AN: Well, here we are folks, another update. This is probably one of my toughest challenges thus far, mostly due to the fact a good chunk of what happens in this chapter occurs in the Republic Commando Novel Order 66, and even though I know what happens through Wookieepedia, I never got the chance to actually read the book (Lousy Library not having the book, AND all of the Bookstores not having it either!)
So ya, anyways here is the next chapter, and despite my lack of reading Order 66, I hope you all like it! So please Enjoy!
"Talking"
"Radio/Com link"
'Thinking'
"Alien Language"
Chapter 3: Surviving Part 1
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Shinarcan Bridge Extension Checkpoint
Coruscant
7 hours after issuing of Order 66
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The Shinarcan Bridge Extension was a common route to the Jedi Temple on Couscant. It was the reason why a contingent of the 501st was stationed there to prevent Jedi from escaping from the temple. Unknown to them however, 24 clone troopers under the command of the GAR template and Bounty Hunter Jango were positioned ontop of a building overlooking the bridge, watching and waiting for the moment to strike.
"I count at least six squads, sir" Beskad reported to Jango, as he and the former Mand'alor looked at the bridge through their Macrobinoculars,"Three on one side, three on the other,"
Jango lowered his macrobinoculars, his eyes squinted behind his helmet.
"They set themselves up nice here," the bounty hunter commented, he then pointed to five Clone Troopers armed with DC-15x Sniper Blaster rifles and then signaled them to get into good positions. The clones nodded and took off for their positions.
Jango continued looking down his Marcobinoculars, looking for anything that he should notice. That was when he saw him. Jango blinked, thinking he was just seeing things, but after attempting to look for him again, Jango's eyes widened a bit as he saw Kal Skirata for the first time in 3 years.
'What's Kal doing here?' Jango thought, but then blinked as he saw Kal signal someone and out of the corner came 4 Clone Commandos wearing black Katarn-class armor, 4 figures in Phase-II ARC Trooper armor, another individual in Green with tan trim with a OD green colored cape Mandalorian Armor, A man wearing Corasaunt Security Forces Uniform, and saw three women, one a Twi'lek who was carrying a baby, and two humans. He suddenly zoomed in on the blonde haired female, and he gasped.
'Arla?' Jango thought as he saw his supposed to be dead older sister.
"Sir! Look on the bridge! Far side!" Beskad said in urgency and Jango snapped out of his suprise and looked toward the far side of the bridge and his eyes widen.
"Oh crap." Jango cursed saw through his binoculars, and saw a woman with brown hair and red/blonde highlights. He recognized her face from the file he read on her, Etain Tur-Mukan, Darman's wife.
'They must be here to meet up with her...' Jango thought. 'This is gonna complicate things...'
"Sir, somethings happening on the bridge!" Beskad pointed out, as Jango watched several of the Clone Guards start moving.
'Well that doesn't look good.' Jango thought, and then several of the 'civilian's' drew lightsabers. 'Ok this REALLY doesn't look good!'
He then then activated his comm. link.
"Snipers! Take out as many 501st Clones on the Far Side of the bridge as you can, now!" He shouted then turned to the rest, "The rest of you, with me!" he ordered and Jango and the other Clones used their grappling hooks and cables and rappled down the building, while the snipers began to pick targets.
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On the bridge
Moments before
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AN: Like I mentioned earlier, Me and Patriot only know what happens through Wookieepedia, we never read the book. So things may be a bit inaccurate compared to what happens in the book. That and we added a few characters who weren't there before, so ya...
Arla Fett didn't know why she decided to help Kal and the others retrieve the Jedi. When Bardan came to her, asking for help a few days ago, her first thought was to just refuse, and stay on Mandalore. But, for some reason...it was as if something told her she had to go, that something important was about to happen.
Along with her, was most of the Omega Squad minus Fi who was still on Mandalore, as well as most of the Null ARC's, their 'Father' Kal Skirata, the Twi-lek Laseema who was carrying Venku Skirata, Darman's son, Kal's Biological daughter Ruussan, and finally was Jaller Obrim.
They were moving towards the bridge extension where they were to meet up with Darman's wife, the now former Jedi, when Darman stopped and he rose his hand up and took a set of Macrobinoculars.
"Darman?" Kal asked as he saw his adopted son stop suddenly, "What is it?"
"Something's up..." he said. "Those Clones are mobilizing, its looks almost as if...SHIT!" He swore as several 'civilian's' suddenly drew Lightsabers. "There are other Jedi in the crowd! Their attacking the Clones!"
"Osik!" Kal hissed. "Alright, come on we gotta move! NOW!" The others nodded as they pressed forward at a double-pace. The Clones and Mandalorian's drawing their respective weapons.
The moment they reached the bridge section where Etain was, they just arrived just in time to see one of the Jedi Padawan's make a charge against a Clone, and too their horror Etain was about to block the strike with her own body!
"NO!" Darman shouted as he aimed his rifle, ready to kill the attacking Jedi...
...only for the familiar sound of a DC-15x Sniper Rifle going off to echo, and the Clone Etain was about to protect fell dead on the ground. Followed by several other similar noises as even more 501st Clones fell, causing Etain, the Padawans, the Clones and Mandalorian's to just stand there, shocked.
"Wh...Who did that?" Atin said in shock as Darman went over and grabbed Etain's hand as the others took cover after they recovered from their shock as another five 501st troopers fell to the well aimed sniper fire.
Darman followed to where the shots came from and used the Macro binoculars to zoom in on the roof of the building across the bridge on the left side. His eyes widen at what he sees.
"Babuir, you better take a look at this," Darman said as he handed the binoculars to Kal who then focusedon the same building his son was looking at, and his eyes wend wide as well as he watched as figures in Phase-I ARC Trooper armor, and some in Mandalorian Shock Trooper Armor, were descending from the buildings on grappling hooks, or staying up on top with Sniper Rifles.
The Clones and Mandalorian's dropped down onto the bridge, and immediately began firing at the 501st Clones. One man in particular caught Kal's attention, as he fired his two WESTAR blaster pistols, and engaging a few of the Clones in CQC.
'That fighting style...' Kal thought. 'It reminds me of...' His eyes then went wide. 'No way...it couldn't be him! He's dead!'
He watched as the 20 individuals clear the other side of the Bridge Extension, while the snipers pinned down the surviving 501st Clones. A moment later his comm. link started beeping, but he was shocked to what frequency it was.
'The Cuy'val Dar frequency?' Kal thought as the communicator kept beeping, and after a few seconds he answered it.
"By the Force, I thought you were never gonna answer ya old geezer!" The voice which sounded like his sons but was more older, and cockier said and Kal's eyes widened behind his helmet's visor.
"N-No way...," Kal said causing Clan Skirata, Arla, Bardan, and Obrim to look at him in confusion, "It's not possible, only one person calls me that!"
The voice chuckled "Did you really think I was gonna die that easily, Kal?" The voice asked, and Kal could tell he was grinning.
"You got your head cut off by a fucking Lightsaber on Geonosis, Jango!" Kal shouted, much to the surprise and shock of the others, none more so than Arla.
"Do you really think I would have just stood there firing a blaster as Mace Windu came charging at me deflecting each of my shots?" Jango said. "I though you knew me better than that!"
"I-I thought that too, but your face I-" Kal said before Jango interrupted him.
"Hello? We were working with Clones Kal, CLONES!" He said. "Who you saw at Geonosis was a Personally trained Body-double, I had to make it look like I was killed to fool Count Dooku and any of my enemies." Jango then paused. "I'll give you a full explanation later, but Right now I need your help. In a few minutes my wife Aira, yes I'm married and no Boba doesn't know yet, is heading over this way, with a whole Company of Clone Troopers who are trying to save as many Jedi as they can. Me and my men are trying to help them evacuate to the Acclamator I-Class Assault Ship Prosecutor. Dropships from said ship are already en-route to pick them and my men up. If you and your friends there can help me hold this position until they all arrive it'll be a big help."
