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One thing Jake never liked when it came to his duties was guard duty. It was a task he hadn't been doing so often now because he held an NCO rank, unlike when he was just a green newbie having just joined and was given the more crapper duties given down from the command structure. Still, he found his current situation better than the last time he was given the duty of guarding something important, a living being rather than a mysterious object pulled out from the sea with unknown power and purpose. Until recently that was.
The marine was floating by the entrance of a smaller cave within their new hideout, alongside two clones who had remained with the now depleted numbers watching over the water world's young soon to be head of state. The Calamari troops and the other clone units had split off from the now small team, to find other units lost around the city and immediately connect back once they were discovered. Only problem was from what Jake had overheard was they had lost contact with all the search teams.
All that remained was him, two clones, the Jedi, Senators Amidala and Tills and the head of the Calamari Guard he found to be the commander from before, Captain Ackbar. Now he was stuck looking out for any threats whilst the others tried contacting the Temple and Republic Command.
"We've lost all contact with all clone troopers and Mon Cala soldiers. The Quarren ambushed us, they were ready to attack long before the peace talks began" He heard Fisto report to a holo image of the small green alien Yoda and another human he recalled to be Mace Windu. The response was sketchy and fuzzy but a voice did manage come through the weak signal, although Jake had could barely hear the response.
"Master please repeat, are you sending reinforcements?" The amphibious alien asked but was only met with static again with only a few words getting through. Jake turned around in time to see the projector images of the two disappear, seeing the looks of uncertainty and worry from each one of them.
"Are they coming?" The Prince swam over to the group with Ahsoka not far behind.
"I don't know"
"But they know of our situation. They must know to send help" Captain Ackbar spoke up next.
"Yeah but it may take them awhile to get here" Skywalker floated over to the pair "We're going to have to get to the surface and get off this rock"
"No, I will not abandon and leave my people to die!" Jake heard the young Prince frantically protest over the Jedi's proposal.
"With all due respect your Highness, if we stay we will all die" Skywalker's words had an unfortunate truth for Lee Char. Jake saw the conflict in the royal, feeling sympathetic at the hard choice he would have to make to ensure the survival of themselves and for the future of the Calamari people.
"We need to reach the surface to see if our ship is still there" Padme was the next to join in the debate, suggesting where they should all take it from here on out
"The Prince will decide our next course of action" The Calamari Captain told the group, turning everyone's attention over to him waiting for his orders.
It didn't take a specialist to see the conflict in his eyes, a decision that thankfully Jake hadn't been cursed with making especially since it involved a great number of lives depending on it "I think it is best to escape using your ship"
"As you wish your Highness, follow me" On cue Skywalker lead the way out of their small safe haven, upward to the ship awaiting them above Dac's waters.
Taking up position with the remaining two clones, the Corporal swam behind the Senators and Ahsoka keeping an eye out for potential dangers lingering nearby. He had with him the speargun he took from a squid who tried impaling him with the very weapon, only it end in the opposite effect for the now deceased offender. The waters around them were still the dull, dark green colour from the lack of any natural light to brighten the place up.
He caught sight of Padme glancing at him then back to the front, probably from Jake's account the sixth time he had seen her do so since she saw the physical state that he was in. To anyone who knew him it was to no surprise he remained stubborn over the issue, choosing to ignore their concerns and concentrate at the task at hand. Not only was nausea and cramps hampering him, Jake was starting to experience dizzy spells and numbness in some areas of his body. The most blatant signs of his unwell state was his eyes to which Ahsoka and the clones pointed out first then Padme earlier, told him his eyes were now slowly turning red.
He no longer shrugged it off as just a harmless bug since the symptoms he was feeling were like nothing he had ever felt before. Food poisoning, a cold, flu or just a run of the mill stomach ache would not give what he was currently suffering with. His mind was so wrapped in his thoughts over the strange illness he hadn't realised the others had stopped and ended up colliding into the back of a clone.
