Colossus Bridger: Me too!
StrongGuy159: Will do.
Omni Warrior: You'll see who's who.
Ludens45: If you wanna know my thoughts on The Mandalorian, check the notes below.
Redtornado1234: I do remember that. And while that was funny, I didn't want to put it in because I felt like it was enough.
Lighting Lord Kaji: Thanks. Glad I could make it enjoyable. Unfortunately, I don't own any of the Halo games as I own a PS4. I wouldn't mind doing it though.
NCStampede: I will try and think of more scenarios.
Blackslash200: Not a bad idea.
Gamelover41592: Thanks.
MidKnightMoonglow99: Slick was right in some sense.
Agent-G: I will make more of an effort to double check my work. Ahsoka isn't in this one so I won't worry who should play her. I never thought of Roger Rabbit, it's not totally off the table.
Stratos263: I will refrain from spoiling.
Fyr RedNight: Thanks.
GhostFang GF: Sorry, I'll look over your review.
Darth Sidious: Not if anything to say about it, I have!
Knight of Loyalty: Might do.
Shadow Slayer1517: I could do that one.
Dragon Bone Z: I did think of that. But decided not to.
SGArkosfan: I suppose so. I am glad to see her as well.
WOKELAND: I could do that.
PF115: Glad to entertain you.
Zathol: Well, I wouldn't know. She is gonna have to deal with that, yes.
Cmtiger97: One day I will.
X3runner: Sounds really fun to do. I might just.
"So, you guys ever think that Jaune may act like that if he's ever drunk" Ruby asked, referring to the previous viewing.
"I hope so!" Nora grinned. "I wanna see what chaos a drunk Jaune can do!"
"I gotta agree with pinky" Coco said in agreement. I really wanna see Arc let loose."
"I now a certain someone does..." Nora said with a teasing grin towards Pyrrha, who blushed.
"Nora!" Pyrrha said.
"Okay!" View called out. "I got the next world sorted out." View said. "And it's a return to the Clone Wars."
"Yeah!" Ruby pumped her fist up.
"Clone Wars?" Tai said, confused.
"In this world-"
"There's a whole space war, between robots and magic monks with awesome laser swords" Ruby blurted excitedly.
"Oh, you'll just explain it, that's fine..." View mumbled.
"And in this, there is an entire army of clones who are based on Jaune-Jaune!" Nora added. "Even thought when we first came here he was one of those Jedi guys"
"Clones?" Penny said with interest.
"Oh yeah, apparently some Bounty Hunter donated himself to these dickish aliens to make this army to fight against these droids." Yang said.
"That sounds very interesting!" Penny smiled.
"I'll say." Tai said. "I can't imagine seeing so many of the same face like that."
"So View!" Ruby chirped, gaining the floating beings attention. "What are the Dominos up to?" Ruby asked.
"Actually, we won't be focusing on the Domino's this time." View said, making the red reaper pout in disappointment. "Instead, we'll be focusing on two other clones this session, as well as other key players"
"Like who?" Ironwood asked.
"You'll see." View said as he tossed the orb up in the air and grabbed it and then threw it at the screen.
"Oh boy!" Nora said in an excited tone and watched the screen, along with the other members of the audience.
STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS
"Wow that is loud!" Tai remarked as he poked his ear.
Truth enlightens the mind but won't always bring happiness to your heart
"All to right." Ozpin said as he sipped his coffee.
Yang felt something when she heard those words, thinking about her trying to find out more about her mother.
"A planet under siege!" The narrator's voice cried out as it showed images of a crystallised planet and the inhabitants fighting off against the Droid Army but losing as one of their towers fell to the ground.
"Separatist forces mercilessly batter the beautiful and elegant world of Christophsis. Unable to defend themselves any longer, the people of Christophsis call on the Jedi for assistance." The Narrator said as it cuts to the council.
"So these Jedi are like peacekeepers?" Ironwood asked.
"Yep" Ruby nodded.
"They're basically monks with light swords" Qrow remarked.
"There must be a lot more than that." Ozpin said.
"Whatever, I just call it as I see it." Qrow shrugged.
"Well, hopefully The Republic will be able to assist this world." Winter said.
"Hoping to save lives and prevent further destruction, Lie Ren and Sun Wukong plan a daring ambush which could turn the tide in the fight for this crucial star system." The narrator finished as the screen circle around one of the city's towers.
"Wait, what?" Nora and Weiss said at the same time at the mention of those names.
Inside the tower was Jedi Master, Lie Ren, dressed in a Jedi type armour and sported a full beard.
"Huh, looks like your here to, Ninja." Coco said.
"I appears so." Ren hummed in agreement.
"And it looks like your rocking the beard" Yang nodded. "What do you think Nora?" Yang asked as she turned to the pink bomber who was quiet as she stared at the screen.
"I want..." Nora mumbled. "I want..."
"Nora?" Pyrrha asked.
"I must...get..." Nora mumbled.
He then used his communicator on his wrist. "Sun, how are you doing over there?"
On the other side of the tower was Jedi Knight, Sun Wukong, dressed in a similar manner to Ren but his was darker. "We're set. I've got some guys here that are anxious to get going." Sun said as he gestured to his men.
"Is that Sun" Blake asked as she looked at his choice of clothing.
"Indeed." View said.
"Huh, cool!" Sun said with excitement at seeing himself on screen.
"So, what is he in this one?" Yang asked, hoping for some teasing material.
"In this world, he is a part of the Jedi Order and is easily one of their most powerful members."
"Really?" Blake asked with a raised brow.
"Anything else about both of them?" Tai asked.
"In this world, Lie Ren is a master Jedi and Sun was once his Padawan." View explained. "Like a mentor-student relationship"
"Huh, interesting" Ren said.
"You're telling me." Sun said in agreement. "But who knows, it might be an interesting partnership we might have."
Ren nodded in agreement but his arm was suddenly grabbed by a defensive Nora, who just calmly laughed. "He already has one!" Nora chirped while giving off a slightly deadly aura.
One of them being Captain Rex, a clone in blue, a pauldron and had a shaved but blonde bleached hair. He was Sun's right hand man and leader of the 501st Battalion.
"Wait that one looks like Jaune!" Ruby pointed out.
Weiss rolled her eyes at this. "We know, Ruby. They all look like Jaune"
Ruby shook her head at this. "No, I mean, this Jaune kinda looks like our Jaune, if he shaved his head"
"I...kind see it." Velvet said.
"So, who is this clone?" Glynda asked.
"This is Captain Rex." View answered. "CT-7567. Captain of the 501st Battalion, Torrent Company."
"501st?" Ironwood asked.
"For every Jedi General, they're always accompanied with their own clone battalion." View said. "And Rex here is one of the most influencer Clones in this war."
"Wow, he sounds like a badass" Yang grinned.
"Yep." View said. "He lives by a certain phrase. "In my book, experience outranks everything."
"Finally! Someone who gets it!" Qrow threw his hands in the air.
"I'm just glad I can tell him apart from the other Jaune's." Yang said. "Seriously, they all have the same flat top hairstyle."
