The Story of forgotten Jedi Owen Sun
Chapter 41: Memories of Old
"This piece fits here, right daddy" implied a little Owen Sun.
"Yes, the maneuvering flaps connect to the manifold son" explained David.
"Like this" fitted Owen putting the piece in its right spot.
"Exactly, you certainly know what your doing" commented David smiling.
"I learned from watching you daddy" replied Owen glancing up at his father.
David chuckled. "Even when I first learned my mechanics I never caught on as quickly as you have" he stated befuddled at Owens knowledge and skill.
"Okay now we just need to install the power cell, for that I'll have to go and buy a new one from the vendor at the docks" informed David.
"Wait daddy, what if we just used the old one" replied Owen.
"But it's used up, the cell doesn't have enough power to bring the speeder online" questioned David.
"What if we recycled power from one of the rear thrusters, there's more than enough energy in them to power both" suggested Owen.
David just stood there analyzing what his 5 year old son had just said. "Well…yes I believe that could work" he replied astonished at Owen.
"We'll need to borrow a converter but I think it will work" he added.
David got back under the speeder trying the configuration. "Ughh, I can't get this bolt off" he struggled.
Sitting above him on the speeder Owen handed him a better tool. "Here, try this one daddy"
After several minutes David finished the adjustment. "That should do it" he said wiping his hands with the dirty rag.
Turning the ignition switch the speeder slowly powered up as it now hovered off the garage floor, the thrusters were humming perfectly as it fed energy to the power cell in tow.
"Looks like you were right, it worked" smiled David looking down to his son hugging his leg.
Suddenly interrupting them both. "Are you two going to spend the whole night in there, dinners ready" called Lena.
"Where coming honey" answered David.
"You better go get ready for supper" said David tapping Owens shoulder.
As little Owen wandered to the door David called him back, bending to one knee he began wiping the dirt and grease from his sons face. "I'm very proud of you…you did good today" said David smiling.
David finished wiping Owens face. "There, now don't keep your mother waiting"
Before he left Owen looked back at his fathers face. "I love you daddy"
"I love you too son" David replied hugging Owen.
A tear ran down Owens face as he recalled one of his many memories of him and his father working on their speeder as a child. He quickly wiped it away still rattled by the heart wrenching news of his fathers death. "I can't believe he's gone" thought Owen.
Returning him to the present the blip on his radar let out a quiet beep letting him know he was close to his old home in the City of Light. Weaving through the destroyed sky scrapper buildings Owens sadness soon turned to surreal anticipation as his mind raced wondering about his mother, was she even still alive?
Could he bare the burden of both their deaths? Owen had no answer for the life altering question…
Owen turned his attention back to the present as he continued his trek through the city following his Starfighters radar. The west side of the city had been hit hard, nothing was left standing as everything burned from the murderously unsuspecting attack by the Separatists…finally Owen spotted his old home.
The large sky scrapper apartment complex used to be home to thousands, now it smoked and burned with a hole the size of a small moon in it. Owen brought his fighter into what was left of his family's residence, making his way out he was very careful as fire still very much burned in the ruined building, not to mention he had no idea what was around the next corner.
Moving past some sparking wires Owen found himself right in front of his old room, he nearly broke down right then as he remembered him and his father in what seemed like an eternity ago fixing his malfunctioning door. Putting the heartfelt memory behind him Owen continued through the dilapidated home.
Now past the hallway Owen bumped right into the destroyed cleanup droid he had fixed in his youth more times than he could remember, he surveyed the smashed droid with a half smile baffled that they still had the outdated machine. "Can't believe she lasted this long" he thought.
Setting what was left of the droid aside Owen suddenly gasped in utter shock as a lone figure sat with its back to him across the room.
Meanwhile in the Sun God headquarters deep within the city.
Saul Solaris stood in his dark chambers thinking over his next move in seizing control of the planet. "Our alliance with the Separatists is a fragile one at best, if they suspect a betrayal things will begin to unravel, the consequences are too severe for us now" he thought standing in the dark.