"Wait, did he say the Prosecutor?" Niner said with a raised, while Kal gestured him to be quiet.
"We'll help, but you better have a damn good explanation, Jango," Kal said threatingly while Jango chuckled on the other end.
"Don't worry, you will, Jango out," with that Jango cut the line, and Corr decided to ask the question.
"Isn't Revan stationed on the Prosecutor?" the Commando asked and Clan Skirata perqued at that.
"Ya, he is." Kal said, "He's under the joint command of Zule Xiss and Marik Orar." He then chuckled a bit "That's probably what this is all about, I remember him mentioning that the two may be in a Relationship of sorts."
As Kal went on talking, Arla was speechless. Her Brother...was alive? After all this time, he's been alive? A horrible thought cross her mind that he probably hated her for working with the Death Watch, the very people responsible for their Parents death. He's probably lived his whole life not knowing she was still alive...
Etain after recovering from the shock of the clones being shot by their own brothers, looks at Arla who had a look of dread on her face.
"Hey? Are you alright?" the former Jedi asked the woman who looked at her with a guilt-ridden.
"No... I'm not," Arla said and Kal heard this along with Niner and Korm'k, "That voice, belonged to my younger brother, Jango...He's probably lived his whole life thinking I've been dead...He's gonna hate me for what I've done during my time in Death Watch..."
She felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked to see Kal there. "You won't know that until you talk with him." He said. "If that really is Jango, he'll at least give you a chance to explain yourself. He's not gonna outright hate you instantly."
Arla sighed, "I hope so..." she barley whispered.
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Meanwhile, at the Jedi Temple
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Aira-ty peeked around a corner making sure there were no 501st clones around. Getting to the temple was easy since the Clones on the ground simply identified them as reinforcemnts sent from command. What the 501st didn't know, was that they weren't.
She signaled her men to move around the corner and said clones did moving carefully and on guard as they head to the AgriCorps labs in the Southwest Quarter of the temple.
"How much further until we get there?" Aira asked one of the Clones.
"Almost there, Ma'am." The Clone said. "Just a couple of more Yards to go."
Aira nodded as they continued forward. After they had vacated the gunships, Aira told the pilots to head to the bridge extension and prepare for the evac, telling them they'll head there, with the Jedi, Torrent Company, Marik, and anyone else, on foot. After a few run-ins with a few squads from the 501st, the group managed to make it to the South West quarter without any major injuries. The few enemy squads? Well, let's just say the 501st is gonna need new replacements for them.
The sound of distant blaster fire caught their attention. Aira signaled them to move faster, which they did. They soon came across what looked like two companies worth of 501st Clones, in a large firefight with another Company of Clones who were fighting with a few Jedi, and Temple Guards. She also noticed the group of children in the back, being protected by a man in Mandalorian Armor, and another Jedi, Aira identified them as Marik and Zule instantly.
Signaling to group of 10 clones armed with Z-6 Rotary cannons, Aira then instructed them to take positions above the enemy clones. Then she turned to the rest and made a hand gesture for them to follow her. After that she drew her WESTAR-34 blaster pistols and proceeded to the fighting.
With Torrent Company and the others, they made it to the AgriCorps labs thanks to Serra's instructions. They found the labs ransacked, and most of the specimens the scientist were studying were either destroyed, or stolen. It broke a few of the Younglings' hearts as they wanted this to be their profession if they didn't achieve a Master to teach them. Not a moment later, two companies of 501st found them and then attacked.
"Blast it!" Serra cursed as she deflected the enemy clones blaster fire back at them. "No matter where we go, their always right on top of us!"
"We're gonna have to get through these guys if we're gonna make it to the rendezvous in time!" Zule shouted as she and Marik guarded the Younglings, Zule and the others linked up with them on the way to the Agricorp.
"I know that!" Ahsoka said, who also managed to link up with them. "But theirs just too many-" She was cut off as baster rounds began raining against the 501st clones from above, mowing them down.
"What the-?" Drake said in confusion, and then he and the others looked to the source and saw a group of 10 clones armed with Z-6 rotary blaster cannons wearing green with red trim Phase-I ARC Trooper Clone armor with each one with his foot on the railing spraying death on the surprised 501st clones.
"Who are they? I don't recognize that unit!" Scout said in shock.
"Neither do I!" Rex said as he watched the unknown clones spit blaster fire down on his former brothers. It was then that about twenty or so more Clones with the same armor appeared, lead by a figure in Red/black Mandalorian Shock Trooper Armor, firing two WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols at the 501st Clones.
Rex, seeing an opportunity and seeing that these Clones were on their side, jumped out from behind his cover, and charged forward giving them assistance, an act that was soon followed by the other Torrent Company Clones, the Guards, and Jedi.
It only was a matter of time for the 501st companies to be either wiped out, or forced to fall-back. As the Torrent Clones, and the Unknown ones scavenged the dead for their weapons and ammo, Rex and Ahsoka moved towards the Mandalorian armor-wearing individual, who was obviously in charge.
"Are you one in charge of these clones?" Ahsoka asked the Mandalorian who she can clearly see was female due to her figure. She also noticed she had the DC-15M ICWS blaster rifle with a sling, slung over her right shoulder. She could also make a braid of green hair coming from her helmet.
"Yes, I am," She answered and looked toward the group and saw Marik and Zule coming forward with the younglings in tow.
"Who are you exactly?" Ahsoka asked, and Aira grinned behind her visor.
"We are your rescuers," she told the Togruta who just deadpanned, "That doesn't answer much," she said.
"For now, that's all you need to know." the Mandalorian said. "We know your heading for the bridge extension to evacuate, and the rest of my Platoon is waiting there making sure it's secure for when we all arrive. I think we should head there, now, while we have the chance."
"She's right," Marik said "We gotta get out of here before more Clones show up."
"We'll lead the way." The female Mandalorian said, and she then ordered her Clones to follow as they moved ahead.
"Well, let's go!" Rex shouted to his own Company of Clones, who all nodded and followed suit, as did Marik, the Guards, Jedi and younglings.
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Meanwhile
With Master Drallig
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The Jedi Weaponmaster continued his attack against the two Companies of 501st Clones, the three Magnaguard Clones, and the newly arrived Clone Assassins who showed up not to long ago.
Cin sliced one Clone Assassin in half, and jumped away just in time to avoid a barrage of blasters from a Squad of Clones which he then blasted away with a powerful Force Push. He then twirled around long enough to catch the Electrostaff of one of the Clone Magnaguards, and then kicked him away not before yanking the Staff out of his hands.
Now armed with a Lightsaber in one hand, and the electrostaff in the other, Cin continued his attack against what was left of the two Companies he was fighting, slicing and stabbing through his enemies.
It had been almost a half-hour since he stayed behind to hold them off for the others to escape, and Cin has managed to destroy a large majority of the Clone Troopers, but he was still fighting off the Clone Magnaguard's and the Clone Assassins that had arrived just recently.
'These Clone Magna guards, and Assassins are good,' Cin thought as he caught a Magna Guard Clone off-guard and then impaled his lightsaber into his chest, 'But they'll have to do better than that to take me down!' With that he pressd his assault cleaving another four Clone Troopers across the chest, killing them, all the while blocking the Assassins' and MangnaGuard clones own attacks.
'I hope the others have made it alright,' Cin thought hoping that Serra, the younglings, Torrent Comapny, Marik, along with the Padawans and guards had made it to the labs without too much trouble. Although that was wishful thinking.