"Glad to hear it." Ren said as Sun turned off the comms.
Back in Ren's tower, two clones exited the lift and went to their leader. One was Commander Cody, a clone in orange and Sun's commander of his battalion, the 212th Battalion. The other was Slick, a sergeant with his own squadron of men to command.
"And who is that?" Weiss asked.
"That right there is Commander Cody." View answered. "Named CC-2224. Commander of 212th Attack Battalion. Ghost Company."
"And what is he like?" Pyrrha asked.
"A loyal and no-nonsense commander." View answered. "His battlefield exploits and good leadership skills had earned him respect of both clones and Jedi alike." Cody is a brilliant strategist, leading the 212th to victory after victory."
"Interesting..." Winter said with a small smile. "I rather think this version of Arc might be interesting."
"Eh," Qrow shrugged. "I'm all for Rex. So sign me up for the 501st"
"Me too!" Ruby chimed in.
"We're back, general." Cody announced.
"Good. The show is about to begin." Ren said with a smirk as he went back to scoping the enemy.
Cody and Slick then went to the rest of the Clones. "How's that cannon coming, boys?" Cody asked.
"We'll have this one back in business in no time, sir." A clone named Chopper answered.
"Ah, an ambush attack" Ironwood hummed as he scratched his chin." Clever strategy."
"And with a cannon like that, they're bound to win!" Yang grinned.
"It is a very awesome cannon!" Ruby chimed.
Ren was busy meanwhile as he was currently looking over at the streets below. He then saw a massive army of Battle Droids marching forwards.
"The droids are advancing." Ren informed.
The massive army of droids kept marching towards their objective. Like a bunch of mindless drones.
"Huh, it's kinda like that robot army you got there, Jimmy" Qrow remarked.
"How dare you!" Winter said in anger. "Those are state of the art Atlas battle drones. Top of the line-"
"You can give them a bunch of fancy titles and give them the most high tech upgrades, but that ain't never gonna compete with pure instinct and experience." Qrow said.
"That is right, to some extent." Ozpin said.
"I'm seeing a full battalion coming right on schedule." Chopper said as he used his own binoculars to see. He then noticed something very dangerous. A set of tanks coming with the droids.
"Tanks! They brought tanks." Chopper warned.
"That's gonna be a little difficult" Yang said, sounding a little worried for Ren, Sun and the other Jaune Clones.
"Don't worry, kiddo" Tai assured his daughter. "Those droids don't even know they're even in those towers"
"I can't wait to see them take those droids down!" Nora said in an excited tone.
The Tanks kept coming along with the droid army. On top of one of the tanks was a T-Series Tactical Droid, then then moved his arm forwards, signalling the droids.
"He looks different than the others" Ilia pointed out.
"That is a T-Series Tactical Droid." View explained. "They were used for strategy for battles."
"They must've off been really useful" Glynda said.
"A little closer..." Chopper whispered as he kept an eye on the droids, waiting for the right moment to strike.
But something completely unexpected happen. The Battle Droids started to split into three, each line going off in the left, right and centre of the road. "They're splitting up!" Chopper exclaimed in shock.
"What?" Slick said in surprise.
"Hang on! What?" Tai said in confusion.
The droids kept marching off into their headed direction.
"Why are they splitting up?" Velvet asked, worried.
"They wouldn't have reason to" Pyrrha added.
"But why would they split up at all." Ironwood whispered to himself. "They wouldn't need to unless..." Ironwood thought until a dark thought entered his mind.
"Something's gone wrong." Ren said in a worried tone. "Prepare all troops for-" Ren was about to order until the sounds of blaster fire was heard in the room.
Ren looked to see that the battle droids had made their way inside the building and had already killed a Clone, killing three more as they advanced in.
"Oh my!" Kali gasped.
Saphron flinched at the sight of Jaune getting shot and killed like that, they may be clones, but they were still Jaune.
"They found them!" Blake said in shock.
"But how!?" Winter asked, shocked by the droids appearance.
Ren ignites his lightsaber and blocked the damage and reflected it back at the droids, using the force to push them back as The Clones were at attention and grabbed their weapons.
"Abort the mission!" Ren ordered as more droids piled into the room as Cody, Slick and the rest of the clones were being pushed back.
"Our position's been compromised!" A clone exclaimed as he looked behind his cover to see more battle droids, even shooting a clone who went out of his cover to try and take them on.
"Jaune!-" Pyrrha quickly shouted out, her heart beating fastly as she saw her leader/crush getting killed on screen.
The rest of team JNPR, RWBY, CFVY, Saphron and Terra were also not fond of seeing their blonde friend/brother getting shot down by these machines.
More and more kept advancing in the tower, seeming like it was a never ending supply of deadly machines.
"Ren, what's going on?" Sun asked as he could see the battle from his position.
"We're cut off." Ren said as he finished stabbing a droid. "The droids are onto us!"
"But how, how could they have found out?" Ruby asked, worried for her friends.
"There are several ways that the droid army could have possible found out." Penny suggested.
"I think right now it's more important for Arc and the rest to fight their way out of there instead of worrying about how they found them." Qrow said.
"He's right" Tai said in agreement with his teammate and friend. "They need to focus on getting out of there alive."
The droids kept coming as the Clones tried their best to fend them off, losing a few men in the process.
"Gunship, come in. Hawk, we need an e-vac in the south tower." Sun ordered.
"Roger that, sir. We're coming." Hawk said as he piloted the gunship into their direction.
"South tower?" Rex said, confused. "We're in the north."
"Not for long." Sun said as he activated his lightsaber and slashed the window, creating an x shape before using the force to blow it away. "Rex, fire your cables." Sun ordered.
"A very good strategy, Mr Wukong" Ironwood complimented.
"Oh, um, thanks." Sun nervously thanked but regained his confidence. "I'm just naturally inspirational like that."
Blake rolled her eyes at Sun but smirked nonetheless.
Rex nodded in response and with a wave of his hand, his men lined up and use their cables attached to their guns and fire it at the tower they were aiming at. Sun and the 501st used their weapons to hold onto as they ziplinned their way down to the other tower.
"Blast them!" a Battle Droid ordered as he and all of the droid from below started to shoot at Sun and his men.
One of them was shot but grazed while another unlucky clone was shot off the zip line and screamed as he fell to his death.
"That poor man." Kali gasped in sympathy.
"Not a good way to go" Qrow said.
Sun used his lightsaber to deflect the blaster fire as he saw he was getter closer to the south tower. He then gave a powerful kick to the window as he entered the building, slicing down any droid in his path.
Rex and the rest of his men entered in as well as they entered the same room as Ren and Cody.
"This way is clear." Sun said as he entered the room.
"How did you get over here?" Ren asked.
"I improvised." Sun answered as he and his master kept reflecting the blaster fire and the Clones fired at the robots.
"They're gonna be outnumbered" Weiss pointed out.
"Aw come on, Weiss" Nora groaned. "Have a little faith"
"Weiss is right." Blake said. "The droids are going to keep coming and I don't think The Clones have enough ammo to outlast the droids."
