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Chapter 24- Weapons Factory
A wind blows over the Geonosian landscape as the Republic and American forces prepare for the coming battle.
A few senior American officers have gathered with Colonel Hall, who is giving them a briefing while Anakin and Ahsoka are briefing some of the senior clones.
"The bridge will be our first target. Our main focus will be on the gun emplacements here and here," Hall says, pointing to the holomap, "Once we take out those guns, we begin our push for the factory. The Apaches will be holding back, but ready to support us as necessary. Once we reach the factory, our target will be the main reactor. Once it is destroyed, the whole factory will go down. Make sure you have enough gear before we leave here, as there will be no resupply until the mission is over."
"How many droids can we expect, Colonel?" one of the officers asks.
"Unknown. Given that the manufacturing lines have started, there is no telling how many droids exactly are in that place. However, I feel confident that with the men we have here, and the Republic's forces, we will be able to bring this factory down," Hall says confidently. He then glances around at the men, then says, "Dismissed!"
The men stand up, salute, then do an about face and head off towards their units to begin briefing their men.
As Hall looks around, he sees Anakin and Ahsoka looking like they're getting into an argument, and smirks. Then, he hears gunships approaching and looks up to see the lead ones already landing. One opens, and Master Luminara emerges with her Padawan, Barris Offee. Hall immediately makes his way over to them.
As Luminara and her Padawan are greeted by Rex, they see Hall approaching. He stops a few feet from them, at attention, and crisply salutes Luminara. "General Unduli. Colonel Tyler Hall, Terran Armed Forces, Anti-Sith Assault Team," he says professionally.
"At ease, Colonel. It's a pleasure to meet you," Luminara says before turning to Barriss and saying, "This is my Padawan, Barriss Offee."
"A pleasure to meet you," Barriss says as she starts to bow.
Hall, however, says, "There's no need to bow to me, Commander." Barriss looks up at Hall, who is smiling kindly, and returns his smile.
"If you'll follow me, General Unduli. I think General Skywalker is waiting for you this way," Hall says.
Luminara and Barriss follow Hall over towards Anakin and Ahsoka are still arguing. "At it again, are they?" Luminara asks rhetorically.
"'Again', Master?" Barriss asks.
"Let's just say they have a penchant for playing loose with regulations and rules of command," Luminara says.
"That's a bit of an understatement," Hall says with a chuckle. He then loudly calls, "Hey! Are two done yet, or are you gonna greet our new arrivals?"
Anakin sighs and says, "Of course. Welcome, Master Luminara."
Luminara nods in acknowledgement, then turns to Barriss and says, "Well, Barriss, aren't you going to introduce yourself?"
Barriss bows slightly and says, "Padawan learner Barriss Offee at your service."
Ahsoka reaches out her hand and says, "Glad to meet you. I'm Ahsoka."
"It's good to see you both again," Anakin says.
"I wish it was under more peaceful circumstances," Luminara says.
As clones and Americans work to get damaged equipment repaired all around them, the five commanders begin their planning.
"A frontal assault is risky. Our losses will be high," Luminara says.
"Not if we have support from our A-10s," Hall says confidently.
"I have spoken with Admiral Yularen. Most of your strike fighters are already deployed elsewhere on the planet," Luminara says. Hall sighs a bit.
"In any case, our casualties won't be as high as they will if that factory comes online," Anakin says.
"Indeed, but there is an alternative. Every Geonosian building has a series of catacombs beneath it that run deep underground," Luminara says.
"Some of the tunnels are close enough to this cliff wall so that you could cut a hole and make an entry point," Barriss adds.
"Once inside, we could find the main reactor, plant the explosives, and blow the factory inside out," Luminara says.
"If you could make it through that maze without getting lost," Hall says, a little skeptical of Luminara's plan.
"To the unprepared, perhaps, but I have instructed Barriss to memorize the labyrinth, all 200 junctions," Luminara says.
Hall whistles a bit in admiration, and Anakin says, "You always were thorough."
"It pays for one to be prepared. Right, Barriss?" Luminara says.
Barriss nods as she says, "Especially when other people's lives depend on your success."
"How do we keep the Geonosians occupied while someone else is setting the bombs?" Ahsoka asks.
"Good point, Snips. If whoever's going in there is going to be successful, we'll need to create a diversion," Anakin says.
"Precisely. That task will be carried out by you two and I, Skywalker and Hall, while the destruction of the factory falls to the Padawans," Luminara says.
