117Jorn: Hello everyone! 117Jorn here with yet another Chapter from 'We Dared'! I am joined today once again by my friends Dragonknightryu, Patriot 112, and even the Red Vs Blue Characters.
Dragonknightryu: Sup
Patriot 112: Yo! Hey Jorn, did we take care of our Donut Problem?
117Jorn: Yup! I just locked him up in his room with some of those weird Magazine's he likes to read, and enough food to last him till we're done here. He won't be getting out anytime soon.
Church: That's good.
Dragonknightryu: Ya, it took us FOREVER to repaint all of our stuff. I swear if he does it again, I WILL make his death agonizing, and as painful as humanly possible!
Patriot-112: And that means I get try out what I saw on LOST! (Brings out sharpened bamboo sticks as he grins evilly) Hehehehe! This will do nicely!
117Jorn:...
Dragonknightryu:...
Church:...
Patriot-112: What?
117Jorn:...Do you have a spare?
Dragonknightryu: Ya, I'd like one to!
Patriot-112: Sure! Baboo Spears for everyone! *Begins passing them out to everyone*
Church: *Sigh* Let's just get this over with...
117Jorn: Not so fast, Church! I have the results to the Poll I posted regarding whether or not you guys are staying or not in the fic.
Doc: What are the results?
117Jorn: Ryu, Drumroll please.
Dragonknightryu: Got it! *Begins drumroll*
117Jorn: Alright, the Poll results are...*Everyone leans forward as 117Jorn reads the envelop* RVB is staying!
RVB Characters: HELL YA!
Tex: Thank god, for a moment I thought I would have to bust out the Hammer *Takes out Gravity Hammer*
117Jorn: Ya, well, that's good. Well anyways let's get on with the show!
Patriot-112: Also, please check out my own Star Wars Fic 'Star Wars: The 26th' which goes over the history of the slice hounds and my OC's, and is a Prolog fic to what happens in We Dared. You can find it on my profile!
"Talking"
"Radio/Com link"
'Thinking'
"Alien Language"
Chapter 5: Reunion and Revival
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Ordo System
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Two Guards, one a Weequay and the other a Rodian, were by the main entrance of the pirate base, and they were both bored out of their minds!
"Uhhh! I hate guard duty!" complained the Weequay, while the Rodian just glared at his companion.
"Quit your complaining, it won't make our shift end any faster!," growled the Rodian in it's native tongue
"I have the right to complain! It's always us that get stuck doing guard duty while everyone else is getting their share of the loot while we don't get squat!" The Weequay argued back. The Rodian's glare only intensified, "You don't think I know that, you imbecile? I hate guard duty as much as you do, but bitching about it isn't going to change it!," The Weequay growled as he folded his arms over his chest.
"I'm no imbecile, Bug Eyes!," he muttered, but the Rodian caught it.
"I heard that!" The Rodian shouted. "Why don't you for once in your life-" Whatever the Rodian was about to say was cut off as his head exploded from a round from a distant Sniper. Before the Weequay could shout out a warning to the base, a second shot sounded and he joined the Rodian in death.
"Front Guard's taken out." Fi reported as he looked up from the sights of his DC-17m in Sniper Mode. "Time to bring out the pain, everyone."
"Copy that Fi. How's your head by the way," came the voice of one of his brothers. He chuckled, "Never been better,"
"That's good. Here we come!"at that moment a swarm of missiles flew at the two towers with the automated turrets. The Missile barrage impacted against the Pirate Defense Towers, destroying them and they colapsed to the ground.
That was when alarms started sounding, and the Pirate Base Defenders began to mobilize, activating their Captured Walkers and other vehicles, and the Pirates themselves were running out of their barracks to engage whoever is attacking.
Meanwhile, the Mandalorian's and Clones made their move, their AT-PT's and Speeder Bikes darted forward, firing their respective weapons at the Pirates before them, while a pair of LAAT/i Gunship's provided them some Air Support.
"That's our cue," Marik said as he looked through his macrobinoculars, at the others attacking the base and drawing the other Pirates away from the back gate. He then turned to Jango and the rest of the rescue team, "Let's go," he said.
"Right," Jango said in agreement as he nodded, the group, moved down the hill they were on and toward the pirate base.
Meanwhile, back with the others, a squad of Clones wearing customize Slice Hounds Phase-1 Armor have just entered the front part of the base and they begin blasting at the pirates. One clone, who's armor was trimmed in red and a red arrow on the forehead of his helmet, unleashed hell with his Z-6 rotary blaster cannon
"Chew on this! Bantha Fodders! Hahahahaha!" CT-5532, better known as 'Koppa' shouted as he let loose a hell storm of bolts towards the Pirates, nailing several of the idiots who refused to take cover. Meanwhile, ARF Trooper CT-1989 Spitfire sighed at his Brother's antics. "Every time he gets into a battle with that blasted cannon..." He muttered as he fired his own DC-15A.
While this was happening, a clone with darker Red trimming and daimonds on his shoulder armor pieces and a four-point star on the right breast plate of his armor, aims his DC-15x Sniper rifle at a collection of Pirates from his concealed location. CT-2489 'Kaph''s finger twitched on the trigger, and a blaster bolt shot out and in three shots, three pirates lost their heads.
"Three more for me." Kaph said with a bit of a grin as he targeted the next group of Pirates. His spotter, CT-2012 "Digamma" just shook his head.
"Show off," he muttered as he looked for more targets, "Sniper on the roof, leftside building," he said and Kaph followed his directions.
"I got him," he said as he zoomed in on the Pirate, and fired. "Target down, he's not getting up from that."
"Rocket Launcher, Roof of the Right Side building." Digamma said, pointing out the next target. "Say no more," Kaph said as he fired another shot, killing the Rocket launcher-welding pirate. Oddly enough, when he killed him the Pirate managed to fire a rocket, however the rocket went wild and actually hit one of the Pirate-controlled Bantha-II Cargo Skiff's, which then rammed into a AT-AP, destroying both of them.
Kaph and Digamma just watched wide-eyed. "Did...did you mean to do that?" Digamma asked, and Kaph looked at his rifle.
"Can you actually believe that I did?" Kaph said as a voice came on.
"Uhhh, was that you Kaph?" said the second ARF Trooper and Comm Man of their Squad, CT-9666 Semphi.
"Hell ya that was me!" Kaph shouted, while Digamma sighed. "Did you see that shot! I AM THE CHAMPION!"
"Enough Chatter you guys, we got a base to kill." CT-2484 'San' said. "But...I will agree that was fucking awesome!"
"You think it's awesome because of how it went 'BOOM!' San," commented another of their clone brothers, CT-5160 'Resh', the Squad medic, as he fired his Slice Hound Modified SC blaster rifle at a group of Pirates taking cover behind some crates.
"Shut it, Resh," San growled out as he fired his newly acquired A280 blaster rifle, nailing a few Pirates who were attempting a charge.
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Meanwhile
With Jango and the others
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Jango lead Marik, Zule, Arla, Aira, and Omega Squad moved towards the rear enterance of the base quietly, and being sure to avoid any Pirates that were guarding that area, which surprisingly there were not a lot.
"You'd think after being infiltrated once by Boba, they would have improved their security here." Aira commented as they moved, Jango just shrugged.
"Apparently these pirates are not as smart as Hondo Ohnaka's Gang," Jango replied which caused Marik, Zule, Aira, and Omega to snicker, and Arla, who was in a spare suit of Mandalorian Shock Trooper, thanks to Aira, to become curious.
"Uhh, who's Hondo?" she asked. "He's a Weequay Pirate, and is surprisingly smart for one." Marik said. "A while ago he tried to Ransom Count Dooku to the Republic after Capturing him for the Price on his head, while also capturing Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi, to triple the Ransom Money. But, he failed, mostly because he wasn't expecting...well, let's just say a Certain Gungan threw a wrench into his plans."
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On the planet of Naboo, a certain clumsy Gungan sneezed, losing his balance and crashing into a small table, smashing it to pieces, much to the exasperation and frustration of everyone with him.
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Back on Ordo
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"That Jar Jar is either a Curse, or a Blessing in disguise from all of the situations he's caused and fixed." Zule said, with a chuckle.
"Alright, there it is." Jango said, as he pointed to the rear enteranse which was now just ahead of them, which wasn't guarded.
"They don't even have any guards here? Are they that arrogant?" Aira said, Jango just shrugged, "Looks like it to me. But we still have to be careful," he said as he walked up to the door, and all of a sudden on the door appeared to be what looked like an photoreceptor eye.
"State your buisness," the eye asked from the speakers and Jango groaned, "Of course, they have one of these things here," the Bounty Hunter said with spite. Marik meanwhile was looking the immediate vincinity.
"What's wrong?" Aira said, and Jango looked at her, "This is either a Model Dx5 Security Door or it's worse little brother a Model Dz5 Security, which I hope it's the former, so I don't have to worry about a laser blasting."
"Do we have anything that can blow through it?" Arla asked. Marik then turned to Zule "You think your Lightsaber can cut through it?" He asked, and Zule scoffed a bit, "Please, even a blast door can stop a lightsaber," She said as she ignited her green blade and stepped up to the Security door that, if could, widen it's one eye in fright.
"Uh-o-," was the last thing it said before Zule plunged her lightsaber into the door's photoreceptor, and then started to carve around the edge of the edge of the door. When she finished, she used the force to pull the now destroyed door out, and set it to the side.
"And that's how it's done," She said as she deactivated her Lightsaber. "Now Come on, let's go!"