Ren then used the force to lift up the cannon in air and then tossed it at the droids, crashing into the door entrance. But it didn't stop the droids from advancing as Sun, Ren and the rest of the clones started to fall back into the elevator as it closed its doors and ascended up to the roof.
"Aw..." Ruby groaned, not happy with the way the gun wasn't used in the right way. But she of course understood.
"At least they got out of there." Pyrrha sighed.
"Now they just need to wait for the Gunship" Glynda said.
"Hopefully, it won't take too long" Coco said.
The lift reached up as everyone got out of the lift and onto the roof, but the gunship wasn't here just yet. They reached the edge of the platform.
"Now what?" Sun asked.
His question went unanswered as the droids came out of the elevator and started to shoot at the Jedi and Clones, surprising them but fired back and Ren and Sun went forwards and sliced up the murder machines.
Rex and Cody covered for their Jedi Generals as they went to work taking down the droids, Sun performing a leap and killing a droid. Sun and Ren continued to take down droids side by side.
"Aw man, that is awesome!" Sun grinned.
"I want a lightsaber!" Ruby said with excitement.
"Me too!" Nora said in agreement.
This made Ren and Weiss go very tense, the things they're partners could do with those blades made the pair shiver in response.
While they were busy, the left elevator opening, with more battle droids and the Tactical Droid with them.
But luckily for the Republic, the LAAT Gunship had just arrived on time as it hovered near the platform and opened its doors for them.
"Yes!" Velvet chanted to relief.
But the Tactical Droid managed to get a shot off, killing a clone in the process.
"Damn!" Yang cursed. "And he almost made it as well."
"I really do not like these droids!" Nora pouted, angry at the sight of the Tactical Droid shooting down a clone of fearless leader.
"Welcome to the club" Qrow remarked.
Ren and Sun finished off their droids and headed for the ship. One of the clones then ran towards the Tactical Droid, put him into a headlock and then proceeded to rip off its own head.
"Damn, that Jaune is really brutal!" Coco said in shock.
Penny slightly shivered in response at that, creaking her neck a little. "Good for me that I am made of a much stronger metal" Penny thought to herself.
The Clone ran off to the gunship as he, Sun and Ren entered the gunship as The Clones stepped back as one of them was shot in the arm and held it in pain.
The Clones then proceeded to enter the ship, all the while the headless Tactical Droid kept shooting wildly while the other droids tried to shoot it down. But it was too late as it got away from the tower.
"They made it" Ruby sighed.
"With few exceptions..." Ilia muttered.
Captain Rex held the head of the Tactical Droid in his hands. "Maybe this tactical droid will tell us how they knew our plan."
Hours later, the remaining Clones were currently had their base of operations at night. The clones were currently walking by a massive crawler called the AT-TE.
"Oh!" Yang said in awe. "I like that!"
Inside the briefing room, Rex and Cody were currently looking over the data in the droid's head. Rex plugged in the wires into the head and it started to show a holomap before them.
The voice of the Tactical droid then spoke. "The Republic army is in the north and south towers: level 46."
"So they knew where they would be..." Winter hummed as she looked at the map.
"But that still doesn't explain how they knew where they would be." Ozpin said.
"Maybe they had their own recon scouts?" Ruby suggested.
"Doubtful." Ren said. "I, Sun and the clone seemed to have a grip so that the droids wouldn't find out."
"It just doesn't make sense." Rex said.
Suddenly the droids head started to malfunction and suddenly shut off as steamed blowed off its head.
"Blast!" Rex cursed.
"Damn, must of burned it all up" Qrow said.
The Astromech, known as R2-D2 beeped in response as it wheeled away.
"Who is that droid?" Pyrrha asked.
"That's R2-D2, Sun Wukong's personal Astromech droid" View said.
"Aw, I think he's cute!" Nora said.
"You would" Weiss said, but inwardly agreed with her as she thought the droid was quite cute herself.
"Well, at least we're not the only ones having a bad day." Sun quipped as he walked in with Sun.
"Generals, they had all our intel." Rex informed.
"That would explain the ambush." Sun said. "How could we have left ourselves so vulnerable to a security breach?" Sun asked.
"I don't think we did." Ren said as he turned away from a chart.
"You think someone- infiltrated our defences?" Sun asked, thinking the idea was very possible.
"Possibly." Ren answered. "It'd have to be someone cunning and resourceful enough to gain access to all our plans." The master Jedi explained.
"Sounds reasonable enough" Tai said.
"I hope Ren, Sun and the Jaune's are able to find whoever did this and give 'em what for!" Yang said, pounding her fists together.
"But that's still wouldn't explain how they got our Intel." Sun pointed out.
"No. You're right." Ren agreed with his former padawan as he looked over the droid head. "They wouldn't act alone. They'd have someone working with them."
"A spy, sir?" Cody said, shocked. "But who would want to betray our troops to the Seppies?" The 212th Commander asked.
"Maybe a Jedi?" Nora suggested. "Wouldn't there be some really bad Jedi on the inside.
"You may have a point there Nora." Weiss said.
"More so than you'd think." View said under his breath.
"Excellent question, Commander." Ren complimented. "Perhaps it's time we made a visit behind enemy lines. I think we'll find our answers there." Ren said as he stroked his beard.
"We'll get right on it." Cody said.
"No, Commander." Ren denied. "I need you here to find the security breach."
"You can count on us, sir." Commander Cody said with determination.
"We can always count on our blonde goof" Yang grinned.
"Or is it yours?" Coco teased, making Yang glare at her, as well as Pyrrha and Velvet.
"One more thing: this mission is extremely confidential." Ren said. "The spy could be anyone. Let no one know of our mission."
"Understood, sir." Captain Rex nodded.
Sun and Ren nodded in response as they headed towards the elevator.
As they left, Cody gestured to Rex to get to work on finding the spy. The ARC nodded and went to work. Cody would've joined him but he heard a beeping sound.
The Commander looked down to see a device beeping comm unit in front of him.
Cody picked it up and examined it. "Someone left this comlink on." Cody said as Rex turned around. "Someone has been listening to everything we said."
"It must've been the spy!" Weiss said.
"He must have left that to gain more Intel." Pyrrha said.
"So, he's still in the complex." Blake said.
Captain Rex then turned to the hallway and instantly saw a figure who ran once the Captain saw him.
"Hey! Stop!" Rex commanded.
"The Spy!" Velvet cried out.
"He's trying to get away!" Winter said, glaring at the screen.
Rex and Cody then ran through the hallway to pursuit the possible spy.
"Who's that?" Commander Cody asked as he and Rex continued their chase.
"Doesn't look like anyone we know" Ruby said, hoping that the two Clone-Jaune's would be able to catch up with him.
"Cody-Jaune and Rex-Jaune will take him down, no worry!" Nora said with pride.
The kept running to see the spy moved to the left. "I'll follow him. You take the west corridor." Cody said.