"Now, hold on. Who decided that? Walking into that factory could be suicide," Anakin protests.
"Chill out, Skyguy," Hall says with a smirk, intentionally using Ahsoka's kickname for him to annoy him, earning him a glare from Anakin that only makes him chuckle.
"Indeed. And if the three of us are successful at holding Poggle's attention at the bridge, it will be much easier," Luminara says.
"Master, I can do this. I've had riskier assignments," Ahsoka says firmly.
"But unlike Barriss, you aren't prepared for this mission," Anakin replies.
"Not to worry. My Padawan is reliable. She can lead them both through the maze," Luminara says.
"We'll be in and out, Master," Barriss adds.
"See? Dependable Barriss will get us through. Don't worry, Master. As you well know, I can follow orders," Ahoska says.
"I believe in you two. Still, Anakin is right to be worried. You're not going alone," Hall says before turns towards the mass of men milling around them and yells, "ALLEN!"
A few moments later, an American emerges from the mass of men and walks towards them, his full combat gear with him.
As the man nears, he says, "Yes, Colonel Hall?"
Hall turns to the four Jedi and says, "This is 1st Lieutenant Nathan Allen. I served with him on the Delta Force for a year and a half. He's one of the most reliable men you'll ever meet. He'll be going with the Padawans."
Both Luminara and Anakin look at Lieutenant Allen, who despite not knowing what the mission is nods confidently. Then, Luminara says, "It's decided then."
She then holds out three devices and says, "We'll monitor your progress on these chronometers. Synchronize on my mark," handing Ahsoka, Barris, and Allen the chronometers.
Everyone lifts their fingers above the chronometers as Luminara says, "Three, two, one, mark!" Everyone presses the buttons at the same time.
"Let's get going. After you, Barriss. Follow us, Lieutenant," Ahsoka says. Barriss nods and starts running down the hill. Ahsoka follows her, and Allen runs after them.
"What are we doing?" Allen asks them as they run through the camp.
"We're gonna infiltrate that factory and blow up its reactor," Ahsoka says.
"Fantastic," Allen says in a neutral tone.
As Anakin, Luminara, and Hall watch the three run off, Luminara looks at Anakin and says, "You feel Ahsoka's not up to the task."
"I never said that," Anakin replies.
"You didn't have to, Skywalker. And if you do feel that way, she'll never be up to any task," Hall says.
Anakin is quiet for a moment before saying, "Let's prepare the men."
Luminara and Hall glance at each other, but say no more. They walk up beside Anakin as R2 projects a holomap. "We'll have to make a bold move if we're to keep their attention on us and not the Padawans," Luminara says.
"Well, why don't we just waltz up and knock on the front door?" Hall says, only half-hokingly.
"That could work. An attack that bold would definitely draw their attention," Anakin says seriously.
"With no cover?" Luminara asks.
"Don't forget. We have 8 Apaches on standby to help us," Hall says.
Luminara nods. Anakin then says, "Let's do it. Gather the men. Let's get moving."
Soon enough, the clones and men of the 101st Airborne are marching towards the factory along with the AT-TEs, completely out in the open.
Up ahead, the door of the factory begins to rise up, revealing ranks and ranks of B1 and B2 battle droids beginning to march out.
"Here comes the droids. Everybody steady. Steady. Keep marching," Anakin calls out.
"I hope the Padwans and Lieutenant Allen have made it past the bridge by now," Luminara says.
At the same time, Barriss, Ahsoka, and Allen are climbing down the cliff towards the base. Allen is moving much faster than they are, as rock climbing is one of his hobbies back on Earth. He looks up at them and says, "Come on, slowpokes!"
Ahsoka groans and says, "He's too fast."
"Patience. He is also in even better shape than us, and probably more experienced in rock climbing," Barriss says. Ahsoka sighs in agreement, and the three continue climbing down.
Up above, the droids are continuing to march towards the Republic and American forces. At the head of the Republic forces, Anakin says, "That looks like a lot of droids."
"Well, it is a droid factory," Luminara says with an air of humor.
"As long as we can destroy them faster than they can make 'em, we'll come out on top," Anakin says.
Luminara chuckles and says, "I love your simple logic, Skywalker." As she finishes, she, Anakin, and Hall all ignite their lightsabers.
"Here we go!" Anakin says.