"Right," Jango said. "Omega, while me and the others get Boba and his team out, you four head for the Early Warning Station, and destroy it so that our reinforcements can get here."
Niner nodded "Right, we'll get that station blown in no time." He said, and he and Omega went down one path, while Jango and the rest went to the cells.
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With Boba and his team
Moments before the raid started
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"I can't believe I got us caught," grumbled Boba Fett as his back was against the wall, "And by a bunch of blockheaded pirates no less!'
"Calm down, Bo," Sintas said to her boyfriend, "It wasn't your fault," Boba could only sigh at his girlfriend's attempts to calm him.
"She's right, Alor, it could have happened to anyone." Came the voice of the third man in the cell with them, an 18 year old man who was a surprising 6'3, with military cut dark brown hair and blue eyes, wearing Dark Green Shock Trooper armor and a lighter green jumpsuit. "They just managed to get the jump on us is all."
"Stone's right, besides if I can...rig this Terminal here, I think I might be able to get us out." Said the voice of the fourth person in the cell, a female who stood at 5'7 and had short ear-length red hair, green eyes, and wearing Gunmetal Grey Shock Trooper Armor with a dark green jumpsuit. She was working on the Terminal inside their Cell, typing on the terminal trying to bypass their security system.
"Well, how are ya doing on that, Hawk?" Came the voice of the last person in the cell, a female as well. She was a bit taller than Hawk, and wore dark tan colored Shock Trooper armor, with a brown jumpsuit. She had dark skin, ear-length brown hair and piercing brown eyes.
"I'll put it to ya this way Flint," Hawk said. "These Pirates may be dumb as sin, but goddamn they have some deep pockets to afford the Security Systems they installed. But, I should be able to-"
Hawk was cut off from what she was about to say when there was the sound of a distant explosion and some shaking, followed by distant blaster fire.
"What the?" Stone said, as Boba went over to the window, but found out it was too high.
"Osik! Stone! Give me a boost!" Boba said and Stone nodded as he lifted the young Bounty Hunter-to-be up so he could see out the window.
"See anything Bo?" Sintas asked, and he nodded "It looks like someone's attacking the front of the base!" he said. "The Guard tower's are toast, and the Pirate's are trying to fight them off. I can't say who's attacking though."
"Could Calista of sent us help?" Flint asked, but Boba shook his head. "No, we didn't take out the Early Warning system yet." He said. "How could she get here without them noticing-"
"HA!" Hawk cheered as the door opened. "Got it! Door's open, now let's get out of here!
With that everyone of Boba's Team left the Cell.
"So where do we go now?" Flint asked curious on what to do next. Boba provided the answer, "Simple, we find the armory of this place, find our weapons and helmets, and then get out of here!"
"That's not very convincing," Stone deadpanned. "With the base under attack, it's gonna be difficult to get to the armory."
"Do you have a better idea Stone?" Boba asked, "'Cause if you do, I'm all ears for suggestions at this point."
No one said anything "Alright, let's go." Boba said. "We just Grab our gear, take down the Early Warning System, and get out." The others nodded as they then followed Boba through the Prison Block hallways, however when they turned one corner they ran almost head-first into a bunch of Pirates that were walking down the hallway.
Boba swore as he ducked one of the Pirate's swings of his rifle, and punched the Weequay into the gut, and smashing his head into his knee. Stone grabbed another one and slammed him into the ground, knocking it out, Sintas punched another one in the face a few times before he fell over, and finally Hawk snapped the neck of the last one.
"Grab their weapons," Boba said as he picked up a KS-60 blaster rifle one of the guards had, along with some grenades. The others did the same.
"Okay we got some weapons," Stone said, "Now let's take that armory!" with that the group of Mandalorians and one Kiffar contined on their way, unknowing that they were about to run into Boba's past.
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With Jango's team
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Jango and the others were moving down the hallway to the cell Boba and his team were in. "Once we find him, we'll meet up with Omega and blow that station so the Calvary can arrive." Jango said. The others nodded as they ran into the next Hallway, and headed for the door. But they were surprised to find that it was open, and no one was inside.
"Are you sure that thing said Boba was held in here?" Jango asked Marik who held a Datapad they took from one of the guards they killed.
"Ya, this should be it." Marik said, looking through the Datapad. "They either must have moved them, or they somehow managed to escape."
Zule entered the cell and looked around until she found the access panel, "It was the latter, look," she said motioning to the disassembled panel.
"Well, that explains that," Marik said, "Question is now: Where did they go?"
"Probably that way," Arla said, pointing down the hallway "That's the only other way out besides the one we just came from. Their probably gonna head to the Armory and get their gear back."
Aira nodded "She's right, we should hurry up then." She said, and everyone nodded in agreement and they took off in that direction. It was a minute later they came across the bodies of the pirates.
"Dang!" Marik said as he looked at the corpses as Jango kneeled next to one of them, and noticed the gear the pirates used were missing and that the bodies were still warm.
"Hmm, they haven't been dead for very long," he said, "Maybe a few minutes, they should be close by." Not a moment after he said that, the team could hear the sound of Blaster Rifles being discharged, and it sounded close.
"Come on, this way!" Marik said as he took point, following the sounds of the gun fire while the others followed. After a minute of running, the team finally exited the hallways, and they finally came across the firefight between Boba's team which were taking cover behind some crates, while they were firing at a bunch of Pirates who were shooting back at them from a platform above.
"We gotta help them," Jango said seriously and then turned to his protege, "Marik! You and me will get up there and take down those pirates on the platform," he then turned toward the girls.
"Aira, you and the girls go give them a hand," Jango said and Aira nodded and turned to Arla and Zule, "Let's do it, Ladies!"
The three girls grinned as Zule ignited her Lightsaber, and Arla drew her own Blaster Rifle as they jumped down to where Boba was, and while Marik and Jango activated their Jet Packs, flying up to the platform.
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With Boba
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"Where the hell did those guys come from!" Boba shouted as he fired his captured rifle towards where the Pirates were firing from
"How should I know? Just shoot'em already!" Sintas yelled as she fired her captured DL-44 pistol at the pirates. It was at that moment they saw two figures in Mandalorian Shock Trooper utilizing jet-packs as they flew up to the platform, it was one of the two Boba recognized due to his armor.
"Marik?" Boba in curiosity and surprise. However then from behind came three women, who wearing Mandalorian Armor, while the others wore Jedi Robes and was armed with a Lightsaber. "Nice to see ya again, Boba!" Zule Xiss said as she deflected some of the fire from the Pirates above.
Boba blinked in surprise "Zule?" He asked, surprised again. "Wha...what are you doing here? And who are they?" He pointed at the other two women, and the man with Marik who's fighting style was oddly familiar but Boba couldn't put his finger on where he's seen it before.
"You'll be suprised who it is," Zule said as she deflected the blaster shots, "But we'll talk later, we need to get you outta of here,"
Boba looked clearly shocked, "What? We can't! We need to take out the-" he wanted to argue but Zule cut him off.
"Omega Squad's already taking care of the Early Warning System! No need to worry!" she said, much again to Boba's suprise.
"Omega Squad? They're here, too?" He asked. "I thought they were at Corascaunt! Zule, what the hell is-"
"We'll explain everything later, Boba!" One of the other women said. "Right now, we need to get out of here! Once that EWS is out, all hell is gonna break loose around here!"
"R-Right!" Boba said just as Marik and the other man finished up the other Pirates. "But we need to get to the Armory, we need to grab our gear first."
"Alright then, we'll follow you." The second women said, and Boba and the others nodded as they ran towards wherever the Armory was.
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With Omega Squad
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"Alright, Darman, get that charge set." Niner said as he shot the last Weequay pirate in the head, killing the last guard around the Early Warning Station.
"Right, I'm on it." Darman said as he pulled out the Demolition charge, and began typing on it.
"Hurry up, Dar! I'm not looking forward to more company," Atin nervously said as he kept a look out. Darman gritted behind his teeth.
"I know, sheesh! Give me a minute!" he said and then grinned, "Got it!" He said as he placed it on the door to the station door.
"Charge set!" Darman said as Niner nodded as he pulled out the Detonator. "Get Clear!" He shouted before pressing the button and the others ducked for cover.
The Demo Charge exploded, the blast igniting the whole EWS into a pillar of smoke and flames as the building came crashing down on itself. "Bingo! Early Warning Systems are down!" Fi shouted. "Now all our guys upstairs gotta do is take down the Pirate Fleet."
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In Space around Ordo
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"Ma'am! The EWS is down!" the CIC on the Harbinger reported. "They did it!"
Calista grinned "Alright, then let's do this!" She said. "All ships, advance towards the pirate fleet!"
With that, the 12th Steel Hawks' fleet moved against the Pirate fleet, as fighters left their mother-ships to engage whatever the pirates have, while Space Gunships left from the Harbinger, and the two Acclamators as they flew down to the planet's surface.
The Pirates, while caught off-guard at the sudden appearance of the ships, quickly scrambled their fleet which assembled around their Space Station, prepared to defend it
The Mandalorian Fighters, mostly GAR Fighters and Bombers like ARC-170's, V-Wing's and Z-95's, advanced first to engage the pirate fleet. The Pirates responded in sending out some of their own fighters to engage, which were old Scarab-class Droid starfighters, Bellbullab-22 starfighters, MorningStar-A starfighters, and CloakShape fighters.
"Well now, what a nice selection of fighters they got," Calista said as she looked at the fighters, "Too bad we have to blow them up. Have our bombers focus their attack on the Frigate's and the Station. All Turbolaser Cannons and Photon Torpedo launchers are to focus fire on the Station. Have our Marauder's take care of those IVP-1's so our Fighters and Bombers arn't chewed up."