"I'm on it." Rex said as he made a turn in one direction while Cody ran to the other. Cody and Rex kept moving to try and catch the spy, Rex pulling out a DC-17 hand blaster.
The 501st Captain then Rex the doors and saw a shadow coming near him. He pointed his gun, hoping to catch him by surprise.
But it was Commander Cody that ran towards him, not the spy. The both turned to the doors in front of them.
"That would've been nasty" Qrow remarked.
"He must have gone in the mess hall." Rex said. He then accessed the panel near him and opened the doors.
Rex and Cody entered the room to find that the only people that were here, were Clone Troopers.
"We've got a big problem." Cody said.
"Yeah. The only people in here are brothers." Rex said seriously.
Taiyang sighed at this revelation. "Like a needle in a haystack."
"Yeah, a big one." Qrow said as he takes a swig.
"This is definitely problematic." Ozpin said.
"Agreed." Ghira added.
The screen then wiped to Cody and Rex heading back to the briefing room, processing the new information they had.
"One of us? Great," Rex said sarcastically. "But which one?"
"We'll have to wait for his next move. Keep this to ourselves." Cody said.
"Man, I can't imagine the thought of Jaune being a traitor" Ruby said as she rubbed her arm.
"Well, it's a good thing that Jaune is nothing like that and he is very loyal to his friends" Pyrrha smiled.
"He sure is." Velvet said in agreement.
"Yeah..." Yang said.
"He sure is." Saphron smiled in response.
"Better contact the Jedi." Rex advised.
"I'm on it." Cody said as he went to contact them while Rex looked over the battle droid head, R2 just beeping his own language at this.
Cody went over to the terminal and then proceed to contact the Jedi.
Meanwhile, in the middle of an abandoned road, Ren and Sun were currently riding on BARC speeder bikes as they head for their destination.
A group of battle droids watched them on top of a bridge. "Don't shoot. Just keep their communications jammed." The lead droid commanded.
"Roger. Roger." All the droids said as they lowered their weapons.
"Why aren't they attacking?" Nora asked.
"Most likely, they're letting Sun and Ren through." Ghira said.
"So...it's a trap?" Ilia asked.
"It would be most likely" Penny said.
"Well, that's just great" Sun sighed.
Back at the briefing station.
"We can't reach General Kenobi. Whoever it is has blocked our communications." Cody said. "We're gonna have to find this guy ourselves."
"And it's not gonna be easy" Yang said.
"That much is clear." Weiss commented.
Rex thought about what they were gonna do next. He then got an idea in his head. He then turned to Sun's droid. "R2, come over here and plug in." R2 beeped in response and accessed the terminal.
"What are you doing?" Cody asked.
Captain Rex answered. "The guard got his messages out there somehow." Rex explained. "We just got to find them."
"What do you think? He just sat down and wrote a note?" Cody joked.
"It would be the polite thing to do." Penny smiled as Ruby smiled at her friend's response.
"You have to start somewhere." Rex said.
"Very clever thinking" Ozpin complimented.
Back with Ren and Sun, they continued to drive their way to their destination, all the while being observed by Battle Droids.
"We appear to have picked up some friends." Sun said.
"Indeed." Ren agreed. "In fact, I believe the number of eyes watching us has been steadily growing."
"Great. Perhaps this means our adversary has learned about our mission." Sun said in annoyance.
"I guess he shares my thoughts" Sun said.
"Well, he is you." Penny pointed out.
"Perhaps it does." Ren simply said.
"Of course, nobody's tried to stop us yet." Sun pointed out.
"Also true." Ren said.
"They want us to get to the Separatist headquarters, which means this is a trap." Sun explained.
"I imagine it is." Ren quipped.
"Well, that's unfortunate for them" Sun said with a cocky smirk.
Ren noticed this but smiled anyway.
"Yeah, I bet you and I could take them on, Renny!" Sun said as he slapped Ren's back.
"I suppose so." Ren said in agreement while it looked like Nora's face just cracked when Sun said "Renny". Which was her nickname.
Back with Rex and Cody, they looked over a datapad filled with new info as R2 beeped.
"R2's found something." Rex said, gaining the Commanders attention.
"What is it? Is it the traitor?" Cody asked.
Rex looked over the datapad that had wavelengths on it. "I'm not sure. Maybe" Rex said.
"What is he looking for?" Cody asked.
"Wavelength interference, weak frequencies, spotty, irregular." Rex listed out. "See, how it shows up every few days then disappears?" Rex said as he showed it to Cody. "Day to day, you wouldn't notice it."
"Interesting..." Ironwood hummed in response.
"A very good lead so far." Winter said.
R2 beeped in response.
Rex then noticed something on the pad.
"What?" Cody asked.
"It's the pattern." Rex said as he continued to look over the pad. "The band's only coming off one terminal in the whole base." Rex said. He then gave it to Cody. "Check it out."
"Hmm. Slick's barracks." Cody said. "Only Slick's men would have access to that terminal."
"So, we got a lead." Yang said.
"And it's in those barracks." Ren added.
"Hopefully, Rex and Cody will be able to sniff out the traitor before more harm is done" Ghira said.
"Yeah. Slick's not gonna like that." Rex said.
"No, he's not." Cody said in a serious tone. "But if one of his men is giving away our Intel, we have to find him and sort this out."
"It's better to tell him now then to keep him in the dark" Pyrrha said.
"Yeah." Ruby said in agreement.
R2-D2 beeped at this as he turned to look out the window to see the barracks down below.
Back in the streets, Sun and Ren barked their bikes once they reached their destination, a large building complex.
"No guards, no barricades, you'd think the Separatist headquarters would be better protected." Sun jokes as he and Ren walked up to the door.
"But clearly, keeping us out is not what they intend." Ren said. He then used the force to open the doors, the two Jedi started to enter the complex.
"Let's hope they'll be able to manage through" Glynda said.
Back in the barracks, Slick was told about the traitor and was not happy who it could've been. "No way. My guys are the best. No way they're capable of something like this." Slick denied as he crossed his arms.
"Understandable." Ironwood said. "I've seen a lot of sergeants that speak fondly of their men."
"Indeed, but it's important to find out which one of them is the spy" Winter said.
"Something like what?" one of his men asked.
Slick turned to his entire platoon enter the barracks.
"Oh, this is gonna be awkward" Yang whistled.
"No doubt" Blake said in agreement.
"It's better to get this over with now then to drag it out." Qrow said.
"You called them here?" Slick asked.
"Of course we did." Rex answered. "We're getting to the bottom of this Now." Rex said in a serious tone.
Slick sighed in response of this. "Look, let me have a few minutes with them first." The Sargent asked. "It's gonna hit them hard. They trust each other, and if one of our own betrayed us..."
"All the better to find out which one it is" Ozpin said as he sipped his coffee.
"I don't think that's necessary." Cody said, interrupting Slick and walked to the men. "Your men are tough, right?" Cody asked as he inspected the Clones who were at full attention.
Winter leaned forward to get a better look, interested to see Commander Cody interrogate these clones. It was clear that she was favourable to the 212th Commander.