The droids begin firing, and the clones and Americans immediately return fire. Anakin and Luminara block incoming bolts with their lightsabers, with Hall blocking an occasional bolt while firing his blaster pistol. The droids begin to fall, while few clones or Americans are hit. Anakin, Luminara, and Hall start running towards them, and their troops follow behind them.
Suddenly, without warning, Geonosians begin flying out of towering rock formations, firing their blasters and unique Geonosians weapons down onto the attacking force as others fire from their hideouts, while some fly down and try to carry off clones and Americans.
Seeing the Geonosians appear, Hall gets on his commlink and says, "Apaches, we need your help!"
As they are waiting for the Apaches, down in the canyon, Barriss and Ahsoka have reached the bottom, with Allen having already gotten there. The three race across the canyon to the other side, where Barriss begins examining the wall. Feeling with the Force, she quickly finds what she's looking for and ignites her lightsaber, cutting a large slab out of the cliff face and opening an entry in the catacombs.
"Nice work. Well, here goes nothing," Ahsoka says.
As she begins to move into the catacombs, Barriss holds out her hand and says, "I should go first. I know the way."
"Good. I'll cover your six," Allen says. Barriss and Ahsoka nod and make their way into the catacombs, with Allen bringing up the rear, and watching for any enemies.
The three slowly make their way through the catacombs. As they move up on passage, Allen suddenly whispers, "Bugs! Get back!"
Ahsoka and Barriss quickly see the Geonosians up ahead, and follow Allen in hiding behind some pillars. The Geonosians, not having noticed them, move on. After a few moments, the three start moving again. However, as they round a corner, they find themselves in a corridor with dozens, maybe hundreds, of sleeping Geonosians.
"Shh. Move quietly or we'll wake them up," Allen says quietly as he gets down and starts crawling along the ground, the same way he's done a thousand times in training.
Ahsoka and Barriss follow Allen on their hands and knees. As they near the end of the hallway, a sleeping Geonosian shifts, and its arm comes to rest of Barriss' head.
"Ahsoka! Ahsoka!" Barriss whispers to try and get Ahsoka's attention.
Both Ahsoka and Allen turn back towards her. While Ahsoka moves to help Barriss, Allen places his hand on his blaster pistol, ready to draw it at a moment's notice.
Ahsoka crawls up to Barriss and gently lifts the Geonosian's hand off Barriss' head, lowering it slowly. The two then turn back and continue following Allen, making their way around the corner, where they stand up and hurry away, not knowing that the Geonosian has woken up, and, suspicious, is unknowingly following them.
Meanwhile, up on the surface, Anakin, Luminara, Hall, and the troops are still fighting against the Geonosians and droids.
As the two Jedi cut down several droids, a welcome sound begins to grow. Turning around, they see the leading Apaches appear in the distance, racing in at 180 miles an hour. As they get within range, they begin to fire rockets and Hellfire missiles at the Geonosian emplacements., destroying them and killing the Geonosians. Some of the Apaches try to use their cannons to shoot the Geonosians out of the sky, while others fly ahead and begin blasting the droids with rockets.
As the two Jedi return to attacking the droids, Luminara says, "They should have entered the catacombs by now."
"I hope they're not lost down there," Anakin says.
As they're saying this, the team of three makes its way around another corner. "Left at the next junction," Barriss says, leading them in the right direction.
However, within seconds, they find themselves at a dead end. "Well, looks like a dead end," Allen says.
"If we make a wrong turn, we may never find our way out. You do remember the way, don't you?" Ahsoka says.
"Of course I do," Barriss says. She then thinks for a moment before turning around and walking a few steps back the way they came and looking up at a hole in the ceiling. "It's not left, it's up," she says.
Barriss and Ahsoka jump up the hole in the ceiling, while Allen fires an extension cable up the shaft and hauls himself up.
No sooner than Allen vanishes than the Geonosian comes around the corner. Seeing the hole, the Geonosian thinks for a moment, then flies up the hole as well.
Up on the surface, the battle is quickly turning in favor of the Republic. The droids send in a number of droidekas. But, before the deadly machines can start firing, an Apache flies in and fires a volley of Hydra 70 rockets, blowing the droidekas to pieces.
The clones cheer and press forward as another Apache uses its gun to shred a number of droidekas coming up to replace the ones that were just destroyed. With the American helicopters, perhaps this may be easier than they expected.
All of a sudden, up ahead, the door of the droid factory begins to open, and massive machines begin making their way out of the factory.
