Chapter 7: A Convenient Escape Path
While the squad of clone troopers were regrouping, the spider creature was moving right in, on its targets. It seemed pretty easy picking for the spider creature in question. The captain of the squad was quite confident that the target would come right toward them, yet he'd not know that the lone Jedi Xavier, would be coming their way. Xavier sensed something, a disturbance in the force as he cut his way through the brush of the swamp. Eventually, he came across a tunnel which he accidentally stumbled upon, and fell right into it hitting quite a number of rocks.
"Please help me!" cried a voice which sounded more like a clone trooper.
As Xavier searched the tunnel, he found a chaconne and used his lightsaber to open it up. There was the missing clone trooper from the squad who was all in quite a sticky mess.
"Trooper, are you alright?" asked Xavier.
"I will be, but we have to get to the others, fast!" replied the clone trooper.
Xavier and the lone clone trooper rushed toward the area where the captain and his squad were regrouping. Yet as the captain was prepared to do just that, the spider creature lunged toward the squad itself. It quickly took their weapons with its web, and ate each one of the blasters from their hands.
"Oh great, now how the heck are we going to finish this thing off?!" cried one of the clone troopers.
"Looks like we're going to be on its menu" sighed another clone trooper.
"Don't worry" said the captain as he and the rest of his squad were backing off from the spider as it began to approach them, "I'm sure something would come up sooner or later."
Suddenly, the captain could hear someone yelling at the creature, and suddenly the sight of a Xavier himself, with his lightsaber turned on leaped right out of nowhere toward the spider. Xavier slashed at the spider with his lightsaber, which it then began to make a horrible cry.
"You'll never defeat me, Jedi" said the spider telepathically.
"What's the matter, why have you stopped?" asked the captain to Xavier as he landed right in front of them along with the lone clone trooper previously abducted coming toward their side.
"I'm not sure, but I think it's trying to communicate with me" replied Xavier.
"Yes I am, all of you would make fine meals for me" laughed the spider, "I am a child of Naga Sadow, my Creator designed me for the purpose of absorbing living beings with the force intact within them. But the scientists working for my Creator couldn't handle my strength, and I soon consumed them as my first victims. Not even other Sith could stop me, and also for the poor average fool who crashed here on this planet. I'll soon be happy enough to consume you, Jedi!"
The spider the lunged at Xavier, but once again, Xavier slashed his lightsaber at the spider, which the spider the gave off another horrible cry. It then charged at Xavier again, but Xavier used his force push, and also used force levitation to slam the spider against the wall of the tunnel. This commotion then caused quite a scene to which was being picked up on the Confederate scanners.
"Sir, we're picking up a disturbance nearby" said CC94-DF to General Grevious, "should we fire upon those tunnels up ahead?"
"Hmm, this could drive out those lost clone troopers and that Jedi that escaped" thought Grevious, "tell the tanks to fire at them!"
"Roger, roger" replied CC94-DF.
Suddenly, the Trade Federation tanks then began to move right on the tunnel system which the spider creature had dug out. It then fired upon the tunnels, which many of them began to collapse.
"What the heck was that?!" cried one of the clone troopers who noticed the Trade Federation tanks blasting right at the tunnels which they were right in.
"I think I got an idea on how we can get rid of our problem here" replied Xavier as he continued to fight off the spider creature, "you clones get the heck out of here, the shuttle which I landed is not far from here."
"Sounds like a good idea to me" said the captain, "come on, while those Trade Federation tanks are still providing the cover, let's move it!"
As the captain and the rest of his squad made their escape, the spider creature was also about to have enough with Xavier.
"You're too troublesome to me Jedi, perhaps one of your fleeing clones would be good for my appetite" laughed the spider creature.
"Oh, I don't think so" said Xavier as he then used his force powers, and levitated the spider right in the air.
Xavier then used his force push, to send the spider creature right into the clearing of the oncoming droid army.
"Sir, we've detected a strange creature in the clearing, we don't know what the heck it is" said CC94-DF, "what are your orders General?"
"Hmm, a rare creature's parts may provide a lot of money for the Confederacy, if we sell them to the right smuggler for the right price!" laughed Grevious, "Let's just take this as a consolation prize!"
But as the Trade Federation tanks moved onto its new target, the spider creature managed to recover from Xavier's attacks and instead lunged at the oncoming droid army. This gave enough time for Xavier to escape along with the clone troopers whom were already in the shuttle which Xavier had landed not far from the scene.
"Do you still have the data from the Confederacy with you?" asked Xavier to the captain.
"Right here" replied the captain as he showed the disk to Xavier.
"Excellent, the Republic would be pleased with this vital information on the ship movements of the Confederacy in this system" replied Xavier, "come on, let's get the heck out of here before anything else comes after us."
"You right on that one sir" said one of the clone troopers who was the pilot of the shuttle.
The shuttle immediately took off, to which case the Confederacy was too busy on the planet. The spider creature was able to destroy some fo the Trade Federation tanks, by using its claws to dig through the top of the tank and take out the droids.
"I think I'll handle this" said Grevious as he turned on his four lightsabers.
Grevious then leaped toward the spider creature and with four slashes of the lightsabers, the spider was quickly subdued, though not killed.
"CC49-DF, have the rest of the droids retrain this troublesome creature, the Republic may have gathered information on us, but we'd be able to use the parts of this creature to recreate what we've lost" said Grevious.
The scene then ends with the shuttle carrying Xavier, and the clone troopers leaving the solar system which the Confederacy control. Which they'll now head toward friendly Republic controlled zone.