"Take a seat, gentlemen." Cody ordered as they scattered around to sit and listen to the commander. "We have a turncoat in our midst, and we think it's one of you." Cody said as he began to interrogate each and every one of them.
Back in the complex, Ren and Sun took an elevator above to find their target. They exited out to see a large staircase in front of them.
"So this is the belly of the beast." Sun remarked as a cloaked figure appeared beside him.
Sun turned to see the figure, someone that he and Ren knew a great deal. She removed her hood to reveal herself to be Cinder Fall, Sith Assassin.
"Damn!" Yang cursed in annoyance. "Why is she always a villain?"
"There was that one time with the card games" Ruby pointed out.
"Yes, but that was only one time" Weiss pointed out.
"Fall. And here I thought this mission would be unpleasant." Ren remarked.
"The pleasure's all mine, my dear Ren." Cinder coolly remarked and removed her cloak. "I've missed you."
Ren shivered in response at the woman's "flirting" instead, finding it to be very unnerving, as did Pyrrha.
Nora had a fire in ear eyes, as if she wanted to jump on the screen and attack the Sith for daring to flirt with her man.
Back in the barracks, Cody and Rex were staring off the interrogation with the first man, Jester.
Jester looked up to see Rex and Cody looking down at him. "I don't know, I was doing the things I always do after a mission." Jester explained nervously as he twiddled with his fingers.
"Things like what?" Rex asked.
"I'm sorry, sir." Jester gulped. "I'm just a little nervous. You're my C.O."
"I feel kinda bad for him" Ruby said with a sympathetic look on her face.
"Right now, I feel bad for none of them" Weiss stated.
"Wow, talk about cold" Nora remarked.
"Yeah, you are sure earning your name as Ice Queen" Yang said.
Weiss huffed in response. "For all we know, any one of them could be the traitor, and some of them could be putting on an act." Weiss explained.
"Unless they have an alibi" Blake said.
"The way I figure it, you tell the truth, you got nothing to be nervous about." Rex explained.
"Jester is telling the truth." A clone said as Cody and Rex turned to another Clone named Punch. "He cleans his weapon after every mission. First thing, every time. He's kind of obsessed that way." Punch explained.
"A lot of soldiers develop a habit like that, so it would be plausible" Winter said.
"I know at least a few of the Ace-Ops tend to do that." Ironwood said in agreement.
"The who?" Ruby asked.
"Blah, blah, blah" Coco remarked. "I wanna see who it is!"
"Is that right?" Cody asked. "You were cleaning your weapon?"
"Yes, sir." Jester answered.
"Go on the computer while you were in here?" Cody asked
Jester shook his head in response. "No, sir. I didn't even power it up. You can check."
Rex turned to Cody at this. "Show me your weapon." Cody ordered. Jester then handed Cody his gun and the 212th Commander inspected it properly. "Yep, freshly scrubbed.
"The rag's over there in the corner." Jester pointed out as he took his gun back.
"Okay, so it isn't him, good to know" Velvet said.
"Now gotta check the rest." Yang said.
"Good man." Cody nodded. He then turned to the clone behind him. "You. You were cleaning your weapon too?"
No, I was hungry. I went back to the mess." Punch answered.
"Round the time the spy did..." Blake muttered in thought.
"Right away?" Rex asked.
"Oh yeah." Punch answered.
"Anyone with you?" Rex pressed on.
"Man, Jaune-Jaune is kinda intimidating here." Nora said.
"Yeah..." Pyrrha said in agreement, finding it to be a little surprising...and hot in her eyes, and at least two others.
"Sketch, sir." Punch said, gesturing to the clone sitting right next to him.
"Man, a lot of these names are kind weird" Saphron commented.
"At least we can tell them apart.
"We got to the mess at the same time, got our grub, and sat together." Sketch carefully listed out as not to make a single mistake.
"Sounds reasonable enough." Winter hummed.
"What did they have at lunch?!" Nora cried out.
"Nora, that's hardly important." Ren said.
"Anyone else in the mess able to confirm what you two are saying?" Rex asked intensely.
"Lots of guys there. Ask any of them." Sketch said
"Oh, we will." Rex said with an edge to his voice.
"Captain, give me a moment with them." Slick pleaded with him.
"No, its okay, Sarge. I got nothing to hide." The clone, named Gus said. "I was in the infirmary." Gus said as he pointed at his bandaged arm.
"Oh yeah, he was the clone that was shot" Velvet said.
"Got banged up pretty good by one of those clankers. A med droid was fixing me up." Gus said as Cody took a closer look at the arm. "Doc's got all the records there if you want to check."
"That pretty much covers most of them." Terra said.
"Nah, I think there's at least one more Jaune left." Sun pointed out.
Cody turned to Rex who nodded in response. The two then went to the last Clone of the group, Chopper, who was leaning against his bed and looked a little grim.
"Well, he looks...pleasant." Yang commented.
"So, Chopper, old boy, what's your alibi?" Rex asked.
"I was in the mess hall." Chopper nonchalantly answered.
"No, you weren't!" Sketch called out as he stood up, gaining everyone's attention and looking a little suspicious, "I mean, you..."
"If you know something, kid, you should speak up." Cody said sternly.
"Looking awfully suspicious" Qrow said.
"Or at least he knows something" Ironwood said.
"Chopper came in a lot later. After everyone else." Sketch said as the rest of the clones stood up, along with Slick while Chopper looked around him.
"Could it be him?" Ruby asked.
"He could be doing anything in between that time." Blake said.
"Liking hacking into the servers." Weiss said.
Back in the complex, Cinder Fall was facing off against the Jedi and pulled out two lightsabers and activated them, glowing red as she evilly smirked.
"Why does she get two!?" Ruby pouted.
"Because she's evil. That's why" View said.
Ren and Sun did the same thing. Cinder then ran up the stairs, Ren and Sun chasing after her. "My loyal informant let me know you were coming." Cinder coolly mocked.
"Well, then, we thank you for your hospitality." Ren remarked.
Sun growled in anger and charged towards Cinder who smirked in response. They charged at each other, parrying and thrusting their blades at each other, hope for one of them to win against the other.
"Hopefully, they'll be able to stop her" Glynda said.
Back within the barracks, Rex and Cody were still interrogating Chopper.
"Where were you before you went to the mess, Chopper?" Rex asked.
"Nowhere. Walking around." Chopper answered vaguely.
"It has to be him." Weiss said. "He's the only one without a real alibi"
"We don't know just yet." Blake said, not thinking that Chopper was the suspect just yet.
"He had plenty of time on his hands." Kali said.
"Son, you know we'll need a better answer than that." Cody said, wanting the right answer this time.
Chopper sighed at this. "I was...hiding at the south exit." Chopper said. He then grabbed something behind him. "I didn't want anyone to see me string these together."
Chopper then showed the item in his hand. A wire with the fingers of droids.
"He collects fingers?! That guy is seriously twisted!" Sun remarked as he was creeped out.
Yang was equally creeped out. "I am with you there."
"Ditto." Coco said.
