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5

Location: Ord Ibanna, city of Synthes

Status: Liberated

Luminara pondered the layout of Dooku's HQ. Meant as a private retreat for the excessively rich, Dooku had secreted himself with his allies on top of the platform, in the top penthouse sweet. The rest of the area was made up of showrooms, stadia, shops and leisure clubs. But, due to the design of the place, there would be a lot of droids to deal with. However, for a change, she had a good feeling about this one.

"It shouldn't be that difficult. While we wont get anywhere near the private landing pad, all we'll need to do is send an ARC squadron to take out the anti landing cannons and we'll be in." Luminara said happily.

Shaak Ti nodded to herself.

"Quite. As soon as the weapons are down, Luminara and I will arrive with the attack force and set down. We'll fight our way through the enemy, and then go for Dooku and company."

"As soon as I wipe out the cannons, I will land and join you. Gaven can support me on the ground, and Jag can command in the air. I'll link with you two and we can go after the Force users." Plo said.

Gaven tapped the console.

"What about reinforcements for Dooku?" he asked worriedly.

Luminara pouted.

"Hopefully, we wont get any nasty surprises, and if we do, it could mean our end. We can only hold a small force in reserve if we want to keep law and order in the cities we've already liberated. The rest of our troops are too spread out. We'll just have to hope we aren't surprised."

Dice sighed.

"Well, it's a plan. Let's just hope Dooku doesn't surprise us. Can you three take them?" he asked sceptically.

Luminara smiled.

"Easily."

"Then we're in business. Let's go." Plo said.

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Location: Ord Ibanna, Dooku's HQ

Status: Waiting

"They're coming. I can feel it." Ventress purred.

"And Skorr is en route. The trap will soon be sprung. And then, the Jedi die." Bulq said happily.

Dooku nodded.

"Prepare yourselves." he said.

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Location: Ord Ibanna, city of Synthes

Status: Marshalling

Plo pulled on his lightsaber gauntlet. He had a feeling he'd be needing it in the battle to come. He got into his fighter and watched as Shaak Ti came running to him.

"Be careful." she said, kissing his forehead.

"You too my dear. It'd be a poor lookout if you were killed by Dooku in a rematch." he cautioned.

She shot him a withering glare.

"Alright, you wont be killed. Be careful though."

"Arent I always?" she asked with a wink and dashed off.

Plo shut the cockpit and revved his fighter. The final battle was about to begin.

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Location: Ord Ibanna, Dooku's HQ

Status: Under attack

Plo and his squadron of fighters shot in hard and low, lasers firing at the swirling vulture droids. The droid fighters detached from the repulsor platform, and sped out from the hangars.

"All fighters squadrons, begin to converge." Plo ordered.

The three anti-landing cannons were firing away, trying to smash the attacking fighters. Plo and Jag pulled over and fired a missile each. The first cannon was smashed apart, leaving one of the three landing platforms open.

"Commander Gaven, you are free to land your forces." Plo said.

"Acknowledged General."

Plo flipped his fighter around, then reversed its throttle to bring it to a sharp stop in front of the second cannon. The cannon moved too sluggishly to help itself, and Plo fired. The second cannon was down.

"Shaak Ti, you may start your landing."

"Thank you Master Koon."

Jag then shot past, his cannons blazing and two missiles firing, destroying the final cannon.

"Luminara, you are free to go."

"Understood."

"Excellent. Jag, you have command. Prepare for battle all ground forces." Plo said, and span his fighter to Gaven's landing pad, where his troops were already dislodging from the landing gunships.

Leaping out, his saber lit, Plo dashed to the front of his troops.

"I'm here." he said.

"General. We're ready to begin." Gaven reported, as the other two assault forces sped in and started letting troops out.

"Then let us go. Call in the ATRTs. Here we go." Plo said, and they rushed at the battle droids.

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Location: Ord Ibanna, Dooku's HQ

Status: Under attack

Dooku watched impassively as the Jedi forces started their assault. ATRTs were landed, and they walkers dashed into the fray, firing at the marshalling battle droids.

"Come to us Jedi." he whispered.

"Master, Skorr has arrived in system. He will be here in ten minutes." Ventress reported.

"Very good. Very good."

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Location: Ord Ibanna, Dooku's HQ

Status: Under attack

Shaak Ti flipped over her clones to land in the centre of a squad of battle droids, spinning around to slice them into several parts. Two destroyers were rolling towards her, and she grabbed them in a Force grip and sent them over the edge of the platform.

