Both Kenobi and William had caught up with Desmond on the edge of the forest. "How is everything going?" William asked.
"The jeep and the four bodies were moved before I got here. Search lights are constantly scanning the interior while perimeter patrols have doubled." Desmond said.
"Then we will need to move quickly." William said.
William urged them to hurry down to the fence just after a jeep passed. Obi-Wan pulled out his lightsaber and cut a hole through the fence.
On the other side, they hid behind the back wall of a barracks building. Desmond sneaked up the left side of the building, while William sneaked up the right. Two guards stood in front of the barracks. The father-son duo snapped the neck of each guard and dragged the bodies behind the barracks.
"These barracks contain twenty-five prisoners, half of the camp," informed William. "The one across the way holds the other half. Once we free the ones in here, Rebecca will be waiting on the forest's edge to lead them to our base, while the three of us will free the rest." William pointed up to the tower. "Up there, at the top of the tower, is their communications relay system. If we can destroy it, they won't be able to call in for reinforcements."
Obi-Wan raised his hand toward the tower, and with the Force, ripped the metal frame from atop the tower and let go. Desmond and William looked up in awe at this incredible ability in action. As the relay system fell down the side of the tower, it caught the Imperial Banner and tore it asunder. An alarm sounded and called out all troops. Desmond and William grabbed the blasters from the two dead soldiers and prepared themselves for the onslaught. Obi-Wan tore down the back wall to the barracks. All of the prisoners were terrified at the activity in the compound.
William poked his head inside. "I suggest you come with us if you want to live." The confused prisoners took their chances and ran out the back Some people barely grabbed their shoes while others bolted out the back without even putting on a pair. A spotlight focused on the prisoners escaping.
Camp guards converged on the barracks, firing at the prisoners and their liberators. Desmond shot a few oncoming soldier, while Rebecca collected the first set of prisoners on the edge of the forest.
Desmond crossed to the outside of the fence as a jeep sped toward him. He aimed the blaster, shooting the driver in the head. The jeep veered uncontrollably through the fence, running over a few more soldiers.
William and Obi-Wan concentrated on repelling the guards to the right of the building as they made their way to the front to meet up with Desmond, who simultaneously fought his way up the left side. They hurried across the yard to the other barracks as Obi-Wan deflected blaster shots.
Once in front of the building, Kenobi hurriedly cut through both sides of the door, and Desmond kicked it open. The prisoners are more than surprised to see their liberators at the fallen door, motioning for them to hurry. They rushed out the door to the other side of the camp as their three saviors did their best to protect them.
A few are shot down; the rest escape out the other side of the fence as Kenobi deflected fire from eight troops who had just arrived in a couple of jeeps. He deflected a shot and sent it flying into the engine of one of the jeeps, causing it to explode. This explosion set off a chain reaction, causing the second jeep to explode, killing or severely injuring, all eight soldiers. Desmond ran into the forest after the last of the prisoners.
William and Obi-Wan remained at the camp fighting off the Templar troops. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Obi-Wan asked. William pulled back behind the building.
"It's our only option. One of us has to stay behind to give the others time to escape. I couldn't possibly ask you to do that." He poked out from behind the building to fire a few more shots.
"Does your son know about this?" Obi-Wan asked. Obi-Wan used his lightsaber to redirect a couple of shots back to their source, killing two more soldiers.
"If I had told him, there was no chance in hell he was going to agree to this." William said. "You need to go now, you know where our base is located." Obi-Wan listened and ran toward the forest. William was left to fend for himself. "It's too bad; I kind of like this weapon." He stepped out again to fire a few more shots. A soldier moved close enough to throw a small metal ball that landed in front of William. It had a flashing red light that turns to green a second after it lands.
When nothing happened, William pulled on his blasters trigger only to find out that it is no longer working. The ball was a localized electro-magnetic pulse weapon. He dropped his blaster and pulled out two handguns. William emerged from behind the building and emptied his weapons, with each bullet landing in between the eyes of one soldier or another.
He quickly reloaded each weapon, emptying each cartridge into as many soldiers as he possibly could. A third and final set of clips were quickly loaded and fired off. Unfortunately, he was now out of bullets, and troops were closing in on him. They fired all at once, burning every inch of his flesh.
William fell to the ground, a burnt crisp of the man he used to be. Obi-Wan watched everything unfold, horrified at William's fate. Now the Jedi Master turns to find the others.
