Landing the fighter, I stretch out with the force, and to my surprise, there were only the essential staff present, and General Krell. Thinking back to my memories of when I watched these episodes, I realise what came after the destruction of the Supply Ship. Clones deceived into killing each other. Wrapping the force around me, I sprint off to where they would fight, hoping I am not too late.
As I got closer, I could hear the troopers trying to sneak about, which was good, as the fight hadn't begun yet. Then I heard the first shot. I push myself faster and faster, until I dash past Rex.
"STOP! HOLD YOUR FIRE! HOLD YOUR FIRE!" I scream towards both battalions. I then ignite my lightsaber and began waving frantically, yet careful as to not cut myself or any troops. "WE'RE NOT UMBARANS! YOU ARE ALL CLONES!" I continue to scream. Noticing a 212th trooper nearby, I grab him, remove his helmet and show him to both sides. Everyone stopped firing, and their emotions could be felt in the air as well as the force. "TAKE OFF YOUR HELMETS AND YOU WILL SEE THE TRUTH!" I finish screaming as Rex takes off his helmet, as well as a trooper from the 212th.
Multiple clones from both battalions line up to face the brothers they tried to kill, faces covered in shock and regret. I let go of the clone I was holding, and nearly collapse.
"Sir, are you alright?" The same clone I held asked me with concern.
"I pushed myself a bit too far trying to save lives. The main reason I participated in this mission was to try and avoid my vision of this coming real." I tell a half-truth. "Do you know where Waxer is?" I ask him.
"No sir." He replies.
"Gather some men to go and find him, we need confirmation of who caused this, not just my instincts." I order.
When we found Waxer, he was not happy. He was alive this time, but furious that he had been given false orders.
"Who gave you the orders?" Rex asked him.
"General Krell." Waxer replied, confirming to the clones what I had already known. Dogma silently walk up to me and whispered in my ear.
"You were trying to warn me about this exact situation. Thank you, if you had not talked to me, I don't know what I would have done." He then walks away. Rex walks up to me, and we plan how to deal with Krell. After we discussed it, I open a rift to another dimension, and as soon as I walk through it, it disappears, and another one opens, which I return from in an instant, now armed with my experimental weapon.
As we march back to the base, I reach out with the force, and mentally order the men to get into position. As Rex, Fives, Waxer and I walk into the elevator with a small group of clones, we steel ourselves for what is about to happen.
"Pong Krell, you are being relieved of duty!" I say to the Basilisk as I walk through the door. Krell then turns around to face us.
"It's treason then." He accuses.
"Surrender Krell." Rex aims his pistols at the ex-General. As he walks towards us Rex continues. "Explain your actions!"
"My actions?" Krell asks with a smirk.
"For ordering your troops against one another!" I spit out.
"Oh, that." Krell chuckles. "I'm surprised you figured it out. For a clone!"
The clones then move towards the ex-General and Rex demands his surrender, when I finally open my Sub-Space pocket, retrieving replica of the cursed sword Brynhildr. He then uses the force the push the troopers back, and ignites his one remaining double-bladed lightsaber.
"YOU DARE TO ATTACK A JEDI!" He shouts, as the clones begin to fire at him. He skilfully deflects the blaster bolts, then cuts down some of them before smashing the glass of the window and jumping out, swiftly followed by me. As I land, I ready my sword and charge at Krell. To his surprise, my sword does not get cleaved by his lightsabers. As I parry his attacks, I listen closely and notice the sound of his lightsaber is deeper and more harsh than most others, revealing the way he attacks and defends. Using my knowledge as an advantage, I begin to speed up my attacks, using his weakness as my strength. Raising my hands, I push him back with the force, then ignite my lightsaber, while storing the replica Brynhildr away. Now with a lighter weapon, my attacks speed up once more as I start to use Makashi more than the other forms.
Krell begins to tire and tries to push me with the force to put some distance between us, only for him to fail.
"It's over Krell, either surrender to me now, or I will have the clones execute you!" I threaten.
"If I were unarmed, they would not even have the courage to kill me." He states, deactivating his lightsaber, yet failing to notice Dogma aiming at him from behind.
"So, you really want to test that theory?" I smirk, only to receive an 'I dare you' look. "Very well, Dogma." I approve of his execution, and before Krell could turn around, there was a hole through his chest. I then kneel next to him and whisper, "If you had been more open to the force, you would have realised that I came here to try and avoid as much of your premonition as possible." I let my words sink in as he dies from the blaster wound.
"It's over." Dogma sighs in relief.
"Yes, and now that the Umbaran informant," I gesture the corpse of Krell, "Is dead, we should have little difficulty taking the planet." Waxer then walks up to me with a holocommunicator, showing Obi-Wan.
"So one of our own in the order betrayed us?" Obi-Wan asks for my confirmation.
"Unfortunately, but his reaction had merit, especially after the vision he had. But I am dealing with that issue already, he was just too blind to see it." I say in disgust. "You should take command over the 501st for now Obi-Wan, because I have somewhere I need to be. May the force be with you." I bid him farewell as I open a portal. "Rex, until Obi-Wan is here, you are in command. Good luck." I then walk through, heading home.
A/N – Umbara arc is now done! I will eventually have a chapter where I explains where I went when I left through the portal, only to reappear moments later. Other than that, I wish you all a safe Holiday and I will be back later. Nut Out.