"General, they're brining in cannons!" Cueball yelled.

She frowned.

"Cueball, spread your men out so one blast doesn't get everyone killed. Helix formation. I will deal with the cannons." she said.

As the clones spread out, Shaak Ti immersed herself in battle, blaster bolts firing all around her as she pushed onward. Spider droids blasted at her with their laser cannons. Throwing her lightsaber, Shaak Ti cut the legs out from under them as she somersaulted to catch her blade. She then kicked a SBD in the chest, then slashed at it as it bent backwards. Two more were rushing at her, their wrist launchers firing. Shaak Ti used the Force to send the missiles in another direction, crashing into another squad of battle droids.

Three destroyer droids revealed themselves from the smoke, and she dashed at them, cleaving two in half before they got their shields up, and then Force pushing the other rolling into more battle droids. She was near the cannons.

Commando droids then arrived, firing sniper rounds at her. Doing a series of acrobatics, including a highly ambitious split, especially for that time of the day, she got to the droids and wrecked the squad. She then flipped over to the first cannon and cleaved it off as the droid tried to fire. The blast blew her forward, the momentum allowing her to decapitate the droid firing the second cannon. She then sliced the legs out from under the cannon. She then darted underneath the other, ripping up the undercarriage with her saber so that it crashed to the ground.

The immediate worry to her troops over, she was the walkers approach, their laser cannons firing at the E-webs mounted on top of the smaller buildings. On top of one, Luminara was slicing into a squad of battle droids. Luminara finished the droids then leapt from the building, cutting through the cannon of an AAT as she did so. She then immersed herself in Soresu, cutting her way up to Shaak Ti, who was holding off a newly arrived wave of battle droids.

"Miss me?" she asked brightly, thirding a destroyer droid.

"Not really." Shaak Ti said cheekily, stabbing right through two battle droids.

"What's our next move?" she asked.

"Wait for Plo to get here, then we go upwards." she said.

A wave of four STAPs were approaching, as were a squad of destroyers.

"We're in trouble." Luminara said worriedly.

"Nonsense." Shaak Ti said confidently.

The STAPs suddenly crashed into the wall, and Plo leapt up to take their place.

"See?" she asked, and they proceeded to cut apart the battle droids.

"Ready?"

"Of course."

There was suddenly a deafening sound, as a cannon overhead fired at the massing Republic troops, who had clearly taken the ground level.

"Crap. They have cannons all the way up!" Plo yelled in dismay.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Luminara asked, smiling.

"That our quarry is at the top, and those damn cannons are shooting our troops and are in the way, and that if they met an accident, things would be much easier? Then yes."

Plo nodded, and the three began leaping up the tiers of the apartment building, heading for the penthouse at the top of the pyramidal structure.

Plo leapt up to the first tier, and lit his gauntlet, the two lightsaber beams joining the one in his hand. He landed in between two cannons, and sliced the legs out, so that the heavy machines lost their balance and plummeted off the tier. He then blasted the other with a Force push strong enough to wrench the firing mechanism. The droid attempted to fire at the clones who were beginning to ascend, and the cannon blew up. Plo chuckled and leapt to the fourth tier.

Shaak Ti landed on top of one of the cannons on the second tier, and deflected a flurry of blaster fire back at the guarding droids. She then threw her lightsaber, cutting a chunk of permacrete out from under one cannon, sending it toppling off the building. She caught her lightsaber as SBDs arrived and fired their missiles, and she deflected them into the second cannon. She then jumped onto the droid operating the cannon she was on, slicing it in two, and then setting it to walk forward so that it too fell to its death. She then grinned, her work finished, and sprang to the fifth tier.

Luminara landed on the third tier, and grinned, noticing the absence of guards. She lit her lightsaber, stuck it into the ground and ran in a semicircle around the cannons. Overcome with the stress of having three heavy cannons on top, the chunk she had cut ripped away and the cannons followed it. Her job done, she proceeded to the sixth tier.

Plo landed beside the first cannon. Not wanting to waste anymore time, he reached out with the Force. Aware of the approaching battle droids from all directions, he took a deep breath, lifted the cannon up, and blasted it with the Force. Droids fell like raindrops from the tier, and the cannons followed. Plo then flipped up to his last tier.

Shaak Ti came onto her next tier, and was greeted by a storm of blasterfire.

"I hate droids." she growled, and leapt at them, her lightsaber cleaving them apart as she proceeded along the tier.