He turned his attention back to the more major threats, those being the Assassins and Clone Magnaguards. He began his attack on the next staff-wielding Clone. Attacking him using both his Lightsaber and his captured Electrostaff. It didn't take long for the Clone to fall at the combined assault, and fell with a stab to his head from Cin's Lightsaber.
As another Clone Assassin tried to sneak up behind him, Cin used the force to push him away, and slammed into the third and final Magna Guard Clone, he then used this opertunity and tossed his Electrostaff at them, impaling both the Guard and Assassin in one strike, killing them.
After that, it was just a matter of cleaning up the remaining regular Clone Troopers, which wasn't a hard task. Once he was finished, Cin panted in exhaustion. 'That...*pant* Took a lot out of *pant* me.' He thought. However, his eyes widened, and then narrowed as he felt a familiar presence. "So...this was your Plan?" He asked, seemingly no one. "Have your Clones wear me down, so that you could kill me Anakin?...or should I say Darth Vader?"
Cin turned around and there standing a few meters away, with his hood up and blue lightsaber activated, was Anakin Skywalker, now known as Darth Vader. The Jedi-turned-Sith could only smirk under his hood.
"All's fair in war Master Cin Drallig. You of all people should know that," the Sith said, as Cin's eyes narrowed at him.
"You used to be a man of honor!" Cin spat, and Vader just sighed. "I have my reasons, Master Drallig." He said. "But right now, I have orders."
Cin barley had enough time to raise his own Lightsaber to counter Anakin's own strike. The Dark Lord was quick to force the Exhausted Jedi Master onto the defensive, barley giving him time to counter-attack.
He then managed to see an opening, and struck, only for Anakin to side-step the attack, and he then sent a powerful Force-push into the Jedi Master, slamming him into a wall.
Cin barley managed to move to the side, avoiding being stabbed by Anakin's tossed lightsaber which impaled the wall. The Sith recalled his Lightsaber and chased after Cin.
'If I'm going down...' Cin thought as he continued to fight Anakin. "I'm gonna take a piece of you with me!" And with that, he managed to slice off Anakin's robotic arm.
Vader barred his teeth at the loss of his arm. "You'll pay for that!" Anakin shouted as he continued his assault, far more aggressively, even with only one arm.
Cin continued to defend, knowing he couldn't keep this up much longer. 'Dammit!' He thought. 'I can only hope Serra and the others made it out-'
That was when Vader finally got through his defenses, and stabbed the Jedi clear through the chest. Cin stared at the wound, almost unbelievably, before Vader deactivated his Lightsaber, and kicked him to the ground.
As the light began to fade from Cin's eyes, however, the force seemed to grant him one last vision. A vision of an unknown world Cin had never seen. He saw Serra inside a small building, looking at the sun, or more specifically the large spire of light coming out of the sun.
Serra turned to her left, and Cin saw a man who looked about her age, with black hair, and Orange eyes. The man smiled at Serra, who smiled back.
Then, too Cin's shock, the man wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, and she returned it, and the vision came to an end.
As everything turned black, Cin allowed himself to smile, 'Heh, at least someone will be there for her...,' was his last thought as he passed on, and became one with the Force.
Vader caught that smile, and became confused by that. He just shrugged and left the dead Jedi Master, aiming to replace his prosthetic arm.
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With the others
Outside of Jedi Temple
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The group of Clones, Guards and Jedi/Younglings had just managed to escape the Temple, and were now hauling their feet towards the extraction zone, with Ahsoka and Aira on point. "Come on! We're almost there!" Aira shouted.
Many of the others sighed in relief, knowing that they were almost safe. However it was then that Scout noticed Serra had suddenly stopped moving, and was frozen in place.
"Serra? What's wrong?" Scout asked, and the others stopped seeing the Jedi Knight had stopped.
Tears formed in her eyes. "M-Master Drallig...he's dead..." She said, saddly. "I felt it...he's dead."
Scout winced in sympathy, knowing how it felt when she felt Whie die not two hours ago. But she and the others knew that there would be time to mourn later. "I'm sorry Serra, but we have to keep moving!" Scout said. The Jedi Nodded her head, and the group continued forward.
Aira then activated her comm. link, "This is Aira! I'm on my way to the bridge with a group of survivors, now!" she reported and the voice on the other end responded.
"Copy that Aira, you better hurry, I can see 7 LAAT/i gunships coming in for a landing. Their IFF tags are out which means they're from the Prosecutor," a voice that sounded just like the clones said, and Aira nodded.
"Copy that Jango," the moment she said that, Rex's, Marik's, and the whole of Torrent Company's widen at the name, "And I even found your Protege and his girlfriend among them, looks like Intel was right."
"That's good." The man claiming to be Jango Fett said. "Hurry up back here then, we managed to secure the area, but the 501st may be back at any moment. Oh, and your not gonna believe it, but we ran into some help."
Aira blinked "Who?" she asked.
"Kal Skirata, most of the Null-ARC's and Omega Squad, a few Former Jedi, and believe it or not...my sister." He said, and Aira's eyes went wide. "Y-Your sister?" She asked, stunned. "But...you said she died at Concord Dawn?"
"I did, that's why I'm about as confused as you are." Jango said.
Aira blinked, but shook off her confusion, knowing they had to get out of Coruscant alive, "We'll be there in ten minutes, hold the bus down for us till then," she said.
"Anything for you Cyar'ika," Jango's voice said, "Jango out!"
Aira turned off her comm link, "Alright everyone we got ten minutes so let's high-tail it!" she yelled, and the group quickened their pace. Marik was still shocked when he heard his supposed-to-be-dead teacher's name come from Aira's mouth.
'He's dead, he has to be dead!' Marik thought as he continued running. 'But...what are the odds of there being another guy named Jango...and she said...' Marik shook his head. 'I'll figure this all out once we're safe.' he thought, as he continued running.
Just a few minutes later, the group found themselves at the Extraction zone where all of the LAAT/i's were already there, and landed with the others already on board.
"Come on! Hurry up!" Jango called out from the Transport he was in. "We gotta go now!"
They didn't need to be told twice, as they ran for their transports. Zule, Aira and Marik entering Jango's Dropship, and the others picking out any of the other ones.
"Alright, take off now!" Marik shouted, and the pilot nodded. "Yes sir!" he said, and the Seven Dropships took off. Unknown to them a figure was watching the dropships take off from his vantage point on the roof. The figure was wearing black with green trim Mandalorian Shock Trooper over a tan colored flightsuit, and on his left shoulder piece was an emblem of a winged hand holding a black sword (Mobile Infantry emblem from Starship Troopers).
He watched through his macrobinoculars as the gunships took off. He then took out his holo-communicator and dialed in a number on a secured channel. Moments later, a holo vision of a woman looking to be in her mid to late twenties appeared. "Lady Artemis," he said. "Jango has successfully evacuated the Torrent Company Clones and the others from the Jedi Temple, and are now en-route too the RAS Prosecutor." He said.
Nasha Artemis nodded "Good, at least they made it out alright." she said. "Continue to observe them from a distance, but once they leave the planet, head back to Mandalore. We have a lot of work to do."
"Yes Ma'am." He said as he closed the communicator, went on the move.
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Jango's LAAT/i
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Jango sighed as the LAAT/i's took off, and left the bridge extension. He felt an arm wrap around his shoulder, and smiled behind his visor as he turned and saw his wife had removed her helmet.
"Hell of cutting it close, eh?" Aira said with a grin on her face, and Jango chuckled as he removed his helmet as well, showing his scarred face.
"We've had worse," Jango said as he kissed her on the lips.
