Now its time for the moment of truth. The final part of my Umbara arc. There will be quite a few changes to this as before and someone will lose a limb, I won't tell you who but it won't be relieved of military duty. Disclaimers are the same as before. Enjoy.
Chapter 17: Carnage of Krell
September 26th 2018, 21BBY
Coruscant, Jedi Temple
0800 hours
Normal point of view
He arrived back on Coruscant several days ago before he was asked to investigate a situation on Naboo and uncovered a plot by one of the Gungans to force their people to turn against the Naboo and help the separatists conquer the planet. They had captured General Grievous but lost General Roos Tarpals in the process but were forced to let the droid general go when he was captured by Dark Star.
Seriously injured he spent several days in the medical center at the clone barracks on Coruscant but was still troubled by the recent events that brought him back so soon. Now Anakin was finally able to meet with Masters Windu and Yoda about his sudden callback.
Entering the war room, Mace and Yoda were surprised to see Anakin. "Skywalker, why are you back on Coruscant?" Mace asked puzzled by the sudden appearance.
"What do you mean? You ordered me back to the temple at the request of the chancellor. I was dealing with the situation on Naboo and I was in the medical center for a few days." Anakin stated. Once again both Jedi masters looked at each other until Yoda spoke. "Received such a request from the chancellor or issue such an order, we did not. An ill-advised move it is to have one of us return in the middle of battle." Yoda said.
"That doesn't make any sense. Krell told me that the order came to him." Anakin said confused. "We have been deceived. Breaker just contacted us and explained that he found the source of the order. Apparently Krell forged the order and was able to foul all of us." Mace stated showing the results of the troopers find. "I have to get back, if Krell betrayed us then that means he feel to the dark side and was trying to undermine the entire operation on Umbara." Anakin exclaimed as he ran out of the war room and headed for the hanger.
"Fire up the engines R2, we need to get back to Umbara asap. I won't let Krell get away this." Anakin stated calmly. He was angry with Krell but he held back his anger and wouldn't allow it to cloud his judgement. No sooner had his fighter docked with its hyperspace ring, he was on his way back to the battlefield.
Meanwhile back on Umbara, Robert had just found out from Barney that Lee and Caesar along with Obi-Wan's forces were advancing towards the airbase in an effort to disrupt the enemy efforts to recapture it and had just informed Obi-Wan about the situation with Krell taking over Anakin's battalion. Needless to say, Obi-Wan was shocked at this news and told them to keep a close eye on Krell. He had just been informed that Anakin was on his way back to Umbara and Master Tinn's forces were nearing the capital.
"I don't get it. How could anyone not know of this shitstorm." Barney cursed as he checked his LVOC's ejector port. Obi-Wan was about to answer when his transmission was cutoff for a second time during the campaign. "We better keep our guard up." He said to the others of the group who all nodded in agreement.
In the medical center, Barriss was assisting Kix in healing the clones who were injured during Krell's reckless attacks. As she healed a clone whose arm had second degree blaster scorch's Erik and Lycan walked up to her and could see her sadden look. "How could someone force these men to do something like this?" Barriss asked her boyfriend how placed his hand on her shoulder. "I don't know, but that famed war hero has done nothing but as Robert would say 'fucked up big time'. Generals and Commanders are suppose to be leading their troops and taking the same risks as them, not bringing up the rear and observing the whole battle." Erik said agreement as Kix injected a stimulant into the trooper's body easing the pain they were in. "I have under control here Commander. You should go get some rest." Kix said politely to Barriss who agreed and left the medical center.
Out on the airfield, Revy, Shoda and Rock watched as Dutlas and Benny exited the Lagoon and then explained to them the situation. "There was no order for Skywalker to return to Coruscant, even the chancellor knows better than to have one of his armies generals return in the middle of battle. It makes no tactical sense." Benny said in agreement.
"We need to keep an eye on old four arms." Dutlas said in agreement as he looked towards the command tower with narrowed eyes. "I may not be a Jedi, but I know that something is seriously wrong here." He added.