"Sorry mate. What's going On?"
"Master Fisto has told us to wait while he scouts ahead" The SCUBA clone informed him, pointed up at the green alien above them. The sound of engines and alien chatter could be heard but it was only Fisto who could track enemy movement from his position.
A large team of robots and Quarren swam passed them, causing the team to duck into cover in the coral rocks. That and the dark waters seemed to have worked in hiding from the enemy troops when they eventually went by without casting down to their position. Once the voices lessened and their mini subs engines faded into the distance, Jake popped back out of cover with the rest seeing Fisto swim over.
"That's a lot of enemy troops between here and the surface" Padme frowned at the number of enemy troops occupying their area.
"It's no problem, just hope you're a fast swimmer"
"Says the boy from the desert planet" She smiled at the Jedi, oblivious all but Jake the smile was more than just friendly banter between friends.
"Hear that Jake?" Ahsoka gave a him challenging smile.
"Dumb question to ask someone from an island nation, kid" The marine returned the smirk in kind.
"Are you certain your ship is still there?" The Calamari senator asked, breaking the rare moment of lightening the already dark mood.
"There's only one way to find out" The Jedi told him staring up the surface.
"I'll create a diversion so you can get past those patrols" Fisto said laying out a plan for them to get a head start before attracting attention.
"Alright. Try and get a few mini subs, it'll help speed us up to the surface" Skywalker instructed to the Nautolan Jedi.
"No problem" With that he left them, leaving the rest to wait for the all clear to head to the ship.
"Corporal, once we are aboard you are to remain in sick bay until further orders"
"Why?" It was question that left Jake's mouth before his mind could register the word. By now everyone who had been around him could see he wasn't good but he was too stubborn to concede and continued to fight on, even if the symptoms were having a real threatening effect on his performance.
"Perhaps you've not checked yourself recently, Matthews. You're sick and are in obvious need of medical treatment"
"There is nothing wrong with me General" Jake spat back, watching as Skywalker closer frowning at him.
"Oh really?, then can you explain why your eyes are getting redder?. Or at this moment you're as pale as the trooper's armour?" The Jedi Knight challenged him "You will become a liability and endanger the lives of everyone here if you remain, Corporal"
Jake's stared back giving Skywalker a steely gaze, knowing he was right and he'll have to go back and find out what was plaguing his body "Fine, sir" He finally admitted defeat through gritted teeth, his stubborn resistance faltering over the valid point.
All focus was then brought back to above when an object quickly descended down to their position. It was brown and metallic with spikes sticking out of the side and shaped like a 3D triangle, though it wasn't lost on any of them it was one of the subs used by the squids. The water vehicle stopped just above them, it's driving section not that at all different to the Republic's own version.
"Ahsoka you go first, take the Prince and Senator Tills" Skywalker ordered to his Padawan, the trio rushing over to the sub then sped away in the direction of the open air. Jake watched her grab on to the controls of the mini sub and drive the 'borrowed' underwater vehicle at high speed upward.
Not long after they cleared from view the sound of exchanged gunfire could be heard, though to his and no doubt the others relief it came from a different direction from the escaping trio. They didn't have to wait long before a pair of the same type of subs, one lagging behind the other, headed their way.
"Matthews, Ackbar you're up next" He ordered again. Both nodding Jake went with the Calamari to the first sub to reach them, allowing the Captain to grasp the controls whilst he hung on to the support bar to the left.
Gripping on for dear life he watched on as they shot up following Ahsoka's trail with the secret couple not too far behind. He had checked for any sign of General Fisto and the clones but found they weren't part of the escape party as of yet. The colouring of the sea was rapidly turning from the dark green abyss they had lingering since the battle, to a darker shade of blue from before they had dived into the alien ocean thanks to the natural light penetrating the more shallower parts. The natural and artificial structures were now past and the shadowy form of a ship appeared.
