I decided to skip Trespass, turns out the troopers who were there were trained and specialized for Snowy Terrain. I know Rex was there, but considering he was an Officer, and Anakin's SIC, I think he was qualified.

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Blue Shadow Virus

Tessa watched through one of the windows as the Resolute and Negotiator jumped out of Hyperspace, and saw the planet of Naboo. She had to say, this planet was quite beautiful, it was green, blue and she could see some white, which indicated cloud cover. The blue and white reminded her of Kamino, but adding the green was a nice touch. So far in her career as a soldier she had seen different landscapes of planets, and it was a welcome change to how Kamino normally was. And she had been a part of a lot of action.

For her personally, she felt like she was making a name for herself, and proving she wasn't just some mistake, but a soldier and a person, just like her brothers.

But, the reason why they were there was due to droid activity in the area. She had read about the Battle of Naboo, and how General Skywalker had taken down a droid control ship when he was nine. And that was years ago, but it looked like the droids were back again. Whatever was happening, there had been reports of poisoned water, the Senator and a Representative were missing, and a lab somewhere in a swamp. They didn't get the schematics of it yet, but they will soon.

Elements of Torrent Company would be heading down to the surface. Her squad had been picked, and a couple of others, including Blue, which Baker was a part of. He was one of the other clones she had gotten close to, ever since their trip to the Droid Listening Post.

"Quite a sight, huh, sister?" Echo commented.

"Yeah, it's a stark contrast to the planets I've been so far." She said.

"So, how long do you suppose we stay here, until we get to go down to the surface?" Cutup asked, and Tess could hear the excitement in his voice.

Zeer patted his shoulder and said," Soon, brother soon. But I suggest we get our gear ready for when we head to the surface. Let's go squad, our sightseeing is done."

"Really sir, I wanted to stay a little longer." Nax pretended to whine.

"Suck it up." Del muttered, but you can hear the amusement in his voice.

Tessa chuckled, and found herself excited again. She would finally head into battle with her squad. And it would be on a beautiful planet as well.

She hoped she could visit and play tourist, once they got shore leave.


The wait only lasted an hour and a half, but for her, and possibly everyone else, it felt like forever. She would admit she was was a little jealous that General Skywalker, Kenobi and Commander Tano got to go to the surface sooner they had. They got the call from Captain Rex, and everyone who was selected went down to the hanger bay, and got onto the Gunships. Sadly, everyone was split up, but she was placed alongside Zeer, Fives and Cutup.

"Still, gotta find it funny how Attie looked like a kicked Lothcat when he found out he couldn't use his Z-6." Fives said with a chuckle.

Tessa snorted and said," Yeah, Hevy would rather be friends with Bric than give his up."

"Ah Bric, had a stick up his ass, but he was a good instructor. His training helped me become who am today." Zeer commented.

"And how's that Sarge? Being a pain in the neck?" Cutup quipped.

Tessa and the Fives chuckled, while Zeer slapped Cutup on the back of the head, but Tessa knew he did that in good fun than being mad about it.

The flight down to the surface only lasted 10 minutes. This gave everyone enough time to get up to date on what was going on, and the objective. Needless to say, she wasn't exactly thrilled to hear they would be stopping a Separatist doctor from releasing a deadly virus that was supposed to be eradicated. And any wrong move would end up with said virus being released, and everyone getting killed. During their training back on Kamino, when they were taught about the Galaxy's history, the Virus was one of the things they had to learn about. Billions had been killed until the virus was all but gone, and finding out it could came back, was nerve racking.

So no pressure. She thought with heavy sarcasm.

They soon landed in Theed's Palace hanger bay. The doors opened, and Tessa saw General Skywalker walking and talking with General Kenobi. From the looks of it, they seemed to be arguing about something.

"Padme may be lost, Anakin. Don't risk the mission trying to rescue her. I'll take care of the bombs, you focus on the doctor" Kenobi said.

"I know what's at stake here." Skywalker said as he got into the Gunship with an annoyed tone.

The doors closed, and they then took off.

"If you don't mind me asking sir, what's wrong?" Zeer asked.

"It's nothing, Sergeant. Just focus on the mission." He gruffly said.

Tessa glanced at Fives, who merely shrugged, not knowing what was going on either.

The flight to the swamps wasn't long, and they soon hovered over their designated drop point. Anakin nodded at them, and they dropped Thermal Detonators down to the ground, and they exploded.

"Alright, let's move it!" Anakin ordered.

Zeer was first, then Tessa, Fives and Cutup. While General Skywalker chose to jump and landed into the tunnel first. The rest of them soon rappelled down, and they all scanned their surroundings. There was nobody there, and the area was quiet. Which showed Ahsoka's distraction was working.

"It's quiet in here." Zeer commented.

"Looks like Ahsoka's distraction is working. C'mon, the main lab is this way." Anakin said and started to run off.

"You heard the General, let's move." Zeer ordered.

The small group ran down a couple of hallways, and they soon found the main lab. Anakin used his Lightsaber to make an entrance.

Once they got in, they found Doctor Vindi, along with Senator Amidala and Representative Binks, who were both tied to something.

"Padme!" Anakin said.

"Take another step and your friends die." Dr. Vindi threatened.

He pulled a switch, and electricity started shoot out from where Padme and Jar Jar were tied up, and they yelled in pain.

"Drop your weapons." He said with a satisfied smile.

Fives aimed his weapon, but Anakin stopped him.