"Trust me kids, I've seen worse." Qrow said
"Battle droid fingers." Rex scowled.
Winter was scowling at Chopper's... hobby. "Barbaric practice. Unworthy of a soldier." Winter said coldly.
James on the other side was solemnly remembering all the shell-shocked soldiers he served with who were permanently damaged by war "...An unfortunate reality, Winter."
"I-I just...I just wanted something back." Chopper said bitterly. "I guess I felt like...like they owed me."
"I always knew there was something deficient about you." Gus remarked as he and the other clones stood up against him.
"Doesn't seem fair." Ruby said, sympathetically. "Just because he does...that... doesn't mean he's a traitor."
"Maybe. But he wasn't with the others and he doesn't' have anything else to defend himself as it seems" Ren said.
Chopper didn't say anything in response and turned his back away from them.
"Now if that isn't someone who isn't guilty..." Coco said.
"This isn't good, Chopper." Slick reprimanded. "Lying about where you were, taking forbidden items from a battlefield." The Sargent listed out as he walked towards the clone.
"I know." Chopper bluntly said.
"I put up with the attitude 'cause you have skill." Slick said as he crossed his arms. "But if you could break these rules, your whole character's in question here."
"Wait, no! Hang on." Chopper quickly said as he got up. "I'm no spy!"
"Something doesn't feel right..." Blake muttered.
"What do you mean, Blake?" Sun asked.
"I feel like there should be more to this." Blake said.
"Well, at least they found the spy" Weiss said.
"No..." Blake said as she kept watching. "I don't think they did."
"It has to be him" Yang said. "There's no one else."
"Or is there?" Ozpin hummed.
Cinder was currently facing off against both Ren and Sun, struggling to keep her ground as she tried to use the force and throw an object towards them, only for Ren to slice it in half.
"Nice!" Qrow said.
"Man, that was really a cut above the rest!" Yang joked.
Everyone groaned in response, expect for Taiyang, who just gave a thumbs up in response.
"Good one!" Tai complimented.
"No it wasn't..." Glynda groaned.
"Oh, I get it!" Penny said in realization. "It is a pun! That is very humorous!"
Yang was quiet for a few moments.
"Yang, are you crying?" Weiss asked, incredulously.
"It's just...I've waited for this for so long!" Yang cried in happiness.
Back in the barracks, all of the clones now believed that Chopper was the spy as he tried to insist that he wasn't.
"Chopper, we're all brothers. But how can we trust anything you say now?" Slick asked in an accusatory tone.
"No, sir, I'm telling you, I did not-" Chopper tried to explain to Rex and Cody but was interrupted by Slick.
"It's okay. We'll get you a proper investigation." Slick assured but placing a hand on his shoulder. "You don't have to say anything till the Jedi come back and talk to you." Slick explained.
Blake eyes widen then narrow in suspicion at Slick's mention of the Jedi coming "Wait a second..." Blake muttered.
Kali was having the same feeling as her daughter.
"Maybe you should talk, sir." Chopper said, throwing his hand away. Tell them where you went." Chopper said as Rex and Cody listened. "I was at the south exit, remember? I saw you go in go in, sir. I saw you." Chopper accused as Slick stepped back a bit.
"Wait, what?" Ruby asked.
"Did he?" Saphron asked.
"He did." View nodded.
"Chopper, I have been patient..." Slick tried to pacify.
"Everyone else turned right toward the barracks and the mess. You turned left, toward the command centre." Chopper pointed out. "Where were you going, sir?" Chopper asked intensely.
"Could it be...?" Pyrrha whispered.
"Chopper did saw him go in there." Ghira said.
"He did." Ozpin said in agreement.
"Put, Slick's the Sergeant" Weiss pointed out.
"Yes." Winter said. "But the spy did come from his barracks."
"Obviously, the kid feels cornered." Slick tried to avoid the subject.
"Sergeant, what did you mean, "Till the Jedi come back?" Cody asked as walked towards Slick. "How did you know the Jedi were gone?
Every one of the clones in the room was glaring at the Sargent, waiting for an answer from the Sargent.
"No way..." Nora gasped as she realized what Cody was saying.
"It appears so..." Ren said as he was stunned and remembered what his counterpart said about the mission.
"So, all this time it was..." Yang was about to say.
"I really wish you hadn't noticed that, sir." Slick said with an edge in his voice. He then sucker punched Cody and jabbed Chopper in the face. He then made a dive out the way.
"Damn!" Coco cursed.
"It's Slick?" Rex said in shock as Slick rolled and ran out of the barracks. "Slick's the traitor?!" Rex exclaimed as he and Cody ran after him while the rest of Slick's men stood there dumbfounded.
"I can't believe we didn't think of Slick himself!" Yang chastised as she slapped her own forehead.
"And it would've made sense." Blake added. "As the sergeant, he would've have easy access to their files."
"And that's how the droids got that info. From Slick" Pyrrha said.
"But why?" Saphron asked. "Why would Jau- I mean Slick, do this?"
Back at the complex, Cinder was on the offensive against the Jedi, blocking their moves. After a few hits and misses, Cinder turned tail and fled, with Ren and Sun running after her in another part of the building, mainly the liberty area.
She moved her hand up and used the force on the books to bull them out and began to throw them at Sun and Ren.
But Ren managed to catch it using his own force power. Sun joined in and added his own force power to throw the books back against Cinder.
"Kinda reminds that time with Blake's books!" Ruby recounted.
Back at the Republican Base, Rex and Cody was now on the hunt for the traitor, Slick, currently in the weapons depo yard. Carefully moving around to find their clone.
Rex looked down on his wrist to see a ping point on his map "I've got someone by the gunships." Rex informed.
"That's our Slick." Cody said as he and Rex went after the signal. "Now that he's exposed, he has to get out of this base."
"Dumb move on his part." Yang said.
"Indeed." Pyrrha said in agreement. "I doubt Slick would manage to get out of there without getting shot down."
The Clones were getting closer towards the signal. "There's no escape now, you piece of rankweed!" Rex called out as he and Cody were moving towards an LAAT Gunship.
"Is...That an insult?" Glynda asked.
"In their world it is." View said.
But when they got there, the only thing there was Slick's belt, left on the ground. But it was beeping red for some reason.
"That's not a good sign!" Ruby said with worry.
"It's gonna blow!" Qrow remarked.
"RUN REX-JAUNE AND CODY-JAUNE! Nora cried out.
Rex knew what this was and immediately acted. "Move. Move!" Rex yelled as he and Cody ran out of there as a bomb went off, destroying the gunship.
Suddenly, more explosions reigned down as AT-TE's and gunships were being blown up to bits and Clones were running out of the way of the explosions.
"Aw no!" Yang cried out in despair at the sight of the vehicles being destroyed.
"He took out our weapons depot." Cody exclaimed in anger.
"Great" Qrow remarked. "As if they didn't have enough problems."
The men from Slick's barracks watched in shock at this sight.
"He knew where we'd look. He's not trying to escape." Rex stated as he and Cody stood back up.