The bridge crew acknowledged as they followed their orders. She continued to look out at the battle between their fighters and the Pirates, as thought came to her mind, and not related to this battle.
'I wonder how everyone else in the galaxy is doing?' she thought as the Marauders made their attack run on the IVP-1's.
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Meanwhile on Hoth
Inside the Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser
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Roman, Sasha, Revy, and a squad of clones were making their way through the halls of the crashed Praetor, through out the time they were in the ship they found some disturbing sights, like dead members of the crew. What confused them however, was that there were no bodies of Clone troopers, that much indicating that this was a very old ship.
The team finally reached the bridge of the ship, it's doors were stuck open so they could just walk right on in. "Alright, let's see if we can get this thing up and running." Roman said. "Someone try to get the power on this ship going. Sasha, look through the ship logs so we can find out how this ship got here. The rest of you, take care of the bodies and get them out of the way."
His team and the Clones nodded as they got to work on the bridge, most of the Clones moving the frozen bodies of the former crew away while the others inspected the barley working Terminals.
"Okay...," Sasha said as she looked at the Terminal in front of her, "Let's see who you are, big girl," with that she activated the logs, and learned the ships name.
"Well, the ship has a name! It's called the Defiant," Sasha reported.
"That's good! See if there's anything else!" Roman said, and Sasha nodded as she continued to scroll through the logs. As a few minutes went by Sasha was able to learn a bit of the Defiant's history, and it's Maiden Voyage.
"Well now, it appears this ship was on a search mission to find and recover the Katana Fleet," the Mandalorian said, and the others looked surprise.
"You mean that fleet of 200 Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruisers?" Revy asked, a bit surprised. "I thought those ships went missing about 26 years ago?"
"They did," Sasha confirmed. "But apparently the crew of this ship got a lead on where it might have ended up, and moved out to find it. It began it's search 4 years after the fleet went missing, but they crashed here when they engaged...Unknown Forces?"
"Unknown Forces?" Roman asked. "What do you mean?"
"I don't know," Sasha said, scanning through the Terminal. "A lot of data on this thing is corrupted, it only has bits and pieces of what happened. Apparently the unknowns activated a bunch of Tractor Beams and pulled the ship into orbit, crashing it into the surface of Hoth. The unknown's tried to board the ship, but the crew fought them off, and they've been stranded here for years until they finally died because of the harsh conditions."
"Damn," Revy said. "I hope that doesn't happen to us..."
"Sasha, you said this thing had a lead on the Katana fleet, right?" Roman said, and Sasha nodded. "Ya, why?" She asked
"Well, if we follow this lead to wherever the fleet may of ended up and recover the Dreadnaught's...," He trailed off, and the two womens' eyes widen at his plan.
"...Our Resistance will have all the needed firepower to take on Palpatine!" they both said at the same time, and Roman gave a predatory grin.
"Exactly!" he said, as he watched Sasha looking over the logs again.
"Okay, hold on, let me if the coordin- wait a minute..." Sasha said as she looked at an entry to the log, and her eyes widen in disbelief, "Guys, I strong belief that their may be a survivor onboard this ship," she said, shocking the others.
"What?" Roman and Revy said at the same time, and Sasha turned to them, "Apparently the Captain shoved his XO into a cryo-chamber knowing they wouldn't be rescued in time!"
"No way..." Roman said before shaking his head. "Revy! Take Storm and Brute, and get to wherever this guy is, and get him out. He may be able to help us out here."
"Right!" Revy said as she left the bridge with two Clone Troopers.
Sasha then sighed as she sat down in a seat. "Lady Luck's really on our side in all of this, isn't she?" She said, chuckling. "We found an abandoned CIS Fleet and Army, a Battlecruiser in the ice, a survivor for said battlecruiser, and we may have a lead on the infamous 200 Dreadnaught's of the Katana Fleet! Not to mention the other Clones who defected like us!"
Roman gave a knowing look, "Yeah, I know what you mean,"
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Half an hour later
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It took Revy and the two clones half an hour until they found the room which contained at least two cryo-chamber pods. And one of them was active.
"Okay, we found the room and the only active pod, which may have our guy in it!" Revy said as she talked to Sasha through her comm.-link.
"Alright, see if you can find the switch that can start the de-freezing process," Sasha said, and Revy looked around the pod until she found a red button, with the words 'De-Freezing Process' in blue colored Aurebesh letters, underneath it. Revy gave a grin, and then pressed the button.
The result was a hissing sound and steam coming out of the vents of the pod. After about five minutes, the sealed hatch on the pod crack, and slowly opened, revealing the only occupant inside. Revy and the clones looked in the now open pod and were surprised for inside the cryo-pod, was a sleeping human female with strawberry blond hair, wearing a black and blue trim version of a Republic Navy Commander's uniform, with an athletic body tone and a height of 5'9.
The woman groaned a bit as she rose he hand to rub her forehead and eyes, and when they opened it revealed her lime green eyes. She blinked a couple of times as she exited the tube, to regain her sight. "Wha...where am I?" She asked, a bit drowsily, showing she was still tired from the Cryo's effects.
"Your still on the Defiant, on Hoth." Revy answered the girl, who blinked as she turned to her and the clones with her. "Me and my allies came across your ship's crash site, and we stumbled across the Captains logs that reported you were in Cryo, so we decided to get you out. What's your name?"
The girl looked at them for a moment longer before answering "D'Anna." She said. "D'Anna Leoben. I'm the ship XO...It's good to finally get some rescue." She smiled a bit "So, what about the rest of the crew?" she asked. "Are they alright?"
Revy sighed, knowing this girl wasn't going to like this "Anna...I'm sorry to say your the only person we've found alive on this ship." She said, and D'anna gasped a bit.
"W-What?" She said in shock, not believing it, "But...but I just saw them all alive twenty minutes before I entered the Cryo-chamber!"
Revy sighed a bit at that, "I don't how to tell you this, but you've been in this thing," he motioned to the cryo-chamber, "for more than 22 years," she said shocking her even more.
"I-Impossible," she said as tears came to her eyes, "22 Years?...W-What happened?"
"That is what we hope you can tell us." Revy said. "A lot of the ship's files are corrupted, and we only know that you were on a mission to find the Katana Fleet until you were attacked. If you would follow me, I'll take you to the bridge and meet the rest of my team."
Nodding, D'anna followed Revy and the two armored figures through the ship. As they headed to the bridge, D'Anna noticed the armor Revy was wearing.
"You're a Mandalorian, aren't you?" she asked, and Revy looked back at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, I am. Why, you had a bad run-in with us?" she said with a little edge in her voice and D'Anna quickly raised her hands.
"Oh! No no no no no no! Not at all! I'm just curious," She said hoping she didn't insult her in any way. Revy stared at her for a moment before chuckling a bit "It's alright," She said. "And in case you were wondering, no these two are not Mandalorian's...though they were cloned off of one though."
"Excuse me, Cloned?" Anna asked, surprised and shocked. "What do you mean by that?"
In answer to her question, the two Troopers removed their helmets. D'Anna's eyes widen as she saw, despite having a different hair style or tattoos, they had the same face!
"Okay, now I REALLY want to know what's been going on in the past 22 years," the XO of the Defiant said and the three chuckled at that.
"Don't worry, you'll get your answers real soon," Revy said. D'anna nodded dumbly as the Clones put their helmets back on, and they moved to the bridge.
When they arrived, they found Roman sitting on the Captain's seat, looking at the front screen where they could see the face of Satele on the bridge of the Inferno.
"So, overall most of the ship is still functional aside from a few hull breaches." Roman said, not noticing them yet. "The only major problem would be that the engines are damaged, and if we want to repair them we need to get out of the ice and into space. Hopefully we can use that CIS Shipyard we captured and use it to help repair the Defiant. We've also gone through it's databanks and we think we may have a lead on the Katana Fleet's location. I suggest sending in a scout team to the location, see if its there or not. 200 Dreadnaught's isn't something we can just ignore, and they will help us out in fighting Palpatine."
Satele nodded at that, and then noticed Revy, the clones, and D'Anna. Roman noticed this and looked behind and saw Revy and the others entering the bridge.
"Ah! And we discovered the XO is the only crewmember alive," Roman added in, and turned to the group and approached the group, "Never expected to be a pretty woman, though," he said making the woman's cheeks blush. "And your name may be...?"
"D-D'anna Leoben." She said, still blushing a bit before she managed to get it under control. Roman smiled "Well, its nice to meet you D'anna, and for what it's worth I'm sorry about the loss of the crew of the ship."
D'anna nodded "Thank you, but could someone please explain to me what's happening?" She asked. "Clone Soldiers, Mandalorian's...I could really use an explanation of what's going on here, and figure out what's happened in the last 22 years."
Roman nodded and turned to Satele, "Mind giving the lady here an account of events, Satele?" he asked the Admiral, who nodded.
"Right, might wanna take a seat Miss Leoben, this will take a while," Satele said and D'anna nodded and she sat in the Captain's chair as Satele told her of certain events that happened in the past two decades, including the Stark Hyperspace War, the Naboo Crisis, the Outbound Flight Tragedy, the Seperatist Crisis, and the recently ended Clone Wars. To say D'anna was shocked was an understatement.
"T-The Chancellor's a Sith Lord?" D'anna asked, shocked. "And the Jedi are being hunted down by their own Troops?"
