Hey, everybody. Back with another chapter.
Let's get to it.
Shadowhunter36: Yes, it was because of the Super Bowl.
Guest DCDGojira: Yes, Rogue One will be featured in the second story. And there will be new OCs, including female OCs, in the second story.
Chapter 45- Escape from Kadavo
The sun is rising over Zygerria. A pair of Zygerrian guards are making patrol around the edge of the main city.
"Did you hear? We've got two Jedi as slaves now," one of the Zygerrians says.
"Yeah, I heard," the other Zygerrian says.
Suddenly, before either of them can say anything, as they're passing an alley, they suddenly feel hands wrap around their heads, covering their mouths. They then feel blades slice across their neck before they know no more.
Behind them, two Delta Force commandos drag their bodies into the alley, hiding them under some trash.
Turning around, they see Colonel Wilson and two more commandos waiting. "What next?" Captain Allen, one of the men who killed the Zygerrians, asks.
"We make for the palace," Wilson says, a very firm look on his face.
The Terrans had only just become aware of the situation of the missing colonists from Kiros. Knowing that slavery was a touchy subject on Terra, the Jedi Council had decided against informing them of what had been discovered regarding the Zygerrians, and also of the mission to Zygerria.
However, when Obi Wan, Anakin, Rex, and Ahsoka were captured by the Zygerrians, the Jedi Council decided to inform the Terrans. Needless to say, American commanders immediately ordered a rescue operation be sent to rescue both the Jedi and the enslaved Togruta. The Terrans were also preparing for an operation to attack Zygerria itself and free as many slaves as possible, though they were meeting with some resistance from the Jedi Council on the matter.
The Terran Joint Command had dispatched a large Delta Force strike force. A total of 32 men, led by Colonel Wilson and Colonel Hall, had been dispatched to Zygerria. Twenty of them had landed a ways away from the capital city and slowly made their way to the city in groups of 4 to avoid being spotted. The remaining 12 were on a shuttle currently waiting in a system close to Zygerria, waiting for intelligence on where the missing Togruta colonists were being held.
"Let's move," Wilson says, and he and the other three move off through the streets, keeping out of sight.
(The palace)
The queen and Anakin walk along one of the terraces on the outside of the palace. "Have you considered my offer, Skywalker? If you swear loyalty to me, I will free your friends," the queen asks Anakin.
"It's not an easy decision," Anakin says.
"Hmm. Curious. I thought it was a Jedi's duty to be placing the needs of others before their own," the queen says as she walks with Anakin and her guards towards an overlook up ahead. None of them see two shadowy figures shadowing them.
As Anakin and the queen round a corner, the Prime Minister, Atai, runs around the corner and says, "My queen. I bring word. Count Dooku is on his way here."
"Hmm. Sooner than anticipated. Make preparations for his arrival," the queen orders.
As Atai hurries off, Anakin says, "So even you have a master."
"Dooku is not my master," the queen says angrily. She then turns to Anakin and says, "Perhaps you should not attend this meeting. Can I trust you not to run away?"
Anakin glares, removing his lightsaber and holding it up to her face. "I don't run away from anything, Your Highness," he says before the two guards aim their blasters at Anakin's head. The queen smirks and takes the lightsaber before walking away.
The guards continue aiming their blasters at Anakin. Then, out of nowhere, there are two sounds that sound like very muffled gunshots, and the two Zygerrians drop dead.
Anakin looks down at them, a little confused. Then, two Deltas jump down right in front of him.
Anakin smiles. "Well. Americans. I was wondering when you'd show up," he says.
One of the Deltas smirks. "Let's hide these guys, then let's go find your Padawan," he says.
Anakin helps the two Deltas hide the bodies, then the three of them heard up the side of the palace. As they do, two more teams of Deltas, one led by Wilson and one led by a Captain, slink around the palace, attacking guards before making their way into the palace.
Meanwhile, up near the top of the palace, Ahsoka is resting in the cage she's been put in by the Zygerrians.
Suddenly, she feels the cage shake, and looks up to see Colonel Hall kneeling on top of the cage.
"Hello, Commander. I must say this is a nice view. I can see why you decided to chill here, but we need you now, so I hope you won't mind coming with us," Hall says.
"Not at all, Colonel," she says.
Hall grins as he ignites his lightsaber. He cuts a hole in the top of the cage and pulls Ahsoka out of it. He helps her onto the terrace, where three more Deltas are waiting, weapons aimed outwards in case any Zygerrians happen upon them.
"Are you alright, Tano?" Hall asks.