"He knows all our moves before we even make them." Cody said.
"Well, they are Clones of each other" Ghira said.
"As the saying goes; great minds think alike" Ozpin said.
The screen wiped back to the complex where Ren and Sun dealing with Cinder.
"Give up, Cinder!" Ren demanded.
"I am all yours," Cinder said in a seductive tone as she sat down on the ground.
Nora's eye slightly twitched at her tone towards her man. "No! He's all mine!"
Ren and Sun walked towards the Sith, igniting their lightsabers to make sure they were well defended.
But Cinder activated her lightsabers into the ground, causing the entire floor to give up and Ren and Sun to fall to the lower level.
"Aw, that's cheating!" Yang yelled out.
"She has the home field advantage, Yang" Tai said.
Cinder stood up, disengaging her lightsabers. "You've served your purpose." Cinder mocked.
"Man, I do not like her" Nora said.
"Nora...she might not act like this back home" Pyrrha said.
"Well, what we've seen of her, she doesn't seem like a pleasant person." Yang said.
"We have to get back. Now!" Sun said.
"It's already too late. So hard to know whom to trust these days, isn't it?" Cinder said in a mocking tone towards the Jedi.
"Slick must've told her about the info" Terra said.
"Indeed." Winter said in agreement.
"What's the plan, Master?" Sun asked, a little agitated by Cinder's mocking.
"Bringing us here was a mistake, my sweet." Ren stated. "You've overestimated your abilities."
"Really?" Cinder asked. She then turned away and fled as Ren and Sun force jumped back up to where they were and went after the Sith.
Cinder used her blades to cut through the window before her. She then ran, Sun and Ren following as she leaped off the roof.
In actuality, she had landed on an Octuptarra Combat Tri-Droid "Come and get me, boys!" Cinder challenged as behind her was a massive armour of battle droids and their weapons and vehicles.
"That is a big army!" Coco said in awe.
"No kidding" Velvet said in agreement of her partner.
"You didn't tell us you were bringing friends." Ren quipped.
"Poor Ren. You've been betrayed. And now we're about to take control of this world." Cinder said in a mocking and defiant tone.
"Not gonna happen, baldly!" Nora insulted.
"Ha!" Yang laughed. "Nice!" Yang complimented as she high fived the pink bomber.
Back at the base, Rex and Cody were currently dealing with the aftermath of Slick's sabotage.
"How do we get this guy?" Rex asked in a frustrated tone as he pinched his forehead.
"Sir." Gus spoke up. "Slick ran into the command centre." The Clone pointed at the location.
"That's one way to start." Ruby said.
"Hopefully, they'll stop him before he does more damage" Pyrrha said.
"You guys stay here. Seal the perimeter." Cody commanded as he and Rex ran for the command station.
Back at the building, Sun and Ren were squaring off against Cinder. They both leapt onto the legs of the massive droid and proceeded to slice its legs and it began to fall, causing Cinder to stumble.
"Nice!" Nora cheered.
"Quick thinking, Mr Ren and Mr Wukong" Ozpin complimented.
The Octuptarra then started to fall off the building and into the ground. Not before cinder charged at Sun who managed to block in time.
"Sun!" Ren called out, gaining his attention as the two Jedi then leapt off the falling droid and jumped onto two STAP Speeders, knocking off the driver droids in the process.
"Good. Now they can head back to the base and help Cody and Rex." Ren said.
"If they're get there in time" Blake said.
"Or till they stop Slick." Ilia added.
Cinder Fall managed to jump off the droid in time and landed on the ground with ease. She stood up and looked above to see the Jedi fleeing.
"Prepare to march on the city." Cinder commanded.
In one of the tanks, a blue alien gave a hand motion, causing the army to move out.
"Well, that's not good, especially not that they're weaponry are now busted, thanks to Slick." Qrow said.
"Indeed." Ironwood said in agreement.
Cinder walked with a Tactical Droid. "Have General Loathsom delay the Jedi as long as possible. I will need time to execute the next part of my Master's plan." Cinder ordered.
"Yes, Mistress." The Tactical Droid completed as Cinder walked up to her own ship, ready to enact the rest of her own plan.
"What is she up to now?" Blake asked.
"A tale for another time" View said. "Maybe..."
Back in the Republic Base, Rex and Cody had entered back into the commander centre looking around for the traitor. Nut he was nowhere in sight. But really, he was hiding in the air ducts above, watching over the doting clones.
"How long does he intend to hide there?" Winter asked, glaring at the traitor.
"As long as they don't see him, long enough" Glynda answered.
"Pretend you're Slick. What's in your head?" Cody asked rhetorically as he continued to look around.
"My covers blown, it's time to go, but I decide not to use a ship because it's too obvious." Rex counted as he kneeled down. He then looked at Cody, but then gave a brief look up, as did Cody and saw something in the vents, giving each other a subtle look, they thought of something...
"The lockdown." Cody said. "He wants to get around the lockdown."
Ironwood leaned forwards to see where they were going with this, as did Winter.
"What is you plan, Mr Arc?" Ozpin hummed to himself.
"He's blinded us by taking out the power. He could disable the entire security system." Rex said as he "figured" it out.
"Oh, I see what they're doing" Weiss said.
"I do to." Pyrrha said in agreement.
"Yeah." Cody agreed as he put his gun down at the table "But he knows we'd expect him to do that." Cody said as he turned his back to face the chart.
Slick saw his opportunity and carefully slide the gate away, leaving the vent open.
"Oh, that's not good." Nora said, worried that Slick was gonna use that on them.
"Or does he? Yeah, I see what you're getting at." Rex said as he walked away from the table.
"Go to the south exit." Cody told.
"What are you gonna do?" Rex asked.
"I'll stay here, get the power back up. That'll help." Cody said as he turned back to the chart.
"Got it." Rex nodded as he left the room, but stood by the door, waiting.
Slick then carefully dropped down into the room without making any noise. He then carefully walked towards Cody's gun, not noticing his smirk.
"Hey, there, Slick." Cody calmly greeted as the traitor pointed the gun at Cody's head. "Gun's empty." Cody said as he held up its ammo clip.
Slicks eyes widen as he realizes he's been duped as Rex appeared behind him, pointing his gun at the traitor.
Qrow smirked at this. "Ha! Nice move, kid!"
Ghira was impressed. "Clever trick."
Ilia agreed. "Ditto."
Team RWBY/NPR were smiling at their friend's strategic thinking.
Saphron was smiling proudly. "That's my little brother!"
Winter was also smiling at the commander's strategy. "First rule of warfare: always be one step ahead of your opponent."
Yang was smirking. "Not so Slick now, eh?" everyone but Tai groans.
Tai chucked at the pun. "Heh, good one!"
"You know what's funny, traitor?" Rex asked. "We knew you'd never take a chance on the exits while they were blocked."
"I'd stay here to open them myself first." Slick said as Cody turned and took the empty gun off him, loaded in the clip and pointed it at Slick. "Just like you."
