A/N thanks for the comments^^ hope you guys like this chapter sorry it took longer then normal was distracted by SWTOR the people on the site are so fun to talk to lol
Chapter 8: finally a battle! {day 3 }
These are the moments that i fear, a part of me loves it, and can't wait for the real fun to being, but the little girl inside of me, cries knowing that some of these faces she will never see again.
The sounds of rushing feet, and commands being yelled back and forth filled her ears, and a rush of emotions was boiling up inside her, she wanted to scream, run in circles, practice fighting, hug her brothers, sing, dance, cry, and…be with runt, but he was busy, getting ready for the battle at hand. She was supposed to be with Obi Wan, on the main fight, going after her master, but as soon as they were in site of the planet she was switched out with Anakin, and she was grumbling about the whole thing. Last time she checked she was already on her sixth cup of coco, and that wasn't good for anyone. Doc had warned her about the effects of sugar on a girl her age, and she had just argued that she was mature enough to handle a couple of cups of coco, she was really glad that Doc and Lucky were well enough to move around now, and the two were preparing to go to battle, Spaz was able to move his arms a little, but was still useless on the field, and was ordered to sleep it off till they come back. He didn't complain and Lucky thought it was a good idea, keep him from killing one of their own on accident. Angel watched as they had polished their armor, and cleaned their blasters, the dark purple stripes and symbols that decorated their armor was warn and parts of it was missing. She had watched them do this a million times before, even when they weren't going to battle, and she had gotten in the habit of doing the same with her lightsabers and the jewel beaded belt that hung loosely on her hips. She walked over to them now, they were all dressed and ready to go and she was still a little jumpy.
"Hey little sis, you're not ready yet huh?" Lucky asked. Pointing to the white blindfold that covered her eyes, and the red one in her hands. Her hair was also down and over her shoulders; she nodded her head, a little embarrassed.
"It's alright, we'll fix that," Lucky smiled he sat down and she sat in front of him.
With careful hands he undid the knot that kept the white cloth on her face, and pulled it away, she held her breath, she was never comfortable with someone taking her blindfold off.
"Alright how do you want your hair today?" he asked.
"Half please," she replied, and he smiled as he gently pulled her hair back and tied the top half up, and used his fingers to brush the rest out. Doc sat in front of Angel, her eyes closed, and he looked over the scares that outlined her eyes and the nerves that connected them to her brain. Taking the red cloth that had once belonged to Angel's papa, and placed it over her eyes. Lucky pulled her hair back so that Doc could tie the cloth in the loose knot that the other one was once in.
"All ready," Lucky smiled.
The two looked at each other than at her. Angel was silent she was a little scared of what might happen to her brothers now.
"Come back to me safe and sound," she whispered, her hands in her lap.
They smiled at her and nodded their heads. "May the force be with you," they said.
"Sis," Lucky smiled.
"Commander," Doc added they both smiled behind their helmets, and then they all fell silent, a little bit appreciating the small time they have together like this, another part of them were mourning over the deaths of their brothers.
"We fight for the fallen," Angel began.
"We live for family, truth, and justice.
"We continue our path for the promises of a brighter future," Doc ended their little speech, well, chant…thing. Doc stood up holding out his hand to Angel who took it with a bright smile and was lifted up, and then they both held their hands out to Lucky who took it and was helped up as well.
"Now we are ready," Angel smiled, she walked out of the room, heading to the others, she was glad that Spaz was fast asleep, he needed his rest, he would heal faster if he rested more often. Angel giggled, in a sea of white and blue, they were the only ones that had purple sort of, and it was easy to pick them out. Heading to the carriers Angel ran into Runt, and was glad that she was able to be with him before battle.
"So you're on the land," he said with a smile.
"Yeah jacked up huh? I mean it's my duty to save master Soo, and they take that away from me," she huffed.
He laughed, and patted her head. "It's alright, you'll get another shot later," he smiled behind the helmet.
She frowned. "Yeah I guess what about you?" she asked.
"I'm on the land with commander Tano, and Captain Rex." He said, briefly.
"Shouldn't Rex be with General Skywalker?" Angel asked.
"Well, you would think that huh? But the truth is, is that he was ordered to keep an eye on commander Tano, and you," he said as they walked into a carrier, Lucky and Doc got in just in time, the doors closed and then with a rumble of the engines, and the craft lifting off the ground ready for takeoff. "Hold on commander," Lucky instructed.
"Don't worry, if I fall, I know there are three people who would catch me, or at least try," she smiled looking up at them.
The three laughed waited for them to land, shouldn't be that bad, but, they never knew if they were going to get shot at.
It doesn't matter how many times I get on this thing, I hate it with a passion, and after this war is over I never want to fly in one of these blasted things ever again!
Lance watched from a window in the building he was going to make the trade in, and saw that they had arrived, a smile spread on his face and he turned to the droids that was to serve him. "Let's go have some fun, make sure everyone is in position, I don't want this going wrong," he ordered, then walked over to Grievous, who was waiting on a fight.
"You ready?" Lance asked putting his hands in his pockets.
"I'm ready to kill some Jedi," he replied simply.
Lance laughed, and left the general to make use of the forces they had hid near the village, and took a lift to the top floor, waiting, Master Soo was tied, gaged and blindfolded, lying on the floor near his ship.
"Say Soo, your friends are here to make the exchange, or die trying to save you without my girl," he said with a chuckle. He listened to the struggling sounds of the beaten Jedi besides him, and shook his head. "Don't worry, this will be over soon."