Anakin, Luminara, and Hall stand together, looking at the machiens as they make their way out of the factory. "What are those things?" Anakin asks.
"If I had to wager a guess, I'd say the Separatists have some new kind of tank," Hall says.
Anakin turns around and says, "Rex! Pick your targets!"
"Copy that, sir" Rex responds before turning to their heavy cannons and saying, "Elevation four-two-seven." The cannons, still being fully prepped, begin to aim towards the incoming new tanks.
As the cannons are preparing to fire, Barriss, Ahsoka, and Allen are climbing up another shaft in the rock. Finally, they reach the top. Allen pulls himself out first, then pulls the two Padawans up.
The three silently make their way towards where light is shining down through another hole in the ceiling. Looking up, they are able to see the factory production lines above them, and the thousands of droids being produced.
"Wow. That's a lot of droids," Ahsoka says.
"Come on. The main control room is this way," Barriss says.
Suddenly, without warning, Allen whips his blaster pistol out of its holster, whips around, and fires a single shot. Ahsoka and Barriss turn around to see a dead Geonosian fall down the shaft they just climbed up.
"We have no idea how long that thing was following us, and I probably just announced our presence. We need to move," Allen says urgently. Barriss and Ahsoka, not wanting to argue, turn and race away in the direction of the main control room, Allen brining up the rear.
Up on the surface, the Republic's heavy cannons have been prepped. Rex, looking through his binoculars, says to the cannon operators, "Steady. Steady. Fire!"
The cannons open fire, firing several volleys at the advancing tanks. However, as the tanks emerge from the smoke, they're untouched.
"Sir, nothing could withstand that," Rex calls to Anakin.
"They must be ray-shieled," Anakin says.
Hall lifts his wrist up to his mouth, activates his commlink, and says, "This is Colonel Hall. I need at least 4 A-10s down here right now!"
"Copy that, Colonel. We'll have them there as soon as possible," a voice responds before the transmission cuts off.
Lowering his wrist, Hall says to Anakin and Luminara, "Now we just need to wait for the Tankbusters to get here," using one of the A-10s nicknames.
Inside the factory, Allen opens a hatch above him and climbs up into the reactor room. He then helps Ahsoka and Barriss up into the room as well.
"This is it. We're here," Barriss says. She, Ahsoka, and Allen then set about setting the charges against the reactor.
After a minute, the charges are all set. Ahsoka smiles and says, "And now, we make ourselves scarce."
However, as the three go to leave, the door into the reactor room opens, and Poggle, several other Geonosians, a droid, and a super tank make their way into the room. Ahsoka and Barriss quickly ignite their lightsabers, while Allen raises his assault blaster and aims it at the enemies.
Up on the surface, Anakin hears a beeping and looks down at his chronometer, which shows a countdown.
"The bombs are armed," he calls.
"The Padawans did it!" Luminara says.
"And right on time," Anakin adds.
At that moment, the backs of the super tanks retract slightly, and they begin firing explosives from launchers on their backs, similar to rapid fire mortars. The charges fall down on the Republic lines, destroying the heavy cannons and destroying some AT-TEs.
Several Apaches race in and fire rockets or their guns at the super tanks. However, the tanks are mostly untouched. One actually destroys an Apache with a lucky shot from its warhead launchers, and the other two Apaches retreat.
"Where are those Warthogs?" Hall growls almost to himself.
Inside the factory, in the reactor room, the Geonosians start firing their weapons at the Padawans and Allen. The Padawans deflect the balls of energy with their lightsabers, while Allen starts firing his assault blaster, gunning down a number of Geonosians.
Poggle issues an order, then heads out of the reactor room. The droid beside him says to the remaining Geonosians, "You head His Highness. Collect their pathetic little bombs, then we will kill them."
The super tanks starts firing it's laser cannons at Ahsoka and Barriss, who are barely able to fend off the bolts. Allen, however, sees the Geonosians going to disarm the bombs and growls, "No, you don't."
Allen races towards one of the Geonosians, drawing his combat knife and stabbing it through the back of the Geonosian's neck. Switching back to his assault blaster, he begins gunning down the remaining Geonosians. Two of them fly right at him to try and take him down by hand, but he is able to kill one with his knife, then kills the other by breaking its skull with his fists.