He was right. In the command tower Rex, Ahsoka and Kota were meeting with Krell. "General Krell, I respectfully request that you reconsider court-martialing Fives, Jesse, Hardcase and Commander Bralor." Rex said before Ahsoka stepped forwards. "Master Kota gave them permission to launch the mission. If he hadn't then a lot of men would have been killed." Ahsoka added. "The men aren't even under your direct command. They are under the command of Skywalker and Padawan Tano who are in charge of the 501st. Your own men aren't even happy with your style of command." Kota said in agreement.
"Padawan Tano, you had best watch how you speak to your superiors. The actions of ARC Trooper 5555 and CT-5597, 'Hardcase' and Commander Bralor were a clear act of treachery and disregard for my command. If punishment is not swift, their defiance may inspire others to follow suit." Krell said keeping his back turned towards the three.
"Sir, the men are with you. Its just that some of them feel you are putting their lives in danger needlessly." Rex protested. "All the more reason to send a clear message that I am in charge, not you, Padawan Tano, the Mercenary generals, Master Kota or the Lone Wolf and insubordination will not be tolerated. The truth is these clones and the commander have had a difficult time respecting my command since the beginning, I've seen it before. Some clones are just defective. They aren't able to succumb to my authority. You're right Captain." Krell said and it looked like Rex had managed to get the general to see reason. "I don't think I can court-martial them. It will only be a waste of time and that's something we don't have. Have them prepared for execution." Krell demanded.
"You can't. Fenrir is Senator Chuchi's boyfriend. This may cause Pantora to leave the republic." Ahsoka protested but soon was pushed back towards the wall. "Stay out of this Padawan or you will join them." Krell threatened before turning towards Rex. "You heard what I said Captain. Have it done immediately or I will do it myself." He demanded before turning his attention back towards the capital off in the distance.
After they had left the tower, Rex spoke to Kota. "He can't do this. Executing his own men, he may have authority to render punishment during combat, but this is going to far." Rex said as he headed towards the prison cells. "I have done all I can Captain, but he has made it clear that he will not listen to anyone but himself." Kota sighed in disbelief. "He isn't the same Jedi I remember from long ago. Something has changed him." he added as a small squad accompanied them to the prison cells while Ahsoka headed over towards Robert who was cleaning his Morita.
"Krell had just ordered Fives and the others to be executed." Ahsoka said as she rubbed the area on the back of her head where she hit the wall. "He can't do that. If they are executed then I should be to. After all I 'defied' his orders." Robert stated. "You don't mean that. You have a lot more about yourself that you need to learn and there is someone out there that you will fall for." Ahsoka said hiding the fact that she loved Robert.
"If they die, I will never forgive myself for letting them down. Riyo and Fenrir deserve to be together and that Four-Armed bastard won't get in their way of happiness." Robert proclaimed as the two spotted Fives and the others being led towards the wall of the hanger. "But it looks like I am too late." He said as Dogma, Tup and Kix were stood at the ready with their blasters loaded. "Line up the prisoners." The trooper shouted as the four of them were lined up against the wall.
Seeing his owner was in danger, Lycan tried to run forwards to him but Erik grabbed the wolf and held him back. "There's nothing you can do boy." He said as he resisted the urge to let the tears fall from his eyes while Barriss watched in horror at the events that were about to unfold.
"Would the prisoners request to be blindfolded?" Dogma asked but all four of them remained silent. "I'll take that as a no." he replied before Fives spoke up. "I hope you can live with yourself Dogma." He spat as both Militia and clone alike looked towards each other, many of them who already had their heads turned away.
"Ready weapons." Dogma said as the execution squad shouldered their rifles. "Aim." He added before the troopers aimed their rifles at the four. Jesse then spoke up. "Wait! This is wrong and we know it! The general is making a mistake and he needs to be called on it. No one should have to go out like this! We're loyal soldiers! We follow orders, but we are not a bunch of unthinking droids! We are men! We must be trusted to make the right decisions! Especially when the orders we are given are wrong!" Fives said before Fenrir spoke next.
"Ever since I began to fight alongside you brave troopers you have proven that you are every bit of Mandalorian as I am! Mandalore is in your blood and this action is a disgrace to the very name Mandalorian!" Fenrir shouted.