"We must continue to keep our plan hidden until all this is over…then we will strike" Saul thought.
"But on the other hand what if the Republic is victorious, our new weapons will surely destroy the clone army but the Jedi could pose a problem" Saul continued to ponder.
Via General Kade Saul now knew that the intruder from before was indeed a Jedi.
Saul thought about it more clearly. "He is the only real threat…the Jedi must be stopped"
In a sudden rush of light the dark chambers were lit up by the far doors opening, the bright light quickly receded as the door swung shut behind Saul's most trusted man. "You summoned me Leader Solaris" stated General Kade.
"Yes, come in" greeted Saul.
Kade stood firm behind his Leader ready to do his bidding.
"This Jedi you told me about he poses a threat to us, a threat that must be eliminated" began Solaris.
"I have given this much thought…I will not make the same mistake my father did with the previous Jedi, this will be dealt with now" continued Saul.
"A simple task General, find him and kill him" ordered Saul simply.
"Take as many men as you need but do not return until he has been eliminated" he added.
Kade bowed respectfully. "Yes my Leader"
"But my Leader if I may…he is a Solarian, perhaps we could convince him to join us" offered General Kade.
"His Jedi ways have poisoned his mind, he is no longer part of our race, not anymore" replied Saul.
"You have your orders, now go" dismissed Solaris.
Kade saluted his Leader. "Yes my Leader, I assure you he will not leave this planet alive"
The General began his walk to the door when Saul called back to him. "And General…bring me his head" smirked Solaris.
Remembering his altercation with the Jedi before Kade responded. "Yes my Leader" he craved.
Back in Owens former home on the west side of the city.
A stunned Owen Sun slowly made his way over to the lone figure, leaning in closer he immediately recognized who it was. "Mother" he said placing his hand on her shoulder.
Owen got no response as she continued to stare ahead, her ragged look told the story as Lena looked as if she had been to hell and back. "Mother" said Owen once again.
She continued her stare ahead almost shell-shocked.
Owen now turned to face her crouching to eye level. "Mom, it's me"
Still noting but a stare.
"It's your son" Owen stated.
Suddenly her eyes seemed to refocus. "Owen" she said lightly.
"Is it really you?" she asked not sure if it was a dream.
Owen smirked. "It's me mother, it's your son"
Lena simply couldn't find the words as her face told Owen all he needed to know. "How…"
"I came with the Republic to help" Owen replied.
Lena placed her hands to Owens neck and face as tears began to fall from her eyes, overwhelmed she grabbed Owen and hugged him. Lena bawled her eyes out as her son had come home.
Time seemed to stand still as Owen returned the hug with equal joy emotions getting the better of him, after all these years Owen couldn't quite believe he was actually holding his mother. "I knew you would come home one day, I just knew it" Lena said overwhelmed.
The hug ended as both looked into each others blond eyes. "I can't believe I found you" said Owen.
Time had eroded much of what Owen remembered his mother looked like but her beauty was still true even after all these years.
Lena gazed at her son. "Oh…you look so handsome" she said caressing his face.
"You certainly took after you're father" she added emotionally.
Owen hung his head low now knowing the truth about his father. "I have to tell you something Owen, something about your father" Lena began.
"Your father…" she was cut off by Owen immediately.
"I know mom…I know" he replied.
"Dads gone" Owen stated almost breaking down.
"How did you know?" Lena wondered.
"Marla…Marla told me" he replied.
"Oh Owen, I'm so sorry…I never thought you'd know" she said.
"How did it happen?" asked Owen.
It took a while for Lena to respond recounting the traumatic event. "A bomb, he was killed by a bomb…on the very speeder you and he built" she explained.
"They all said it was just an explosion, a freak accident…but I know the truth, he was killed by The Sun Gods" she informed.
"How…why?" Owen wondered befuddled.
"Your father was the only one that believed The Sun Gods still lived, he pushed and pushed to try and find them until one day he did" Lena continued.
"He was about to tell the House of Laws and the Senate what he found, before he could they planted a bomb on the speeder and assassinated him" finished Lena.