The marine thought it strange that the enemy hadn't notice the vessel and attempt to take or destroy it. It was then Jake felt something was off as they closed in. No sooner had they all reached within closing distance to the border splitting water from open air the ship suddenly erupted, engulfed in a huge fireball.
Even beneath the water Jake could hear the loud explosion of the ship breaking apart violently, casting down debris all over the place. Huge chunks of the destroyed vessel rapidly sank around the position causing himself and the others to let go of their transport, the large pieces colliding into each other and managing to hit two of the subs rendering them FUBAR.
Jake dodged past a piece of what used to be one an engine pod as it sank below him, along with much of the former space ship. He searched around the area and found nobody was hurt, looking shocked that their only hope of getting out of this warzone was now going down to the proverbial alien Davy Jones' Locker. The whine of laser fire and a red bolt streaking past the Jedi brought his attention to the approaching water bots.
They both ignited their lightsabers and deflected away the red blasts, sending back to the perpetrators or to areas safe from harm.
"Well Prince, how do you feel about fighting again?" Skywalker asked the Prince, batting away the concentrated fire from one of the machines.
"Master Jedi we're too vulnerable here. We must reach the seafloor" The royal Calamari told them, an idea the Corporal was complete agreement with.
"Grab on to the debris, let it carry you to the bottom" Acting on Skywalker's orders, Jake caught a large metal sheet close by gripping it with one hand and carry the speargun with the other.
Scanning the sinking scrap he caught sight of everyone holding to different parts of the wrecked ship, clinging to the pieces as it dragged them down fast to the seabed. A red bolt pinged off the front his was holding on, seeing a robot in front a few metres to the side firing non stop at him like its mechanical friends doing so to the others. Before he could return the favour his job was done with assistance of a long, broken piece of metal smashing on top of it shattering the robot into more small debris. He looked over at Ahsoka and the Prince who were both holding on to a bent structural part next to him, the debris travelling down faster than his piece and gave better cover from enemy fire.
A thin, long bright green light shone below him, revealing Fisto and another pair of clones joining them once again.
"Back so soon?"
"Yeah, we had a little problem" Skywalker said indicating one hand to the mess around the place.
"I can see that, all around me" Fisto remarked in dry humour.
"This is our only chance. We need to split up and hide the Prince's whereabouts" Ackbar added in on more serious note.
"I'm not sure that is the best strategy"
"I am sure!" Prince Lee Char spoke up before an argument of strategy broke out "Captain Ackbar's words our my own. It will give us the best chances of survival if we split up"
"As you wish. Ahsoka, take the Prince and go with Master Fisto, Matthews and the clones. I'll take the Senators and Captain Ackbar" He instructed to the kid, placing a hand on her shoulder "Lay low. Our only hope is Master Yoda can send help in time"
Breaking off the debris Jake swam down and grabbed the debris his chosen group was sinking down on.
"No, Prince Lee Char is our only hope" He heard Ackbar say just before joining with Skywalker and the Senators. The marine saw in the corner of his eye the Jedi kid place a reassuring hand on the Prince's back as they sank further and further down to the depths, the others now gone leaving them separated into two teams.
After a minute or so Fisto nodded for them all to let go, letting the debris fall to the seabed and cover their escape from the gathering enemy troops searching around for the survivors. Taking after the Jedi General's lead he swam alongside Lee Char protecting his left side as Ahsoka guarded the right, stopping every so often when the Nautolan alien raised a fist in the universal signal of halting.
On the last stop before finding cover Jake felt his lungs playing up, threatening to reveal their position to a squad of robots from a coughing fit trying to escape out of his mouth. Fisto led the group to a small cave surrounded by seaweed and other underwater vegetation, a good spot of cover since it covered most of the entrance. Letting the Jedi and Prince go in first, the marine turned with the clones to check the coast was clear then proceeded into the temporary safe haven
"I don't think we've been followed. Commander Monnk, post a lookout" Fisto ordered the clone, who swam to the cave entrance with the other clone.