Looking around, they see that the room is now empty except for the super tank. The tank fires several warheads at them, but Barriss and Ahsoka use the Force to throw them aside, where they explode harmlessly against the wall of the room.
On the surface, the super tanks are still wreaking havoc on the Republic and Americans, destroying a number of AT-TEs with their warheads and killing dozens of men.
Anakin, Luminara, and Hall race back towards the men. "Rex! Order the men to fall back!" Anakin shouts.
"But, sir. You can't be telling us to turn tail and run!" Rex protests.
"I'm not telling you to run, Rex. I want to draw those tanks out onto the bridge. If those A-10s can't destroy them, I've got a backup plan," Anakin says.
Right then, that familiar screeching whine begins to build. Everyone looks up with relief to see six A-10s, two more than Hall requested, diving to the attack.
The lead pair each fires a pair of AGM-65 Mavericks. The Mavericks streak down and impact the first two super tanks. The missiles don't destroy it, but their armor piercing warheads do succeed in putting a dent in the tank's armor.
Recognizing that their Mavericks aren't going to do much, the Warthogs separate, then come at the tanks from the side, firing their 30 mm cannons.
The Warthog pilots are stunned on the first pass when the 7 super tanks hit by their cannons are still relatively intact, with none of the rounds having been able to penetrate all the way through their armor. Never has anything been able to take fire from their cannons like that before.
But, the Warthog pilots are determined not to let the super tanks escape them. The pilots pull around for another pass, firing their cannons at the super tanks again.
The second pass again yields no results. However, on the third pass, two of the super tanks each take fire from two of the A-10s. The combined total of rounds they've taken is too much, and the two super tanks explode.
The clones cheer as they watch the super tanks explode. They watch as the Warthogs make three more passes, destroying 5 more super tanks.
However, after their sixth pass, the A-10s are starting to run low on ammunition for their guns. Recognizing that they're not gonna destroy all the super tanks before running out of ammunition, the lead pilot, a Major by the name of Alan Simpson, calls out, "Men, hang back. Me and Lieutenant Eames are gonna take our the bridge."
Four of the A-10s pull back while Simpson and his wingman, 1st Lieutenant Eames, line up on the two ends of the bridge. Firing a laser from their laser targeting pod, the two Warthog pilots each drop a pair of 1,000 lb. Paveway laser guided bombs. The bombs impact precisely, blasting apart the two ends of the bridge and causing the whole thing to collapse, sending the remaining super tanks falling to the bottom of the canyon below.
The clones and Americans cheer as the A-10s circle overhead. However, their leaders have another concern.
"Where are they? Those bombs are gonna go off any second!" Anakin says worriedly.
"Sir! The evacuation ships are arriving. I suggest you get on one," Rex calls to Anakin.
"Not without Ahsoka!" Anakin responds.
"Ahsoka, can you hear me? Ahsoka, where are you?" Anakin calls out.
Suddenly, the door to the factory opens again, and more droids march out. Everyone makes ready to fight.
Meanwhile, inside the factory, Ahsoka and Barriss are still deflecting bolts from the super tank. Seeing a bolt hit at Ahsoka's feet, Barriss races up to the super tank and leaps on top of it, cutting a hole in the hatch, pulling it away, then destroying the two droids inside.
Allen looks around, and sees that the path they took to get in is blocked off by fallen debris. Realizing that the bombs are just seconds from going off, he shouts, "Commander Tano! Into the tank, now!"
The commanding tone in his voice is enough to make Ahsoka follow his order without question even though she outranks him. The two race towards the tank and dive in. Allen then throws himself protectively over the two Padawans as the bombs go off.
Instantly, the reactor is destroyed. Within seconds, a chain reaction races through the factory, setting off multiple explosions. Within moments, the entire factory begins to crumble.
Clones and Americans alike dive for cover as a wave of dust and rock surges out from the collapsing factory. The remaining Apaches race away as the A-10s climb to a safe altitude.
Within a few minutes, the dust has cleared. Anakin and Luminara hurry up to the edge of the crater that has taken the place of the factory.
"Ahsoka? Ahsoka, can you hear me?Come in!" Anakin calls into his commlink, but receives no answer.
Luminara kneels down. Anakin leans down and says, "Master Luminara, don't worry."
"Be at ease, Skywalker," Luminara responds.
"At ease? We need to act now. Ahsoka and Barriss may still be alive down there," Anakin says.
"There's not enough time. I sense them drifting away," Luminara says.
