Luke stuck close to Lux, both for the Senator's safety and to keep from getting turned around in the jungle. He remembered the tales Ahsoka had told him and Leia about fighting here, and he had to admit that she had described it perfectly. He hadn't it really felt it possible for one to be so invisible from another when they were just a few feet away, until now. Lux was just feet in front of him and sometimes it was hard to even keep track of him when the leaves closed in behind him.
Soon Luke noticed that the jungle vegetation was thinning and Lux held up his hand to call for a halt. He turned and whispered, "This is the edge of their camp they have made. Looks like they have been busy fighting the jungle to maintain their perimeter." Luke nodded, as Lux continued "Looks like they have been busy pushing their border back today, unless they have gotten more troops in, for I can see most of them from here and they look to be about the same number as those who have been making the attacks."
"Can you be sure?" asked Mara, who had cautiously come over to join them along with Obi-Wan, Luminara and Cody. Lux shook his head "No, we never did get an exact or close to exact count on their number but this looks to be about right." "It seems like a relatively small group, in comparison to those on other planets we have visited lately." Obi-Wan stated. "Which only makes this feel more like a trap." Luminara added, before asking "Shall we spring it?"
Obi-Wan nodded and said to Cody, "Have the men circle the encampment. We'll join you in a moment." The Clone replied "Yes sir." Before heading off to follow his order. "Now Senator, I know you want to help, but I think it best if you stay here and be our eyes rather and another soldier." Lux's eyes showed how much he wanted to once again join in the fight, but he nodded and simply said "Alright." Luminara spoke up and said "Each of us Jedi will take one corner of the camp and work our way to the center. If no trap gets sprung here, then it was probably meant to spread our thinning amount of Jedi even thinner."
"Or Maul has something up his sleeve that we don't want to know." Obi-Wan put his thoughts of the matter out there. The four Jedi stood there silently for a moment, before Mara said "Right then, where do you want us?" The next few minutes were spent with the Jedi getting quietly into position along with the Clones. Obi-Wan and Luminara had taken the furthest points for themselves, with their Padawans taking the closer. Once they had all signaled that they were in position, Luminara started the attack, followed closely by Obi-Wan.
While the Dark Forces were busy with this sudden, unexpected attack from two sides, Luke and Mara, along with their Clones, quietly made their way behind them, taking out the ones further back. Before long, the Dark Forces realized they were surrounded, but even with the four Jedi against them, they still refused to surrender. They instead ducked behind items for cover, slowly making their way to where their ships were. But Luke already had thought of that and he and his Clones got in between them and it.
The Dark Force still refused to give up and started concentrating their fire power mainly on Luke and his Clones. Luke was doing his best, but he couldn't stop all the bolts that were shot his way, let alone at his troops. While the Clones were taking down their fair share of members of the Dark Forces, they too were falling to ground. Just when it seemed that the Dark Forces would break through his lines, Mara joined him along with the troops she had been assigned to, and they started pushing the Dark Forces back once more.
Cut off from their last hope of escape, the Dark Forces finally surrendered, throwing down their guns in defeat. Immediately silence invaded their surroundings that had seconds ago been filled with the sounds of weapons and battle cries. The Clone Troopers are left to take care of the prisoners while the Jedi see to their fallen men, calling every once in a while for a medic, but all too often moving on with a grim look on their faces. They even would check on members of the Dark Forces, having the medics help those they could of them, something that seemed to shock some of the enemies that had been looking at them with hatred in their eyes seconds earlier.
Lux came out of hiding and help out where he could, before making his way to the Jedi and asking "Well, what do you make of this?" "It seems that Maul is attacking not just strong allies of the Republic, but of the Jedi as well. Any planet that has a strong connection to us is suddenly getting hit by the Dark Forces." Obi-Wan said, stroking his beard as he spoke. "Obi-Wan, I think there is more to it than that." Luke said.
"What do you mean, young one?" asked Luminara. "Alderaan and Onderon are both strong allies of the Republic and Jedi, its true, but they also have a strong connection to Obi-Wan. Senator Organa is a close friend of my mother's, which via Anakin, brings his ties to you. Lux here is good friends with Ahsoka, which once again leads to you, Master." Obi-Wan sighed and said "That is a very convincing and disturbing thought. It seems Maul still has a personal vendetta against me, if your theory is correct."
"So he is taking it out on those close at you to get at you?" Mara asked, making sure she understood what Luke and Obi-Wan were saying. "It does seem like something he would do." Luminara said thoughtfully. "Maybe that's why he took Leia! He might know that she is connected to you as well." Luke exclaimed. The Master shared a troubled look before Luminara said "We need to report this to the Council."
Before they could do that, Obi-Wan's com went off. He picked it up and said "Kenobi here." "Obi-Wan!? Oh thank goodness I finally got through." Came the voice of Leia. Everyone stared at the com in shock as Obi-Wan responded "Leia, are you safe?" "For the moment I am. I managed to get free of the cell Maul has been holding me in. It took forever to find a com and even longer it seemed for someone to answer." "Where are you child?" he asked.
"I'm still aboard his ship. From the star maps I saw, we are in the Mustafar system, rather close to the planet." "We'll be there as soon as we can!" Obi-Wan declared. Suddenly Leia's voice changed to a frightened tone as she said "Oh no, Maul is coming. Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope!" With that the com went dead. Obi-Wan knew that there was no point in trying to raise her, for she either had shut it off to hide the fact she contacted anyone from Maul or Maul himself had gotten it.
Obi-Wan said "Luminara, inform the Council both of our theory and of this transmission. Luke and I are heading to Mustafar. Senator Bonteri may we borrow a ship? The longer we can keep the fact that Jedi are coming from Maul, the better off this mission will go." "Of course, I will arrange to have one ready for you immediately." Lux said, to which Obi-Wan nodded as he turned to his Padawan and said "Let's go Luke." Before turning and heading off into the jungle, Luke fast on his heels.
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"There." She thought, "It is done. Obi-Wan is on his way."
A little note, I have been wanting to add the whole help me Obi-Wan bit since I first started planning this story. Yeah I know in the movie she also puts Kenobi in there, but I felt that would be too odd since she knows him in this story. I am also not entirely pleased with how short the battle felt on Onderon, but my fingers are too excited to get to the next part of this story so yeah.