"We have have no army and we have no idea if reinforcements are coming, what are our options?" They all turned to the Prince who gave a heavy sigh after asking his question.
"Sit tight, I'm afraid. For the moment there isn't a great deal we can do" Jake said, seeing the frustration and desperation in the young royal's eyes. He felt sorry for the young royal at the predicament he was thrown into on his first days as ruler, for chaos to spread and his home and people were locked in a civil war. So far he was dealing with it well and Jake couldn't help but give him credit for it since it was situation many would buckle at.
"Sir, you better come see this" Monnk called over. Swimming over to the guarding clones they all stared up to a pair of robots floating not too far over their spot, on look out.
Behind them was more robots and Quarren but was more eye catching and shocking were the dozens and upon dozens of Calamari prisoners, soldiers and civilians alike. With guards either side they were all grouped into the centre of the convoy, their hands cuffed to their back with guns from the enemy troops trained on them from both sides and the back. He spotted smaller versions of the fish aliens, obviously children, alongside their elders, they too had their tiny hands cuffed.
"So many prisoners, where are they taking them?"
"To become slaves" Fisto answered him, his voice hinting at disgust at the scene.
"I can't believe Nossor Ri and the Quarren agreed to this!"
"Count Dooku rules here for now, not the Quarren" Ahsoka shook her head, correcting the Prince who was still distressed at the fate of his people.
"What you see Prince, is the future of all the people of this world. Mon Calamari and Quarren, all slaves to Count Dooku" Jake frowned at the Jedi General's words, appalled by the Separatists actions. Rightfully he could saw the disheartened Prince's shoulders drop, watching first hand his own people forcefully ushered away for whatever repulsive tasks the enemy had in mind for the poor blighters. All this was doing was reinforcing his belief at keeping Earth away from their conflict, to have problems and atrocities they long rid and currently ridding return to them in the shape of a vast invading alien army.
"I can see why you hate them so much" He said to the Jedi teen. The Prince then shook his head and snapped around clenching both his fists in anger at the abhorrent sight.
"There must be something more I can do"
"I know it's hard but you have to be patient" Ahsoka reassured him.
"But you saw my people. I failed them" He said with what could be mistaken as a defeated tone.
"No, remember Captain Ackbar's words. You are the hope of your people. As long as you live, they will endure" She replied, reciting the shorten speech the Prince got from Ackbar to help keep the kid's confidence and spirit high.
"We need an army, we have to fight back"
"You don't have to carry a sword to powerful. Some leaders strengths is inspiring greatness in others" Remaining silent through the exchange Jake smiled at the youngster, surprised by her attitude and philosophical words especially since she lived up to her nickname given by Skywalker.
"My people don't' even know I'm alive. How can I inspire them if they think I'm dead?" Lee Char questioned in calm frustration.
"She's wise beyond her years" The marine compliment her, watching alongside the other Jedi at the conversation between the two.
"That she is. It comes as a surprise with Anakin as her Master" Fisto mused next to him, grinning too at the Togruta Padawan "I suspect Obi Wan may of had hand in her teachings"
Turning back to the duo he saw Lee Char shake his head at her then turn his back, folding his arms and closed his eyes sighing.
"I wish to be alone for a moment" Briefly placing a hand on his shoulder Ahsoka swam over to them, doing as the conflicted Prince requested.
"How's he holding up?"
"Could be better. Seeing his people in chains has hit him hard but his resolve still remains strong" She told him and Fisto, glancing back at the Calamari.
"That's understandable Ahsoka. I think any of us would feel the same if we saw our people being lead away to become slave labour" Jake said spitting the last two words out like they were poison. For a second he heard Fisto speak again only for his words to not fully register in his ears, sounding more like distant chatter than right before his person. His vision started to blur again only without the weird whistling sound from before and started to feel light headed, making him feel dizzy once again.