The extra bit of news rocked Owen to his core once again, knowing his father died in vain to stop the menacing faction that just wouldn't seem to die. "I'm going to put a stop to all of this…it ends here" stated Owen referring to The Sun Gods tyrannical reign.
The two continued to talk for some time catching up on things, Owens life as a Jedi and Lena's before and after David.
Just outside the apartment complex General Kade and his men had tracked Owens Jedi Starfighter. "The last known signal was in the area, spread out and find the Jedi's vessel" ordered Kade via the comm.
In the thorough search of the area eventually they found Owens fighter. "Sir we've found the Jedi's ship" informed a Sun God pilot.
"Good, everyone follow me" ordered Kade.
"My son a Jedi" Lena smiled as they continued to talk.
Owen smirked in turn. "Your father would have been so proud of you" stated Lena.
Owen suddenly felt a disturbance in the force. "We've got to get outta here" he said.
"What is it?" she wondered.
Owen didn't want to worry his mother. "Uh, the building, it's going to collapse" he covered up.
"I'm not going anywhere, this is my home" replied Lena not moving an inch.
"You can't stay here, come on" said Owen attempting to help his mother to her feet.
"No, no, I can't…I just can't" Lena stated shaking heavily.
Owen realized she was still very much shell-shocked, a result of the CIS bombardment no doubt.
"If I move everything will start to explode again…no, no, I can't go" she frantically replied.
Lena grabbed Owens hand. "J…just stay here with me"
He knew his mother wasn't going to budge, she was too traumatized. "What if I carried you?" offered Owen.
"M…maybe we could try it" she replied shuddering.
Owen very slowly picked up his mom as she shook in his arms like a leaf. "Its okay, its safe now" he said carrying her out of the burning wreck that was their home.
He carefully carried his traumatized mother out to his Jedi Starfighter. "Its alright…it's just my ship" Owen explained calming her down.
All of a sudden Owen was struck in the shoulder with a blaster shot. "AH!" Owen cried out as he fell to the ground.
"Owen!" shrieked Lena.
General Kade and his men then appeared from all around him. "You were hard to find Jedi" greeted Kade.
"Ughhh" moaned Owen in pain on the ground.
"Are you alright?" asked Lena frantically.
"Of course he is, although our weapons pack a bit more punch then your pathetic Republic" commented Kade as the rest of his men smirked in unison.
"Take her" ordered General Kade.
Two Sun God soldiers pulled Lena off of her son. "No Owen no!" she pleaded being dragged away.
"You almost killed me Jedi…I'm here to return the favor" stated Kade kicking him in the gut.
General Kade continued to brutalize Owen beating him from top to bottom on the ground as Lena watched on in horror. "Leave him alone!" she screamed.
"Humph, this one cares a great deal for you doesn't she, it's a shame she'll have to watch you die" commented Kade.
Owen couldn't move as the unexpected blaster shot had temporarily paralyzed him.
Kade then pulled out his sword. "You were a worthy opponent Jedi, I hate to do this but orders are orders"
Lena continued to scream trying to get her sons attention as Kade raised his blade to behead Owen. "Shut her up" ordered Kade.
One of Kades men nearly knocked her out with the butt of his blaster rifle.
Seeing this a fire started to grow in Owens belly, just as Kade came down with his steel sword he rolled out of the way as Kade connected with nothing but floor. Before any of them could react Owen closed his eyes and held his hand upwards, with a fierce jolt they were all sent flying as many of them fell out the window to their deaths. Lena looked on in awe at her son as he decapitated the remaining Sun Gods with his lightsaber.
Healing himself from the blaster wound and his many bumps and bruises Owen calmly made his way over to his mom. "Stay here" he said.
After smashing through the concrete wall General Kade had made a hasty retreat or so Owen thought.
Making his way through the burning building Owen was caught by surprise again as Kade nailed him in the back with a sudden blaster shot. Defenseless Owen reached for his saber but Kade quickly cut that off stomping on his hand. "Nice try Jedi, not this time" stated Kade.