Satele nodded "Yes, but thankfully not all Clones are obeying Order 66." She said. "You have the Hades Corps here, and there are numerous other groups like the Star Corps, Hunter Regiment, Demon Company, the Slice Hounds Battalion, and a few other smaller groups. We actually came to Hoth to find a new home we could use as a base when we stumbled across your ship."
D'anna was stunned, she couldn't believe how much had changed in 22 years, "So much has happened...," It was then Sasha who had been listening while she checked the logs, made her presence known to the XO.
"And now that I think about it, I thought I heard your surname before. You wouldn't happen to be the dauhter of Gina Leoben? Incom Industries "Queen of Starfighters" ?," she asked and D'anna lowered her head at that.
"Yes, I'm Gina Leoben's daughter," She said softly, but then became curious, "But how did you...?"
"Who wouldn't know the name of the person who developed the Prototype Starfighter that eventually evolved into our ARC-170's?" Sasha said, as she pointed out of the window just as a small squadron of the Starfighters flew by, much to the surprise of D'anna of how similar they were to what her mother piloted before the accident that claimed her life."Her work also inspired Ne'tra kad in many ways, and her influence can be seen in many Ne'tra Kad ships and Starfighters."
D'anna could only gawk. Her mother's brainchild lives.
"I...I..." She tried to speak, but couldn't the words to say. Revy patted her on the shoulder, with a grin on her face. "You don't have to say anything." She said. "But right now, let's focus on what we should do now."
"We have an idea to get the Defiant into space," Satele said, "We plan on using our ship's tractor beams to bring the ship back into orbit, and into a CIS shipyard we captured just recently. What do you think?"
D'anna thought about that, knowing it will get her ship back into working order, "I hope you have ships big enough to lift a Praetor-class Battlecruiser like the Defiant," her response from Satele was her grin.
"The Inferno and a couple Venators are more than enough to get your ship out of the ice," Satele said, much to D'anna's curiosity. "Their Star Destroyers, with the Inferno being one of the most advance ones ever built to date, they'll get the job done."
D'anna nodded "Very well, let's give it a shot." She said, and Satele nodded "Right," she said. "We'll get our ships into position. Roman, get miss Leoben and your team back onto the Inferno So we cat get this thing moving."
"Got it, we'll go now." Roman said before turning off the transmitter. He then turned to D'anna and the others. "You heard her, let's go!" He shouted, and the others nodded as they moved for the Hanger Bay,
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Sundread Heart en-route to Coruscaunt
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Jade looked out a viewport on the CR-70 as it continued through Hyperspace to it's destination. If anyone saw her right now, they would've thought she very worried about something. Well, they couldn't have been more right. And Jade had a right to be worried, and no, it wasn't the fear of dying in a fight or anything like that.
She was worried of what will happen if Yoda or any surviving member of the council, or any of the other surviving Jedi out there, found out about her recent love relationship to Trips. She loved Trips and she was happy about that. But right now she couldn't afford to be cast out of the Order because of it, especially now of all times.
She was so deep in her thoughts, that she didn't notice anyone entering her room, and she jumped when someone said "You alright Jade?"
She twirled around, and she found Kass and Mak standing there, looks of concern on their faces. "W-What?" Jade asked, "N-Nothing! Nothing's wrong."
The two Jedi were not convinced, as they both rose eyebrows "You never were a good lair, Jade." Mak said. "Come on, what is it? We're friends, right? We promise not to tell anyone else about it."
Jade could do nothing but sigh in defeat as she looked at the two and gave them a serious look, "You promise you won't tell?" she said, making the question perfectly clear for them to hear.
The two nod, and Jade took a breath as she told them about her relationship to Trips. How it all started after the Battle of Bespin was won and Trips confession after Order 66 was issued.
When she was finished, Mak and Kass were both stunned, but they both had little grins on their faces. "Well, it's about time you two got together!" Kass said, and Jade blinked in surprise.
"Ya, I was beginning to wonder if he was ever going to tell ya how you feel." Mak said, grinning.
"Umm...ya...your taking this rather well." Jade asked, still a bit surprised while Kass chuckled "Well, that's because we know how you feel, really." Mak answered as he put his arm around Kass, and Jade's eyes went wide as the pieces fell together.
"Wait...you and Kass...?" Jade said, pointing at the two as they laughed.
"Yep. Since the Battle of Jabiim," Kass said and Jade just gawked, but then sighed.
"I swear, I wonder who else is in a relationship?," the Commander of the Hades Corps said, and the two Jedi could only smirk.
"Well there is Zule with Marik, and Etain with that Clone Commando Darman...," Mak listed off and Jade could only be more suprised.
"Really?" Jade asked, shocked that so many Jedi are going behind the Council's backs and are in relationships. Kass nodded "Yup! There may be more, but those are the only ones we know about." She said, before sighing. "Though we all hate needing to hide our feelings from the council." She admitted. "I just don't understand why they think Love and emotions like it can lead to the Dark Side. When has a Jedi ever fallen simply because of love? In fact, before all of this went down, I checked the Jedi Archives in the Temple, and I looked up for any Jedi that fell because of love, and not one Jedi has. In fact, Love has actually prevented several from turning, like Revan and Bastilla during the Jedi Civil War. Besides, have you ever seen a Sith Lord, or any Sith in general who had a lover or wife? No! Besides, it's like Master Cypher once said, the Code is flawed in believing anyone could live a life with ZERO emotions."
Jade nodded, understanding everything she said. However the trio's body's froze when a voice said "True you are, about all this, Kass."
The three turned around, and there stood Master Yoda, along with Master Cypher right next to him. But instead of angry faces, instead, both of them were actually smiling a bit.
"Oh kriff," Mak and Kass said at the same time and Jade was white as a sheet.
"H-How long have you been there?" Jade managed to squeak out, and Yoda chuckled while John just grinned.
"Since you told the story of how you and Trips got together," the Jedi pilot said causing the three to gulp.
"Calm yourselves, you should." Yoda said, surprising them. "Nothing to worry about, there is. Understand Completely, we do."
"W-What do you mean?" Kass asked, and John grinned. "Believe it or not, there are or were a few Masters, Knights and Padawan's who believe the same thing as you do, and that relationships should be allowed in the order." He said, "Me and Master Yoda here, are just two of them. Heck, even Obi-wan, Kota, and Masao are in support of it." He then sighed a bit "But, we know that most of the Order was too arrogant to accept change, so all we could do is stay quiet, and help out Jedi who we knew were in relationships, and help to make sure the Council never found out about them."
"S-So your not mad or anything?" Mak asked, and both of them shook their heads "Nope, accept it, completely we do." Yoda said. "In fact, change now, the Jedi Order can, and survive these Dark Times."
The three Jedi sighed in relief, as the color in their faces returned.
"What a relief," Kass said as she wiped the sweat from her forehead, as Jade nodded in agreement.
"You said it," she said, causing Yoda to chuckle good naturedly. Before anyone else could comment, Bail's voice sounded in the room.
"Master Yoda and all other Jedi onboard, please report to the bridge. We are preparing to exit Hyperspace," the Senator said and Yoda nodded in understanding.
"To the bridge, we must. Returned to Coruscant, we have," He said, and the others nodded as they headed for the bridge.
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On the bridge
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As the Sundread Heat made the final approach to Coruscaunt, the Jedi, Bail, and the bridge crew looked out in front of them to see the planet growing closer and closer.
"Sir, we're receiving a message from the Chancellor's office," said Captain Antillies at the controls of the ship. Bail then turned to the Jedi and they nodded as they ducked out of sight. He then turned back to Antilles.
"Put it through," Bail said and the Captain flipped a switch and Mas Amedda appeared on the screen on the control console.
"Senator Organa," the Chagrian greeted, "The Supreme Chancellor requests your presence for a special session of Congress,"
Bail nodded, "I will be there," he said in the affirmative, as he saw Mas smirk a bit.
"He's expecting you," he said and cut the transmission and the Jedi came out of their hiding spots.
"It could be a trap..." Bail said, but Obi-wan shook his head. "I don't think so," he said. "The Chancellor won't be able to control the thousands of star systems of the Republic without keeping the senate intact."
"He has a point." Kota said, and Masao nodded. "and this actually may work in our favor, if there is a special session of Congress, then getting into the temple will get a lot easier."
Yoda nodded at that, "Hmm, I agree," he said as the Sundred Heart headed toward it's personal Hanger at the Senate Building.
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Meanwhile
In Orbit around Ordo
RAS Prosecutor
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Etain, with a sleeping Venku in her arms, looked at the Space battle going on outside. The Pirates, thought they gave a good fight, were beginning to loose the battle in space. They just couldn't stand up against the heavily armed forces of Ne'tra kad and the Clones all together, and already most of their forces were already wiped out. All that was left was one Interceptor-class Frigate, a few remaining Fighter Squadrons, and the space station that was being pounded by the combined firepower of the Harbinger, Prosecutor, and the Jaster's Legacy II.
Once the two Acclamator I-class Assault Ships landed, they had quickly deployed all of their troops a short distance from the pirate base, and they reinforced the attack that Jango and the others lead in the first place. Once they were deployed the ships went back into space to deal with the Pirates.
Venku stirred a bit in his sleep, and Etain smiled as she held her son closer. She continued to think of how dangerously close she was to dying back there on that bridge, and if it wasn't for Jango's intervention she's probably be dead. Thanks to him and his men, she could still be with her and Darman's son.
'Come to think of it, I don't know how Venku would be like if I wasn't there for him,' she thought sadly, and she remembered how she instinctively threw herself in the path of the Padawan's lightsaber, knowing she was about to die, and leave her baby without a mother. She felt tears in her eyes as she placed her head next to his. 'How could I have been so foolish?' she thought. 'Sure, at least not all of the Clones are our enemies now, but what possessed me to try and save one that was obviously following Order 66 anyways? I wasn't even thinking of Venku when that happened.'
