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Rex was waiting for the signal to move. He was waiting in a bunch of brush for General Olin to give the order. The plan was all mapped out. The two Generals had spent the most of last night discussing their attack. He heard movement behind him and saw Azalea walk up beside him.

"Mind if I join you, Rex," she whispered.

"Not at all, Azalea," he replied. He had apologized to her about the whole name disagreement the next day and they had become friends. They had been here for a week and they knew the way each other worked. Last night they had been watching the stars and he hadn't realized until after word that his arm had been around her and she had been curled up next to him with her head on his shoulder. He glanced over at her and saw that she was looking at him. She smiled at him and looked like she was about to say something but then General Olin gave the signal and they moved.

It was an all out attack on the enemy, or so it seemed. They would rush in from this side and drive them back. When they got close the separatists would think they had them because of their reinforcements and then the 566th would attack from the other side sandwiching the seps in the middle.

Rex ran out firing at the droids and giving his brothers cover. He saw Fives and Echo crouch behind trees and shoot. He also saw General Olin fighting near Chopper and Jester. Just out of his sight was Azalea, he could hear her lightsaber's hum as it deflected bolts back toward the droids. General Olin was slicing and dicing droids while giving the men cover. Although Rex didn't think that he was as good as Skywalker, he was good at what he was doing and didn't seem as reckless. He noticed a droid homing in on one of his men and he aimed and fired. It dropped and Rex fired at other droids. They pressed them further and further toward their base.

Rex spoke into his com, "Shouldn't they start attacking now."

"I'm sure they will soon," Olin replied tersely. They were really close to the base and the 566th still hadn't started attacking. Rex heard Olin mutter to himself, "Come on, Tara, any time now." Rex was worried, if Olin thought they should be attacking and they weren't... it didn't bode well for the 501st.

He heard blaster fire in the distance and half of the seps army turned toward the new threat and General Olin muttered, "About time."

That's when it started going down hill. For a few moments everything seemed fine and then... it was out of control. Rex could see the 566th but they weren't firing toward the seps. Half of them were firing the opposite way and half of them were firing at the seps. He saw one trooper run toward them. At first Rex thought that he was going to charge through the droids. But the troop jumped and curled into a ball and rolled through them. The droids were so stunned they didn't think to fire at him. He uncurled on the other side and fired at a couple of droids, taking them down. Every shot he fired, hit exactly where he was aiming. He turned and ran up to General Olin.

"General Olin."

"What is it?"

"We're stuck!"

"What?"

"We're sandwiched between these droids and the droid marching toward the base."

"There are droids marching toward the base?"

"Yeah." Olin yelled something in another language.

"Does she have a plan?"

"Nope. We split and are firing at both sides but I don't think that's going to work for long."

"She's winging it?"

"She doesn't exactly have enough time to come up with a plan. She want's to know if you have any "brilliant ideas"."

"I'm afraid I don't. How well can you guys hold up?"

"Well enough; we have enough ammo to be able to hold them until at least sunset."

"You don't think you'll die before then?"

"Not with this armor. I'm worried about Del and Fire'sspray. They always take risks and they don't wear armor."

"We'll do our best to take out what's between us. See if you can't keep them from doing anything dumb."

"Will do." With that he ran, jumped and rolled again. The next few minutes Rex was too busy fighting to notice what they were doing. Then the base exploded, raining rubble on the droids close to it.

With the base gone, Rex could see them much better. They didn't look like they were doing to bad. General Canachi was wielding one lightsaber in Shein form. He'd seen Ahsoka use that handhold but Canachi did it with more grace. The lightsaber was an arc of destruction. Rex had heard that, like the 501st, the 566th had three ARC troopers. In fact, with their new replacements they had four. It was hard to tell who they were but he noticed that their clothes had stripes on them. He heard the hum of Vulture droids above him and noticed that one of the 566th had looked up and yelled something to the General. She hit her wrist com and spoke into it. Soon her heard the familiar hum of Republic gunships. They chased the Vulture droids, firing at them and destroying some. The droids between them and the 566th were few but there were a ton of droids on on the other side of 566th and they were struggling trying to deal with them and the others. He saw several of them get hit but after they fell they got back up again and kept fighting.

He heard Azalea's voice through his com, "Master, they need my help."

"Go," he replied.

"Rex, watch you're left side."

He nodded, "Yes, Sir."

Rex saw Azalea sprint toward them slicing droids with her green lightsaber. The 501st finished off the droids between them and as Rex ran to join them he searched for the Jedi. Fire'sspray's headtails danced as she moved, avoiding blaster bolts. General Olin was off to his left destroying droids with their own bolts. Azalea teamed up with Fire'sspray and their three blades were deadly arcs. General Canachi was using two blades, one violet, one blue. She spun one to avoid blaster bolts and sent a volley of them back at the droids. General Olin slowly moved to her right and Rex could see Canachi's mouth moving. Olin replied and Canachi ducked underneath a bolt, darted forward, and destroyed the droid that had fired it. A tank moved in toward their left and Canachi moved to destroy it.

She ran fast and sliced it, making it explode. She moved to come back and her eyes shut in pain and cried out. She spun, deflecting bolts back toward the droids. She continued to fight her way back toward the 566th. Another tank moved in and fired at her.

Rex heard Don yell, "General, LOOK OUT!"

She spun trying to hold the blast back with the force but the pressure threw her backward causing her to hit a tree. She didn't move and he heard Don yell, "NO!"

Don's hand extended and one of her lightsaber hilts flew into it. He ignited it and the blue blade sprang to life. He charged the tank, dodging and deflecting blaster bolts. He reached it and destroyed it before moving on toward the droids. General Olin had joined him in taking out the droids. The 566th recovered first and started firing at the droids. The Jedi Commanders and the 501st recovered next and began destroying droids. They moved in a flanking motion and managed to trap the droids in-between them. It wasn't too long before they finished them off.

General Olin glanced over at the spot where General Canachi had last been and shuddered, looking like he was about to get sick. The medics were hurrying about, talking care of the wounded, putting them on stretchers and transporting them to the medbay. The 566th were downcast. Everyone looked at General Olin for instruction, Rex wasn't sure that he knew what to do but he didn't know who else would instruct them.

"You did well. I'm not entirely sure what they normally tell you or if you're just normally dismissed but I thought I'd tell you that. You are dismissed."

Rex walked back, listening to the 501st's chatter. The 566th walked back in silence. Rex walked up to one of the men.

"I'm sorry about your General."

"Thanks. I'm Grate."

"I'm Rex."

"I know. Don't worry too much. She does this every 2nd mission. She likes to keep us on our toes." Rex tried not to laugh and ended up snorting. Grate lost it when he snorted and Rex laughed too. Soon everyone was laughing; a couple of them laughed so hard that they cried. It was an messed up day that could make troops laugh and cry at the same time, Rex thought.