"Jango?" Jango sighed, and Aira giggled a bit, as he looked and saw his protege giving him a shocked as hell look. He grinned, Marik hadn't changed a bit since he last saw him on Kamino. "Hey Adiik." he said. "Been a while hasn't it? What, you don't think its me? I have proof, like that time back on Kamino when you were sparring with the ARC troopers and you almost got a Vibro-blade shoved up your-"
"STOP! I believe you!" Marik said, his face paled in embarrassment, which caused Zule to giggle a bit. "But...how? I saw what happened in the Arena! You got your head cut clean off!"
Jango chuckled lightly "Who you saw in the Arena die, was a Clone." He said, much to the shock of those listening. "He was a Body Double I trained Personally so that when the time came, he would be used to fake my death."
"Why do that?" Kal asked on the Cuy'val Dar frequency. "Why would you want to fake your death?"
Jango sighed "I had to, so that bastard Dooku wouldn't use Boba as a bargaining chip against me because of what I've been doing." he said. "The moment I first met him when he offered me the Job to become the template for the Clone Army, I instantly remembered him as the same Jedi in command of the attack force at Galidraan."
Marik's eyes widen at that since he remembered the war stories Jango used to say to him when he was a kid. About the time he joined the True Mandalorians after the death of his family at the hands of Death Watch on Concorde Dawn, fighting alongside his uncle Jaster until his death on Korda 6, and him being Mand'alor until that fateful day on Galidraan, where all but Jango survived the massacre in which the Jedi slaughtered everyone else in the True Mandalorians after they were told lies by that bastard Governor that they have been killing innocent civilians.
Zule was the same as she remembered reading Dooku's file, and saw one of the reasons he left the Order was because of the massacre.
"Count Dooku was the one who led the mission?" Marik said shocked at what his teacher said, and Jango nodded as his face turned into a scowl.
"Yes, but that's not the worst of it. You remember what I told you about my friend in the True Mandalorians, Silas?" he asked and Marik nodded, "Well, apparently he survived the massacre and went into hiding, but twelve years later, Dooku captured him, and tortured him for information on me. After he told him what happened at Korda 6, Dooku killed him." Marik's eyes went wide, Zule gasped a bit, Kal growled in anger, and Aira held Jango a bit closer. "After I discovered that, I knew I couldn't work for Tyrannus anymore." he said, before sighing. "But if I left, I would have put Boba in danger, and that Sith Bastard wouldn't stop until I was dead, and then he'd probobly train Boba to be his own personal assassin. So I decided to fake my death, in order to satisfying Dooku. I told Lama Su about my plan, and he gave me a whole Battalion of Clones, and an Acclamator I-class Assault ship for good luck. Since then, me and my men have been fighting Dooku in the Shadows, striking at key supply bases and convoys deep in their space. We've also been helping Ne'tra Kad as well."
He paused for a moment, giving them the time to process the information. "When Dooku was killed a few Months ago, me and my boys stopped attacking. I then began searching for my son, however then Order 66 started going on, I heard you and your girlfriend here were in the Temple, and here we are now." Marik could only look at his teacher in shock. He then remembered something about his surrogate little brother.
"I think I know where Boba might be...," Marik said and Jango looked at him as Marik began to tell him about his son.
As this was going on, the gunships have returned to the Prosecutor, which after having all the gunships onboard safe and sound, took off into space and after Jango gave directions to where the Jaster's Legacy II was located the Prosecutor then headed toward the moon, which was the resort moon Hespiridium, and linked up with the other Acclamator-I and the two ships went into lightspeed, just as the Coruscant Home Fleet arrived to attempt to stop them, only to see them jump into hyperspace, much to the current commander's ire.
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Meanwhile,
On Kashyyyk
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"Commence Door Breach Delta." RC-1138, otherwise known as 'Boss' said as he signaled his two Squad Mates, RC-1140 'Fixer' and RC-1262 'Scorch'.
"Commencing Door Breach." Scorch said as he picked out a Door Breach Charge and began to plant it, while Fixer took up position beside the door, and Boss stood at the ready.
"Breach Charge set...Clear!" Scorch said as he pressed the detonator, and dashed to the side as the charge went off, and the door forced itself open.
Fixer then tossed in a Thermal Detonator into the room, killing a handful of Trandoshan Mercenaries and Slavers inside the room with the blast. The Three members of Delta Squad then charged into the room, their DC-17m's blasting as they cleared the room of hostiles.
Scorch fired his shot at a Trandoshan Merc's Fuel Back, and the detonation sent the Mercenary flying too the ceiling. Normally Scorch would comment on the blast of the explosion, but instead he remained silent.
Boss sighed sadly as he stabbed a Trandoshan Slaver in the back of the Neck. It had only been a few days since the loss of their fourth Squad Member, RC-1207 'Sev'. They've all taken his death hard, but they all felt that they could have done something more to save him.
It only took a minute at most for all of the Trandoshan's within the room to be killed. "Fixer, start slicing that Terminal, get the Data the Lizards stole from us." Boss Ordered. "Scorch, cover that door."
His two squadmates nodded and went too their assigned tasks. "Delta Lead, this is Clone Adviser CC-01/425." Came the familiar voice of their Adviser. "Request Status Update on Progress within the Trandoshan Base."
"We just reached the location of the Control room, and are slicing their Terminal now." Boss said. "We'll have that data in a few moments."
"Copy that Delta Lead, once you aquire that data proceed to the rendevous point where Ne'Tra Kad Shock Commando Squad "Verpine" who will assist you in your next objective," Adviser informed and Boss nodded in the affirmative.
"Copy that Adviser," Boss responded, "Proceed to rendevous point and link up with Ne'Tra Kad Shock Commando Squad "Verpine" for next objective," he then turned to Fixer, "How's it coming Fixer?"
Fixer held up a hand with his pointer finger pointed in the air, "Just...one...more... minute...Got it!" He said. "Data's been downloaded. Let's meet up with these Ne'tra Kad guys."
Boss nodded "Alright, let's get moving." He said, as he signaled them forward. The trio passed through the next door, and into the hallways of the Trandoshan Base.
"So when are we gonna meet these guys anyways?" Scorch asked. "On that note: Who are we meeting up with anyways?"
Fixer rolled his eyes behind his visor, "They're a Mandalorian Shock Commando Squad from the Mandalorian PMC known as Ne'tra Kad. They say that these guys are well trained and use...unorthodox methods to get their job done," He told the demolitions expert who seemed a little nervous when he paused a bit and said unorthodox.
"Uhhh, what do you mean, 'unorthodox' Fixer?" Scorch asked, but Boss spoke up before Fixer could answer.
"Let's just say when they get a job, they finish it. Plain and simple," The leader of Delta Squad squad as they continued down the hallway. But Scorch was still worried about what Fixer said.
'I have a real bad feeling about this...,'
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On the other side of the base
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A Mandalorian wearing Colbat Blue Shock Trooper armor gazed down the scopes of his DC-15x sniper blaster rifle. Lined up right in the crosshairs was the head of a Trandoshan Elite Mercenary, equipped with a LS-150.
"Steady...steady..." the man said. "Goodnight asshole." He then pulled the trigger...and missed by an inch.
"OH WHAT THE FUCK!" The Mandalorian shouted out. "CABOOSE! TUCKER! DID YOU FUCK WITH MY SIGHTS AGAIN?"
"No!" Came the reply from two other Mandalorians, one in Teal Blue armor, and another in dark blue armor.
"It was me! Dirtbag!" shouted a Mandalorian wearing red armor, with a thick accent.
"Dammit, Sarge! Now they know we're here!" the cobalt armored shouted out.