She looked at her son as he continued to sleep, and smiled a bit "I promise you, Ad'ika, I will never abandon you." She whispered. "I'll keep you safe, no matter what."
She stood there for a moment longer before deciding to take Venku to bed. After she placed him down into his bed, she left their quarters of the Prosecutor just in time to see Drake walk down the hallway, some-what of a sad expression on his face.
"Hello Drake, how are you doing?" Etain asked the Padawan, who looked up and smiled a bit. "I'm fine, Ma'am." He said. "I just came back from seeing the others."
"And?" Etain asked. "How are they doing?"
"Well," Drake began "Serra's with the Younglings, making sure their all alright. The Temple Guards that came with us are with them, helping her out." He then sighed "As for Ahsoka...she's taken Ana...no, Vader's betrayal hard, as well as Master Koon's death as well. Sha's trying to help her, thankfully."
"How about Scout?" Etain asked, curious about her. "How is she doing?"
Drake sighed as he leaned against the wall. "She's...in her room." He said, as he closed his eyes. "Whie's death really hit her hard, and what Ahsoka said he told her to tell Scout caused her to break down in tears...He said: 'that even if the Code forbids it, doesn't mean I won't stop loving her'."
Etain's eyes went a bit wide when she heard that, and Drake sighed heavily again. "She's been crying ever since then," he said grimmly. "I want to help her but...I don't know what to do."
Etain nodded, seeing what he was talking about. But then a thought entered her mind, and she smiled a bit. "Drake...what are your feelings towards Scout?" She asked, and Drake's eyes went wide.
"W-What?" He said, as he stood up straight. "What are you-"
"Drake..." Etain said sternly as she looked at Drake, who gulped knowing there was no way out of this one. "W-Well, its...you see I..." he tried to say "Its...ah, screw it. I like her, alright? I really like her, and I think I love her! There! I said it."
"Good," Etain said, smiling a bit. "But have you told Scout this yet?" Drake looked at the floor "...No," He said. "I haven't...I mean, not only is it against the Code but...I knew that Whie cared about her as much as I did...but I don't know how she felt about either of us. I always thought that...that she liked Whie more that she did me, so I...I just wanted her to be happy, so I stayed quiet."
Etain could only shake her head, "You should tell her how you feel, Drake," she said, and Drake could only sigh in defeat.
"Easier said than done," He said, "I don't even know what to say to her. And she'll probably think that I'm trying to act as an replacement for Whie,"
Etain could sigh only sigh as Drake continued, but something caught her eye as she looked down the hallway, and could only grin to herself as she saw a bit of red hair.
"Drake, if I know Scout, she wouldn't think that." Etain said, and Drake looked up at her. "She would know that you care for here, and weather or not she loves you back doesn't matter, as long as she knows that you care about her."
"I guess..." Drake said. "But what about the Code?" Etain rolled her eyes, to Drake's shock. "The Code is flawed, just like Master Cypher has said all along." she said. "It says there is no emotion, there is peace, but I honestly can't see how anyone could live a life with no emotions, its what defines who we are. Just look at me, I'm married to Darman, and I have a son, do I look like I've fallen to the Dark Side?"
Drake shook his head "No..." he said. "But what if someone from the Council finds out? Even if she loves me, I don't want to get her into trouble."
Etain just smiled "Drake, do you really think that after everything that's happened these last few days, that the council would care about the feelings between you and Scout?" She asked him, and the Padawan mentally kicked himself for that.
"Okay, dumb question," He said, completely embarassed as Etain laughed.
"Don't worry about it. Now, how about you go talk to Scout," she said and Drake sighed a bit, "Alright, I'll take to her when she's available," the Padawan said, but noticed the evil smirk on Etain's face.
"What?" Drake said, clearly not liking the look on the Jedi Knight's face.
"How about you talk to her now?" Etain said, and Drake rose an eyebrow. She then looked down the hall. "What do you say, Scout?" She yelled.
Drake froze as stiff as a board as his eyes went wide, he slowly turned his head around, and there coming out from behind the corner of a hallway was Scout. Her eyes were red from the crying she had done earlier, but her cheeks were just as red, and not from crying.
"H-H-How much d-did you hear?" Drake said, and Scout blushed a bit more as she walked forward "All of it." She answered, and Drake paled. Neither of them noticing Etain grinning as she left the two alone. "W-Why didn't you tell me this before?" She asked when she stopped, just a short distance from Drake.
Drake looked back to the ground. "Because...I didn't know how you felt." He said. "I always thought that...you liked Whie more than me, because you were so happy with him and all...I didn't want to get in the way of that, because...I just want you to be happy, even if its not with me. And now that he's...ya know...I didn't want too think I was trying to be a replacement for him."
The two were silent for a minute before Scout spoke. "Drake...You and I both know that no matter how hard you, or anyone tried," she said. "No one could replace Whie." Drake closed his eyes and he nodded, expecting her to reject him.
"But..." she continued, Drake not noticing the slight blush still on her face as she moved closer since his eyes were still closed. "Even though I cared about him, and I still do...I only thought of Whie as I would a very good friend, maybe even as a brother...But theirs still one person that I...do really like, more then that."
Drake opened his eyes, and he looked into Scout's emerald green eyes. "W-Who?" He asked, and she smiled as she moved forward.
"You, Drake." She whispered, and with that, she captured his lips into a kiss. Drake froze with surprise for a moment, but then pulled her closer and quickly started kissing her back, wrapping his arms around her waist. Both of them closed their eyes as they deepened the intense contact.
Etain looked at the two, with a small grin, "I hope you two do alright," she said in a whisper then headed back to her quarter to be with her son.
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Back on the surface of Ordo, the Clone Troopers of the Slice Hounds Battalion, along with the Neo-True Mandalorians, and Ne'tra Kad are currently in the process of sweeping the base and gathering up the surviving Pirates, who stil put up a Resistance, even though it was futile.
One of the teams reported finding a large underground hanger that was actually loaded with tons of supplies, as well as another one having dozens of Morningstar-C Starfighters, Scarab-class Droid Fighters, and even Bellbullab-22 starfighters. Not putting them to waste, they took the supplies and the fighters outside, and waited for pick up.
Boba and his team were currently outside of the base, all of them wearing their helmets and armed with their original weapons. They were waiting for Marik and his team to meet up with them since they went inside the base with Omega Squad to finish sweeping up the Pirates. He told them to wait so that they could talk, Marik said it was very important so he waited for them to head back to the surface.
They didn't have to wait too long, as soon a large group of Clones and Mandalorians began to 'escort' the captured pirates outside, lead by Marik and his team as they told them to continue forward while Marik and the others headed towards Boba and his team.
Boba smiled as Marik approached "Marik! Its great to see you again!" He said. "You Too Zule, but I thought both of you and the Slice Hounds were still on Coruscaunt? And who are these guys with you?" He asked, pointing at the male and two female persons wearing Mandalorian Shock Trooper Armor.
Marik then placed his hand on the younger Fett's shoulder, as he gave him a smile, "It's great to see you again as well, Ner'vote," Marik said in the Concordian dialect, then his face became serious.
"Boba, did your father ever told that you had an aunt or a mother?" Marik said, making Boba's eyes widen at that.
"Yeah, he did mention Aunt Arla once or twice, but not very much," Boba said, remembering what his father told him, " Said that she died a long time ago, thanks to Death Watch. He...he never told me about having a mother, though," he said, "I am technically a Clone, after all."
"Not, exactly." Marik said, surprising him and his team. "Apparently, even though you were born like any Clone would be, Jango also put DNA from your Mother into you, meaning technically speaking, your not a real Clone. And on top of that, your Aunt isn't dead, in fact that's here right there." Marik pointed at the first female, who removed her helmet revealing a woman with long Blond hair, and blue eyes that caused Boba's eyes to go wide, as well as the others. "Apparently, the Death Watch had Captured her after Concord Dawn, and tried to get her on their side. But she only joined to get revenge on the deaths of her Parents, which backfired on her and she was captured by the Republic, and placed into a Mental Institution that Bardan broke her out of a little while ago."
Boba was speechless as he looked at her, seemingly alive, aunt. She then looked at the other woman "And she...?" He asked, pointing at the other woman. Marik smiled and nodded "Yes, that would be your Mother, Aira-ty Nokta." Marik answered, and she removed her own helmet and Boba's eyes went even more wide.
When the woman removed her helmet, she had golden colored eyes that had mischief, but also love, and green hair that went to her mid back. He also took notice of the pointed ears, but was still focused on her face that was set in a small smile as she shed tears of joy.
"Hello Boba," the woman said in a whisper, "I'm happy to see you again. It's been almost twelve years since I last saw you,"
Boba was speechless. Ever since that day at the Geonosis Arena he thought he had no family left besides Marik. But now...he's just found out he still had an Aunt and a Mother.
He could tell, right then and there, she was not lying. She was his Mother. At first, it started out as a walk, but then before anyone knew it Boba was right in front of Aira, hugging her. She was surprised by this at first before she smiled and returned the embrace.
Jango, with his helmet still on, smiled at the scene as he saw his wife and son embrace each other, reunited after 12 being apart. He still remembered when Aira was forced to leave him and Boba behind, because he still needed to train the clones. And also, because the Kaminoans were curious why he would ask a clone for himself and find out about Aira's longevity.