"Fire!" Dogma said as the four closed their eyes and awaited the inevitable.
Everyone who watched the events unfold was shocked. Robert had pushed the four would be dead men down with the force and stood right in front of the execution detail. "If you want to kill them, you'll have to kill me first." He stated. "These guys hear saved us from being blown to pieces. If it weren't for them we would all be dead and the enemy would still have control of the planet. Is this what you were all bred for, to kill each other on orders? If this is how soldiers are rewarded for heroic actions then someday everyone here will suffer the same fate." Robert questioned as the troopers who fired dropped their rifles to the ground. "Good luck trying to get another squad to kill them." he said to Dogma before returning to work on his rifle.
"That was a risky move." Ahsoka said to Robert completely shocked by what he did. "If this is the price we pay for doing what we know is right, then anyone who follows Krell's orders is fucked." He stated before looking to Krell who was watching the whole ordeal from the tower and then ran his fingers across his neck like he was slitting a throat, telling Krell that next time something like this happened, he will kill him.
As he returned to his work on his weapon his mind was soon plagued with the thoughts and memories of Lockon and Viper. They were some of the best pilots he had served with and they trusted him to get them through the battle, but he failed. "I couldn't save them, I couldn't. I failed them and they died because of me. I am no squad leader, I might have well been the guy who shot them down." He said to himself. Ahsoka noticed this and walked over to him. "I know what it's like to lose squad mates. During the Ryloth campaign I lost a lot of pilots because of my over confidence, but I learned from mu mistakes. You can't save them all Robert." She said.
"If I had followed my original orders in the first place, they would still be here with us. Maverick told me that it wasn't my fault and the rest of red squad agrees, but then why do I still feel terrible?" he asked. Before Ahsoka could respond, Rex and Dogma walked over to them. "Hope that rifle of yours is working, because we just received word that the Umbarans have ambushed one of our patrols and taken their weapons and armor. They have also tricked some of Kota's Militia into helping them, they may be trying to trick us and attack the airbase." Rex said.
"What about Fives and the others?" Robert asked. "They have been taken back to the brig. We'll deal with the situation later." Dogma said as Robert locked a magazine into his weapon and placed his helmet back on his head. None of them knew that Anakin had landed back on the planet and was explaining the situation to Obi-Wan.
Later as the platoons moved forward scanning for the enemy, they entered a foggy area and almost caused one of the Vixus creatures. Just as Tup stopped Dogma from getting eaten, blaster fire erupted and mortar fire rained down on them. "There disguised as clones alright." Kix said when Rex asked if they had a visual on the enemy.
Members of Kota's militia along with Barney, Cassie and the other members of the expendables were nearby but held their fire. "We can't be certain that the transmission was accurate. But I am going down there to stop this madness until we know for certain who is the enemy and who isn't'." Kota said as he ran towards the battle.
While Rex fired his pistols at the enemy, a nearby explosion knocked him to the ground and near Robert and Ahsoka. Then he noticed a nearby body. Moving the other bodies off of it and removing his helmet revealed that the enemy wasn't the umbarans but clones. "OH MY GOD!" Robert shouted as he sprinted towards the lines of the 212th with Ahsoka behind him.
"EVERYONE STOP FIRING! YOUR SHOOTING AT OUR OWN MEN! THERE NOT UMBARANS THERE CLONES! TAKE OFF YOUR HELMETS, SHOW THEM YOUR NOT THE ENEMY!" Rex shouted as he ran into the crossfire.
A trooper of the 212th had him in his crosshairs but once Rex removed his helmet, his spotter stopped him.
While Rex ran through the crossfire, Robert tackled another trooper to the ground and the green skinned twi'lek on the helmet told him it was Waxer just as a mortar round detonated near their position and the firing stopped. "What have we done." Robert said shocked at the events that had occurred.
As the members of both platoons began to tend to their wounded, Kix ran up and informed them that Waxers second in command was Duke. "Oh no." Robert said and ran towards Duke's position. Duke's armor was badly scorched and he had several mortar shrapnel in his armor. "Duke. DUKE! Come on buddy this isn't time to play jokes on me." Robert said as he removed his helmet and saw he bleeding from the forehead. "MEDIC!" Robert shouted.
