December 13th
2583
Outside The Black Dragon Night Club
New Austin, United Republic of North America
Earth
18:30 UNSC time
3rd Person POV:
'Shady. That's what my ex-wife called me the last time I saw her.'
This is the though that flashes through Richard Deckerson's mind as he stares ahead, towards the bar that had been swiftly re-built after the Republic had invaded his home-world. Despite the invasion happening a long while ago, the air around the city as it is under re-construction is sullen.
As if the atmosphere around him wasn't enough, it is raining hard on Richard. This storm hasn't passed in several days, and at this point, it is getting on the maverick cop's nerves. Once a construction vehicle passes down the road, Deckerson places a hand on his wide-brimmed hat and runs down the road, grimacing as the rain pelts his exposed arm until he makes it under the canopy that shields the main entrance to the club.
Letting out a sigh of relief, he takes off his hat and enters the club. The barrage of light does catch the former cop off-guard, but he manages to not raise his hands as he continues to walk in. The inside is a barrage of colors and noise as people are dancing on the checkered floor, spotlights casting a wide range of colors across the hall like a rainbow and the bar is almost packed to the brim. After the attack, it has almost become tradition for the residents to escape the trauma of what they've been through.
The officer then walks into the bar, past the crowds of people sitting around to talk or dancing and takes a seat at the bar. "Welcome back sir. Would you like the usual?" The bartender asks.
"Yeah. Thanks." Deckerson replies and looks around at the dancing people, trying to escape the fact that they are in the middle of yet another war. After a few minutes, the bartender walks back and sets down a martini glass filled with an amber beverage. Deckerson looks back and pulls out some money before setting it on the counter.
As he sips on the drink, he continues looking across the entire and club. At 1600 hours the previous day, the former cop had received a tip-off from one of his friends who lived in the lower districts of the city that Willy and Michael Gecko, notorious Insurrectionists who have numerous other crimes to their list of such evil that the ex-cop shivers just thinking about it, have somehow smuggled themselves to Earth. Whatever the twin brothers are looking for, it is something that is highly valuable. And Deckerson will not rest until he finds out they are up to.
"Hello." A woman says next to him. "I would like a shot of whiskey."
Curious, Deckerson leans to his right and gets a good look at the woman. She looks to be in her mid 30's, with black hair that stretches down to the top of her shoulder blades and bright green eyes. There was something about her that really made Deckerson feel different than he ever has in his life. Then he notices her crisp striped suit.
"Must be expensive." Deckerson says, gesturing to her suit. He decided to pass some time until something suspicious turned up that might lead him to his culprits.
The woman turns to look at the ex-officer and gets her first good look at him. She then looks down at her suit and nods. "Very. I'm Alice."
"Deckerson."
"What brings you to this place?"
"Oh. Well, I'm just looking for some friends." Deckerson then looks to their right and notices 2 men with hoodies covering their faces. They are talking with a slim woman who is sitting alone in the corner of the room. One of them raises a hand to shake the woman's hand, making the sleeves pull back. The ex-cop's eyes widen when he notices a tattoo with a skull on it and a rigid sword is clutched tightly in its mouth.
Quickly, the ex-officer pulls out a small paper picture from his black overcoat and looks at the picture of Michael Gecko. The build was exactly the same and he has the tattoo from his time as a former ODST. When Richard looks back up, he notices the 2 hooded brothers making their way towards Alice, reaching into their jeans for something.
Sensing that something is wrong, Alice looks up and notices the brothers. A split second after Richard notices the flash of metal of pistols, the ex-cop jumps to his feet. He then walks towards the brothers, who glare back. "Excuse me, can I help you?" He asks, trying to act like a casual drunk. One of the brothers growls in in frustration and shoves Deckerson to the side. As he falls to the ground, he pulls his pistol out of his jacket and fires.
His aim is true and the Insurrectionist that pushed him to the ground stiffens. After a few seconds, he falls forward and crashes to the ground, going limp.