"No, we'll get them out," Anakin says.
At that moment, an LAAT and a Chinook helicopter fly up and land, letting out Rex, some clones, and a few dozen American troops. Rex walks up to Anakin and says, "The tank lifters and Chinooks are here to move the debris as ordered, General."
"Get to it, Rex," Anakin orders.
Within minutes, the tank lifters and Chinooks are hard at work moving the debris. Many of the clones are privately impressed at the lifting capabilities of the Chinooks.
As they are busying about, down in the rubble, Ahsoka and Barriss recover from their daze. Looking up, they see Lieutenant Allen still lying protectively over them, but now unconscious and badly hurt.
"Lieutenant Allen!" Barriss cries, but gets no response from the Delta Force soldier.
Ahsoka gently moves him down next to them and examines his wounds using the light of her lightsaber. "He's been badly hurt. We need to get him to the surface if he's going to live," she says.
"That will be tough," Barriss says. She then looks at the wreckage above them and asks, "How deep do you think we're buried?"
"It's probably best not to think about it," Ahsoka responds, then points at the wall of the super tank and says, "Hand me that power cell, would you?"
Barriss complies and grabs the power cell, handing it to Ahsoka. "Thanks. Mind holding the light?" she says, handing her ;lightsaber to Barriss as she starts working on something.
"Whatever you're doing, I sure hope it works, because I'd sure rather have died fighting up there than starve to death down here," Barriss says.
"Don't worry. We'll run out of air long before we starve," Ahsoka responds.
"That's a comforting though. Thanks," Barriss says a little sarcastically.
"Master Skywalker has taught me a trick or two. I think I can get this communicator working," Ahsoka says.
Up above, the LAATs and Chinooks continue lifting the debris away, trying to find Ahsoka and Barriss.
"We cannot abandon our Padawans," Anakin says as he walks up beside Luminara.
"You misjudge me. I too care for my apprentice, but if their time has come…" Luminara says.
"I refuse to let Ahsoka die. She will find a way out," Anakin interrupts.
"If my Padawan has perished, I will mourn her, but I will celebrate her as well through her memory," Luminara says.
"Well, I still plan on celebrating this victory with my Padawan in person," Anakin responds.
Down in the rubble, Barriss says, "What happens to us now doesn't matter. By destroying this factory, we've saved countless lives elsewhere."
Ahsoka smiles and says, "Well, I'm about to save two more." She then starts touching two wires together, sending out a pulse through her comms channel.
Up above, Anakin picks it up. "Wait, I'm picking up a pulse on Ahsoka's comm channel. It's coming from over there," he says.
"Bring those two Chinooks over here," Hall orders one of his captains.
"There's no time," Anakin says. He and Luminara close their eyes and reach out through the force, slowly lifting the debris before them.
As the debris lifts up, Ahsoka and Barriss see it lifting. Once the debris lifts off of them, they start waving for help.
An American HH-3 Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter flies in and hovers over them. Men and medics start lowering from the helicopter on cables. Two of them hook Ahsoka and Barriss up to cables so they can be hoisted up while others hurry to get Lieutenant Allen onto a stretcher.
"They're still alive. I told you we shouldn't give up on them!" Anakin says to Luminara.
"It's not that I gave up, Skywalker. But unlike you, when the time comes, I am prepared to let my student go. Can you say the same?" Luminara replies.
"I think you're both right and wrong. Skywalker, sometimes you have to learn to let go. If you don't your life will be miserable, because you will experience loss and feel you shouldn've been able to prevent it, and that'll just make you feel worse. But, at the same time, Master Luminara, we in the Delta Force believe firmly that you never leave a comrade behind. While you need to be prepared to let your Padawan go, don't let that stop you from trying to save them in a situation like this," Hall says from behind the two Jedi.
Anakin and Luminara remain quiet, thinking on Hall's words as they watch Barriss and Ahsoka be hoisted aboard the helicopter. They then watch as Allen, on a stretcher, is also hoisted aboard the helicopter, which immediately heads for the main camp to drop off Ahsoka and Barriss before taking Allen to one of the ships to receive treatment.
Anakin and Luminara breathe a sigh of relief. At last, the factory is destroyed.
And, I'll end there. Hope you guys liked this chapter.
I may use Lieutenant Allen again in the future. So keep an eye out for him.
Not sure when the next chapter will be up, but it'll be up this week for sure. Until then, leave a review, and stay tuned!