"Don't worry about me kid, I am not going to last much longer." Duke said weakly coughing up blood as he spoke. "Who gave you the order to fire on us?" Rex asked as he and Kix arrived. "It was General Krell. He sent us to these coordinates to stop the enemy. We thought they were wearing our armor, but it was You." he said weakly. "You're going to be ok, Duke. I have that M82 with your name on it back at the range." Robert said. "I hurt badly kid. Tell Breach and the others it was an honor to fight by their side." Duke said with his final breath and died. "DDDDDUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEE!" Robert shouted into the air, the noise echoing all around them. Rex's eyes narrow and knew that had gone on for far too long.
"If only I wasn't fouled by Krell." Anakin said as he ran over with Obi-Wan behind him. "General Skywalker/Master?" Rex and Ahsoka said at the same time confused. "Krell forged the order for me to return to Coruscant, he was working against us from the beginning and none of us knew of his deception. He is a traitor and needs to be arrested." Anakin stated. "Anakin is correct. Krell needs to answer for what he's done and we need to bring him in for questioning." Obi-Wan added as Kota walked over.
"If we are going to arrest him, we need get him to lower his guard. Kenobi, Skywalker, Tano, Robert and I can distract him when we return to the airfield and our men will surround the tower. We can't let him escape. Barney, I want you to organize our forces and create a perimeter around the tower. We can't let him get past us or he will escape to the enemy lines. In the event he does, you are to assist Captain Rex, General Skywalker, Sergeant Lehner and Commander Tano in bringing him back, alive." Kota said, explaining his strategy to the others.
"Good. I have been waiting to kick his ugly ass for some time now." Robert said as he deactivated his armor and gave his rifle to Cassie. "Fives and the others are going to want to get in on this. Erik, Barriss and the Lagoon crew are out on a recon patrol now, so we can't count on them to be there when we get back. Krell must be stopped, no matter the cost." Robert said as his eyes turned almost yellow with these words.
Returning to the airbase, Rex and the survivors of the incident marched towards the tower while Barney informed the rest of the battalion of what happened in the forest. Naturally, the troopers were shocked at what happened and began to circle the tower with Kota's forces, taking up positions behind the stationary Umbaran fighters.
As Rex placed his helmet on and troopers marched towards the tower, Dogma shock his head in disbelief of what his brothers were about to do and took cover behind one of the parked ships.
In the prison cell, Fenrir, Fives, Jesse and Hardcase were explained the situation and given back their equipment, ready for some payback.
In the tower, Krell was checking the base's inventory for vehicle to make his escape when much to his surprise Anakin walked into the command center. "Skywalker, I thought you were on Coruscant?" Krell asked. "I was, but I had to deal with a situation on Naboo before I could return to the temple and ask Master Yoda." Anakin stated as Rahm, Robert, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan entered as well.
"But the capital…" Krell began before Obi-Wan interrupted him. "Master Tinn and his forces have the capital under control. But we have a more pressing concern, one of our own betrayed us." Obi-Wan said as he took his lightsaber into his hands.
"Is that so? Well I am sure that we can agree that the traitor is obviously Sergeant Lehner. His ties with Dooku certainly make him the obvious suspect." Krell said menacingly as he turned towards the window as lighting flashed. "Oh, don't worry, we know who the traitor is." Anakin said as all five of them activated their lightsabers. "We're looking at him." Robert added.
No sooner had they ignited their weapons, the doors opened and several troopers entered, all of their blasters primed and ready as Rex approached. "General Krell, you're being relieved of duty." Rex stated as Krell turned around slowly. "Its treason then." He stated.
"Surrender General." Rex said, aiming his pistols at the former general. "Your committing munity Captain, as are the rest of you. The council and senate will not take this lightly." Krell stated calmly. "Not after everything you have done, they will listen to us." Kota said as he got on Krell's left with Obi-Wan while Anakin and Ahsoka circled him on the right.