Another tense moment of silence passes before the people start running around, screaming their voices off as they run in all directions. Alice, however, just sits at her table and stares at Deckerson with a terrified look on her face.
As the ex-cop stands back up and looks around for the other brother, a gunshot goes off in front of him, making a civilian fall to the ground dead before Michael lunges forward and stares at Deckerson, an almost savage glint in his black eyes. From out of the corners of the room, the dark-suited man come running out and begin opening fire on the Insurrectionist.
He lets out a growl as he ducks under the barrage of bullets and fires back. He manages to gun down the guard before Deckerson manages to lunge towards Michael while his back is still turned. The two crash to the ground again and Deckerson places 2 fingers on Michael's neck, trying to cut off his air supply and knock him out. The agents stop firing and watch with interest.
Michael growls in anger, grabbing the hand and pulling it off. Then in one fell swoop, he yanks the fingers upward. Deckerson lets out a shout of pain as his fingers immediately pull out of their sockets. Michael then swings his open fist around and punches the ex-cop in the face, knocking him back and the pistol flies into the air before crashing to the ground.
The Insurrectionist leaps to his feet, hood flying off his head to reveal his tanned skin and shaves black hair, and is about to beat the life out of Deckerson when another shot goes off. Michael Gecko seizes up, his eyes widening for a second as blood starts trickling down his chest.
He collapses forward, revealing Alice standing over the corpse and holding Deckerson's pistol. Her hands start trembling terribly and her knees start to give out. Deckerson jumps to his feet and runs through the now-abandoned bar to hold her up. "Does…it always feel so cold, killing someone like that?" The cop nods. "How do you live with that?"
"I just accept that it happens and put it behind me, believing that it was done for the right reasons." He responds. They then look outside when they hear the sounds of Warthogs coming towards them. After a few seconds, the Warthogs stop going and numerous UNSC soldiers run in, guns pointed up and shouting orders at each other. While the New Austin Police Department recovers, the UNSC has agreed to have a squad of marines patrolling the city. One of the marines notices Deckerson and lowers his assault rifle. "Clear."
They walk towards the duo. "Officer Deckerson? Could you show me ID?" The cop nods and pulls out a badge before showing it. "Good. You are free to go."
As the marines continue scouring the bar and walking into the back-rooms, Deckerson hauls Alice to the far side of the room. "What are you doing?" She asks, confusion in her voice.
"Who are you?" He asks sharply. "Right now, I need to know; those men we killed are infamous criminals. They wouldn't risk coming into the open to try and capture you?"
Alice looks at Deckerson, torn between telling him or not. In the end, she caves and lets out a sigh. "Alright. My name is Alice Lovell, and I am a science officer from Reach."
Deckerson stares at her in surprise before he lets go of her and looks back at the corpses as they are being hauled away. "I don't understand. Why would they risk everything just to capture you?" As he says the last sentence, a new marine's hand slips and Willy's corpse falls to the ground, a wallet falling out of his hoodie.
"Nice going, dipshit." The marine's partner responds. They pull the corpse back onto the stretcher and haul it away from the scene, leaving the wallet behind.
Curious, Deckerson stand up and walks towards the black leather wallet before picking it up and flipping it open. Inside are numerous photos of a house in the middle of a countryside, mountains in the background, and an ID is present in the card. It shows his face and labels his name is 'Bill Kamilia' and that he was an engineer from a certain planet.
"What is that?" Alice asks, walking towards him and looks over his shoulder at the ID. "Reach? That's where I was stationed to study surviving Forerunner structures and robotics. But why would they be after me?"
Deckerson looks out at the night sky, staring at the rain that still falls outside the silent bar. "I don't know. But right now, I believe that we should take the nearest transport to Reach. Something's about to go down. I have a contact at Interstellar Daily who would be more than willing to help us get there."
December 16th
Docking Bay
Galactic Republic Venator-class Star Destroyer
Orbiting Geonosis
13:31 UNSC time
"Jedi!" A battle droid shouts before being cut in half by a blue lightsaber.