"Do what he says." Anakin said in defeat, and deactivated his Lightsaber.

He dropped it, with Tessa and the others reluctantly dropping theirs as well, as droids held them had gunpoint, and Dr. Vindi then stopped the electricity. Tessa gritted her teeth, and like her brothers, balled their fists in anger and feeling helpless. And she had the urge to punch the smug look off the Doctor's face.

"I realize I won't be able to hold you for long, Jedi. That is why I'm going to give you a choice." Dr. Vindi said as he placed a sample of the virus into a container.

"Fine with me, as long as one of the options is killing you." Anakin threatened.

Dr. Vindi offered another option by saying, "How about capture me or save your friends?" He said, and activated the electricity again, and he took off.

Anakin took it as his cue to leap into action, and took a hold of his Lightsaber, and started to destroy droids. Tessa and the others jumped on the backs or slammed the droids onto the ground, to disable them.

After that was settled, Anakin went to check on Padme and Jar Jar. And she didn't know why, but there seemed to be something going on with General Skywalker and the Senator.

After untying them, Anakin said," Grab your blasters, we need to find that doctor."

"Permission to punch him in his smug face, sir?" Tessa asked.

"I second it." Fives said.

"Same." Cutup said.

Anakin looked amused and said," I would, but I'm going to have the honor of that. Let's go."

Tessa and the others grabbed their weapons, and took off after General Skywalker.

"This has to be the most nerve racking mission ever." Cutup commented.

"Well, then you forgot when some clankers managed to get on the Resolute during what happened on Quell." Zeer said.

"That sounds more fun than being stranded on a planet." Tessa muttered.

A running joke in the Squad was that if anyone was bored or had to do something they didn't want to, then they would say they would rather be stranded on a planet or not to be stranded on one. It had started a day or two after Tessa returned from Maridun, and it was fun thing to do.

"I'm working on it. Do you have the bombs?" General Skywalker answered when General Kenobi contacted them, and they had to stop and then move to a different hallway.

"I'm working on it. Dr. Vindi has remotely activated the bombs. They're counting down." General Kenobi informed them.

"Ok, now I wish to be stranded on a planet." Fives muttered.

Zeer rolled his eyes under his helmet and said," Yeah, maybe the next mission, just focus on this one, that's an order."

"And on top of that, one of them seems to be missing." Kenobi continued.

"Got it. Ahsoka, we've got another situation. Send all the clones to search the facility. We've got a mis-"

He didn't have to keep speaking, due to both Anakin's and Ahsoka's groups met each other at a junction. Tessa looked to see that Rex, Echo and Attie were with her, and she was wondering where everyone else was. The momentary confusion was only brief when General Skywalker said.

"We've got a missing bomb and a trigger-happy mad doctor on the loose." He explained.

Padme realized something and said, "Missing bomb? I saw Dr. Vindi give a little droid a bomb."

Anakin nodded and said," You all look for the droid, I'll find Dr. Vindi."

Ahsoka nodded and said," Yes Master, alright let's move." She said and her group took off.

"Where are the others?" Tessa asked Echo.

"Nax and another brother got injured, the latter was in pretty bad shape. Coric was checking on them and the Captain ordered the others to watch and wait for the support to arrive so they can go back to the surface." Echo explained.

Tessa would've commented on how Nax was, but considering Echo didn't sound sad then she had to assume Nax was going to be alright.


The next few minutes were spent with everyone breaking into teams trying to find the droid. All Tessa found was rooms full of science stuff that was related to said virus. She was just happy she didn't find a room full of test subjects, cause that would give her nightmares.

It wasn't until the 6th room when Senator Amidala informed everyone she had found the droid, and the missing bomb. Captain Rex had ordered one of the Bomb Squad Troopers to head to her position, and disarm it, who she hears the name, Hudson, being mentioned. Commander Tano, who she, Zeer, Cutup, and Fives were with, stopped and dashed to where the Senator was. The four clones ran after her, and Tessa had to admit she was fast.

"Jeez, how much sugar does she eat." Fives said.

"I'm basing it on her being a Jedi." Tessa said.

"I sometimes wonder what will happen if us Clones have the Force. We might be given Lightsabers." Cutup said.

Fives thought about it for a moment and said, "Huh, that would be pretty cool."

They soon made it to the Senator's location, and found Hudson working on the bomb. Tessa was happy she didn't find an interest in disarming explosives on a daily basis, because that seemed nerve racking, and the possibility of being blown up at any second wasn't all that appealing. Sure, fighting on the Front Lines guaranteed the possibility of being blown up, but she didn't have the heart to defuse one. While arming a bomb was a lot different.

Hudson was deep in concentration, and Tessa could see the timer ticking down. And she had to hold on to Fives shoulder for support, and he squeezes her hand back, and it made her feel better.

Hudson looked like he was close to finishing, and Tessa held her breath as he clipped a wire, and the bomb stopped counting down.

"Deactivated. Plenty of time to spare." He said, and placed on the ground.

Tessa released the breath she was holding, and had the feeling everyone else did to.

Ahsoka looked relieved, she activated her communicator and said," Master, all the bombs are disarmed. Did you get Doctor Vindi?"

"Obi-Wan and I did before he could escape. Get the men to clear and secure the rest of the facility." General Skywalker replied.

Tessa was relieved, none of the virus got out, and everything was going to be ok. The day was won, and no one was going to die.

If only she knew what will happen very soon.