"Explain your actions." Rex demanded. "My actions?" Krell asked as two troopers got behind him. "For ordering your troops against one another." Rex stated not taking his pistols off of the general. "Oh, that. I'm surprised you were able to figure it out, for a clone." he said dangerously as the troopers moved in closer to him.
"Surrender General, your outnumbered." Rex said before Krell released a powerful, but non-fatal force repulse and pushed the troopers back into the wall while the five Jedi withstood his attack. "YOU DARE TO ATTACK A JEDI!?" he roared as he ignited both of his sabers and began to deflect the blaster fire being sent towards him. He killed five clones before he blocked several saber blades and looked up smiling with delight.
"Do you think you can stop me!" Krell stated, using his two free hands to push them back except Robert who held his ground. "I will not be undermined by foolish Jedi and creatures bred in some laboratory." He stated before he jumped through the towers window and landed on the tarmac as shards of glass fell to the ground. He looked up and saw that bot Militia and troopers had him in their sights. "GET HIM!" Barney shouted as Krell rushed forwards into the storm of blaster bolts and bullets.
Slashing over a dozen troopers and militia members in a full 360-degree turn, he grabbed one trooper by the helmet and threw him into a small squad before running towards the forest as brave men, women and clones fired at him hopping to either wound of kill him.
This didn't stop him for he sent a strong force push towards the wall of defenders and was clear of the base, but not before Fenrir hit him in the lower back with a precision shot from his rifle. As Rex and the others exited the tower and began to chase after the general, Dogma appeared from one of the fighters pointing his own blaster at them. "Hold it right there." The trooper shouted as Rex stopped and pulled out his pistols. "Lower your weapon Dogma." Rex said in a not demanding way.
But the trooper refused to lower his weapon stating it was his duty and everyone that had taken part in this plan was a traitor. Rex removed his helmet but kept one of his pistols pointed at the rookie trooper. "I used to believe that being a good soldier meant doing everything they told you. That's how they engineered us. But we're not droids. We're not programmed. You have to learn to make your own decisions." Rex said as Tup approached Dogma with his own blaster pointed at him. "Dogma, don't do it."
Dogma then lowered his weapon allowing Hardcase and Waxer to tackle him to the ground. "Put him in the brig, we can't let that four-armed asshole escape." Cassie said as she, Barney, Robert, Ahsoka and Anakin led Rex and as many troopers that they could get pursued their target. Unknow to any of them, a lone Umbaran fighter had witnessed the entire incident and was now speeding back towards enemy lines with this intel. This was the chance they needed to take back the airbase.
Hours past when group finally caught up with Krell. After killing an entire squad single handedly, the ex-general leapt into the air and was heading towards them. "You should have listened to the ARC Trooper and your mercenary lover from the beginning Captain." Krell's voice echoed through the force before laughing maniacally causing the troopers and their Jedi allies to look all around them. "They were right! They were right! I was using you." The former Jedi's voice echoed around them as several clones bunched up together. "Don't bunch up." Barney said, but it was too late.
Lunging from one of the tree's, Krell landed in the center of the group and killed all of them before bringing his sabers back to a defensive stance. "You've all been my pawns." He stated. "MOTHERFUUUUCCCCKKKKKEEEERRRR!" Robert shouted as he charged towards Krell and attempted a double form v strike only to be blocked by Krell and thrown several yards away.
"Get him!" Rex shouted as Krell laughed and resumed his slaughter of the clones. Anakin and Ahsoka tried their best to attack, but every time they got close to the fallen Jedi he turned his attention towards the other clones that were shooting at him, constantly keeping them from landing a blow.
Using a series of lightsaber combat and hand to hand techniques, Krell slashed and punched any clone who got in his way, even snapping a clone's spine in half. After he killed another trooper, Tup charged forwards but was thrown in the same direction as Robert was away from the battle. "Careful Tup, we have quite a few Vixus's around here." Robert said just as one opened its mouth. That's when Tup had an idea. Quickly he contacted Rex and urged him to force the General over to their position. "Just in case the plan doesn't work, I have a backup plan." Robert said to Tup. He hoped that Tup knew what he was doing.