It took several days, but the Republic managed to rally a dozen Venators and sent them to the Raxus system to coordinate with the UNSC and Sangheili for the most important mission yet.
Rescuing Supreme Chancellor Palpatine while he is being transferred from Raxus to Dooku's home-world of Serenno.
Many hours were spent tracking down the convoy of 20 CIS warships, bouncing from system to system to try and not be found. But in the end, they found the small fleet and the battle had begun.
At first, the battle was dominated by the 3 sides coordinating the best they can against the Separatists. But as the battle dragged on, numerous Insurrection warships joined the battle and turned the tides of the battle. While the main ships continue firing on each other with side cannons, numerous fighters and transports managed to punch a hole through the fighters engaged in a dogfight and have started penetrating the various ships.
"Clear." Rex shouts, after firing several more blaster shots and downing a B2 battle droid.
Anakin looks around, staring at the smoking heaps of scraps that were once droids, mixed with the occasional corpse of a clone. Anakin nods and is about to get onto a comm line to contact Obi-Wan when another clone runs towards them. "General. A Pelican carrying an ODST squad is coming in."
"Open the blast doors and let them in." Anakin responds, then holds up his lightsaber as the clone runs to the left of the blast door and lowers the gates. It immediately slides open and an approaching Pelican flies through the blast shields and into the docking bay. A Seperatist Vulture droid that had been following the Pelican also flies towards the blast shields. "Close it!" Anakin shouts in panic, noticing the incoming droid too late.
The clone complies and the doors start sliding shut. As the doors slide shut, the Vulture droid flies through the red shields and the bottoms of the wings are clipped off. The droid screeches in pain as it rolls on the ground, somehow missing the Pelican by mere inches before crashing into the far wall and immediately stopping in place. The Vulture droid continues flailing around, trying to get back upright but fails. Then the hatch of the Pelican opens up and an ODST trooper runs out, pulling out twin lightsabers and activating the white blades as she leaps high into the docking bay and slashes downward, cutting the droid in half. The ODST then turns around to see the stunned looks on Anakin's and the clone's faces before de-activating her lightsabers, clipping them back onto her belt and pulling her helmet off.
"It's good to see you haven't changed a bit, Skyguy." Ahsoka Tano says, smirking slightly.
"Nice to see you too." Anakin responds, breaking out of his shock and also sheathing his lightsaber.
"So…since you specifically asked FLEETCOM for our help, I assume you have a plan?" Ahsoka asks, looking around and noticing the heaps of still-smoking scraps.
"Yes." Anakin responds, then gestures to his clones. "Our mission is to rescue the Chancellor and escort him back to Corusant while the Seppies are put down. To do that, we need to capture the capitol ship. Our intel says the Chancellor is being held on the bridge, and protected by Count Dooku and General Grevious. I am not sure how we can board the ship yet, but I will think of something."
"I already know how." Ahsoka says quickly, then picks up her helmet and activates the comm line. "Master Chief, do you read me?"
"Clear." The deep voice of the Spartan-II can be heard on the other side. "How can I be of assistance?"
"Can you please fire a Hyperion missile that the Separatist capitol ship's docking bay?" Ahsoka asks sweetly. Anakin just stares at her incredulously, along with the shell-shocked clones and even her fellow ODST squad members who had unloaded and overheard the conversation.
"Yes, Lieutenant. I will make sure the missile reaches its target." Chief replies, then the comm line goes out.
"Wow, and I thought Commander Cody got too serious sometimes." A clone soldier mutters under his breath.
Anakin just nods at the comment. "Alright. Once the missile strikes the ship, we take your Pelican and crash it into the docking bay before the emergency blast doors seal shut. That will be our only chance to get to the Chancellor before something bad happens to him. Dooku will pay for touching him." He mutters the last sentence, hate filled in his voice.