"Don't do a job till you've guaranteed the best odds, right?" Rex said as he jabbed the gun at Slick, causing him to put his hands up and for Rex to point the blaster directly at his face.
"Very smart." Ironwood complimented. "Mr Arc must be a very skilful tactician."
"He does have the highest marks in the leadership classes." Glynda said.
"That's something he learned on his own." Pyrrha smiled, proud for her partner.
"You knew I was here." Slick said, stating the obvious.
"Kinda hard not to." Yang commented.
"That's because we're seeing it from a different perspective." Ruby pointed out.
"Of course we knew." Rex said as he held the gun with one hand. "You think we wouldn't have a plan?"
"I'm not the traitor..." Slick said, slowly raising his hands up. "YOU ARE!" Slick yelled as he grabbed the gun off Rex and they both struggled for it.
"Oh no!" Ruby cried out.
Slick then jabbed rex with his elbow, causing the 501st Captain to fall to the ground as Slick pointed his gun at him.
"Jaune!" Pyrrha, Velvet, Saphron and Terra cried out in terror.
"Don't you dare!" Yang threatened through red eyes.
But Commander Cody charged with his gun on hand as Slick swatted it away with his gun and pointed it at Cody. But Cody quickly pulled it up as a single blaster bolt fired in the air.
Cody took the gun off him, turned around and jabbed him in the chest. He went for another punch, but Slick narrowly avoided it and managed to knee him in the head, causing Cody to stumble back.
Slick then went for his escape only for Cody to catch him and make him fall to the ground. Cody then went up and tried to punch Slick as he blocked the punches with his arms.
"Take 'em down, Cody!" Coco cheered.
"All of you just blindly following orders, for what?!" Slick yelled in anger as he was punched a few times. Slick locked the commander with his legs and turned him around in his position as Cody blocked Slick's punches.
Winter and Ironwood glared at Slick for his statement of "Blindly following orders"
"For service and duty..." Winter said seriously.
"At least I got something out of all this suffering." Slick said as he continued his assault.
"At the cost of lives!" Ironwood growled.
Rex then came up behind the traitor and put him into a headlock and pulled him back. "I bet you sold out your brothers for some real shiny coin. Huh?" Rex angrily asked.
"That is the common motivator of betrayal" Ozpin said, remembering times in his life where some of his closed allies betrayed him for greed.
Cody looked up in pain as Slick then head-butted the 501st Captain, causing him to let go as Slick gave another punch and grabbed the Captain by the leg.
Slick then proceeded to pull it into the other direction, causing Rex to yell in pain.
Weiss, Blake, Yang and Ren gasped at this.
"JAUNE!" Pyrrha and Ruby cried out.
Saphron covered her son's eyes.
Sun winced at this. "Ooh, that's gotta hurt!"
Qrow patted his own leg in response. "Been there, not fun."
Nora was outraged by this. "NOBODY DOES THAT TO REX-JAUNE!"
"Yes, she offered me money." Slick admitted as he stood up. "But she offered me something more important. Something you wouldn't understand. Freedom!"
Slick didn't notice as Cody came up to him and sucker punched him, causing him to be sent to the other side of the room, stopping the traitor.
"Oh!" Sun said. "Now that is something!"
"He one punched that man!" Nora said.
Moments later, Slick was now in cuffs as Rex was leading him away. "I think freedom's gonna have to wait, kid." Rex said.
Rex and Cody stood as Sun and Ren came back to see what was happening.
"Slick? It was you?" Ren said in surprise.
"He gave us a bit of a chase, sir." Rex informed.
"That's one way of putting it" Yang said. "Guy blew up most of the artillery."
"You couldn't be a greater disappointment." Sun said bitterly. "How could you do this to your brothers?"
Slick scoffed in response at that question. "Only a Jedi would ask that. It's the Jedi who keep my brothers enslaved." Slick said with anger. "We do your bidding. We serve at your whim. I just wanted something more."
"That's not true!" Ruby said. "We've seen Sun and Ren care for the Jaune clones!"
"And all you had to do to get it was put the rest of us all at risk." Rex said with clear disappointment in his voice.
"I...I love my brothers." Slick said. "You're too blind to see it, but I was striking the blow for all clones."
"At the cost of your own brothers" Ironwood said in disappointment.
"If you loved your brothers, you wouldn't have put them at risk." Cody pointed out.
"You betrayed every one of us." Rex said to the former Clone Trooper.
Ilia felt a twinge within her. Feeling strange about it, if she were asked that question...Well, it made her think.
"Take him to lockup." Cody ordered the two clones beside him and grabbed Slick and hauled him away.
"Were you able to salvage anything from the weapons depot?" Ren asked as he stretched his beard.
"Slick pretty much scorched the whole thing." Rex regretfully informed. "That seemed to be what he was going for all along."
"We managed to save the heavy cannons, though." Cody brought up.
"At least it's something" Tai said.
"That's good, 'cause there are about a thousand Battle Droids on their way here" Ren said.
"The fight goes on, gentlemen." Sun said as he and Ren walked away to continue the war effort. The Battle for Christophsis going on.
"So, what did you all think of that." View asked, once the viewing was over.
"It was...exciting to say the least." Ozpin commented.
"I still can't get over that fact that Slick betrayed them." Ruby said.
"Well, it's obvious that Slick feels like his brothers are imprisoned." Blake said.
"But it's not true." Saphron said. "Heavy had a choice but he chose to stay with the others."
"Slick must've felt differently than..." Qrow said.
"Well, I just hope that they'll be able to outlast those droids." Pyrrha said.
"I think they got a good chance." Yang said. "With Ren, Sun and the rest of the Jaune's, they'll be able to save the people of that planet."
"Yeah!" Ruby said in agreement. "Especially if the 501st are there!"
"Please..." Weiss said as she flipped her hair. "It's clear that the 212th are the most effective and more practical unit of troopers.
"I agree." Ren said.
"You're just saying that because you led them!" Sun pointed out.
"The same could be said about you," Sun" Blake grinned,
Everyone continued to debate about the 501st and the 212th, all the while View watched on.
"This could take a while..." View sighed as he went back to his little hub while the rest kept on arguing with one another.
Thanks for reading this chapter of Worlds of Arc.
I didn't think I'd be doing another Star Wars chapter this soon, but things happen and this was a good episode to do.
I hope people are happy with these character choices. Originally, Sun was gonna be Obi Wan and Neptune was gonna be Anakin, but after talking with Dungeon Wyrm, I decided to choose Ren for Obi Wan and make Sun Anakin. I think it's for the best.
I know recently, Jedi Fallen Order has released and I am very interested in it. I will get it at December though and I don't want any one requesting it to me in the reviews, especially if they contain spoilers.
Oh, and to anyone wondering, no, I haven't seen The Mandalorian. It's not because I don't want to, believe me, I really want to see it. But it requires Disney+ and I live in the UK where I have to wait till March. Best I can do is trailers, but that's it.
Next chapter will be based around another trailer (No more Broly trailers) And this one will be quite something as the thing the trailer is based around...is the fastest thing alive...Thanks and see you around!