Marik smiled at the scene as he watched his surrogate little brother and Aira embrace, he looked at Jango, and even though he couldn't see his face, he could tell he was smiling. He then turned back to the two and gave a cough to get their attention. "Also, Boba, there is one more thing I think you should know," He said. "Its about Jango."
Boba's eyes widened a bit "M-My dad?" he asked. "What about him?"
Marik grinned "Boba...remember when you were at the Arena, and you saw Mace Windu slice his head off?" He asked, Boba bowed his head a bit, but nodded. "Well...that wasn't Jango you saw die."
Boba's head instantly shot up when he said that. "W-What?" He asked, not believing what Marik was saying. Marik nodded "Yup, that wasn't your Father who died at Geonosis." He said. "Who we all saw die, was a Clone he had trained to fake his death, to fool Dooku, since he discovered he was responsible for the Jedi Attack on Galidraan, and is responsible for the Death of one of his closest friends."
Boba eyes widen to the size of dinner plates as he looked hoping to see his father, "W-Where is he?" he said, a little panicked, but then felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up and saw the other Mandalorian who was with Marik.
"You don't need to look far Boba," the Mandalorian said and Boba's eyes widen as a few tears brimmed in them, "D-Dad?"
The Mandalorian nodded, as he removed his helmet, and to the shock of Boba and his team, was the face of Jango Fett (still attached to his body).
"Yes, its me Son." He said, for a moment nothing happened, but then Boba crashed into his Father, hugging him as his Father returned the embrace.
"Why..." Boba said as tears streamed down his face. "Why didn't you tell me?" Jango sighed "I wanted too," He said. "I wanted to take you with me and Aira the moment after Geonosis so we could fight that bastard Dooku together...but, Dooku got to you first. I couldn't let him know I was still alive, because if I did that then Dooku wouldn't stop until I was dead, and he would try to turn you into some kind of personal assassin...and as much as I loved you, I couldn't put you in that risk...I hope you can forgive me."
"I understand," Boba said, immediately surprising Jango. "I don't care right now, I'm...I'm just glad I still have a family."
Jango smiled and looked up and saw Aira approach them and join in the group hug.
Arla watched this with a smile on her face as she watched her little brother and his family re-connect.
Sintas smiled happily as she watched her boyfriend shedding tears of happiness while being hugged by his parents.
'I'm happy for you Little brother/Bo," the two women thought at the same time. When they heard roaring engines overhead, they all looked up just as the two Acclamator's and the Harbinger began to land to pick them up.
"Well, let's all get out of here." Marik said, and the others all nodded in agreement as the Fett Family and Boba's team headed for the Jaster's Legacy II with their men, Marik and his forces headed for the Procecutor, while the Steel Hawks borded the Harbinger with their prisoners in tow.
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On Mustafar
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"The plan has gone, as promised, my lord." Nute Gunray said as he and the Separatist Council were gathered around the Holographic image of Darth Sideous/Palpatine.
"You have done well, Viceroy." Palpatine said. "When my new apprentice, Darth Vader, arrives, he will...take care of you." and with that, his image disappeared.
"I have a bad feelings about this," Haako said. The Viceroy just glared a thim. "Quiet you!" He said. "We must follow Sideious!"
"Actually, I agree with Haako about this, for once." another voice said, and the Council turned to see the only human in their organization. He stood at 6'2, looking to be about 30 years old with a strong muscular build with short ear-length blond hair, and ice blue eyes with a single scar across his face. He wore a set of Mandalorian Shock-Trooper Armor that was colored Crimson Red with some gold trimming, and had a Gunmetal Grey jumpsuit under it all, and a crimson red shoulder cape. Attached to his hip was a single Vibrosword, and had a Jetpack on his back. He also had a pair of Blaster Pistols on his thigh holsters. "Something doesn't feel right about all of this."
"What could you possibly be talking about Zar?" The Viceroy demanded. "Sideious has only helped us in our war with the Republic! How could you question him?"
Zar Hellfury, Overlord of the Death Watch growled at the Nemoidian. "If he really was our leader, then why have we never seen him in person?" He asked. "Its always through these Holographic messages."
"Why should we take the word of a leader of a terrorist faction?" Wat Tambor said with venom, but he and everyone else of the council flinched back as Zar glared at the Techno Union Foreman.
"At least I'm trying to clean up the mess that my predecessors have caused. Unlike them who used terrorism and fear, I tend to fight the right way," Zar growled out, "So don't you think for one second that I'm like the Viszla, Tambor," the Skakoan gulped when the Mandalorian Overlord said his name.
"Still, what else can we do?" Passel Argente of the Corporate Alliance said. "Grevious, Dooku, even Ventress and Durg are all dead. Who else can lead us?"
Zar rolled his eyes "If you really believe in the cause of the Separatists, then you shouldn't need a leader like them." He said. "We're following Sith Lords and Acolytes, a Droid and a Bounty Hunter. And they all seemed to fail somehow, and now their all dead, leaving that coward Sith Sideous in charge. Do you honestly think he has our best intentions to send us all here? After everything that has happened?"
"He has given us reliable information throughout the war, Zar." San Hill Commented. "Republic Troop Deployments, even some weapons research."
"True, but has anyone here questioned where he got all of this information?" Zar asked the council, "I don't know about the rest of you, but something is just not right about him," he then turned to Nute, "Like how he betrayed you after that fiasco you and your organization had with the Naboo, Viceroy, and you still followed his orders?" he said and the Viceroy of the Trade Federation gripped the table hard in anger at how he was humiliated by that girl from Naboo, Amidala.
"We settled that issue years ago Zar," the Neimoidian said with a bit of an edge, as Zar rolled his eyes at the stupidity of the Trade Federation leader.
"Yeah, right," he said sarcastically, "And I'm fat, greedy, Hutt with a superiority complex. Will you wake up! Sidious is up to something, and it's definitely not to help us. He didn't even bat an eye when Dooku was killed, not even when Grievous was killed as well! If he didn't care about them, then what's to say he cares about what happens to us?"
"Perhaps you think you can do a better Job than he could?" Poggle the Lesser said, and Zar just smirked. "I KNOW I could do a better job." He said. "Like for one: I would have made our armies stronger by adding LIVING soldiers onto the field. As much as I like the Droids you create Poggle, we need living soldiers that think on the fields of battle, who adapt to the situation as it changes."
"Training Troops cost too much money," Viceroy said, waving him off. "Why train a solder when you can create dozens of Droids at a cheaper price, and faster as well?"
Zar growled again "That's all this Council cared about, isn't it?" he demanded. "Money, Money Money!"
The Council members began to become uneasy as Zar ranted and the Neimoidian and Droid Guards tensed.
"Zar! Please calm down!" San said to the Mandalorian hoping to calm him, but Zar just shot a cold glare at him.
"You want Me to calm down? I have a right to be pissed off! And you bunch of idiots are the cause of it!" with that he turned around and began to storm out of the control room.
"Wait! Where are you going?" demanded Shu Mai, Presidente of the Commerce Guilds, and Zar turned his head back to the Council.
"Where else am I going? Home!" he said much to the shock of the Seperatist council. "I am fucking sick and tired of you! ALL OF YOU! If you want the support of Mandalorians, well then TOUGH LUCK!" And with that, he exited the room.
"Should we stop him?" Wat asked, but the Viceroy simply shook his head. "No, we no longer need him, or his forces." He said. "Let him go."
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Zar stormed through the hallways of the complex with his two Mandalorian guards in tow. 'Serves them right,' He thought. 'I hope they all get killed soon! Their just as bad as the Republic is with all that damn corruption!'
"Did the Council piss you off again, Zar?" A voice asked, and Zar turned around just in time to see a Geonosian walking towards him, with two guards with him.
Zar nodded "Ya...but this is the last straw." He said. "Gizor, I've had it with these guys. All they care about is the money they get from all of this. I can't keep fighting for them."
Gizor Dellso sighed "I know what you mean." He said. "Once, I use to be completely Loyal to their cause...but now I'm beginning to think that cause is all a lie. What are you going to do?"
Zar chuckled a bit "Like I told the Council, I'll be heading home, to Mandalore." He said. "But first, I'm heading back to my forces I stationed at Iego. We managed to recommission the base after the Jedi left it, and destroyed the Defense system the Separatists originally installed. We got the Defense Grid up to Minimum Operational Capacity at least. I'll tell Tar what I'm planning and to get prepared, then I'll head over to Mandalore and meet up with Ne'tra Kad. What about you?"
Gizor grinned "Well, remember that Hive I told you about? The one I created without the others finding out about here on Mustafar?" he asked, and Zar Nodded. "Well, we've recently managed to build a whole Droid Factory here, under my secret mining facility here. The Council doesn't know about it, meaning that Sith doesn't know either. I can start pumping out more droids you can use the moment I get there."
Zar Grinned "I knew I could count on you, my old friend." he said, nodding. "Alright, you and anyone loyal to you should hurry up and head there. I have a feeling that the Sith that on his way here may be trouble for us. I'd like to get out of here before he arrives."
Gizor nodded "Very Well my friend," he said. "Good Luck."
"You as well." Zar said. "Now, let's hurry up and get out of here."
Nodding, Gizor and his guarded headed towards their hanger, while Zar headed for his own. When the Overlord enter his hanger he was welcomed by the sight of a Sheathipede-class Transport Shuttle. He and his men boarded the shuttle, which soon took off and launched from the Mustafar Facility. Not long after, several Nantex-class Starfighters launched, and headed away from the facility as fast as they could.