Not knowing what Tup had in mind, Rex decided to do so and Barney and Cassie soon made their way over towards the trooper's position avoiding the vines of the planets as they did. As Krell killed another clone, the others began to retreat. Noticing this, Krell instantly pursued them.
Carefully stepping over the vines, Tup waited until he had a clear shot and fired a few bolts towards the general who instinctively blocked each of them. "Hey, ugly! Come and get us." Tup said taunting the General while Robert, his aunt and uncle waited behind one of the tree's.
Krell having taken the challenge rushed forwards towards the trooper. Unlike Anakin and Robert, he didn't know about the carnivorous plants since he only observed the fighting instead of helping them.
Laughing evilly as he ran towards the trooper, Krell lunged forwards blinded by the rage of battle and was about to deal a killing blow when the plant grabbed his ankle and dangled him in the air like a piece of meat.
The plant tried to bring Krell into its mouth but the Besalisk Jedi was able to slice the creatures tongue off and forcing it to drop its meal. Losing his green saber in the fall, Krell was barely spared a moments rest when the Vixus used another one of its tentacles and dangled him above the creature as the others arrived and fired at the ex-Jedi.
Trying to avoid getting eaten and killed at the same time, Krell used his remaining saber and deflected each of the blaster fire away from him before pushing two troopers back with a force push and killing another one that got to close before cutting the vine holding him as the creature was killed by weapons fire. He turned and saw Tup pointing his blaster at his head and was almost hit with a stun blast but rolled out of the way just in time and recalled his other saber to him.
Pushing back the clones with another force push, he quickly blocked two Niman strikes from Anakin and Ahsoka as Robert charged and attempted a Juyo strike but was blocked by Krell who created a whirlwind around his body with his sabers stopping any further attacks.
"You should help me Skywalker. I know things that will help others survive the coming storm. The powers you and your padawan have will be great assets to me." Krell stated as he blocked Ahsoka's double Shien strike and sent her over towards Tup and Fives. "I don't know what you are getting at Krell, but I would never join the likes of you. I am a Jedi, now and forever." Anakin stated before he was punched in the gut by one of Krell's free arms and threw him into Robert.
Krell then turned his attention towards Rex. "I told you before, Captain. Those who cross me will pay the price. And the price is your life." Krell roared as he prepared to bring his sabers down on Rex only to be interrupted by a burst of gunfire from Cassie and Barney.
Dodging the gunfire, Krell pulled Cassie's ACR from her hands and knocked her to the ground, clutching her gut in the process. "Even better, I WILL KILL THE WOMEN YOU LOVE!" Krell roared and was about to end her life when Barney charged forwards with LVOC blazing only for Krell to slice the weapon in two and then cut Barney's left arm just below the elbow.
As he clenched his wound in pain, Krell walked over to the downed leader of the Expendables. "You will be the first General Ross, then your companion will be next." Krell said sadistically and prepared to bring his sabers down on Barney's head before he was pushed back by a strong force.
"YOU HURT MY FAMILY! YOU KILLED MY BROTHERS! YOU WILL PAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!" Robert shouted as his eyes turned yellow again.
(Shining Finger Theme begins.)
Activating his sabers the blades turned from blue and green to bright gold in an instant and he began to spin them around creating a barrier protecting him from Krell's rapid strikes.
"THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWSOME POWER! ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!" Robert shouted as he gripped his sabers tightly and jumped into the air. "TAKE THIS! MY LOVE! MY ANGER AND ALL OF MY SORROW!" he roared as he landed behind Krell and charged forwards. "SHINNNNNIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG FIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGEEEEEEERRRRRR!" he screamed as he performed several powerful dual Vaapad Strikes. "GO! GO! GO!" he roared, breaking Krell's defense and severed his two saber wielding hands. "TUP, NOW!" Robert shouted as Tup fired a stun blast at the disarmed general knocking him out.
(Theme ends)
"I stunned him sir." Tup said as Rex pushed Krell onto his back and confirmed it as another trooper but a set of binders on his two remaining hands while Kix tended to General Ross's wound. "Better tell Commander Offee that we need her ready in the medical center by the time we get back." Rex said as the courageous individuals brought the captured general back to the airbase.