Pointing his blaster pistol towards Owens skull it looked like the end for him, as the shot left Kades pistol with all his mental strength Owen steered the shot away from him and into the steel panel on the wall, the shot deflected off the steel and hit General Kade right in the eyes. "MY EYES, AH MY EYES!" cried Kade dropping his blaster.
With Kade temporarily blinded Owen made a break for it as the rest of his men were closing in. "General, are you alright Sir?" asked one of the Sun God soldiers upon finding him.
Kades eyesight slowly returned to him as his blood clotted eyes snapped open. "Do I look fine soldier!" he scolded.
"Now gather the rest of the men and find the Jedi!" shouted Kade.
Following the trails Owen purposely left they ventured through the ruined complex after him.
Winding up on the roof of the building they had found nothing. "Where is that blasted Jedi!" yelled Kade.
Abruptly Kades question was answered as Owen appeared behind them hovering in his Jedi Starfighter. "Uh Sir" said one of Kades men tapping him on the shoulder as he turned around.
Without even thinking General Kade shouted. "FIRE!"
Owen made short work of Kades men as his twin-barrel laser cannons tore right through all 30 of them. He saved Kade for last though as he fired on at Owens Starfighter fanatically. "Die Jedi!" cried Kade haplessly.
Launching two cluster missiles into what was left of the building the skyscraper apartment complex began to collapse into itself. Kade went with the building as he fell to his death into the burning ruin, the Sun God General was dead.
Owen had struck a fatal blow to the Sun Gods but he wouldn't be finished until his world was free and the fanatic flame of the Sun Gods was extinct.
With his mother in tow Owen made his way back to the frontline fighting in the city.
Meanwhile on the Separatists capital ship in space.
The droid Commander in charge of all CIS forces for the attack on Solar had made his way back to the bridge of the capital ship to report to his superior. "Open up a channel" the droid Commander ordered.
"Roger, roger" obeyed one of the many droids on the bridge.
In a flicker the new leader of all Separatists forces appeared via holovid. "General Grievous Sir" greeted the droid Commander.
"I have no time for niceties Commander, what progress have you made?" wondered Grievous in his sickly mechanical tone.
"Everything is proceeding to plan, the planet is in ruin and we have come to an agreement with our allies" informed the droid Commander.
"Hmm what about the Republic?" asked Grievous.
"As we expected the Republic has arrived in full force, we are engaging them in space and on the ground as we speak" relayed the droid Commander.
"Who is leading the clone army?" suspected General Grievous.
"At this point I have determined that no one is leading the clone army, it appears they have come alone" informed the droid Commander unaware of Owen Suns presence amongst the fleet.
"Umm unexpected, I would think the Republic would at very least send a Jedi" replied Grievous over the crackling holovid.
The droid Commander stood firm awaiting orders from the General.
"The planet is irrelevant to the goals of the Separatists, all we need is this so called indestructible energy…after we have seized it lay waste to the planet" ordered Grievous.
"And our allies General?" wondered the droid Commander.
"After you have the priceless energy eradicate them all" commanded General Grievous.
"Yes Sir" obeyed the droid Commander.
"And I expect you will be able to handle the Republic" implied Grievous.
"Yes General we will" assured the droid Commander still unaware of Owen Sun.
"Good, contact me once all objectives are complete…I expect to hear from you soon Commander" finished Grievous.
With that the holovid of General Grievous faded.
The droid Commander then turned to the nearest battle droid. "Inform all units to initiate final attack pattern"
Back on Solar.
Flying over and past the heavy fighting in the city Owen landed at the command post near the House of Laws, he helped his mother out of the ship as the clone Commander approached hysterical. "General Owen Sun Sir am I glad to see you" greeted the clone Commander.
"What's our status?" asked Owen.
"Were gaining ground in one area and losing it in another" explained the clone Commander.
"What about our troops?" wondered Owen.
"Most of our troops are spread out fighting isolated battles throughout the city" informed the clone Commander.
"But the most pressing matter is were on the verge of being overrun here Sir, suffice to say we could certainly use your help General" added the clone Commander.