"I sense a disturbance in the Force," she responds.
"Probably Count Dooku. One of my men reported seeing his craft landing outside the city. Come on, we have to get to your ship. Skywalker and some of my men are heading for the throne room to confront the queen," Hall says.
As Hall, Ahsoka, and three Deltas head for the ship Anakin and the others took here, Anakin and the two Deltas that rescued him, along with two other Deltas that had been waiting for them further up the palace. They find Count Dooku in the process of choking the queen.
One of the Deltas raises his assault blaster and fires at Dooku several times. Dooku drops the queen and ignites his lightsaber, blocking the incoming bolts.
The four Deltas spread out a bit, aiming their weapons at Dooku as Anakin walks forward.
"I see the queen has given you quite a long leash," Dooku says to Anakin.
"Get on the ground, Dooku, or we will light your a** up," one of the Deltas growls.
Dooku responds by casting Force lightning at one of the Deltas. The lieutenant ducks and rolls to avoid it, then pops up and fires his assault blaster, as well as his three comrades. Dooku whirls his lightsaber, blocking the bolts.
Then, three Zygerrians run into the throne room. "The queen!" one exclaims, seeing the queen lying on the ground.
"She was murdered by the Jedi and Terrans! Kill them!" Dooku says as he continues to block the blaster bolts.
Anakin presses a button on his commlink, sending a signal to Ahsoka's commlink, who hurries to get the ship into the air. Hall is in the copilot seat, with his three Deltas and another group of 4 in the back of the ship. The ship takes off and heads towards the palace.
"Take your vengeance!" Dooku orders.
As the Zygerrians yell in anger, two of the Deltas turn around and open fire, gunning down the three Zygerrians. One of the Deltas then throws a grenade at Dooku, who leaps back to avoid it. Taking advantage of this, Anakin grabs the queen and leaps up towards the window, leaping out of it. The four Deltas race to the window and fire off extension cables, which yank them up and out of the throne room, and onto the ship, which is hovering outside the palace. They had picked up the other Deltas on the way to the palace.
As they get on the ship and back ramp closes, Anakin sets the queen down. Opening her eyes slightly, she says, "No escape…for any of us." As she says this. She hands Anakin's lightsaber back to him.
"Where is Obi-Wan?" Anakin asks.
"Kadavo system. You were right, Skywalker. I am a slave, just as you are," she says, chuckling a little bit before taking her last breath.
Colonel Wilson, who was watching the exchange, gets on his commlink, generating a hologram of Captain Felt, the leader of the other team. "Captain, we've discovered the location of General Kenobi and the abducted colonists. They are on the Kadavo system. Make your way there immediately," he says.
"Understood, Colonel," Captain Felt says before terminating the transmission. Moments later, the other team's ship makes the jump to hyperspace.
Shortly after, the ship emerges from hyperspace over Kadavo. The ship descends to the surface, keeping low to the terrain as they fly over the landscape, looking for the Zygerrian facility. It doesn't take long before they find it, and set down a short distance from them. The 12 Deltas immediately start walking over the terrain, heading towards the facility.
Reaching the edge of the volcanic crater that the facility is built over, the team separates into pairs and circle around the edge of the crater, doing a quick reconnaissance of the facility, trying to find any weak points or blind spots. They also use some highly advanced binoculars to scan inside the facility, trying to see if they can find out where the Togrutas are being kept, as well as Obi Wan and Rex.
Finally, they see a command center higher up in the facility where they are able to confirm that Obi Wan and Rex, as well as a number of Zygerrians.
Using the support structures holding the facility up above the crater, the 12 Deltas make their way over to the facility. They then begin climbing up the facility towards the command center.
Getting up high enough, the Deltas fire off extension cables and haul themselves up to the command center. Once they get there, the twelve Deltas peer through the holes in the ceiling and windows to allow air top flow through the room.
The Deltas attach some weak explosive charges (just enough to breach the walls) to the walls, setting them to go off at the push of a button on a device being held by Felt. The Deltas then remove their SR-25 marksman rifles and slowly slide the barrels into the holes in the sides of the walls.
"Targets acquired," one of the Deltas whispers over his earpiece, watching as Count Dooku is speaking to Obi Wan and Rex via hologram.
Captain Felt, centering his rifle on the forehead of the Keeper, Agruss, whispers through his earpiece, "On my mark. Three, two, one, mark!"
In sync, the twelve Deltas pull the trigger. All twelve bullets find their targets in the space of 1 second, killing every Zygerrian in the room.