Shaking his head to clear away the horrible effects his sight began to clear once again, the dizziness lingering and his hearing slowly adjusting back to the present. Once he the symptoms disappeared once again he heard Ahsoka and Fisto discussing their next course of action when he looked back to where Lee Char was, to find he was no longer residing at the back of the cave.
"...-o you think Jake?. Jake?" Ahsoka stared at him, calling him twice furrowing her brow at him when he didn't reply.
"Uh, where's the Prince gone?" The marine pointed over to the vacant spot where the royal had been before.
Turning around and seeing for themselves he was missing, neither could utter a word as a very loud noise boomed around the area. It sounded just like a ship's horn, a vibration rocking them for brief few seconds followed suit as it belched out twice more. Going over to the mouth of the cave he and the others gazed up to see the Prince floating a metre above the entrance, holding on to a big empty hermit crab shell drawing the attention of the horde of prisoners and enemy troops.
"People of Mon Cala, all people of Mon Cala will not be slaves. Have hope, you will not be prisoners much longer!" He shouted to his people, getting chants and cheers from the Calamari captives as the Quarren prevented any from attempting to break free.
"Alright I think the shows over. The guards will be coming, we have to go" She warned him. No sooner had her words left her mouth, blasts of enemy fire beared down on them.
"Your Highness get back!" Jake rushed in front of him, pointing his speargun toward the encroaching water bots. The Jedi pressed the buttons to unsheath their lightsabers and didn't waste any time hitting away the crimson laser bolts pouring down of their position.
One Separatist machine appeared from nowhere and floated directly in front of them. Jake jabbed it with the spear tip into its metallic ribs then it was sliced across the mid section by the green plasma blade of Fisto, pushing the inert robot out of the way using one the Force abilities commonly performed from he was told by the kid. His finger remained pressing down on the pole shaped gun's trigger, firing away managing to nick a Quarren in the stomach and blew the firing arm off a robot.
Despite their resistance the enemy forces drew closer, outnumbering and outgunning them heavily as they protected the Prince. A large group of droids came dangerous close but were apprehended by a huge burst of concentrated fire above, destroying much of the attacking force.
Jake looked up and saw over a company sized mixed force of clones at the front with a new type of alien he hadn't seen before coming down too. They were humanoid and at first he thought they were human until he saw their eye stuck out of their head and long pieces of flesh tied behind their heads like people with long hair would.
"Gungans?, the tide has turned in our favour" Fisto declared as the new arrivals passed by, heading over to engage the hostiles guarding the prisoners.
"Let's free my people. Attack!" The now buzzed Prince ordered, charging with the reinforcements. Exchanging a bemused look with each other the marine shrugged his shoulders and followed after Lee Char with the Jedi.
The new arrivals took out the troops guarding the prisoners and a fair number of them went to work free the Calamari captives, smashing the handcuffs off from their wrists. A pair of the giant jellyfish creatures from earlier appeared making their way to meet the fresh troops, backed up by the Quarren and Separatist war machines who wasted no time opening up with a hail of gunfire.
Jake joined the clones and Jedi in taking on the invaders whilst the Gungans aliens all surrounded the jellyfish, throwing blue ball shaped objects at the monsters. Crackles of electricity consumed the jellyfish from the bombardment, letting out a dull painful groan as they tried escaping from the assault.
EMP grenades?, He raised a brow at the devices as bolts of electricity hounded the big monstrosities, a few of the Gungans let out some kind of war cry as they battled the creatures. The sickly yellow light from one of the jellyfish started to blink then cease all together, the big jelly finally defeated as it appeared to die and fall to the sea floor.
It's partner soon succumbed to the same fate eventually just as the battle intensified, blue, red and the green and yellow of the Jedi's lightsabers whizzing across the battlefield trying to gain the advantage, as well as the Gungans using their spear weapons releasing an electrical charge into the robots rendering them no longer operable. Mini subs from both sides drove past him and he clone soldiers, blasting at each other and met with a couple turning into split second explosions and rising the war's casualty rate.
