Chapter 6: Dark Origins of the Unwelcome Host
The captain of the squad of clone troopers was on a desperate track into finding their kidnaped comrade taken by a mysterious spider creature. As the captain continued to lead his squad, they eventually headed down what seem like an underground cave of some sort under the facility itself.
"Looks dark in there" said one of the clone troopers as he gazed down.
"I don't care" replied the captain, "we're going to rescue one of our own, that's an order!"
"Turn on your night vision equipment on" suggested one of the clone troopers as it was quite dark in the cave.
As the clone troopers headed down toward into the cave, one of the clone troopers stepped on what it appeared to be some sort of glass on the flour.
"Are you alright?" asked the captain as he noticed quite a sharp piece of glass the clone trooper had stepped on.
"I'm fine, these boots really provide protection" replied the clone trooper who accidentally stepped on the glass.
"Look, you might want to see this sir" said one of the clone troopers whom rushed over toward the captain.
As the captain was then shown toward another part of the cave, the clone troopers then shined on their lights that were attached toward their weapons. The light then shined upon what seemed like some sort of a tube, and also a holocron of some sort attached to what seemed like an ancient computer.
"What the heck is this captain?" asked the clone trooper whom discovered it to the captain.
"I'm not sure" replied the captain to which he then noticed some sort of strange web surrounding the broken down tube, "but I think we know where our unwelcome host came from. Come on, that creature must not be far away from here."
While the captain continued to lead his troops to confront the dangerous spider creature, Xavier was already on a shuttle that was seemingly not well defended by the Confederacy. As he came closer toward the dark planet in question, he felt a disturbance in the force, as if a dark, mysterious force resided down on that particular planet. He also observed the star fighters from the Confederacy going around the planet, as if they wanted him to land on the planet.
"Yes, that's it" said Grevious as he was observing secretly from his private shuttle he was on, "land first, and the trap shall be set Jedi!"
Grevious watched anxiously, as Xavier then landed the shuttle, heading over toward an empty area of a less swampy area of the planet.
"Now" said Grevious, "take me to my troops, I'll enjoy hunting the Jedi on this puny planet here."
"Roger, roger" replied the battle droid captain.
Back on the dark planet, the clone troopers soon found themselves in a network of underground tunnels.
"Which way do we go captain?" asked one of the clone troopers.
"Hmm, looks like we're going to have to split up" replied the captain, "I'll lead one group, and the top two commanders should lead the other group."
"Good idea" said one of the clone troopers.
As the squad of clone troopers split themselves up into three separate groups, the spider creature which was holding the lone clone trooper it abducted under literal wraps was watching them going through the tunnels. The commander of the first group of clone troopers headed down one of the tunnels to which the spider decided it was time to strike against the small group of clone troopers.
"So, where do you think that thing lives, here?" asked one of the clone troopers to the head of the group.
"I don't know, but it sure looks like it" replied the head clone trooper.
The commander of the group then led his small group of clone troopers around a corner to which the Sith influenced spider then moved quickly right through the pathway, causing some small rocks to fall nearby spooking one of the clone troopers.
"What the heck was that?!" cried the clone trooper as he was trying to find out where the disturbance came from.
"Keep on moving trooper, probably some rats living under these old tunnels" replied the commander.
But as the spider continued to oversee the small group of clone troopers, it then began to receive its disturbance of its own. The lone Jedi Xavier, was in a desperate search as he was using his lightsaber to chop through the swampy brush. The clone troopers could wait, as it seemed like they'd be small appetizers than having a Jedi. But perhaps, the spider creature would have desired to make up its strength before heading out to hunt the Jedi. Back with the group which the captain of the squad was leading, one of the clone troopers accidentally stumbled upon a small rock, sending him tumbling down the tunnel to which the captain and the other clone troopers rushed toward him.
"Are you alright?" asked the captain to the clone trooper.
"Just a sprain" replied the clone trooper as he managed to get himself up.
"Uh, captain" said one of the clone troopers as he gasped at what he found, "you might want to take a look at what we found."
As the captain then got a closer look, he noticed some of the skeletal remains of some poor traveler who got lost on the planet.
"See what information is on the poor soul" said the captain to his troopers.
As two clone troopers headed toward the skeletal remains of the traveler who was found in an old chaconne, they found this poor sap was a smuggler who was trying to avoid local law enforcement at the time.
"You might want to read this sir" said one of the clone troopers as the clone trooper pulled a piece of paper from the mummified skeletal remains of the smuggler.
"Whatever did this, I'm sure is still here in these tunnels, come on, we got to regroup" said the captain, "it's not safe being separated."
"You got that right" said another clone trooper as he headed out with the captain.
But as the captain and his troopers left the small cave which was down a hill in the tunnel they were in, the spider creature leaped down right into the small cave and began to look around. It's red eyes glared at the path where the clone troopers where heading, and it knew the captain would eventually have his men regroup at the center making it the right strategy for the spider to strike at the clone troopers. But as the clone troopers were about to be ambushed by their unwelcome host, Confederate droids led by battle droid CC94-DF had already greeted General Grevious as he landed his private shuttle to personally hunt down the Jedi.
"Now commander" said Grevious, "let's go full force into finding those clone troopers, and get the vital information they stole from us."
"Roger, roger" replied CC94-DF to which he then turned toward his fellow droids, "you heard the General, move out!"