(Mustafar, atmosphere)
As a unit of clones was descending into the planet of mustafar, the commander spoke to them as well as well as the other units of the ships.
"We have been informed that Terran soldiers, including Tyler Hall, have attacked Lord Vader on this planet while he was on a mission, furthermore, they have taken Senator Padme Amidala as a hostage. Our orders, coming from Emperor Palpatine himself, are to neutralize all Terran Soldiers on this planet and save Senator Amidala!"
(Mustafar, Landing Pad)
"Ok" said Allen to Woods over his communicator "You and Walker just get her out of this planet and take her to Polis Massa! I will go back to assist Hall"
So Hall is Alive! thought Woods, well at least there are some good news
"Understood" he answered.
"Well, you heard him" he told Walker, and both ran inside the ship.
As they got inside, Woods went to check on Padme, and Walker ran to the cockpit, where the Russian Air Force captain Smirnov was sitting.
"Captain" said Allen "We need to get to Polis Massa ASAP, there is no time explain right now"
"Understood" replied Smirnov as he started the ships engine and flew it off the landing pad
He was not able to fly it for over 5 seconds though, as the ship suddenly was shaken while Allen fell on the floor and an alarm started to sound.
"We've been hit!" shouted Smirnov as the ship fell down on the landing pad.
The fight between Vader and Hall continued. Vaders anger grew stronger as he was not able to save his wife, but so did Halls determination to not let him pass.
"I wont let you take her, you will all pay for this, if you hurt her I will exterminate your planet as it should have been long ago! Vader shouted as he slashed at Hall, while Hall blocked his blow
"I am saving her from you, Vader, and the Terrans will always resist, even If I die here today, trust me, they will be your worst nightmare till the end of your life!" Hall shouted back. Even though he fought with all his strength, he had considered the scenario of losing, his jetpack had been damaged during the fight and Vader did not seemed like he was getting tired or weaker. However, he would not give up now and let himself get killed, he would fight till the end!
Vader started thinking about his dreams about Padme, as he blocked Halls next blow. If she gave birth while he was not there to save her, she would die! He figured the scenario of the Terrans taking her away, as he could do nothing to save her, while he…
"NOOOOOOO!" screamed Vader. At that moment, it was like the anger he had felt when his mother had been murdered had come back.
He started attacking Hall faster than ever, each blow with a higher intensity than the last, as he screamed furiously.
Hall tried to block his attacks, but at that moment, he was struck by lightning. Vader had been able to use Force lighting for the first time. Vader used his opportunity to strike, as he cut one of Halls hands off. Hall screamed in pain and fell on the ground, while his ligthsaber fell next to him
"You have lost" Vader said to Hall
"Unless I'm dead, I decide when I have lost!" Hall answered firmly, as he ignored the pain and grabbed his ligthsaber with the hand he had left
But then Vader did something Hall did not understood, he deactivated his ligthsaber. Was he so confident that he had won? Halls confusion was gone, as he looked around to see about 30 clones aiming their weapons at him.
I have just decided, that I have lost, Hall thought to himself.
"…carefully!" was the first thing Woods started to hear when he began waking up after passing out.
The voice came from outside and clearly belonged to a clone.
"I repeat, surrender yourself and come out with Senator Amidala carefully!" the clone shouted.
Woods looked around.
The ship had been severely damaged and the alarm was still sounding, however, it stopped after a moment.
"You're awake!" he heard as he turned around and saw Walker sitting on the ground with a painful expression and breathing intensely
"Are you ok?" Woods said worried.
"I think I have a broken rib, but the rest is fine"
Woods nodded and said "And the others?"
"I was able to grab her during the fall, Walker said referring to Padme, "She is alive. I don't know where Smirnov is."
Woods started getting up, but then he felt a horrible pain in his right foot. How the hell did I not noticed this before? He thought.
He managed to jump on one foot to the cockpit, where Smirnov was sitting, cursing in Russian.
The captain was the only one who had not been injured, as he had been sitting on the pilot seat, with a belt.
"Can we…" Woods started asking
"NO!" came Smirnovs answer, angry and annoyed at the same time "We are not going to be able to fly in this thing, and the canons are damaged too. Those bastards aimed specifically at them. I already called for help, but even if they come, it will be too late.
"Great!" Woods said.
The tree Terrans where sitting on the floor, deciding what to do next, as more and more clones gathered around the ship.
"Now what?" Walker asked.
"No fricking idea" Woods answered "If those idiots want her alive, why did they even shot us, we could all be dead now!"
"Don't know" Smirnov said, uninterested.
"Should we surrender?" Walker proposed.
"Yeah, of course" Woods answered sarcastically "I'm pretty sure they won't kill us right here if we do that.
"Well I don't know about you, Smirnov said calmly "But in the motherland I learned that in these situations, when you know you are dead, dying while fighting till the end is the best option, and that is what I am going to do!"
His teammates looked at him as he stood up and grabbed a blaster
"I learned that too" Walker replied as he got up as well.
"Same" said Woods. Though standing up was more difficult for him
"We need you here." Smirnov said "In your condition it will be more difficult to fight, and we can't abandon Amidala." He looked Woods in the eyes as he said "Will you protect her?"
"Till the end" Woods answered firmly and Smirnov noded at him.
"It was an honor figthing alongside you. FOR THE ALLIANCE!" Walker shouted
"FOR THE ALLIANCE" his friends shouted back.
"Last warning" they heard from outside, we will get in by force in 20…"
"Let's go!" Walker screamed, as he and Woods rushed to the doors.
"One more thing" Smirnov said turning to Woods "If we somehow make it back, I will knock on the door 5 times!"
"9...", the clones shouting was cut off as Woods started hearing multiple shots from outside
He jumped over to Padme, grabbed his blaster and started aiming it at the door
The sound of the fight went on for a while, until it suddenly stopped.
Woods knew well what that meant.
He started hearing a sound coming from the door.
But there weren't any knocks on the door, just the blade of a blue lightsaber piercing trough it.