The marine pulled the trigger and fired a well placed shot into the chest of a dangerously approaching enemy sub's drive, the dead squid pressing down on it's controls sending into a repetitive twist until it slammed into the rock formations below. He caught sight of the Prince floating in the middle of the battle without a weapon to defend himself, out in the open and in real danger.
It didn't help with enemy fire from a mini sub manned by a squad of Quarren beard down on him, the rounds coming dangerous close to ending the fish people's only hope of defiance against the foreign aggressors. In a blink of an eye General Fisto appear in just in time to deflect away the laser bolts and send them back to the sub, destroying it and killing the would be squids. Another came along but was swiftly dealt with by the green alien driving his lightsaber through the middle.
Jake watched Lee Char grab a fallen speargun then turn back to the battle, shooting at a water robot getting it in the chest and eye. He swam over to the dying machine and started hitting it with the butt of the gun, not noticing another one creep up behind before, to his luck, Ahsoka dealt with it.
Returning the battle he caught glimpse of three big objects coming over to them really fast, in the form of machines he had yet encountered. The one in the centre was close to twice the size of the ones following it, its design shaped like a squid with the four metal tentacles moving just like the sea animal it was based off. They stopped then hovered metres above them, open a closer inspections Jake could see it had yellow bulbous glass parts running down the side like windows and had an uncanny resemblance to one of Captain Nemo's sub from one of his dad's favourite childhood films.
The bigger one stopped and righted itself while the other two swam around it in a full circle, making eerie screeching noises as the larger one started spin around flailing it's arms.
"What the hell?" The Corporal muttered out loud as both allied and enemy forces around stared up at the machines. It quickly sped up and formed an underwater tornado around them, spinning so fast its arms disappeared from view from all turbulence it was creating.
All around him, ally and hostile, got caught up in the fast building force and were sucked into the violent whirl of the tornado, twisting them around like that of a land one. To his luck Jake was floating in the middle where there was less of it, searching for the others through the slowly thickening water amongst the swirling of Gungans, Calamari and Quarren trapped in the machine's twister.
To his relief he found the Prince unharmed but in danger of been sucked in with the rest but thankfully pulled away from in time with the assistance of Ahsoka.
"Stay in the centre, there's less turbulence!" She called out ignited her green bladed saber.
The metal clanging of something opening drew his attention up to the octo-sub, showing the innards of the vessel for a brief few seconds before a more deadly and familiar enemy left the sub. The alien shark he recalled Lee Char named as Riff Tamson swam and roared toward the Prince, grabbing hold of him before he or Ahsoka could react.
"No you don't beasty" Pointing the gun down at the enemy leader, the marine fired three rounds down at him and managed to get one to strike into it's leg. Tamson growled in pain and let go of the Prince, turning back to look up at him with enraged anger and ignored his target and went for him "Uh oh"
Readying the speargun he pointed the sharp end out at the rapidly approaching Separatist representative, suddenly regretting pissing off a creature capable of tearing him in two with little effort. A form moved in front of him and slashed down at Tamson but the blow missed as the alien swam sideways. Jake floated next to Ahsoka their weapons at the ready to face Tamson off. Instead however he brought to his hip and pressed on something, a red light flickering as a group of robots appeared around them.
Jake turned back to Tamson only to find him swimming into the turbulence hiding his location. The water bots quickly opened fire on them so he returned the favour, knocking out two of them as their poorly aimed shots flew by him. He saw Ahsoka dismember three more in one fluid movement, looking back at him once the hostiles were eliminated.
"I'll go and get the Prince!"
"Go right ahead!" He told her, suddenly feeling his grip on his weapon loosening to find a droid trying to pull it off him.