The cannons continued to fire down at the ascending clones, and she needed to stop it fast, as each direct hit caused a lot of casualties. Smiling, she jumped on top of one cannon and took out its rotating joints. She then disposed of the droid controller, turned the cannon around and fired, the screech of strained metal pleasant to her ears. The blast shattered the first cannon, and the second tried to move away, only to fall from the tier. She then sent the cannon forward and leapt out as it fell.

Luminara arrived at her tier, the sounds of the battle far below, on each of the lower tiers of the apartment block fading. Luminara wasted no time, firing a ball of Force energy, wrecking the first cannon. Jumping over the wreckage, she arrived in the shocked squad of guardian SBDs and cleaved them in two. She then gathered the shards of metal with the Force and sent it hurtling into the fluid deposit of the cannon. Unable to light the cannon shells, it was useless. She jumped over the last cannon, and cut the fuel cell so that the cannon exploded. One left.

Plo smiled to himself as he got to his last tier. There were only two cannons here due to the small size of the tier. He noticed that they were anchored to the wall with strong steel cables, as the tiers were now too small to support them. Slightly put out by the lack of challenge, he ran at the cables, his gauntlet sabres slicing them and sending the cannons hurtling to their doom. He then went for the penthouse.

Shaak Ti's final tier also only had two. Due to the smallness of the tier, they were both far too close together. She grinned and dropped a thermal detonator as she hurtled past. The blast lit their ammo reserves, and the cannons were gone.

Luminara never even bothered to stop on her way up, and sliced the cannon's nuzzle off as she cut it off. The cannon blew up behind her and she landed on top of the penthouse.

The three Jedi, pleased with their work, nodded grimly to each other and stepped through the gossamer curtains, to see the three Dark siders.

"Welcome my friends. You've done well to get here." Dooku purred.

"Count Dooku." Shaak Ti growled, raising her lightsaber.

He gave her a courteous smile, then lit his lightsaber, twirling it in the Makashi salute, and he moved forward, ready to duel.

"Luminara Unduli. You owe me a death." Ventress purred,

Luminara smiled.

"You never beat me before, you will not beat me now. I'm far better than you are now." she said, raising her saber horizontally over her head.

Ventress gave a slight, evil smile and lit her two lightsabers.

"Let's see you call on the Force when you are in pieces on the floor Jedi." she challenged and moved at Luminara.

"Master Plo Koon. I am a true master of Vaapad. If not even your vaunted Mace Windu could defeat me, you will not do so." Bulq promised.

Plo lit his three blades.

"We shall see about that Sora Bulq. You will pay for your many crimes." he promised.

Sora grinned and lit his two blades.

"Prepare to become one with the Force Plo Koon."

"I say the same to you." Plo said, and moved at him.

Then, the duels began.

Plo lunged with his gauntlet, forcing Bulq onto the defensive. Plo immersed himself in Form V, and the fight was on. Bulq swung his lightsaber at him, and Plo caught the swings with his lightsaber, before twisting around and lunging with his gauntlets. Bulq hissed and flipped backwards, firing a Force push at his adversary. Plo dashed at the Dark Jedi, who wielded his blades high, and swept down at him, preventing his charge. Plo caught the heavy handed blow on his gauntlet, and slashed upward with his lightsaber. Bulq blocked his swing, and Plo used this momentary respite to blast Bulq with a Force push.

"You fight well Plo Koon. But you are not a match for my power."

"We'll just see shall we?"

Bulq charged at Plo, his sabers swinging. Plo caught them on a glancing blow, sliding out of harm's way, and burling his saber around to cleave at Bulq's head. Bulq kicked Plo in the chin, and the Kel Dor staggered back, as the Weequay stabbed at his unguarded chest. Plo grabbed some shards of glass with the Force and hurled them at Bulq. Bulq sprang over the attack, but Plo was on him again, his gauntlet knocking his two sabers out of action while his lightsaber sliced towards his stomach. Bulq snarled and erected a Force shield as the blade came at him. The impact sent Plo staggering off, and Bulq then sprang, growling savagely, determined to quarter the Jedi Master. Plo was ready, raising his gauntlet to stop one attack and then catching the other with his saber. Plo then jumped over his opponent, cutting downwards while he did so. Bulq raised his blade to stop his shoulder being cleaved, and Plo kicked down at him, knocking the wind from the Acolyte and speeding at him, unleashing a barrage of minute attacks. Bulq span his sabers in several circles, fending off the various attacks, and then blasted Plo with a Force push, knocking the master for six. Bulq sensed victory and dashed at him, raising his lightsabers to decapitate the Jedi Master. Plo caught the attack on his gauntlet, and then gathered the Force to him, and let loose with his yellow Electric Judgement. The yellow bolts of lightning caught a surprised Bulq in the chest and sent the Dark Jedi hurtling across the room, and smashing through a glass table.