"Alright, assemble what forces you have and meet me at the command bunker" understood Owen.
"You're not going towards all the fighting are you?" wondered Lena concerned.
"I have to mom, it's my responsibility…the Separatists have to be stopped" replied Owen.
"But…" Lena was interrupted as the clone Commander walked back over.
"Sorry to interrupt you Sir but during the fighting we found someone you might find interesting" interrupted the clone Commander.
Slowly the older man made his way over. "What did you say your name was?" asked the clone Commander.
"Just…Senator Tergen Just" revealed the old man.
"Tergen, I'm glad to see you made it out alive" stated Lena.
"Lena, I thought you were dead" replied Tergen.
"No, I'm fine…what about Kayla, where is she?" wondered Lena.
Tergen hung his head low. "(Sigh) she didn't make it"
"Oh that's terrible…you're the only one left Tergen" replied Lena astounded.
"Forgive me but we will have time for reunions later right now you both need to get to the fallout shelter down the street" interjected Owen.
It took Tergen a second to place as he stared up at Owen Sun. "No, it can't be" he said.
"It is Tergen" assured Lena.
"Owen…Owen Sun, I never thought I'd see you again" stated Tergen astonished.
"It's good to see you alive Senator but if I may we still have a battle to win" replied Owen.
"Oh of course, of course" understood Tergen.
Owen quickly turned his attention back to matters at hand. "Commander get me an uplink to the fleet in orbit" he ordered.
"Yes Sir" replied the clone Commander.
In just a few minutes the clone engineers had an uplink. "Here you are General" handed over the clone Commander.
Grabbing the receiver Owen promptly got an update from the fleet in orbit. "Captain how are things coming"
"Were holding our own Sir, things are starting to get a bit more frenzied up here but were still advancing towards their fleet" informed the ship Captain.
"Remember Captain, get to that enemy capital ship and shut it down, once its destroyed the droids on the ground will be useless" reminded Owen.
"Yes Sir, I fully understand" replied the ship Captain.
"And General we detected several more droid units deployed to the surface from their main fleet, so expect some more company down there" informed the ship Captain.
"Thanks for the heads up, General Owen Sun out" he said ending the transmission.
BOOM!
"What on Solar was that?" wondered Senator Tergen Just.
The clone Commander immediately contacted the frontline. "Troopers report!"
"They've broken through, I repeat the Separatists have broken through!" relayed the clone trooper.
Meanwhile far away from the fighting in the Sun God headquarters.
"This is all we found Leader Solaris" stated the ranking Sun God soldier throwing what was left of General Kades armor to the ground.
A fuming Saul Solaris nodded. "Did any of his men survive?" he asked.
"No my Leader, the ones we could find had been slain" informed the Sun God soldier.
"The Jedi did this didn't he" implied Solaris.
"Yes my Leader, the wounds I found on the soldiers we were able to recover from the rubble indicate a Jedi killed them" explained the Sun God soldier.
"This Jedi is beginning to be a thorn in my side" stated Saul.
"Shall I send out a patrol to deal with him Leader Solaris?" wondered the ranking Sun God soldier.
"No, I will not make the same mistake twice…rally the men for battle, were going after the Jedi" ordered Solaris.
"Forgive me Leader Solaris but shouldn't we let the Separatists handle the Jedi, their sheer numbers dwarf our own" suggested the ranking Sun God soldier.
"They will not be able to stop the Jedi, we on the other hand have the means to do so" stated Saul referring to their indomitable lithium weapons.
"Have my orders carried out immediately" demanded Saul.
"Uh y…yes Leader Solaris I will" replied the intimidated Sun God soldier.
Back to the fighting in the city.
The CIS had broken through and the droid infantry began to pour into the breach with their armored tank droids providing cover. "Get my mother and Senator Just out of here, go!" ordered Owen to the clone trooper.
Before Owen could head into battle Lena grabbed his arm. "Be careful, I lost your father I don't want to lose you too" she pleaded.
"I will" assured Owen as they hugged.