Fortunately, nobody hears it. Ahsoka then turns to her squad mates. "Sergeant, I want you to have our squad secure this docking bay in case any more clankers decide to try destroying this ship from the inside." Suddenly, the ship receives the brunt of laser fire, causing the whole ground beneath them to shake violently and knocking many people off-balance.
"We'll do what we can." The Sergeant responds then the black-armored troops fan out, spreading out in all directions.
"The rest of you." Ahsoka says, pointing to Anakin and the clones, "Are with me. Get on-board the Pelican double time."
"You heard her. Get moving, boys." Rex says, pointing to the half dozen clones remaining. They nod and march towards the open Pelican, getting seated in the vacant spots and checking over their blaster rifles. Rex gets himself seated, after-which Anakin and Ahoksa walk onboard, past the clones, and towards the cockpit.
"This will be just like old times." Anakin mutters as he walks up the short ladder and gets settled into the passenger seat.
"You know, Skyguy? Out of everyone I left behind when I joined the ODST, I missed Obi-Wan, and Rex the most." Ahsoka responds, settling herself in the pilots' seat and priming the Pelican for flight. While even Ahsoka can admit to herself that Sergeant Perry is better at flying larger transportation vehicles like this Pelican, she is decent enough to do the job.
"Hey. What about me?" Anakin asks indignantly as one of the clones that didn't board the ship open the blast shields again.
"In a strange way, I missed you too, Skyguy." Ahsoka replies then steers the Pelican out of the safety of the Republic hangar.
The battle is absolute chaos. The UNSC's Longswords along with the ARC-170s are engaged in a brutal dogfight with the vulture droids, with each side in a stalemate. The starships are turned on their sides, their side weapons racing across the black void of space and impacting their targets, either making the ships rock back and forth as the shields take the brunt of the attacks or causing said ships to explode in balls of fire.
However, the Jedi aren't focused on this. They are making their way towards the large Separatist dreadnought hanging in the middle of space, flanked by 2 Separatist frigates. "Ahsoka?" Anakin asks, looking uncertain. "How did Master Chief say he was going to direct a missile this far from the target?"
He is answered by a UNSC frigate turning on its side and a missile rockets out of the side, heading towards the dreadnought. As the missile passes in front of Anakin's very eyes, they widen in absolute shock when he sees a flash of familiar green armor on top of the missile. Ahsoka also stares in awe as well.
"How…how is this possible? How is a man who should be long in retirement still capable of doing these things?" Anakin mutters, bafflement being the only thing on his mind.
"I don't know. If what I heard is true, he is in his 70's right now. And I also heard that compared to the days when he fought against the Covenant, he has slowed down considerably." Ahsoka responds, pushing the Pelican's thrusters to maximum. The transport lurches forward at even faster speeds, hoping to intercept the dreadnought before it could turn on its side and ruin their chances of entering.
Master Chief continues riding the Hyperion missile towards the Separatist warship, glaring at the ship under his helmet. Letting out a sigh, he lets go of the missile and pushes himself up as the missile continues flying towards its target. Fortune is on the Chief's side, since the missile successfully impacts the dreadnought. It starts shaking violently as the last of the blast shields are depleted and punches a hole into the dreadnought's docking bay.
Taking it as his opportunity, Chief activates the jet pack on his back and he rockets forward, just as the blast doors start sliding shut.
"Ahsoka…" Anakin warns, his eyes wide with shock as the Pelican goes at the fastest speeds it can go, watching as the emergency blast doors start sliding shut.
"We'll make it!" Ahsoka says, nervousness in her voice and closing her eyes as she continues pushing on. As the blast doors are about to close, Ahsoka turns the Pelican onto its side, resulting in shouts of surprise and outrage from the clones in the back, the Pelican just barely manages to enter the docking bay.
The entire bay is in chaos. Four dozen battle droids of varying models are firing upon Master Chief, who is hiding behind a demolished droid transport and holding a blaster rifle in his hands. The Pelican straightens itself out and spins in a 360 motion, Anakin managing to fire the turrets on the transport.