Dooku, Obi Wan, and Rex look around. Then, the charges go off, blowing holes in the wall. Then, all twelve of the Deltas swing into the room.
Felt smirks at Dooku. "'Sup, a**hole. Sorry to interrupt the party, but we have business to attend to," Felt says before shooting his blaster pistols at the holoprojector and destroying it.
Felt then turns to Obi Wan and Rex. "Hello, General. Good to see you alive," he says.
"Thank goodness you're here," Obi Wan says.
Suddenly, Felt's commlink beeps. Holding it out, he activates it, and a hologram of Hall comes up.
"This is Captain Felt," Felt says.
"Felt. We have just dropped out of hyperspace and are descending into Kadavo's atmosphere," Hall says.
"We have killed the keeper of the facility and a number of guards, and have freed Obi Wan and Captain Rex," Felt says.
"Understood. We'll be landing outside the facility. Once we land, I want our two groups to clear the facility in a pincer," Hall says.
"Understood," Felt responds before cutting off the transmission.
Sure enough, seconds later, Anakin lands his ship on the landing pad. As the passengers all flee the ship, gun turrets mounted over the landing pad begin firing down on the ship, destroying it.
"We need to take out those turrets!" Captain Allen says.
Anakin leaps up to one of the turrets. Using his lightsaber, he cuts a hole in one and leaps into it, killing the operator. He then uses the turret to destroy the others.
As Anakin leaps out of the turret, Hall uses his lightsaber to cut open the main doors. The team then makes their way inside.
As Anakin's team moves up through the facility, Felt's team, joined by Obi Wan and Rex, is coming down. They take out any Zygerrian they find in their path.
Finally, Anakin's team reaches a large set of doors. "This has to be it," Wilson says. He and Hall take out their lightsabers and begin cutting open the door. Finally, they cut a massive hole in the door.
The door falls inwards, and the Deltas hurry through it, where all the Togrutas are being held.
The Togrutas look at the American commandos in surprise. Then, Anakin and Ahsoka walk in.
"Jedi!" one of them says.
Hall speaks up and says, "Everyone, come with us! We're gonna get you out of here!"
The Deltas escort the Togrutas out of the cell. Several Deltas, along with Anakin and Ahsoka, take the lead. More Deltas keep to the sides of the column, and the last few Deltas, along with Hall and Wilson, are bringing up the rear.
As they exit the front of the facility, Felt's team is already waiting for them. "Master!" Anakin says in relief as he sees Obi Wan.
"Anakin. Good of you to finally show up," Obi Wan says.
Anakin then turns to Hall. "Do you have a way for us to get out of here?" he asks.
Hall just smiles. Then, they hear the sound of a warship dropping out of hyperspace. Looking up, they see the Terran ship TAS Invincible descending into the atmosphere. Then, they see a formation of 8 Chinook helicopters flying away from the ship and heading towards the facility.
The Chinooks fly down and halt right next to the landing platforms, lowering their back ramps so the Togrutas can board. Some crewmen aboard the helicopters hurry off and help the Togrutas onto the helicopters. Once all the Togrutas are aboard the helicopters, Anakin, Ahsoka, Rex, Obi Wan, and the Americans board the helicopters.
Once everyone is aboard the Chinooks, the back ramps are raised, and the helicopters head back towards the Invincible. As they do, a flight of four SF-15s take off from the ship and streak down towards the facility. As they close in, they separate and circle the facility, then turn as one to attack. They each ripple fire four SGM-65 Mavericks. The missiles hit the supporting structures and destroy them, sending the entire facility crashing into the crater. As it does, the SF-15s head back up towards the Invincible.
Once everyone is aboard the ship, Invincible turns and jumps to hyperspace, heading for Kiros.
Hall and Wilson make their way up to the bridge. Emerging onto the bridge, they see Vice Admiral Vilikov.
"Admiral," they say respectfully.
"Colonels. Good work," Vilikov says.
"Is the operation proceeding?" Hall asks.
"Yes. Our forces have arrived on Zygerria. Zygerrian resistance has mostly been put down, and our forces have begun evacuating all slaves from the planet they can find," Vilikov responds.
Hall and Wilson both smile, glad that the vile enslaving touch of the Zygerrians is breaking. Maybe one day, this galaxy will be free of slavery.
And, I'll end there. I hope you liked this chapter.
So, this was the first chapter to have some real differences from the episode it was based off of, mainly the second half. Hope you liked what I did with it. I was tempted to actually write out the Terran attack on Zygerria, but I decided it would take too long and make this too long.
Next chapter will be up within the next few days. Until then, leave a review, and stay tuned!