It's a trap….just what I needed in the damn morning!
Anakin and Obi-Wan was rushing into the building, there were some droids, but something seemed wrong, Obi-Wan thought so, Anakin thought that they were just preparing for a trade, not a full scale invasion. And he began moving more swiftly into the building climbing level after level, cutting any droid that fired at him, and some that didn't have the chance to fire at him. Obi-Wan attacked a few droids, whatever wasn't already killed off by his former padawan.
Angel and Ahsoka were watching the people, who had called this planet home, and were happy to be welcomed in with open arms, but they felt like something wasn't right. Angel sat down, she was thirsty, and her head was throbbing. A young man about her age walked up to her.
"You're very pretty," he said with a smile. "I thought all Jedi were old men," he laughed.
"Uh, thanks, I guess," she giggled, but wasn't sure where he was going with this.
"I knew you were special the moment you walked into the village, how about I take you out some time," he smiled, he was honestly hitting on her, and she was obviously uncomfortable with this.
"You have three seconds to back away from her," Runt growled, his blasters pointed at the young man's head.
He turned around to see runt, who was the same height has himself and smirked. "Aren't you a little short to be a trooper?" he asked.
Runt rolled his eyes behind the helmet. "If I had a credit for every time I heard that line," he huffed, "I'm telling you to back away from commander Sada," he finished.
"Hmm, sorry didn't mean to hit on your girlfriend," he smiled.
This caused runt to blush, and Angel looked down; she was blushing to, but no one paid attention to her. "she-she isn't my girlfriend she is my commander!" he replied but the young man had left.
Rex saw the whole commotion and was thankful that the masters were nowhere in sight, to see this. He pulled runt away as Angel was going to talk to him.
"Are you out of your mind raising a blaster at a civilian?" he demanded.
Runt didn't say anything, he hated hearing these things, but what did he expect from doing something so stupid.
"He was annoying commander Sada," was his lame excuse.
"You do know that she could handle herself, you just embarrassed yourself, me, and commander Sada," he growled, "what the hell was going on in your head? This is exactly why our age is accelerated, so that we never do something that a stupid kid would do," He paused, and looked at Runt.
"sorry for being such a disappointment sir," he said coldly, he saluted his captain then walked away, heading back to Angel, what Rex said hurt, it really did, it was bad enough that he was made this way to prove the senate a damn point, but to have a brother say the same crap they did, wasn't cool, not in his book. When he got to angel, he smiled, and it was like that smile made him forget what happened, and it washed away all the anger and sadness he had in his heart. With a bright smile, and a light chuckle, he sat down next to her.
"Why did you do that?" she asked sounding confused, but glad,
"I…just," he paused he didn't know what to say, how to answer her. "Damn locals," he huffed.
Angel lightly punched his arm. "Thanks, I didn't know how to get out of that, it was really odd, and disgusting, I could have just said that Jedi don't have attachments, but I really don't like using that as a doorway out." She smiled. A loud bang was heard, and the two jumped up to see that a pillar of smoke rise into the air, and the small dot of a ship was making its way off the planet.
A few minutes ago…
Anakin had cut the door open and ran in, troops and all, ready for an assault. But all that was there were Lance and the bound Jedi master.
"I see you refused to bring Alpha-0-130-M to me, what a shame," he yawned.
"We will never give you what you want," Anakin snapped.
Lance smiled. "I know, that's why I prepared this," and he lifted his hand up showing a detonator remote, but to where? "I'll see you again soon, if you want this thing back," he kicked Soo then pulled him up, dragging him back to the ship.
Anakin rushed towards him.
"Anakin no!" Obi Wan yelled but it was too late, Lance pushed the button the moment he caught sight of the Jedi coming after him. The ceiling had detonators from one side to the other, cutting the roof in half, and spraying the men in a shower of debris.
"Maybe next time, Skywalker, maybe next time," he smiled as the door of his ship closed as it lifted off the ground and flew off.
"It was a trap Anakin!" Obi-Wan yelled.
"Yeah I got that much, but a trap for what?" he asked, and that was when they heard blaster shots and screams from the village below. "I just had to ask."
Sometimes the words I told you so aren't enough….
Angel unhooked her lightsaber and ran towards the front of the village, but it was no use, they were completely surrounded. She searched for Ahsoka, and Rex, she needed to get a plan out to them as fast as possible. When she found them they were fighting some droids.
"Hey sis, don't run off like that," Lucky said pulling her back and shooting just in time to kill a droid.
"We need a plan," she said then ordered, lucky and Runt to cover her, while Doc followed her to Ahsoka and Rex.
"We need to protect the villagers, and form a barrier, "she said deflecting some bullets that went her way. "It seems they were ready for us," she growled.
"Yeah, take the rear, I got here," Ahsoka said, the two girls killed a few more droids, and then split up, Angel, with the troops that was given to her, made sure the that the villagers were safe, but they couldn't hold a strong front for too long, and Angel's main priority was the safety of the people. "I need a miracle." She groaned.
Normally I wouldn't get in this kind of situation, I would be doing all I can to destroy them, but seeing as to the fact that I have a bunch of people to protect, and men that fight for me, I can't fight the way I normally do, this isn't turning out the way I had planned. ~Angel
They just keep coming, and we are surrounded, if anyone should live through this let it be Rex. ~Ahsoka.