Luminara blocked Ventress' first savage swing, moving fluidly out of harms way, all the while holding Ventress' two blades off. Ventress pulled her blades off and swung with the two. Luminara caught the two blades on her own, then whirled the saber lock around, blasting Ventress with the Force as she did so. The assassin snarled, then spiralled at Luminara, her blades cyclones of energy as she tried to take Luminara's head off. Luminara deflected one blade, then danced around to it's safe side, avoiding the other one's reach. Leaping up, she kicked Ventress in the chest, and the Dark Jedi stumbled. Luminara sensed her advantage and rushed her enemy. Her moves graceful and fluid, Luminara unleashed an offensive on Ventress. Her blade came from all directions, and Ventress started to look worried, and she slowly started to fall back. Luminara then knelt to the floor, and thrusted upward. Ventress was so surprised by this move that she barely moved out of the way in time. Luminara's blade nicked her skin, and Ventress gave an animal roar of rage, and swung her lightsabers to cut Luminara in two. Luminara cart-wheeled out of the way, landing with her feet spread wide as she did so. Ventress rushed her, her lightsabers cutting down at her. Luminara caught the enraged attack, then straightened and flipped over Ventress, kicking her in the back. Ventress roared and turned, her lightsabers coming at Luminara diagonally. The Jedi reversed her blade to catch the assault, then ducked, swinging her foot out as she did so, knocking Ventress from her feet. Ventress cursed as she thudded down, then threw her saber. Luminara jumped over the attack and fell back, allowing Ventress to get to her feet. The Dark Jedi pounced at her, and Luminara caught the attack, and steadily gave ground until they were beside the fire extinguishers in the apartment. Luminara ducked at another swing, and Ventress' blade cut the canisters, sending white foam spraying into her face.

"Sorry, had to get you back for blinding me last time." Luminara said and attacked, her lightsaber coming at Ventress from above.

"Jedi, even if I were totally blind, I could still kill you." Ventress said.

"Indeed? Your form, as I said before, is amateurish and sloppy. You will find no victory here."

Luminara then ran around Ventress, her blade cutting into the floor as Ventress tried to clear her vision. Completing her circle, Luminara watched cheerily as Ventress noticed she was sinking into the apartment below and leapt. Luminara seized her chance, and blasted the assassin with a massive Force push. Ventress crashed into the back balcony window and groaned.

Shaak Ti easily caught the blow Dooku sent her way.

"I must compliment you on your saber skills my dear lady. Many have atrophied. Yours have not."

Shaak Ti lunged at Dooku, who caught the attack on his blade. Shaak Ti did the splits, then rolled from his next swing, leaping up and meeting his swipe with a block.

"Wasting is the first step to ill use, and then ill use begets laziness. Then you become a slob."

Dooku smiled slightly.

"Ah yes, the teachings of Master Rozza. They will not help you."

Shaak Ti caught another elegant swing on her lightsaber.

"I've defeated you before Dooku. You wont escape."

Dooku smiled.

"It is you who will not escape."

The duel then truly began. Shaak Ti flipped over Dooku, catching his blade with her own as she did so. She swung it high to clear it, reversing her grip to bring it in a sharp uppercut. Dooku jumped over her, and she dashed away from the attack, turning to meet his next attack, catching it on her saber. She grimaced as Dooku forced her blade backward. For an old fart, he certainly was strong.

She then kicked at him, and as he staggered back she stabbed down at him, catching his shoulder with the edge of her blade. Dooku nodded in approval, then got right back up again, swinging his saber. Shaak Ti blocked it and turned with the blade, reversing it and stabbing down at the Count. Dooku caught the blow and jumped, his blade crashing into hers several times as he flipped over her. As he landed she took his feet out from under him. Dooku thudded down, rolled over and blasted a jet of Force lightning at her, then leapt up as she caught the blast on her blade. She crashed her blade into his, and the Sith Lord took several steps forward, and she had to retreat. She unleashed a wave of defensive strokes, preventing Dooku's lunges, strikes and stabs from getting through. Dooku then took a step back, allowing him to swing his blade in a wide arc. Shaak Ti caught the attack and flipped over him, as he came at her again. She turned her blade around in her hand, then performed a series of Makashi manoeuvres. Dooku easily met them, as she wished. She then used the Force to throw things off the walls at her opponent. Dooku twirled his blade around him in a defensive shell, stopping the projectiles. Shaak Ti then knelt on the floor, swiping up at him. Dooku flipped over before it hit and blasted her with a Force push. As she skidded to a stop, he dashed at her, his blade up high. She prevented his attack, and turned, and realised her mistake, as he stroked his blade off hers and sliced a strip of flesh from her arm. She swore, and finished her spiral, to see Dooku preparing to knock her blade form her hand to finish her off.

