"hmm" said Cody as he stared at the map of the area surrounding the capital of Umbara. "what?" Obiwan asked as Anakin told him about being sent back to the temple. "Krell said that the chancellor requested that I be sent back" Anakin crackled over the comlink. "Very well I will coordinate with krell" Obiwan finished and signed off. "I do not like this I don't trust Krell his casualty numbers will shake his men's loyalty". Cody told him he could deal with krell while he figured out how to get into the capital.
I am going to use our five turbo tanks to attack the back entrance to the capital. Obiwan gave him his approval so Cody took his army to start the long trek around the capital and its missiles "sir I have three long range missiles targeting our tanks what are your orders?" asked Brandy his second-in-command "how far away are the..." Cody was stopped by an explosion that shook the world. He was propelled fifty feet back into a tree with such force that he was knocked out.
Cody awoke with one thought "pain". He dragged himself to his feet and looked at the complete carnage around him. The first thing he saw made him flinch. Brandy lay impaled in the sharp fragments of a nearby tree that had been blown apart by the missiles. Cody new he was now I need of a new second-in-command;but the thought left him as dread filled his mind. He saw the bits and pieces of his all important tanks scattered about the area. He knew that now he wold need a new strategy because his tank squad was now gone.
Once he had found the men that were still alive he figured that he had half the men he had first landed on this evil planet. Soon they were back where they began before they left for their fatal attack. Cody had never seen a more welcoming command center. Only as soon as that pleasurable thought came it left again. Its place taken by the thought that had haunted him the last few hours since he woke up. That thought being "how will we break int the capital now?"... (chapter 4 coming soon :) )