Roberts point of view
1134 hours
Krell hurt my uncle, he got three of my men killed and now he was in prison for what he had done.
I wanted nothing more than to blow his head clean off with a .50 Cal, but Anakin told me to stop. "You know better than that." He told me when we returned to the airbase.
"Not him, not after what he did to Duke and the others. He will Pay." I stated coldly. "Revenge will not bring back those we have lost. That's what you told me, right?" Anakin asked me as Obi-Wan, Rahm, Rex, Ahsoka, Jesse, Hardcase, Fives and myself stared at the captured General in front of his cell.
"Why General? Why kill your own men?" Rex asked the former four-armed Jedi who just got up and laughed. "Because I can. Because you fell for it. Because your inferior." He mocked Rex.
"But you're a Jedi, how could you?" Rex asked.
"A Jedi? HAHAHAHA! I am no longer naïve enough to be a Jedi. A new power is rising. I've foreseen it. The Jedi are going to lose this war and the Republic will be ripped apart from the inside." He said evilly causing Fives and Jesse to look at each other with a mixture of fear and anger on their faces. "In its place will rise a new order and I will rule as part of it." he added.
At first Rex thought he was a separatist, but Krell stated that he served no one but himself and his new master. "Dooku? You think Dooku will take you as his apprentice. Maybe you haven't heard, but Dooku wants peace now." I explained as I moved closer to the cells door. "For now, but once I succeed in driving the Republic away from Umbara, the Count will return to his old goal of taking over the galaxy and reward me by making me his new apprentice, boy." Krell said mocking me before Dogma spoke up.
"How could you do this? You had my trust, my loyalty. I followed all of your orders without question. And you made me kill my own brothers!" Dogma said shocked by what the former general had said.
Krell then laughed. "That's because you were the biggest foul of them all Dogma. I couldn't on blind loyalty like yours to make my plan succeed." Krell said before I finally had enough and began to choke him.
"I JUST LOST MY FUCKING BROTHERS ALRIGHT! YOU HEAR THAT MY BROHTERS! YOU AND YOUR GOALS AND THE FUCKING NEW ORDER YOU SEE CAN GO TO HELL!" I roared before Anakin stopped me and Krell returned to the floor gasping for air.
Rex said that was never going to happen, but Krell said that once the Umbaran's retake the airbase he would be free.
When we left the brig, Appo revealed that Krell had sabotaged the transmitter. But fortunately for us, Master Tinn's forces had taken the capital but the remaining Umbaran's were attempting to retake this base. While everyone got on the perimeter, Rex ordered me to kill Krell. He was to dangerous to keep alive.
Returning to brig with Anakin and Ahsoka, I unlocked Dogma's cell and pulled him out, before opening the doors slightly to Krell's cell. "Turn around and step towards the wall." I said pulling out one of Barney's Kimbers.
Krell did so and then I ordered him to get to his knees. "You're in a position of power boy. How does it feel?" Krell asked. "I said. On. Your. Knee's." I growled as Krell did so. "It feels good doesn't it. But I can sense your fear. Your shaking. Go on, do it. The Umbarans are getting closer." He goaded as explosions from outside shock the building. "No, this isn't the way my father would approve of." I said lowering the .45 caliber pistol.
"Eventually, you'll have to do the right thing-" Krell began before a bang was heard and a bullet fell to the ground just as the fallen Jedi's body fell. Turning around I saw that Dogma had taken my Handcannon and killed Krell. "I… I had to. He betrayed us." He said sadly, before I took back my pistol and fired the remaining rounds of the guns clip into the body of the dead traitor, each bullet blowing bits of flesh and bone out with each hit.
Soon the Umbaran attack was over and the wounded were taken away to a medical station for treatment. Shelia would be glad that Krell was no more, but for me something had awoken inside of me and now I was more vicious then ever. A problem that would soon cost me everything.
And Umbara is done. So, I made Krell's death a little different that the show, hope you all like it.
Killing one of Kilo squad was the hardest things for me to write, but war doesn't play favorites. I enjoyed writing this Arc and hope that you all enjoyed it too.
Next time, Kidnapped. Please rate and review.