"Got you." she whispered.

Dooku swung his blade, and she turned off her lightsaber. Dooku's face was full of shock as his blade passed through air harmlessly in front of her, and he went to far, his momentum carrying him further. She then quickly ignited her blade, and lunged. Her blade pierced his upper arm, and he swore in pain. Victory was near. Dooku staggered back, and came at her, his blade high. Shaak Ti caught it, and then span over him, her saber going with her. Dooku threw his blade over his head in defence. Then, she got her opening. Working her blade under his as she travelled, she sent it spiralling away. Dooku turned in surprise as she landed, and she grinned, before smacking him with a massive Force blow.

The three Dark Jedi were cast down at the same time, and the Jedi were triumphant.

"It's over Dooku. You and your friends are finished." Shaak Ti said, her blade angling at his chest.

The other two also had their opponents at their mercy.

"On the contrary my dear, it is you who are finished." Dooku said with an evil smile.

He pointed out of the balcony window, and she turned to see an assault force of five landers coming in to land.

"Unless I'm much mistaken, you don't have the forces to face off another two armies worth of droids do you?" Dooku asked.

She looked at Plo and Luminara in alarm. They were trapped. The droid would overrun the clones, and they'd be captured or killed.

"Skorr will land any second. And then, it will truly be over." Dooku said as he and his allies got to their feet.

The Jedi took several steps back, defeat clawing at them.

"What do we do?" Plo asked as the Dark Jedi grinned wickedly and summoned their blades back.

"We cant evacuate and our reinforcements wont save us. We're finished." Luminara said.

Then, inexplicably, Shaak Ti beamed.

"Dooku, I will accept your surrender now." she said.

"What!? You seem to be unable to count Shaak Ti. My forces have you outnumbered."

"Indeed?" she asked coyly.

Outside the landers were about to land. The clones far below were terrified as the ships carrying their doom came close to landing. Then, one was blown up.

"What!?" Dooku demanded.

At that second, turbolaser blasts emerged from the cloud bank as hundreds of new gunships, fighters and rocket troopers descended from a new Star Destroyer.

"Anakin!" Shaak Ti said happily.

"SKYWALKER!" Dooku yelled in rage.

The Resolute was firing away, and another two landers were destroyed. Skorr's image suddenly flickered to life.

"Master! I have to retreat!" he yelled.

The holo flickered out as a barrage of cannon fire hit his ship, and the other lander died. Skorr's ship then hurtled skywards as Anakin's destroyer pumped cannon fire into the swarming vulture droids. Gunships were landing across the ci9ty.

"It matters not! We are still victorious Shaak Ti!"

She grinned.

"Whatever foul trick you've pulled will pale in comparison to your capture. Surrender!" she said.

The three leapt at them with such ferocity that only Plo could get his blades up in time. Ventress swung her blades at Luminara, only to have them met by another green blade.

"Who!?" Ventress hissed.

"Hello Ventress." Ahsoka said cockily, and both she and Luminara lunged at the assassin.

Dooku swung his blade at Shaak Ti's head.

Then, it abruptly stopped, met by a blue blade that wasn't hers.

"Skywalker!" Dooku cursed.

"You are under arrest Count." Anakin growled.

With that the three Dark Jedi were forced back. Ventress was totally thrown by Ahsoka's unexpected appearance, and she was rapidly losing ground. Bulq was being held off by Plo, and was running out of room to manoeuvre. And Anakin and Shaak Ti had Dooku on the run. The three dark siders got to the balcony and roared in fury.

"You may have outdone us this time Jedi, but you have lost overall!"

They then flipped over the balcony, and got to their landing pads. They were then met by a barrage of laser fire from waiting clones. The Jedi sprang after them, and Dooku saw that if he didn't leave soon, he wouldn't leave at all.

"Ventress, order the evacuation!" he snapped.