"Shhhhhh! Quiet! They'll hear us!" said another wearing maroon colored armor. A yawn got everyone's attention and they turned to see another Mandlorian who looked a bit overweight wearing orange colored laying against a tree.
"Would you guys keep it down! I'm trying to sleep over here!" the lazy Mandalorian said but recieved a boot in the face in response, courtesy of a black/gold armor wearing Mandalorian.
"Idiot...how could you sleep in the middle of a mission Griff?" she demanded, and Griff just shrugged.
"I don't think we have to worry about the guards though..." said a man wearing black/amber armor, as he pointed forward. The others looked as a figure in Jet Black Mandalorian Shock Trooper armor rips the skull out of the Trandoshan Elite, and proceeded to beat him to death with it.
"This doesn't seem physically possible!" The Trandoshan cried before it died.
The others just stood there with jaws dropped open and eyes wide as saucers.
"I got to know how she does that," The female Mandalorian said and the others looked at her, except the one with amber trim , like she was nuts.
"You're kidding, right?" Tucker deadpanned, ''I don't even think Tex would even bother to train you since she's a PMSing bitch, and your a-" whatever Tucker was about to say was interrupted as said black-armored Mandalorian suddenly appeared behind Tucker. "What was that, Tucker?" Tex asked, in an overly-kind voice.
"Yes, what was that you were about to say?" The Black/Gold Mandalorian said, and Tucker was feeling nervous.
"Laddies, laddies, please...one at a time-OUPH!" Tucker shouted as Tex delivered a kick into his family jewels, causing all of the males to wince, with the exceptions of Sarge who just chuckled, and Caboose who was confused as to why everyone winced.
"Ohhh...that's gotta hurt!" Said another Mandalorian in bright Pink armor-
"It's Lightish Red!" The Mandalorian shouted at the Author...wait what?
117Jorn: What the...how the hell did you do that?
"My Armor is Lightish Red! Not Pink!" The Mandalorian said, and the others just looked around.
"Umm...who the hell is that?" Griff asked, looking around.
117Jorn: Umm...uh...oh shit, Patriot, help me out here!
Patriot-112: Uh-oh, time to use my MIND WIPE RAY!
"What the hell-," was all the Maroon Mandalorian could say as they and the others' mind were erased of the past four minutes.
"Uhh...what just happened?" Griff asked, looking around.
"I...Remember someone saying My armor was pink, and not Lightish Red." The 'Lightish Red' armored Mandalorian said.
"That's because, it is Pink Doughnut." The Maroon one said.
"It's totally Lightish Red Simmons!" Doughnut said.
"Lightish Red is Pink, Idiot." The Colbat one said, rolling his eyes. "Even Caboose knows-"
"Pss...Church!" Caboose said. "Who's the guy in the Lightish Red Armor?"
"...I stand corrected."
The Black/Amber trimmed Mandalorian couldn't take it anymore as he spun around and glared at the four.
"Will you please just shut up and focus on the mission?" He snapped, "We have to rendevous with the Republic Commandos and help them complete their next objective!"
The four Mandalorians cowered under his voice as they huddled up against a boulder. Knowing she had to do something before her companion killed their teammates, and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Easy Cal, we won't be able to complete the mission if you kill them," the Black/Gold Mandalorian said. Cal Nazca sighed and nodded. "Ya...your right Kari." he said. "Let's just get this over with..."
Kari Bareen smiled behind her helmet, "Alright then, Simmons! Get that door open!" She said, and the Maroon one nodded and moved towards the door control panel the Trandoshan once guarded.
"Ok...now what could the Password be..." he thought, but then Sarge walked up to him. "Step-aside, Simmons. I got this." He said. "The Password is...Password."
Griff rolled his eyes "Oh, come on!" he said. "These guys are not as stupid as you sarge! they would never-" Then the door opened.
"You were saying something lumnuts?" Sarge said, and Griff smacked his helmeted face, and grumbled something unintelligible. Church and Tucker just gave deadpanned looks at that, Tex was getting ready for action, Donut was being a airhead, as usual, and Caboose was...well, being Caboose.
"Un-fucking-believable," Church and Tucker said at the same time.
"Well hurry up everyone," Cal said as he hefted his blaster, "Let's meet up with the Commandos,"
Wasting no time the group went into the compound, but what they didn't know was that an individual, wearing grey Mandalorian armor with yellow trim was observing the group, and could only sigh at Cal's plight. He didn't know how Kari could stand them, but it was hers and Lady Artemis' decision, so he'll leave it at that.
"Command to Recovery one, please come in Recovery one. We need a status Report" A voice said.
The figure activated his comm. "This is Agent Washington." he said. "Recovery One Reporting. The Verpine Team has just entered the Trandoshan base. Shall I continue to observe?"
"Affirmative, Recovery One." Command said. "Continue to obvserve, but restrain from engaging. We cannot afford to reveal our intentions at this time."
"Roger that, Recovery one out." Washington said as he closed the link. He gave a heavy sigh, thinking about the Organization he worked for it's intentions.
"Typical power-munger bullshit," he growled out and silently followed after them.
With the Verpine Team, they moved through the hallways of the Trandoshan base to thier rendevous with Delta Squad, taking out a few Trandoshan Mercs and Slavers along the way, with Tex taking out most of them.
"Man, does anybody get the feeling that these Trandoshans have no sense of...what's the word?" Griff asked, and it was Simmons who answered. "Dignity?"
"Ya, that." Griff said. "I mean, come on! Look at what their doing to all these guys locked up in here!" He pointed into a room they just passed that was loaded with Wookiee Skins and Fur "I mean, what's these guys deal?"
"It's probably...hey wait, where's Caboose?" Church said, noticing their Blue-armored friend had gone missing.
"What? Again? That's the third time today!" Tucker said, as when Caboose disappeared, bad things happened. Cal groaned, as he took out what looked a tracking device, "Good thing I prepared for this when me and Kari were assigned to you guys," the Mandalorian said and activated the beacon in Caboose's armor.
"Ooooh, Tracking Beacon, nice!" Simmons said as he looked at the blinking blue dot on the Tracking Pad's screen.
"Hmm, maybe I should get one for Griff. He's also disappearing when we're on a mission," Sarge said and Griff glared at gim through his helmet visor.
"Fuck you, Sarge," he said. "I don't disappear, I hide. Their a difference."
"Arn't they like the same thing?" Tucker said.
"No, disappearing is involuntary, hiding is voluntary." Griff said.
"Ok, he's inside this room." Cal said, and when they entered the room, they found their lost teammate. He was standing next to a cage where inside was a Wookiee.
"Caboose, what are you doing?" Church asked.
"I want it." Caboose said, pointing at the Wookiee. "I want it, and I will name him Fluffy."
Church and the others face-palmed "Caboose, you can't have it as a pet. Its. a WOOKIEE." Church said.
"Pllleeeeeease Church? Can I? I can take care of him! I'll take him out for walks, I'll give him a bath everyday...,"
The Wookie was looking at Caboose like he was nuts and looked at the others. Cal just sighed in frustration.
"Trust me, I know," Cal said to the Wookie. "I can barley handle them myself. Tex, can you get him out of there?"
"Sure." Tex said as she walked up to the cage, and ripped the cage off of its Drasteel Hinges before tossing it away, almost hitting Church.
"HEY! What the fuck? You could have hit me you crazy bitch!" Church shouted.
"Ya, I missed." Tex said as the Wookiee stepped out, and gave a series of howls and barks.
"Uhhh, did anyone understood that?," Griff said as he scratched his helmeted head in confusion. Kari rolled her eyes behind her helmet.