As Zar's shuttle left the atmosphere, Zar headed for the Cockpit, and outside in space he could see a single ship which made him grin, a Kandosii-type Dreadnaught. The same ship used by the Mandalorians during the Mandalorian Wars, only refitted with Modern Technology making it the perfect Flagship for Zar's fleet. He named the ship, the Retribution.
The Transport landed on the massive ship, and once it did Zr ordered the Captain of the ship to plot a course for Iego. The Captain replied instantly, and a minute later the Retribution blasted off into Hyperspace.
Zar then went to his quarters and ordered the Captain he was not to be disturbed, which the man nodded in understanding. He walked into the room, which was very spacious, and placed his helmet on the night-stand and sat down on the bed, giving a sigh in exhaustion.
'Things are getting more and more complicated every day,' the Death Watch Overlord thought to himself, 'And I don't like it,'
It was then the holo-table in his room gave a beep, and he stood up and went over to it. After pressing a few buttons, an image appeared that took his anger away and caused him to smile.
"Hello my mesh'la tracinya," he greeted as the individual he was talking to smirked.
"Hello Yourself, Zar." Nasha Artemis said. "So how are you doing?"
"Pretty good, actually." Zar said, grinning. "Especially now that I just left the Separatist Council once and for all."
Nasha looked surprised "You left the Separatists?" She asked. "Why?" Zar sighed "I couldn't stand them anymore." He answered. "All they care about is money, they don't care about the original cause of the Separatists. Right now I'm on my way to my base at Iego, and then I'm coming home to you, Cyar'ika. I think its time for the Death Watch to finally be united with the Mandalorians as a whole once again. Even if it means working with the Republic for a while."
Nasha smiled at this "This is great new Zar!" she said before her smile dropped. "But...I don't think the Republic's going to be a real problem for you eventually."
Zar blinked in surprise. "Nasha, what do you mean?" He asked.
Lady Artemis sighed "Zar...remember that Sith Lord the CIS are following? That Darth Sideious guy?" The Overlord growled, but nodded "Ya, how can I forget." He said.
"Well, we managed to find out who it was." Nasha said before taking a deep breath. "Its...Its Palpatine."
Zar's reaction was instant. His eyes widen to the size of saucers, and his mouth was agape, after a few seconds he responded, "ARE YOU SHITTING ME?"
Nasha shook her head, "I wish I was. But it's true, Palpatine is the Sith Master the Jedi were looking for. He was the one who started the war, and according to a message I got from Kari not too long ago, he was responsible for the Naboo Crisis, the Outbound Flight Tragedy, the Seperatist Crisis, everything!" the CEO of Ne'tra Kad said, and then her face turned into a scowl, "He's also been helping the Director of a Program that I personally shut down, by giving him more funds to continue his research behind my back, and has also given him a fleet!" Nasha growled out.
Zar ws stunned beyond reckoning, he then remembered about the message he recieved.
"I was at Mustafar just now when he contacted us and his new apprentice, Darth Vader, was coming there to take over after Grevious and Dooku were killed," he said, and then frowned, "But by the way he said 'Take care' of us, I knew something was wrong, even Ruune Haako was nervous."
"I wouldn't blame him, since I don't think he needs the Separatists anymore." Nasha said with a sigh "Because Palpatine issued out Order 66 not to long ago."
Zar's eyes once again went wide. "Please tell me your joking." He asked, but Nasha shook her head. "I wish I were, but its the truth." She said. "Even though a lot of Clones didn't follow the Order, most of them still followed it. The Jedi Temple's been overrun by the 501st Legion, and Jedi around the galaxy are dropping like flies by their own troops."
Zar sat down in the chair "I can't believe this..." He said.
Nasha gave Zar a sympathetic look, "I know Zar, I know," she said and Zar put his thumb and forefinger to his temples, massaging them.
"How many clones have not followed the order exactly?" he asked and Nasha grinned.
"At least a whole Sector Army," the female Mandalorian Noblewoman said, causing Zar to jerk his head up, eyes wide.
"A Whole Sector Army!" He shouted in surprise. "How...?"
Nasha's grin grew "Well, a lot of the Clones that defected are the ones that worked with the Slice hounds, so its no surprise." She said. "The Hades Corps is at Hoth, the Hunter Regiment is heading for Yavin to link up with the Star Corps, Mantis Company is heading towards Ordo to meet up with the Slice Hounds, Jango's boys and the Steel Hawks, while Demon Company has linked with General Kota's milita fleet and are heading towards Hoth. There are a few others, but we'll get to them later. Some of them have already reached Mandalore, like the group Salem and Rios were assighned too."
Zar blinked a few times before he grinned. "Well, at least there's some good news today." he said. "I also got Gizor to hide in one of the hidden droid factories on Mustafar close to one of his Hives he set up there, so they could prove useful later on."
Nasha nodded in agreement at this, "Sounds good, we'll need those droids if Palpatine decides to come knocking, and even though Gizor's a bug, he's a good bug," she said with a playful smile. Zar laughed a bit at that.
"I'll take that as a compliment," he said as Nasha giggled. He then got serious again,"Also Nasha, what can you tell me about Sidious' new apprentice? This Darth Vader?"
Nasha then sighed sadly, "Believe it or not, he's the Jedi Order suppose golden boy," Zar's face scrunched then he face-palmed.
"Please don't let it be who I think it is, Please don't let it be who I think is...," he said in a mantra as Nasha nodded.
"It is Zar, it's Skywalker," she said and Zar felt like a anvil fell on his head when he heard that name.
"Fuck," he cursed, "That's just perfect,"
Nasha nodded in agreement, she then turned her head as a Ne'tra Kad soldier whispered into her ear, it was a few minutes before her eyes widen in shock.
"What? What the hell is he doing here!" she said causing Zar to look back up at her, curious about Nasha's sudden outburst.
"Nasha? What is it?" he asked with concern as Nasha turned back to him, and she wasn't happy.
"Apparently one of your liuetenants is giving a recruitment speech to the people in the city square. Your not so favorite liuetenant," She informed him and his eyes widen in shock and anger.
"Lorka?" He asked, and Nasha nodded. "Yup, along with Dred and Isbet." she said. "What would you like me to do with them?"
Zar sighed "Kill Lorka, he and Dred are the last members of the Death Watch that are still loyal to its original 'cause' Vizsla set up." He said, rolling his eyes. "Do the same to Dred...but try to keep Isabet alive. She's been having some doubts about what the Death Watch was originally created for recently, mostly after witnessing Massacre at Tatooine when Dred went behind my back and slaughtered that small settlement of Humans, and I think we may have a chance to turn her. Also, I've found out Dred's been cheating on her in the last few months, I think we can use that too to get her on our side."
Nasha nodded, "I'll have Mij and Wad'e take care of it," she said, but then grinned, "Besides, I believe Mij will be more than happy when we tell him it was Dred who killed Tani," she said with an evil gleam in her eyes and Zar returned the grin.
"Oh yes, I bet he will," he said. "I look forward to seeing you again, and I promise I'll make up for all of the time we could be doing...other things." Nasha blushed a bit, knowing what he was talking about.
"That'll be perfect." She said once her blush was under control. "If you excuse me, I need to get back to work. I still have a few Clone and Jedi Refugee's to take care of. See you later, Love you."
Zar smiled "Love you too, Nasha." He said and the transmission ended.
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Back at Ordo
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The Fleet of one Venator-class Star Destroyer, two Acclamator I-class Assault Ships, and three Marauder-class Corvette's were still in orbit of the planet. On the bridges of these ships, Jango, Marik and the others Explained to Calista, Boba and Sintas what has been happening in the galaxy recently. To say they were shocked, was an understatement.
"Geez, yesterday I would've been jumping for joy for the Order's destruction. No offense," Boba said, as the Jedi nodded, meaning none was taken, "Now, I'm not so sure,"
Sintas shook her head at the thought of it all, "I can't believe how things escalated so badly so fast," she said.
Marik couls only sigh, "Believe it or not, it's true. The 501st even tried to shoot at me because I was with Zule," he said. "We're damn lucky Rex and Torrent Company were still on our side, just like the Slice Hounds here. We also owe Jango and his forces a big thanks as well."
"Don't mention it, adiik." Jango said. Marik glared at him for a moment before Zule spoke up "So, what do we do now?"
Calista sighed as she sat down into her chair. "We should probably get to Concordia, Ne'tra Kad should be able to help us out in this." She said, and Jango nodded.
"I agree," he said. "But we should try to get back to where the rest of my forces are. We're gonna need their help as well."
The others, besides Aira, started at Jango for a moment. "You have other forces besides the men on the Jaster's Legacy?" Marik asked, surprised.
Jango shrugged "Hey, me and my men are good, but even we couldn't take on the Sep's with just one ship and a Battalion of Clones." he said. "In our active time I've been recruiting people to help us out, mostly freed slaves and such. We've also captured quite a few Separatist Ships, Droids and equipment as well. Also, Taun We sends me a Company or two of Clones every now and then, so I have a good supply of troops as well. Don't know how he manages it without the Republic catching on or anything."
"And how large of a force are we talking here?" Arla asked her Brother. "And where are they?"
Jango smiled "Nothing too massive." He said. "Including the Legacy, I've got one Lucrehulk-class Battleship, four Providence-class Carriers, Six Munificent-class Star Frigates, Ten CR-90 Corvette's, and quite a few Starfighters, Bombers, and Dropships. I've even got quite a few Droids we've managed to capture as well."
The others looked at him with shocked and Jango blinked at their faces, "What? A guy's gotta be prepared for anything!" he said and everyone sweatdropped at that, including Aira.