Ventress was already in her fighter, and it shot skyward, away from harm. Bulq parried a few blows from Plo and Ahsoka, before leaping to his already floating ship, allowing the ramp to close and he too disappeared.

"We've won Count. Give it up." Shaak Ti said as she swung at him.

Dooku snarled as he narrowly missed her attack and blocked Anakin's.

"You Jedi are nothing. You will soon learn of your failure."

He then blasted Anakin with a jet of Force lightning.

"Anakin!" Shaak Ti cried, and reached out to save him with the Force before the blast took him off the platform to his death.

That was all Dooku needed as he sprang to his ship, ran up the ramp, and then vanished, as the ship headed for space.

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Location: Ord Ibanna

Status: Liberated

"It's good to see you Anakin. You saved our necks." Shaak Ti said fondly as clones cleared up the abandoned and wrecked droids.

"It was nothing master. And you saved me, so I guess we're even." Anakin said lightly.

Ahsoka, Plo and Luminara trotted up, as did Cueball.

"General Ti, the battle's over. The droids took what they could and ran. The ones that are left are either destroyed or deactivated."

"Excellent commander."

"and, we also have a bit of good news."

"Oh?"

"We got a tracer on Bulq's ship before they arrived. We would have placed one on Dooku's ship, but they were running from you, but still…"

"You have a tracer on Bulq's ship?"

"Yes mam. And we have a rough idea of where he's going. So, we've asked Generals Gravix, Darté and Bothu to pursue."

"Excellent Cueball. Well done. Tell the governor I will see him forthwith."

Cueball saluted and left.

"Koh-to-yah, Master Skywalker."

"Koh-to-ya Master Koon." Anakin said, shaking the master's hand.

"And hello to you too Ahsoka." Luminara said with a grin.

"Hello Master Luminara." Ahsoka said happily.

"Well Anakin, what brings you here?" Shaak Ti asked.

Anakin sighed sadly.

"Aside from to save your necks, orders. I was sent here to give you them."

Plo raised his eyebrow.

"Oh yes? Why?" he asked suspiciously.

"General Grievous has taken Rothana. While you were chasing Dooku here, he took the planet."

Shaak Ti swore.

"How did that happen?" she demanded furiously.

"Well they were out of communication for repairs. Grievous found out and attacked. He's been there over a week, and he's converted all the walker factories to make battle droids. He's been using all the materials there to churn out a new droid army."

Luminara hissed in fury.

"Not only have we lost our principal walker producer, the Seps have gained a way of churning out millions of droids willy nilly." she grumbled.

Anakin nodded gravely.

"As you can imagine, we don't much like this. you're all to go to Rothana with me to liberate the planet." he said tiredly.

Luminara shook her head.

"Oh no. My troops are in need of a break Anakin."

Anakin looked uncomfortable.

"Master Rancisis said that too. But Master Windu said that we need all armies on deck to liberate the planet. You've been ordered there too." he said, looking sadly at her.

Luminara seethed.

"Mace and I are going to have a long chat." she swore under her breath.

"On the bright side, we get to go to Halfpoint Station on the way. You can get refitted there. And you can pick up the Tranquillity, which is fully armed and operational and outfitted once again."

This cheered her a little.

"Alright. What about the Twilight?" she asked.

"That's to join us as well. Master Rancisis promises reinforcements as soon as they're available." Anakin continued.

Shaak Ti sighed, and commed Cueball.

"Commander, we're on the move. Get all forces back to the ships. We have another battle to fight." she sighed.

"Sorry to be the bearer of bad news masters." Ahsoka said worriedly.

"It's not either of your faults. Grievous and Mace on the other hand…" Plo growled angrily.

The governor approached.

"Governor, I have reached a decision not to leave you a garrison. That way, they shouldnt have any desire to attack you again, not even for Tibanna."

The man sneered slightly, nodded and left.

"Pleasant chap." Anakin commented.

"He has reasons Anakin. We all do." she said.

Anakin nodded to Rex, and the Republic forces began to leave Ord Ibanna.

They had retaken Ord Ibanna, but the true battle, the one for Rothana, had just begun.

"Here we go again." Ahsoka said succinctly as Anakin put a hand on her shoulder.

Plo and Shaak Ti exchanged looks.

"Yes. Here we bloody go again." Shaak Ti muttered.

The Battle of Ord Ibanna is now over!

Rothana, the builder of all of the Republic walkers for the war, is the world that the vile Generla Grievous had conquered. And now, Anakin, Ahsoka, Plo, Shaak Ti and Luminara are bound for the planet to liberate it from him.

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