The battle droids never stood a chance as they get torn to shreds by the large caliber bullets. After several seconds, the skirmish ends and the Pelican sets down on the ground. The hatch opens up and the clones run out, some of them holding their stomachs tightly. "Captain, please don't let Ahsoka fly that thing again." One of the troops mutters, trying his best to hold it in.
"Good work." Chief says, walking over to them and firing his blaster rifle off to the side, hitting a still-operating battle droid in the head and making it explode. "This ship is too large to traverse. We need to split up."
"Split up?" Ahsoka asks indignantly, stepping out of the Pelican with Anakin. "If there's anything I've learned with my squad, it's that you never split up."
"Well," Anakin says, catching their attention, "in this case, I think we can make an exception. Rex, take your men and take the main corridor. Chief, hold your position in the docking bay and wait for our signal."
"Yes General." Chief says and is about to walk away until he holds his side and nearly falls to his knees. Before the clones can move in to help, Chief pushes himself back onto the feet and grabs many blaster rifles and begins setting up.
"Ahsoka, you're with me. We're going to rescue the Chancellor. By any means necessary." Anakin says, then looks straight ahead at a closed blast door.
Ahsoka nods in understanding, but stares at Anakin strangely for a few seconds. Something wasn't right with him and for a brief second, she felt a tinge of darkness in him. Concerned and a little wary, Ahsoka follows Anakin as they walk towards the door. Before they can reach it, the door slides open and 2 droidekas roll out of the doorway and prepare to get a solid stance when they are knocked off balance by Master Chief firing a blaster shot at each droid. The two Jedi take advantage of the pause and charge forward, slashing their blades horizontally and cutting the droids in half. "Not bad." Anakin says, deactivating his lightsaber.
Ahsoka is about to respond when they freeze in place. "Dooku." Ahsoka says, recognizing the presence in the Force. As one, the 2 Jedi start running down the long corridors and past dozens more droids along the way. Eventually, they arrive at a doorway that slides apart and they take in a sharp breath.
In front of them is a massive chamber where a semicircular metal table with multiple chairs facing away from the Jedi. The room is lined with reinforced glass so they can watch the space battle unfold before them, Longswords zooming past the windows as they are being chased by Vultures. Several yards in front of them, strapped to his chair, is Sheev Palpatine. "Chancellor." Anakin says, relived, and jumps over the railing.
As Ahsoka does the same and they cautiously approach the Chancellor, who has a relieved look on his face, they freeze in place when they hear a familiar aged voice. "Master Skywalker, Padawan Tano. What a pleasure to see you again."
The duo turns around and look back up at the entryway they came from. Sure enough, Count Dooku is standing at the top of the platform, flanked by 2 MagnaGuards with already activated electrostaffs. "Well, I was not hoping to see you again, old man." Ahsoka says defiantly, activating her white blades. "And I am not a padawan. I am no longer a Jedi."
"Indeed." Dooku responds. He then jumps down to their level and activates his red lightsaber. "The Jedi betrayed you. So, you left the Republic behind and became a soldier for the UNSC. I must say, they have proven themselves worthy opponents. But not good enough to stop what has been set in motion."
He then charges towards Anakin, jumping over the table in the process, and the duo start dancing around each other, attacking and parrying at rapid speeds to try and gain a needed advantage. Ahsoka is about to assist Anakin but then both MagnaGuards jump into the air and Ahsoka has to lift both her lightsabers up in an attempt to not get cut to pieces. She then engages the MagnaGuards in a duel, blades spinning in all directions.
Slowly, Ahsoka starts backing up towards the table. She notices this and gets a crazy idea. As one of the MagnaGuards attempts to cut her head off, she jumps into the air and lands on the table. Using her brief pause from being on higher ground, Ahsoka slashes to the side and cuts the head off one of the MagnaGuards.