"He said to Tex, thank you for getting him out," Kari said and the others looked at her, "What? My mom taught me how to understand Wookiee," the young Mandalorian said and the others just slapped their faces and she sighed.
"Alright, we better go. We're waisting enough time as it is," Cal reminded, and Team Verpine left the room and continued on to the rendevous point.
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With the Hades Corps
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It only too an hour at most for the ships of the Hades Corps to arrive into the Hoth System. As the 21 ships of the fleet dropped out of Hyperspace, they were greeted by the massive Planet of Ice before them.
"Here we are...Hoth," Satele said as she looked at the ball of ice along with Jade and Trips, "It's gonna take some time getting used to,"
Jade agreed with, knowing a Ice Planet such as Hoth will prove hard on their equipment, as well as the troops themselves. But if the weather didn't kill them, the Wampas on the planet might. She sighed, deciding they'll deal with the problem as soon as it happens.
"Satele, send out a patrol to check out the nearby asteroid field. I wouldn't bet that the Seps, or a Force loyal to Palpatine will already be in this system," Jade said and Satele nodded and told one of the clones on the bridge to issue the order. The Clone nodded and sent the order, and three ships, an Arquitens-Class light cruiser, and two Consular-Class Charger c70 retrofit cruisers, broke from the fleet and moved forward towards the asteroid field.
"I wonder if all of the Clones, other than ourselves, Obeyed Order 66..." Trips wondered out loud. "I mean...I couldn't imagine every clone Following it. There has to be others like us...right?"
"I hope so Trips..." Jade said, worry written on her face "I'd hate to find out I'm the only Jedi still alive..."
She felt an arm around her shoulder, and turned to see Trips standing there, smiling a bit. "I'm sure others survived, Jade." He said reassuringly. Jade smiled and leaned her head against his shoulder.
Satele smiled at this, happy to see that Jade was not allowing some flawed Code keeping her from seeking happiness. She then began to think of another certain Clone in the Corps, but kept his name to herself.
"Ma'am, we're ready to send the Probe Droids down to the surface to find us a good spot to set up our base," One of the Clone Bridge Officers said and Satele nodded.
"Very good, Liuetenant. You may proceed," said Satele and the Clone nodded. Moments later ten pods carrying the probes rocketed away from the Inferno toward Hoth.
"Now all we can do is wait for the results from the droids," Trips said, and Jade nodded in agreement. It was then that Roman entered the bridge with his team "So, I see we've arrived." Roman said.
Trips nodded as he broke the embrace he had with Jade. "Yes, we sent out scouts to the Asteroid Field, and a few Probe Droids to the surface." He said.
Roman nodded "Alright, also I was hoping if we might be able to get in contact with Ne'tra Kad." he said. Trips thought about for a moment and nodded.
"Yes, Lady Artemis might want to know where you're at, and what the situation is. Just make sure the channel your using is secure," he advised and the three nodded as they head over to the holo-table and dialed the number. A few seconds later the holo-projector showed a woman in her mid to late twenties, with black hair and brown highlights, her eyes a kind but fierce brown, wearing a mixture of black/brown Neo-Crusader and Mandalorian Shock Trooper armor with a black hooded cape. The woman's eyes widen in suprise at seeing Roman and his team.
"Roman, Sasha, Revy? Oh thank the Force you three are alright. I was worried that you caught in this mess we're having right now," the woman said in relief at seeing the three Mandalorians who's eyes widen a little at that.
"What do you mean Ma'am?" Sasha asked. Nasha Artemis was about to answer, but she glanced at Trips and the Clones.
"I...think this call should be private, you three." She said. "This isn't something that should-"
"It's about Order 66, isn't it Ma'am?" Revy interupted, and Nasha's eyes went wide.
"H-How did you-?" She asked, but Roman just smiled "Trips, the Commander of the 247th Hades Mobile Assault Coprs Told us about it a few hours ago, Ma'am." He said. "He told us the whole details, and he, along with the rest of the Corps, have decided not to follow those Orders."
Nasha's eyes widen at that, but then grinned.
"Well, it appears not only Torrent Company and Marik's Battalion, but the Hades Corps are not following Order 66 as well," she said which caused everyone's eyes to widen, especially Trips and Jade's.
"W-What did you say just now?" Trips said, hoping it wasn't bullshit. Nasha only grinned more.
"It's like I said Commander Trips, you're not only one who's not following orders...," Jade was about to continue, but turned as a man in Mandalorian Shock Trooper came up to her.
"Excuse me Ma'am, may I interrupt," the Mandalorian said. Nasha nodded her head, telling the Mandalorian to continue. "I have just received word from several of our agents that multiple groups of Clones around the Galaxy are deciding not to follow Order 66." He said, to the shock of all those listening. "The 327th Star Corps, under the joint command of Jedi Master Alaya Secura and Clone Commander Bly, have managed to fake Alaya's death in the eyes of the Empire's troops on Felusia, and have left the system. Our agents on Her flagship reports they are seeking temporary asylum in the Yavin System."
Nasha and the others listening blinked in surprise, before Nasha grinned. "Really now?" She asked.
"And that's not all." The Mandalorian said. "Similar reports from the 42nd Hunter Regiment, and Demon Company from the 822nd Legion are also not following the order." He said. "Demon Company has Hijacked the EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate Red Dawn, and used it for their escape."
Everyone's eyes just kept on widening at that. Trips was the most shocked as he didn't expect that many Clones to disobey the order.
"Torrent Company, The 26th 'Slice Hound' Battalion, The Star Corps, The 42nd Regiment, AND Demon Company?" Trips said, unable to contain his shock, as were the other Clones who heard that.
"That's like a whole Sector Army worth of Clones! Including us!" Satele said clearly shocked at the numbers.
Jade was just as shocked as the others were, but there was one thing she had to be sure of "Wait! Did you say the 42nd Hunter Regiment?" She asked, making sure she heard right.
"Yes Ma'am." The Mandalorian said. "Present with them are Jedi Master Taylor Masao, and Jedi Knight Robert Lee. And with the Demon Company is Jedi Master John Cypher."
Jade then let out a massive sigh of relief. 'My Master and Brother are Ok...' She thought. 'Thank the Force.'
"Thank You, I needed to be sure." She said, and the Mandalorian nodded in understanding.
"So we know where General Secura and the Star Corps is now, but what about the others?" Satele asked, and the Mandalorian responded.
"For what our informant on Coruscant said, the formerly RAS Prosecutor, along with another Acclamator I-class Assault Ship, the Jaster's Legacy II has left the System and is enroute towards Ordo in the Mandalore Sector," the man reported and Roman perqued at the name of the second Acclamator.
"Wait, hold on. Did you just say the Jaster's Legacy II?" he asked, and the Mandalorian nodded while Nasha smirked a bit.
"Yes, It is under the command of one of our agents, who's name I am not authorized to-" The Mandalorian was silenced as Nasha raised her hand.
"I don't think we need to keep them in the dark about this anymore." She said. "It's obvious now that people will discover that he's alive very soon."
"Who's alive?" Jade asked, but then she noticed Roman's slowly widening eyes.
"You don't mean..." He said, and Nasha grinned and nodded. "Holy Mother of sith...I don't believe this! He's been dead for three years!"
"Who?" Revy asked, not understanding why her Commander was freaking out.
"Who else would name their ship after the Jaster Mereel?" Roman asked and Sasha's eyes widen in realization.
"No way it couldn't be...," she said and Revy getting fed up, yelled out.
"WILL SOMEBODY TELL WHO'S THE GUY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO DEAD, MAKING EVERYONE FREAK OUT?"
Roman just looked at her and said the person's name in a deadpan tone, "Jango Fett, the last True Mandalorian."