"Yeah, sure," Calista said sarcastically as she rolled, "So where is your group?" she asked and Jango smirked.
"Last place anyone would find it," he said and everyone listened in, "The Moddell Nebula. The whole place is surrounded by Radiation, making it impossible for sensors to see what's inside. We've made a little home on a few planets that orbit around the sun UR-3741, we named the planet New Mandalore when we found it 3 years ago, and is our base of Operations. Hell, we've even found out the planet is actually rich in Beskar, and a nearby Gas Giant has large pockets of Tibanna Gas. Its the perfect hiding spot for hit-and-run warfare."
"Damn Jango!" Marik said. "You sure know how to get lucky!"
Jango chuckled "I know," He said. "Anyways, I think we should-"
"Ma'am!" Shouted the man at the CIC of the Harbinger. "I'm picking up contacts emerging out of Hyperspace!"
Calista swore. "What are they?" She asked.
"Identifying...I am picking up one CR-100 Corvette, one Nebulon B-class Escort Frigate, one Victory II-class Star Destroyer, and three Venator-class Star Destroyers. IFF shows the Frigate, Corvette and the Victory II are the Mantis, Red Dawn, and the Predator. The Venator's are from the Star Corps!"
Marik and Zule immediatley recognized those ships.
"You're kidding? Please tell us you're not kidding?" Marik said hoping it was so. The CIC officer nodded in the affirmative,
"I'm positive. Hold on, the Mantis hailing us," he said and Jango squinted his eyes a bit.
"Put it on screen," Jango and the man pressed a few buttons, and the bridge of the Mantis appeared, revealing a Clone with his helmet removed, but was grinning.
"General Xiss! Commander Orar! Its good to see your all alright!" The Clone said, and Zule and Marik blinked in surprise.
"Xeo? Is that you?" Marik asked. "Where's Kass and Mak?"
"Their with Kenobi, Yoda, Kota, Jade, Masao, Cypher, and Bail Organa." Xeo said. "Their on a mission to change the transmittion the Jedi Temple is sending out that's telling all Jedi to return home, saying the war is over. The Senator is smuggling them in so they can change it to warn any surviving Jedi to stay away."
It was then two other images appeared next to Xeos, the first being the image of Alaya Secura on the bridge of her Venator-class Star Destroyer the Victory, and Robert Lee on the bridge of the Victory II-class, the Predator. Both with their respective Clone Commanders by their side, Bly for Secura and Wolffe for Lee.
"Marik! Zule! Etain! Great to see your still alive!" Robert said, and Alaya smiled "Yes, its great to see your alright." She said.
Marik, and the others sighed in relief. "Alaya, Robert...you guys are a sight for sore eyes. But what are you doing here?"
"Getting you guys!" Robert said. "You guys thought your Clones were the only ones that defected? Not only did our guys do it, but on top of that the whole Hades Corps defected as well! Put all of our forces together, we've got a force the size of a Sector Army here!"
The others jaws dropped at that info, clearly shocked, but happy all the same.
"A, a w-whole Sector Army?" Aira said in shock.
"Please tell us you are NOT joking?" Zule said hoping this wasn't some sick joke. Xeo just grinned as he looked at the shocked faces of the group.
"I joke you not. Not only that, but General Kota's Militia is also onboard, and their fleet is already en-route to re-group with the Hades Corps at Hoth!" Xeo answered, and the others couldn't believe the luck they're having, "and on top of all of this, my sister Jade said she and the Hades Corp found an abandoned CIS Shipyard at Hoth, with 15 Serviceable ships there! And a Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser that crashed on the planet that they think they can get to working order!"
Once again, the Jaws on the ones listening fell of their faces at that. "This...is the best news I've heard all day!" Rex, Marik, Jango, Zule, and Aira shouted all at the same time.
Robert chuckled "That it is, guys." He said. "Now if your ready, we should head back to Concordia. We're gonna meet up with the others there when they get back from the Temple, and then we're heading for Hoth to meet up with the rest of the Hades Corps, their setting up a temporary base there we can use until we find some place better."
Marik nodded at that, "It will have to do. And also, Captain Rex?," Marik said in Commander mode as he looked at Rex as the Clone captain stood at attention.
"Yes sir!" he said. Marik smirked, he knew Rex was going to love this.
"It has come to my attention that we need an extra company in the Slice Hounds," he said and he swore he saw Rex lips twitched a bit as he continued, "So I was thinking of having you and Torrent Company inducted into the Slice Hounds, with ARC-Trooper Fives as your lieutenant, do you accept?" he asked, as he extended his had, and Rex could only grin a bit.
"Sir, it will be a honor," he said and grasped Marik's hand.
"I'll try to make the right choices, unlike your previous commanders," the Mandalorian said as Rex could only shake his head.
"Sir, the only other person besides Palpatine I wouldn't follow any orders from is Krell," he said. Marik nodded "I understand that." He said before grinning. "Welcome to the Slice Hounds, Rex."
Not long after that, the ships of the Slice Hounds, Steel Hawks, and Jango's forces got into formation with the other ships. And not to long after that, the ships all blasted into Hyperspace.
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Somewhere on Coruscaunt
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Palpatine, AKA Darth Sideous walked down the dark halls of one of the many secret facilities he had on Coruscaunt, clad in his black robes that covered his face. He knew he had a meeting he must attend to soon, but he had other business to attend to before that.
The Dark Lord was furious beyond belief at the moment. He had expected that maybe some Clones may not follow his Orders, but Torrent Company, The Slice Hounds, Demon Company, Hunter Regiment, Delta Squad, he didn't expect they would in such large numbers.
But it was of no concern to him. Though, even though he lost many Clones, he still had most of the Clone's loyalty to him and him alone. But he knew if not dealt with soon, they will pose a problem in the future. He had already sent his new apprentice, Darth Vader, to deal with the Separatist Council on Mustafar. But he needed someone to deal with these traitorous Clones, those accursed Jedi, and should he have to, even those pesky Mandalorians of Ne'tra Kad.
And he knew exactly who to give the Job too.
He entered a large room with a large medical table in the center. Medical Droids swarmed the figure on the operating table. "Report." He said to the 2-1B Medical Droid in the room.
"The Subject has suffered most of the damage to his Internal organs, what little of them he had." The Droid Reported. "Most of which were burned from a Blaster Bolt. But luckily we managed to replace these destroyed Organs, and the Subject's brain was still intact. All we really needed to do was repair his armor and Droid Parts. Do you wish to activate him now?"
Sideious nodded, and the Droid moved to the side of the table. After a few button clicks, the other Droids backed away as the Table rose up.
lying on the table, one would first mistake as nothing but an advance Droid. Its armor was Gunmetal Grey with Black Trimming, and an agile frame indicating this monstrosity was created for speed. But at a closer look, one could see the Organic Parts within the Droid's 'Chest' and his Very Organic eyes, which snapped open revealing its Yellow Cat-like eyes.
"Rise...General Grievous." Sideous said. "And serve me once again.
The 'Droid', now identified as General Grevious looked at Sideous and his eyes widened a bit in recognition.
"Lord...Sideous...," the droid spoke in a heavy accent, "I thought I was dead,"
The Sith Lord smirked behind his hood, "Yes you were General, but a few things have happened, and I'm in need of your services once again," he said, and Grevious looked at the Sith with sadistic, but calculated eyes.
"What is thy bidding, my Lord?" the Killer Cyborg asked, and he could see the sadistic grin under the man's hood.
"Order 66 has been given, General." The Sith said. "The Jedi are becoming a dying breed. However some Clones refuse to follow these Orders, and protect the Jedi. And the Mandalorians of Ne'tra Kad obviously are doing what they can to help the Jedi and Clones. I need you to take command of your Droid Armies...and eliminate them once and for all."
If the droid could he would have grinned in anticipation of killing more Jedi. "It will be done, my lord." He said.
"Good," The Dark Lord said, smirking as he pulled out a black box. "But it would seem you are in need of some new Lightsabers, since your old collection was lost." He then opened the box, and revealed four Lightsabers inside.
The Droid General picked them up with his four arms, and activated them. One was Purple, one was Green, another was yellow, and the last one was blue. He instantly recognized the Purple and Green ones once belonged to Mace Windu and Cin Drallig.
"Thank you, my Lord." he said as he put the Lightsabers away. "I will purge the galaxy of those Clones, and of the Jedi."
Sideious nodded "Good, now go, General." He said. "And ensure the safety...of the Galactic Empire."
117Jorn: DUN DUN DUN! He's Ba-ack!
Tex: *Smirks* things look like the'll be getting pretty interesting soon.
Church: Ya, but where were we?
Patriot 112: Hey, we said you guys get to stay, but that doesn't mean your gonna be in EVERY chapter.
Church and Tex: Damn it!
Patriot-112: Where's Donut?
117Jorn: Still locked in the room we put him in. I sent DKR, Sarge, and Tucker to check up on him, they should be back soon.
*Sarge, Dragonknghtryu and Tucker walk in, their eyes red and twitching*
DKR: Mind Bleach...now...please.
Tucker: My eyes...they Burn...need...women
Sarge: I have seen war Crimes that were more merciful than what I saw in that room.
117Jorn: *Sigh* Hang on, I'll get the Mind Bleach.
Next Time on We dared: The Clones of the Slice Hounds and their allies make their way to Concorida to meet with other Clones that defected. While back on Coruscaunt Jade, Trips and the others head towards the Jedi Temple to change the message to warn the Jedi away. Meanwhile, the evil General Grievous, takes command of his Droid Armies once again, and is bent on destroying the Jedi and any Clones that continue to follow them...