The droids' head starts sparking sporadically before it crashes to the ground. The ex-Jedi then leaps into the air to avoid being cut in half by the other MagnaGuard, then uses the Force to slam it against the table and giving Ahsoka enough time to cut the head off the droid.
Panting a little, Ahsoka looks back and sees Anakin and Dooku still dueling at their best, never letting up for a second. Feeling a little cocky after easily dispatching the MagnaGuards, Ahsoka decides to charge in and help Anakin.
Dooku senses Ahsoka approaching and smirks slightly. "Let's see how much she still means to you." He says, then uses the Force to push Anakin back a few feet. Dooku then whirls around and rapidly sends a wave of blue Sith Lightning at an unprepared Ahsoka.
The lightning arches over her body, and she feels so much pain that she can't even scream, then he throws her back, making her roll on the ground and go still, lightning still arching over her body. "No." Anakin mutters, staring at the scene in horror. "No. No!" Upon saying that last word, he lets out a growl of hatred and his eyes flash yellow for a brief second. He then looks at Dooku and charges forward, slashing at the Sith lord with new-found aggressiveness. Dooku can barely keep up, shocked at how much Anakin had been holding back. After a few more slashes, Anakin thrusts his lightsaber to the left and sends Dooku sprawling long enough to slash upward. Dooku barely contains a hiss of pain as his dominant hand is cut off, his lightsaber falling to the ground, and Anakin then uses his momentum to slash downwards and cuts Dooku's other hand off.
With that done, and Dooku on his knees in pain, Anakin lets out a sigh. He lifts up his other hand and uses the Force to pull Dooku's lightsaber into his hand, activating the blade and holding them in an X-shape at the Separatist founder's neck.
"Good, Anakin, good." Palpatine says from his seat, then his face changes to a frown. "Kill him." Both Anakin and Dooku stare at the Chancellor in utmost shock.
"Chancellor. We can bring Dooku to the Senate. They can bring him to justice for his crimes." Anakin responds, returning his gaze to Dooku.
"That won't happen." Palptaine responds, his voice starting to become raspier. "The Senate is powerless and corrupt. You know as much as I do that they can never agree on anything anymore. Please, for the sake of your family, kill him."
Without thinking for a second on how Palpatine knows Anakin's deepest secret, Anakin lets out a battle cry and slashes in different directions. The touching blades let out a crackling sound as they cut the head of Count Dooku off. His head rolls off to the side and his body collapses to the ground. "Well done, Anakin. Can you please get me out of these cuffs?"
Anakin nods then waves his hands. The cuffs click open and Palpatine stands up, massaging his wrists. "Thank you, Master Skywalker. Now, I suggest that we take Padawan Tano and escape this dreadful ship."
"I couldn't agree with you more, Chancellor." Anakin responds, throwing Dooku's lightsaber aside and hoisting the unconscious Togruta onto his back and starts running away from the corpses, Palpatine at his side. The duo continue running down the hallways, past numerous ray shields that try and imprison them before they reach the docking bay.
"Wha…?" Ahsoka mutters, her eyes fluttering open and finds herself staring at the ground. "What the fuck is going on?"
"Ahsoka." Anakin says, relief in his voice upon hearing that she is okay, then gently sets her feet on the ground. "Can you stand?"
Ahsoka pulls some weight off of Anakin and despite her legs shaking a little from being electrocuted, she feels pretty good. "Yes, General. Good enough to still fight."
As the trio make their way back to the docking bay, the clones take notice of this and start cheering loudly when they see the Supreme Chancellor alive and unharmed. "Thank you for risking your very lives for me." Palpatine says, before looking at Anakin. "Although I am uncertain on how I will leave this place."
Ahsoka looks around, before her eyes falls on the Pelican, the only transport that isn't damaged in some way. "Skyguy, you take the Chancellor and get out of here. I will give you the opening needed to leave."
"Why aren't you coming? You have more experience flying that bucket of bolts." Anakin responds, gesturing to the Pelican.