Throwing a punch at his head Jake felt pain rocket through his whole hand and wrist, let out a small cry of pain as did so ridiculing himself for such a stupid move. Despite this its head went back and for second lost its bearings, long enough for him to point the barrel at its chest and pull the trigger twice. With another gone he glanced down to see the kid almost at the Prince's position but then Tamson appeared again and dragged him away with his hands around Lee Char's neck.
Fisto then came out of the blue and knock the shark off the Calamari, resulting into a fist fight with Tamson drawing him away from the object of his aggression. Seeing the coast was clear for a fleeting moment he swam down to Ahsoka and the Prince, to be greeted by another squad of machines. The Jedi Padawan joined him in his fight, picking off half whilst he took out the others riddling their metal bodies with half a dozen scorch marks.
They stopped and watched the boxing match between Fisto and Tamson both looking eveningly matched. The Jedi General sent a fist right into the side of the shark's face but was then kicked in the chest and pushed over toward them.
"Ahsoka, escape with the Prince" He ordered after regaining his bearings.
"Master?" Ahsoka looked at him sceptically.
"Don't worry kid, we'll hold them off" Jake assured her, going turning with Fisto to Tamson and large group of droids. Covering their escape he fired a shot at the machine standing to Tamson's left, striking it in the neck.
One machine made a bold move and charged at Fisto, firing round after round at him but it unexpectedly went flying back into the whir around them.
"Sir, where's your saber?" He said noticing for the first time the Jedi hadn't unsheathed it yet.
"I've misplaced it" He dryly remarked as he engaged Tamson again. An unexpected jolt knocked him and he ended up dropping his speargun, to find one of the machines had tackled him at the waist and was dragging toward the fast moving turbulence.
Its grip tightened and crushed down at on him whilst still pulling him along through the now blinding surroundings. The Royal Marine Corporal tried pushing himself off the machine to find the resistance was heavy, fighting the bear like grip it caught him in. He reached for his sidearm finding it a struggle loosen it out of the holster while having his sides painfully caving in. The DC-17 was finally released and he managed to bring it up and put a laser bolt through its circular head, leaving it to drift away.
Taking in a deep breath now his lungs didn't have the external pressure he realised for the first time he was no longer in the underwater tornado, to which infact it started slowing down. Once the turbulence faded away all the dazed troops caught in its grasp were quickly surrounded by the awaiting droids, giving them no choice but to surrender. Seeing they hadn't spotted him yet he dived down to a rock covered in coral for cover, peeking through the gaps at the clone, Gungan and Calamari troops being disarmed and lead away.
He saw Fisto being cuffed and dragged unconscious by Tamson to a robot, chucking him over to it as it took away with the other prisoners.
"Find the Prince, find him!" The shark ordered swimming away to join the escort party. Jake stayed hidden as a group of prisoners now herded by the Quarren went past him, thinking over his next step to take now the Republic forces had been captured.
Now the coast was clear he moved on keeping to cover until he heard voice behind him. He stayed hidden to investigate who the voices belonged to, feeling a huge sense of relief when he saw the two escapees.
"Look I know you're scared, but you can't let your fear control you" He saw Ahsoka had hold of Lee Char's hand, encouraging him to keep a clear head.
"Aren't you scared?" He questioned her, looking for reassurance.
"I used to be, all the time. Until I realised that if you make decisions out of fear, you're more likely to be wrong"
"I will unify Mon Cala again, I promise"
"Good to hear your Highness" Jake decided to reveal himself to the two.
"Jake, it's good to see your safe" She said, both looking shocked at his unexpected appearance.
"You too Commander, and you Prince. Now come on, let's see about making your goal come true and kick these mechanical devils off your world" A smile formed on the young royal's face, his eyes filled with hope that threatened to fade away seconds ago.
The Jedi teen lead the way into a complex of caves behind her, the Prince stopping for a brief minute to look back at the now prisoners of war being herded away.
Three against an occupation force, well this is going to be exciting, The marine thought as they tried coming up with a plan to free the captives and return the water world to it's legitimate government. Jake knew one thing. It wasn't going to be easy.