There was a whole minute's worth of silence on the bridge as all of the Clones, Mandalorians, and Jade's eyes were wide in shock.
"J-Jango Fett?" Jade asked, being sure she heard right. "But...that's impossible! I was there at the arena battle! I saw Master Windu slice his head off!"
"That was Jango's own personally trained Clone he used as a body-double in the battle." Nasha answered, to the shock of everyone. "He had to fake his death in order to fool Count Dooku, so that when he came to us, no one would be looking for him. The Kaminoians gave him the ship and a battalion of Clones under his command."
"But, wouldn't that raise suspicion from Palpatine or Count Dooku?" Sasha questioned, but Nasha shook her head no at that.
"The ID numbers of those clones were erased from Tipoca City's records, and the Acclamator had no serial numbers. In truth, the Battalion and the Jaster's Legacy II, are ghosts," Nasha explained and Roman just sighed, but then smiled.
"Heh, he always planned ahead," Roman said. The other clones were just speechless as Nasha continued.
"He then decided to call this Battalion as well as the non-clones under his command he's gathered in the years, the Neo-True Mandalorians," Nasha told them.
"A fitting name..." Sasha said, while nodding her head.
"What about Demon Company?" Trips asked. "And Hunter Regiment?"
"The Hunter Regiment has moved to Ilum for now," The Mandalorian said. "While the Demon Company is hiding in the Teth System."
However, before they could continue, one of the bridge crew of the Inferno spoke up "Sir, we just reseved data from the Probes, and they found something on the Planet Surface."
"Sir, this is the Triumph," came the voice of the Captain of the Arquitens-Class light cruiser sent to scout the asteroid field. "We found something here...you should probably see this for yourself."
Trips nodded and turned back to Nasha "Sorry Lady Artemis, but we need to cut this short." he said. "We're in the Hoth system, looking for a base. But the next time we get in contact, could you connect us with the other Clones who defected?"
Nasha smiled and nodded. "I'll see what I can do, but I think that could easily be arranged." she said. "Good luck, and may the force be with you." and with that, the connection was cut.
"We'll check out what our scouts in the asteroid field found first," Trips said. "And then we'll go planet side to see what the Probe Droids found."
"Sounds good to me." Jade said. "Helm, plot a course to the Triumph's location."
The man at the helm nodded, as he flew the Inferno towards their location, followed by the rest of the fleet.
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At Kashyyyk
With Delta Squad
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Delta was moving through the Trandoshan Base, killing any of the lizards that they encountered. They were just a dozen meters from the Rendevous Point when Fixer, who point man, signaled the others to stop.
"What is it Fixer?" Boss said.
"I hear something around the corner," Fixer answered, and Boss looked at Scorch and signaled him to keep sharp as they continued forward, albiet more cautiously.
As they moved forward, the three Commando's began to hear multiple voices, and they listened in.
"Are you sure we're going the right way?" One voice asked.
"What other way is there to go, Tucker?" Another, female one said. "And don't you even dare say-"
"Oh, I know three ways we could go, Tex! Bow-Chika Bow Wow." The first said, and there were several sighs.
Delta each rose an eyebrow at that.
"Tucker, you do that again, and I swear, I'll let Tex do what she did to that Trandoshan, to you," Another, male voice said, "And I will shoot you in the ass for good measure,"
"Aww, come on dude!" Tucker whined, "Cut me some slack would ya?"
There was a brief a moment of silence until the second male voice said "You know what? I think I'll shoot you know." There was the sound of a Blaster firing, and yelp of pain "OW! What the hell man!"
"Quit your bitch'n Dirtbag." A gruf voice said. "Now come on, we gotta meet these Commando feller's."
Each of the Delta's blinked, "Are those the guys we're suppose to be working with?" Fixer asked.
"It seems so..." Boss said with a sigh as he activated his Comm. "Verpine Team, this is Delta Squad, do you read me, over?"
A female voice answered, "This is Verpine Team. Read you loud and clear Delta, over?"
"Was that members of your 'team' we just heard?" Boss asked rhetorically, and he heard a sigh on the other end.
"Unfortunatley, yes," the woman said in exasperation. "I am guessing you are just around the corner?"
"That would be an affirmative." Boss said. "We're coming around."
Boss then motioned his two Squad Members forward, and the moment they turned the corner they were greeted by the sight of ten Shock-trooper armor wearing figures.
"So...your Verpine Team?" Fixer asked, and the man who looked to be in charge, wearing Black/Gold armor, nodded. "Yes, and you must be Delta Squad?"
Boss nodded his head "Yes, I'm Delta-38, Boss. And with me are my two Squad Mates Delta-62 Scorch, and Delta-40 Fixer." He said, pointing at his two squad mates.
The Leader of Verpine team tilted his head to the side "I though there were four Commandos in Delta Squad?" He asked, and the Commando's heads lowered at that.
"That's because he's missing-in-action," Scorch said, his voice taking a sorrowful tone, "We were forced to abandon him after completing a mission, because the info we had was more 'important' than saving him," he said the last part bitterly.
The Verpine Team Leader winced at that, "Oh, sorry,"
Scorch just shrugged, "It's okay, it's not your fault," he said. "So who are you guys?"
"I'm Cal Nazca, Commanding Officer of the team." The leader said. "With me is Kairi, my second-in-command, and in our team we have Tucker, Church, Caboose, Tex, Sarge, Griff, Simons, and Donut. Our other two Squad mates, Doc and Kaikaina, are back on our ship."
Boss nodded at that, and then blinked when he saw the one wearing teal colored armor rubbing his rear, and came to the conclusion that this was the one who was shot. He looked at the others, frowning a bit a bit at Griff's laziness, but what REALLY caught him off guard was Donut.
"Uhhh, can I ask you something?" he said motioning to Cal, who nodded, and Boss pointed at Donut, "Why is that guy wearing Pink armor,"
"IT'S LIGHTISH RED!" Donut snapped. "WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY IT'S PINK? IT'S LIGHTISH RED!"
"Uhh...no that's Pink." Scorch said.
"Pink." Fixer said.
"100% Pink." Boss said, and Donut grumbled while the others tried, but failed miserably, to suppress their own laughter.
"Alright, back to the mission, I assume you know the objective?" Boss asked, and Cal nodded.
"Infiltrate the Trandoshan Command Room, and implant a Virus to monitor Comm Traffic." He said, and Boss nodded.
"Sounds like a plan, what next?" Scorch asked, and the female in yellow trimmed black armor smirked behind her visor.
"And then we'll hack into the Trandos main-frame and search for any supporters of this Slave op, and then our agaents will take'em down, one-by-one," she said and Fixer grinned behind his helmet, knowing that was his specialty.
"Just leave it to me, I'll get those computers sliced before you could say Firefek." Fixer said.
"Firefek." Griff said.
"Shut up Griff before I have Simmons here kill you in your sleep!" Sarge shouted.
"Ohh, I'd do it too." Simmons said.
"I know that simmons, good man." Sarge said, and Boss just shook his head in disbelief.
"L-Let's just get on with the Mission." He said, and the others nodded as they followed the Commando's through the base, silently taking out any Trandoshans they came across.
Finally, after a while of walking, they made it too the door where the command room resided. "Prepare for a door breach Scorch." Boss said, and Scorch nodded as he moved forward to place a breach charge, only for Tex to stop him.
"I've got this one, Sparky." She said as she walked forward towards the door.
Scorch turned to his fellow Commando's "Sparky?" He asked, and they just shrugged.
Tex Walked up to the door, and made a few taps on the surface with her hands to see how thick it was. "I got this." She said as she took a few steps back, and then she ran forward kicking the doors down, crushing a pair of Trandoshan Slavers who were standing next to the door, and suprising the hell out of both the Commando's and the Trando's inside.