"Because the clanker Grevious is still here. I'm not leaving until Dooku and Grevious are safely in our custody."
Anakin nods, deciding not to mention that Dooku is already dead. "May the Force be with you." He shouts, then runs towards the edge of the docking bay. As Ahsoka works the control panel to activate the red energy shield before working on de-activating the emergency lockdown of the ship. All the while, another wave of battle droids charge into the docking bay while Master Chief and the clones try to hold off the surge of B2 battle droids. They notice the Pelican with its engines flaring to life and the droids point their arms at the transport, firing laser after laser at it. But Master Chief intervenes, pulling an assault rifle off the weapons rack on the other side of the Pelican before proceeding to tear the droids apart with armor-piercing rounds.
Several of the battle droids manage to shoot the Pelican, leaving large scorch marks on the side. "Yeah, motherfucker, yeah! Right up your bitch ass, you fuck!*" Ahsoka shouts, slamming a fist into the control panel.
The emergency blast shields start sliding open and the second they open wide enough, Anakin flies out of the docking bay and back into open space. The clones let out whoops of triumph before returning to the battle.
Ahsoka lets out a small smile, hoping that a Republic cruiser could pick up the Pelican and escort Palpatine and Anakin back to Corusant. But something's doesn't feel right. Ahsoka's not sure what, but something tells her that something terrible is about to happen.
Sure enough, the override she pulled on the blast doors are negated and they swing closed. Slowly, the battle droids stop firing and hold their arms up. The clones also stop firing, confused as to what's going on. "Very impressive of you." General Grevious's voice says over the loudspeakers in the docking bay, his voice echoing slightly. "Count Dooku is dead. The Separatists are on the verge of collapse. But unlike those cowards, I will not go down without a fight. I will show the whole galaxy that the UNSC are not who they show themselves as. All droids, tear them apart."
The second the loudspeakers turn off, the droids continue charging in and firing lasers in all directions. The clones are starting to get gunned down one by one, and even Rex has numerous close calls. Master Chief throws his empty assault rifle aside and pulls out a magnum pistol. He stands up from behind his cover and fires numerous rounds at the heads of the B2s. Several of them also fall to the ground, small holes in their heads, but they keep on coming. Letting out a low growl, Ahsoka holds out her hands and her new lightsabers fly into her hands. The white beams shoot out and she leaps into the air, slashing in all directions and using the Force to knock other droids off-balance.
In a matter of minutes, the battle is over and Ahsoka is panting slightly, almost knee-deep in smoking scraps. "Good job, Lieutenant." Rex says, holstering his blaster pistols.
"Thank you, Captain. Right now, I am concerned as to what system would be of such importance that it would undermine the UNSC's military power." Ahsoka say, going through the numerous systems under UNSC occupation. There are hundreds of systems, and the amount of systems of high importance to the UNSC are numerous as well.
"Reach." Chief replies, walking up to them and holding a blaster rifle he just picked up in his hands. "That is where we are going."
"How can you be sure?" Rex asks. "And how would the Seppies know where Reach is anyway?"
"It is the most fortified planet in the UNSC. FLEETCOM has suspected that the Separatists have known of Reach since their alliance with the Insurrection. It is where the largest battle will be fought and the fate of the war will hang in the balance. Get ready." Chief replies, checking the blaster rifle to check its ammo.
Ahsoka and the clones look at each other. "It actually makes sense. That clanker has always taken extreme risks in battle to win. This time, he's going to regret it."
"Then let's get going." Ahsoka says, lifting up her lightsabers and the small unit start their hunt for General Grevious.
AN: Wow, that came out longer than I was thinking and much later. Sorry about that.
Anyway, yup. The Battle of Reach is where the end of the story finally starts. Yay.
*Please give a shout-out as to who you think Ahsoka's quoting there. I'm just getting into that show and it's one of the funniest yet strangest shows I've seen in my life.
Anyway, see you next time as the battle starts and things go from bad to worse.