As his mother and Senator Just departed Owen gave his orders to the clone Commander. "Get what's left of your men together and follow me"
Assembling together Owen led the clone Commander and his troops into the thick of the fighting, the overwhelming droid numbers didn't shake Owen a bit as he dove right into the swarms of droid infantry. Slashing and twirling his saber about Owen cut down droids all around him as soon after the droid Sergeant leading them pulled his droids out. "They've got a Jedi with them, fallback" the droid Sergeant issued.
It was a lost cause however because as they retreated the clone Commander and his troops shot them all down. "Let's go" led Owen motioning his saber towards the remaining droid forces.
The armored tank droids were pounding the line hard as they reigned down their mortar cannons on them, arriving Owen immediately ordered the clone heavy troopers to open fire. "Hit them with everything you've got"
A few were taken out but the triangular shaped vehicles quickly maneuvered rolling their tracks over some unlucky clone troopers. Without delay the heavy troopers were dealt with as the armored tank droids shock rifles blew them to pieces, sensing the impending danger Owen got himself out of there. "What are we going to do Sir, we don't stand a chance those tanks will roll right over us" stated the clone Commander.
"Don't you have any armor?" questioned Owen.
"It was already deployed earlier in the fighting" replied the clone Commander.
Seeing the carnage in front of him from the armored tank droids Owen came up with an idea. "You got any jet troopers under your command?" wondered Owen.
"Yes Sir" replied the clone Commander.
Getting them into formation Owen gave his orders. "Take these charges and place them on the tanks, you're the only ones who'll be able to get close enough"
"The remaining heavy troopers will finish off the tanks" he added.
Owen then turned to the clone Commander. "Have the rest of your troops provide cover fire" he commanded.
As one the jet troopers blasted towards the devastating onslaught of the armored tank droids, some were casualties as they fell from the sky being hit by random blaster fire but sure enough Owens plan was working as the jet troopers placed and primed the charges on each tank, many of them giving their lives just to do so. As the charges exploded most tanks went up immediately those that didn't were quickly taken out by the clone heavy troopers rocket launchers, what was left of the droid infantry began to withdraw.
"Look their retreating!" observed the clone Commander.
The clone sharpshooters took out what they could as the droids retreated, the clone Commander promptly approached Owen Sun. "Thank you General, we certainly needed that" he thanked.
Owen smirked surveying the ruined battle ground. "Let the clone engineers fix what's been damaged and have the rest of your troops follow me, were not waiting around for another counter attack"
"Yes Sir" obeyed the clone Commander.
Eventually Owen and the clone Commander led what was left of the troops deeper into the City of Light linking up with a whole company, the fighting was intense as the CIS and clone army hammered each other back and forth amidst the tall city buildings. "Who's in command here?" shouted Owen over the heat of battle.
"I guess that would be me Sir!" shouted the blue striped clone Lieutenant over the wail of plasma.
"Is this all your men?" wondered Owen.
"Some are here Sir but most of them are pinned down by that super battle tank nestled in between those buildings" informed the clone Lieutenant.
"Why haven't you taken it out?" asked Owen.
"Well in case you haven't noticed General were in the middle of a firefight here" replied the clone Lieutenant with the wise remark.
"Watch that tone Lieutenant" corrected the clone Commander.
"Sorry Sir" apologized the clone Lieutenant.
Observing the tank through his optics Owen could see that it was indeed holding more than half of the clone Lieutenants company down, if they broke free they could easily push the CIS out of the area. "Where's your armor?" wondered Owen.
"Destroyed Sir, they took out all our tanks and we took out all theirs" explained the clone Lieutenant.
"Well…except for that last super battle tank of course" he added smartly.
"I'm starting to get tired of that wise mouth of yours Lieutenant…I don't know how you run your company but I run a tight ship and…" the clone Lieutenant was cut off.
"Commander please…we have more important things to worry about right now" interrupted Owen.
"Now on my command I want all the men to provide cover fire for me while I take out that tank" relayed Owen.
"By yourself?" questioned the clone Lieutenant.
"Did I stutter Lieutenant" stated Owen looking intently at him.