"Knock, Knock, Knock! Anybody hooome?" Tex said in a all too sweet of a voice.
"What the?" Scorch said as Tex then attacked the other Trandos in the room.
"What in the Force IS she?" Fixer said as he watched Tex bend a Trando Slaver in a unnatural way. Boss was too stunned to even make a comment as he watched the Mandalorian female beat the crap out of the whole Command Room staff.
"She...is Tex." Caboose said. "She's a pretty...mean lady. She likes to kill things!"
"I...noticed." Boss said as she watched her rip out a Trandoshan's spine, and strangled him to death with it.
In one minute flat, Tex had single-handedly killed every single trandoshan in the room, leaving the Commando's wide-eyed.
"What are you waiting for? An engraved invitation?" Tex said, grinning behind her helmet.
"R-Right, Hang on a second." Fixer said as he finally got his eyes away from all of the carnage and headed towards the nearest terminal...that had the least amount of blood on it.
Fixer immediately wen to work, tying quickly on the board. "Alright, I'm in." he said. "Uploading the Virus now."
Boss nodded as he then turned to Tex "That...was pretty impressive what you did." he commented. Tex just shrugged "All in a day's work." she said.
"Alright," Fixer said. "Virus is-"
Fixer paused, which worried Boss "Fixer, what is it?" He asked.
"No way..." Fixer said, not answering his question as he continued to type on the terminal.
"Fixer? What's going on?" Boss asked. "Delta-40 what is it!"
The Slicer finally snapped out of it and turned to Boss. "Sir...take a look at this." He said as he motioned his head towards the screen. "I just discovered that not too far from here is a Trandoshan Prison Camp, similar to the one we busted Tarrful out of a while back."
"Alright, what about it?" Boss said.
"Check out this security feed." Fixer said, as he played it.
It showed on the screen a Trandoshan Drop Ship landing on a landing pad, and first out was a team of Trandoshans. After that came multiple Wookiee Warriors, being pushed out by more slavers.
But the eyes of Scorch and Boss widened at the last one who came out. A figure in easily recognizable White/Red trimmed Katarn-class Commando Armor.
RC-1207 'Sev' was alive.
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The Inferno approached the asteroid field where the patrol was sent. It didn't take long to find the patrol but what was in front of them drew their attention.
"No...fucking...way." Roman said, summing up the thoughts of all those watching.
In front of the fleet, was a small shipyard built into several Asteroids. But what they instantly noticed were the numerous ships of Separatist Origins that were docked with said shipyard. Trips could easily count 15 Ships.
"Its a CIS Shipyard!" Trips said in shock. "It must have been abandoned a while ago..."
"But why would they leave ships here if they abandoned it?" Jade asked, and Trips shrugged "Maybe they planned on coming back?" He suggested.
"I don't know Trips" Jade said, "But the best way of finding out is to check the Shipyard logs, they can probably tell us why they left," Jade finished and Trips nodded.
"Good idea, I'll get a boarding ready," Trips and then turned to Roman and his Team, "How many people can your ship hold?" Trips asked.
"Well, it was made to include four passengers," Sasha said. "But we could squeeze a few guys into the cargo hold, maybe a small Squad?"
"Alright, the Commando's will join you with a few of our Clones." Trips said. "Try to head for the Command Center as quickly as you can. Just be careful of any Droids."
"Please," Revy said, rolling her eyes "Like we'd let a bunch of Clankers take us down."
Roman and Sasha just rolled their eyes at their Gung-ho teammate and Jade could only sigh.
"Only you would say that Revy, only you," Jade said and Revy could only grin.
"I know," she chirped and Roman grabbed her by the scruff of her flight suit and dragged her off with Sasha following as Revy was shouting curses and insults at Roman in Mando'a.
"She's never gonna change, will she?" Satele asked, and Trips just shook his head, chuckling "No...but that's why we all love her." He said, before turning to Jade with a playful smirk "But I love you more." He said, stealing a kiss as she blushed a bit.
Satele sighed "Geez, get a room you two." She said, as she turned back to the display,
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Delta Squad and Verpine Team were moving double time. After they got what they needed and informed Advisor of their completion of the mission an the location of Sev. But Advisor then informed them to ignore what they saw and rendevous with a LAAT/i for extraction.
Unfortunately, Delta Squad decided to not follow orders this time. After the two teams left the Command Building, which exploded sky high afterwards, courtesy of Scorch, they then proceeded towards the POW camp.
Eventually, the two teams finally found themselves looking at the enterance of the camp. It was very similar too the one where Tarfull was kept a few months ago, and they were all positioned to take out the front guards.
Fixer gazed down the scopes of his DC-17m in Sniper Mode. "I can count about six guards, and a pair of Rocket Turrets on top." He reported. "But there could be more guards ready to pounce up from anywhere."
Tex just cracked her knuckles, a predatory grin plastered behind her visor.
"I got this, give me 10 minutes," She said and before Fixer could ask what she meant by that. She vanished.
"Hey, where she go?" he asked as the commandos looked around for her.
"She activated her Stealth Field, she loves using that thing,' Church said, with a Sigh "She would use it a lot back when we were dating to sneak out...sleep with other guys..."
"Wait, you dated her?" Scorch asked, not believing what he was hearing.
"Ya, she's my Ex-Girlfriend." Church said "Get over it."
"Looks like she's about to get to work." Sarge said as he watched the show about to begin.
On the first turret, a Trandoshan suddenly found it hard to breath, and the next thing he knew his head was ripped off of his shoulders and his body was tossed away as Tex re-appeared on the turret. She turned it around, and fired the rocket at the second turret, destroying it.
"Geez!" Fixer said in shock.
The Trandoshans were caught by suprised by the explosion and were running around trying to find out what happened when Tex jumped from the first turret and landed in font of them just as the turret exploded, catching their attention.
"Heya, fellas!" the female Mandalorian said and then drew two DC-15S Blasters,"Who's next?"
AN: BOOM! Another chapter down! But this is just the first part of this chapter of course!
So, anyways, I hope you enjoy what I wrote, and like I said earlier, I hope I wrote out that bridge scene the right way. If you think you can help us improve the scene, just PM me about it. I'll gladly look at your suggestions and ideas on how to make the fic better. And I hope you like the little Cameo from Rooster Teeth I added in here!
Donut: See! See! I told you I wasn't crazy!
Griff: Well I'll be, Donut was right for once.
Sarge: I guess their a first time for everything.
117Jorn: What the hell, didn't Patriot mind-wipe you guys?
Simmons: He did, but I still had my Helmet-mounted Camera and Audio systems still on!
Sarge: Excelent work there Simmons!
Simmons: Thank you sir!
117Jorn: Ah, damnit. PATRIOT! WE NEED ANOTHER MIND-WIPE RAY!
Sarge: Ha! shows what you know! We modified our armors to be resistant against your friends Mind-wipe ray!
Patriot 112: Shit, he's right. It's not working!
117Jorn: Fuck. Oh well, I guess this isn't too bad.
Griff: Whatever, I'm gonna go take a Nap.
Donut: And I'm gonna check this place out! Its a lot bigger than our old base!
Patriot 112: *Sighs* This'll make things complicated.
Dragonknightryu: *Looks in the doorway* I have Mind Bleach!
Next time on We Dared: As Delta and Verpine Team continue to find Sev, meanwhile Jango and his allies begin their Search for Boba Fett. And while the Hades Corps inspects the Abandoned Separatist Shipyards over Hoth, not only do they discover something on the planet, but Jade intercepts Bail Organa's Jedi Distress Beacon, and she and Trips move in to see who else answers the call...