run with someone who she assumed was one of the Natives. She didn't see General Secura, nor Cameron and Flash, but there was a more pressing situation.

The native then started to run around the creature with a rope. She got the idea, and then went to help him, along with Ahsoka, Rex and Bly to pull it. When it fell down, the native then tied the knot.

"Nice work, little guy." Ahsoka praised, and then went to help Anakin.

"So, what exactly did we miss?" Tessa asked.

"We found the village, and they can help Master Skywalker." Ahsoka said.

The trip to the Lurmen village took about an hour. Tessa was limping, due to her leg hurting after the second time being rammed by the stupid creature. She was really tempted to kill it, but held her anger. Rex held his arm, due to it hurting, while Ahsoka and Bly carried the makeshift stretcher. Wag Too, the son of the village leader, said he would be able to help General Skywalker, and fix any of their injuries, due to him being a healer.

After walking up a hill, she saw the village, it was small, and she saw a lot of people there, including General Secura.

She was relieved that they finally found someone to help General Skywalker, and help him get better soon.

And it was only a matter of time until the Republic found them.


Bonus Scene:

2 Days, it had been days since the ship disappeared. Which was occupied by General's Skywalker and Secura, Commander Tano and Bly, Captain Rex, and Tessa. After the battle, a search party was set to find the ship. Delta Squad had been trying to hear any new information about them, but nothing yet.

Delta were all in the barracks, on a break, everyone was doing their own thing, but the underline worry was palpable. Zeer was looking over a data-pad, but he kept glancing up at the others of his squad, mainly the 3 who were folded into his squad for almost a month. Fives and Cutup were talking to Echo, who had just gotten back from his shift in communications. He could see the worry and fear on their faces, which he understood. Someone who he was supposed to look after was missing, and he couldn't help to think it was his fault. He should've made up an excuse to the Captain for why Tessa shouldn't be a part of the mission.

Tessa was starting to become the heart of the squad, always looking out for, being friendly, cracked jokes with her sarcasm. The three clones didn't blame him, well Cutup basically yelled at him, when they had finished defending the ship after a small breach, and droids started to pour in. Fives, who was the big brother of the 3 managed to calm him down. Cutup apologized, and waited for his punishment, but Zeer let him off with a warning.

Tessa was his only sister, and for all he knew, she could be dead. He shuttered at the thought.

"They've been looking for their signal, but it was cutoff sometime during or after they got into or out of Hyperspace. They've been following the trail, but it's going to take a while." Echo finished.

Fives sighed, as he kept his emotions in check. He couldn't panic at a time like this. He was sorta the unofficial leader of Domino, even though they were a part of Delta now. They've all been stressed out, and even though they had work and tasks, they still couldn't stop thinking about Tessa, their little sister, and only sister, who was missing. Cutup wasn't his normal funny self, he'd been quiet and put on a brave face. Echo was the same, and he'd already taken a double-shift of monitor and communications duty with Del.

He and the others in the squad were holding on hope that they would find their superiors and only sister soon.

'Don't worry, Tess, we'll find you.' Fives promised.


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