The Final Battle: Part 13
"General, Commanders, three Seperatists warships just came out of hyperspace," Captain Mec informed the Jedi.
"Get us out of here, Captain," Master Li instructed.
"Right away, General!" The Liberty began to turn away from the warships and activate its hyperdrive. However, just as the Liberty was about to make the jump, the Seperatists fired at the ship. The Liberty quaked from the blast, throwing personnel off balance and making the lights and computers flicker.
"What was that, Captain?" Tanya asked urgently, picking herself off the floor a second time in a few minutes.
"Sir, the hyperdrive is completely destroyed, the engines and power are shutting down, and the weapons and shields are going off line!" Ahsoka, Tanya, Barriss, and Master Li looked nervously to one another.
"Are the communications still working?" Ahsoka inquired.
"Yes sir."
"Contact Generals Kenobi and Skywalker on Mygeeto."
"Yes sir." After a few silent moments, in which the only sounds came from the computer and the battle raging outside, the clones patched them through.
"Master, boy am I glad to see you. We need reinforcements, the Liberty has been badly damaged, we've lost our hyperdrive and we're losing our shields, weapons, engines, and power. We need help!"
"Slow down, Snips! We can't get there right now, we're sortta in a bit of a fix of our own. Is their any chance you could hold them for a while?" Anakin questioned.
"General Skywalker, we will be lucky if we last ten more minutes! We need immediate assistance if we're going to get off of this bucket of bolts... alive," Master Li told Anakin, Tanya frowning at her for insulting her ship.
"Unfortunately, we can't send you reinforcements as at this time as we need reinforcements ourselves," General Kenobi explained, an explosion going off as though on queue "Is their anyone else who could send you help?"
"By the time the next closest Jedi cruiser sent help, our ship would have been sold for scrap," Barriss stated, Tanya frowning at her in turn for the continued insulting of her ship. She was about to comment on everyone's disrespect toward the Liberty, when another explosion shook the ship, causing everyone to fall over yet again.
"Sir, our shields are down and we have no power to the weapons or engines," Captain Mec said.
"We're a sitting duck," Tanya simplified. Everyone looked at each other, faces grim. Suddenly, the ship shook, but not from an explosion.
"Captain, what was that?" Tanya inquired.
"They're boarding the ship sir."
"Why don't they just finish us off?" Barriss asked.
"Because of this," Tanya said, taking the flash drive that held tons of Seperatist information in it. "They must really want this back."
"Can we transmit the data to you, Generals?" Master Li questioned.
"Too risky," was the reply. The Jedi were shaking their heads, groaning and sighing in frustration.
"I have an idea!" Tanya announced. "But I'll need you to keep them away from the bridge for two minutes!"
"The troops and I will take care of it," Captain Mec said, leading the troops to fight.
"Tanya, what are you doing?" Ahsoka asked as Tanya rushed to the computer.
"I'll tell you if we get out of this mess," Tanya answered. An explosion came from downstairs a few moments later.
"They've breached the lower floors. We can't hold them off!" Mec exclaimed, firing at the droids like mad.
"Get yourselves to the escape pods Captain," Master Li instructed.
"But sir-"
"That's an order, Captain. GO!" The transmission broke off and the few remaining clones took position to defend the bridge with the Jedi.
"Ready?" Ahsoka asked.
"For anything," Tanya smiled.