"No Sir" replied the clone Lieutenant.
"Good, now on my signal" ordered Owen.
Holding out his hand Owen gave the signal as he stormed out from behind cover towards the tank. "Clones, covering fire!" shouted the clone Commander.
Sawing his way through droid after droid Owen hopped up onto the tank and cut the gunner in half, slicing a hole through the tanks armor he tossed a few thermal detonators into the opening and hastily retreated as the tank went up in flames.
With the super battle tank destroyed he led the pinned down troopers towards the platoon of supporting droids, in a matter of mere minutes the droid numbers began to dwindle as they pushed the CIS out of the area. After it was all said and done not one droid was left standing as the entire droid platoon had been wiped out. "Wish I could say that was the last of them" commented the clone Commander staring at the remains of a droideka.
"There's more?" questioned the clone Lieutenant.
"You better believe it, almost half of the regiment is unaccounted for" replied the clone Commander.
"So?" questioned the clone Lieutenant.
The clone Commander went to correct the Lieutenant again until Owen put his hand out. "I'll handle this one" said Owen smirking.
"If all those troops are unaccounted for there's a reason why…namely the CIS, they probably ran into trouble and need our help" explained Owen.
"Or maybe they didn't, maybe their just fine and don't need our help, maybe we could just stay right here and be safe" commented the sarcastic clone Lieutenant.
"How did you ever become a Lieutenant trooper?" wondered the clone Commander.
Owen chuckled. "Gentlemen please, we've got a battle to win and half a regiment to find so let's get moving shall we"
"If we have to…alright" replied the wise clone Lieutenant.
"Very well" replied the clone Commander in tow.
"We'll set up a command post here and move out in five minutes, understood?" ordered Owen.
"Yes General" they both obeyed saluting.
Five minutes had passed as Owen conferred with the clone Commander. "According to my datapads map there's a large concentration of fighting here, we'll head for that direction next" guided Owen pointing to the location on his datapad.
"Sounds good Sir, with any luck we'll find them there" agreed the clone Commander.
Trudging through the city they made their way to the highly concentrated area of fighting, on the way they policed up some stranded clone units and armor. Fighting some light skirmishes here and there they finally found the heavy area of fighting, peering through his optic binoculars Owen had found the rest of the regiment. "Yeah, it's them alright" stated Owen handing the optics to the clone Commander.
"And they look waist deep in it General, looks like we found the real fight" replied the clone Commander glancing through the optics.
"Then let's give them a hand" stated Owen rising up from behind cover.
With that more than half the regiment deployed to the surface rose up and made their way to the wide open sector of fighting. Upon seeing them a hapless battle droid reverted to his programming. "More hostiles, in imminent danger" said the droid before being torn to shreds by blaster fire.
Linking up with the rest of the regiment the clone Commander immediately got things in order as Owen got an update on their precarious situation. "Where's the officer in charge here?" he wondered.
"Dead Sir, I'm the highest ranking trooper here" informed the green striped clone Sergeant.
"What's the situation then?" wondered Owen ducking down behind cover.
"Dire Sir, we made some steady progress at first but now were at a standstill…the Separatists just won't let us through" started the clone Sergeant.
The clone Sergeant continued to explain everything…
"They deployed their AAT's and cut us right in two" stated the clone Sergeant.
"Now were stuck here like fodder fending off their infantry and armor…not only that they've got their HAG's trained on us so we can't even withdraw" finished the clone Sergeant referring to the CIS' artillery.
"Calm down trooper helps arrived, we'll sort this thing out somehow" assured Owen calming the battle fatigued Sergeant down.
"Okay Commander lets get ready to make a move!" shouted Owen over the chaos of battle.
In one giant movement the entire regiment moved northeast gaining a better position on the CIS, several clones became casualties as they made their way forward.
Suddenly completely out of nowhere… BOOM!
A large gaping hole had been punched as very little now remained of the building just to the left of them, as Owens hearing returned to him from the blast he was shocked to discover that in fact Sun God soldiers began pouring out of the hole and onto their position.