Phantom Rebellion

Chapter 41 Like Old Times

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I don't own anything this is just a story for fun.

Inside Crash's hut, Maddie told Crash about what she'd been doing over the years. Danny was curious about the scar on the side of Crash's head and he asked him about it.

"Well after the Purge, I found a doctor and had he remove a chip that was implanted in my head. Apparently all clones had these chips implanted in their heads to make them obey certain orders like Order 66." Explained Crash.

"Yet you managed to disobey the order, when it was given." Said Danny.

"I did, though my body went into shock a little after I resisted. I heard a few stories of other clones resisting Order 66. When I came to a Mirialan scientist by the name of Technus was there to ask me a bunch of questions. Technus wanted to know how I was able to resit the order and I simply told him that I refused to kill my friends and comrades. My answer seemed to baffle Technus and he left. I later quit the Empire, got my chip removed, and came to live here." Said Crash.

"What's your opinion about Stormtroopers?" Asked Danny.

"They're a sorry lot of soldiers. That armor has a terrible design and is obviously a ripoff of the clone trooper armor and by the looks of it that armor is completely useless for protection, a well aimed blast could easily takeout anyone wearing that armor. As for the Stormtroopers themselves, they lack the tough training and battle tactic practice the clones had to go through. Most of the Stormtroopers are just grunts, who enjoy using their power to get what they want. The battle droids of the Trade Federation, would make a better army then these Stormtroopers." Said Crash.

"I'll admit the average day Stormtroopers aren't nearly as dangerous or as coordinate as the clone troopers or the battle droids, however they're are a lot of them and there are a few dangerous soldiers and tacticians to command them and make them a formidable force." Said Maddie.

"I suppose so." Admitted Crash with a nod.

It was at that moment that a small device on a shelf started beeping.

"What's that?" Asked Danny.

"A motion detector I put out the mouth of the valley to alert me about anybody coming through that way." Said Crash as he grabbed his blaster rifle and headed out.

Maddie and Danny followed him. Crash onto the rock ledge and used his old scope to see what was coming. A Imperial Trooper transport was coming into the valley followed by eight speeder bikes. A dozen yards away from the valley entrance was another trooper transport with a dozen Stormtroopers standing around it. Crash signaled Maddie over to him and she looked through the scope at the approaching forces.

"This situation kind of reminds me about that battle on planet Burron." Said Crash.

"I was thinking them same thing and I believe the same tactics we used back then, will work here." Said Maddie with a smile.

"I'll get the explosives ready." Said Crash as he went into his hut.

"What's the plan?" Asked Danny.

"Well it involves the Force, some explosives, the canyon walls, and some good shooting." Said Maddie.

Crash came back with a bag full of explosives.

"Alright I need you to make them hover near that wall to the right." Said Crash as he pointed up and pointed to the rock wall on the right.

Maddie nodded as she used the Force to lift the bag up and towards the rock wall above. Crash removed his cloak and revealed a set of clone armor underneath it. The clone marched a few yards away from his hut and stood at attention with his blaster rifle. Maddie and Danny ducked behind a rock and watched as the Empire forces arrived. The trooper transport hovered in the middle and Bullet got out of it and faced Crash.

"Hello there boys, come here to discipline me for soundly beating those chaps in the cantina, because if you are this seems like a bit much and to be perfectly clear those Stormtroopers had it coming." Said Crash.

"Oh we're not here for that. We're here because we believe some Rebels are here asking you to join them. We know you have no love for the Empire, but if you hand over any Rebels to us right now, we promise to let you live your in peace." Said Bullet.

"Hm. That's a good offer, but I've already made of decision, so here's my response." Said Crash as he pointed his blaster up something above the Imperial forces's heads.

Bullet and the Stormtroopers looked up to see a floating bag. The agent and his forces starred at it in confusion and then Crash fired and the bag exploded into a fiery explosion causing a bunch of large rocks to come crashing down towards Bullet and his forces. Bullet yelled as he jumped away from the troopers transport as a big rock smashed into taking it out along with two Stormtroopers on speeder bikes. The rest of the Stormtroopers began to panic and dodge about. Danny, Maddie, and Crash ran forward and they each knocked a Stormtrooper from a speeder bike and took off through the valley. Bullet screamed and ordered a couple of his remaining speeder bike Stormtroopers to go after the Rebels, but there's was just to much confusion.

The Rebels raced to the valley opening and Crash expertly threw a grenade at the trooper transport outside and took it causing a panic among the Stormtroopers. Sullivan and Brenner, who had been waiting outside the valley charged in on their speeder bikes to fight the Rebels. Crash was flying around blasting a couple of Stormtroopers, when he saw Ricky stumbling around shouting orders at his troops. The clone decided to stop his speeder bike and confront the Stormtrooper captain.

"Hello captain. Let's you and me have a little going away fight." Said Crash as he approached Ricky.

Ricky recognized the clone and tried to raise his blaster to shot him, but Crash expertly blasted it out of his hand. Crash tossed his blaster to the side and faced. Ricky let out a snarl as he hurled himself at Crash.

Maddie was being chased by Brenner and Danny was being chased by Sullivan. The two Jedi rode around on their speeder bikes being chased by the bounty hunters. After a few minutes the Jedi came up with a mad plan for action. Making a mad sudden turn both Maddie and Danny raced towards one another on their speeder bikes with the bounty hunters right behind them. As they got nearer Danny and Maddie used the Force to concentrate and at the very last second they veered away from one another, while Sullivan and Brenner raced towards one another at high speed. The two bounty only had time to let out a scream as their speeder bikes collided and exploded killing them both!

Ricky charged at Crash swinging his fist at him. Crash blocked and deflected the punches and then he delivered a punch to Ricky's face and stomach knocking him to the ground. Ricky's lip was bleeding and he cursed angrily, as he grabbed some sand and hurled it at Crash's face, blinding him in his left eye. The Stormtrooper captain then pulled out a hidden knife and swung it wildly at Crash and managed to slice him across his right cheek. Feeling confident Ricky thrusted his knife at Crash's chest expecting to kill the clone, but Crash sidestepped the blow, grabbed Ricky's arm, and slammed an elbow down on it making Ricky scream and drop the knife. Crash released Ricky's arm and delivered a kick to his chest knocking him to the ground.

"That'll learn you." Said Crash as he turned to walk away.

Ricky gritted his teeth in anger as he pulled out a grenade and activated it. The Stormtrooper Captain shot to his feet ready to throw the explosive, but Crash spun around pulling a blaster pistol out and shot Ricky in his right kneecap. Ricky screamed in pain as he fell to his back and the grenade rolled a few feet away from him. The Stormtrooper captain desperately tried to grab it, but it exploded and destroyed him. Crash put his blaster away and hopped onto a speeder bike. The clone joined up with Maddie and Danny as they headed into Dimi.

"Well that felt like old times." Said Crash.

"Yes it did." Agreed Maddie.

The three of them reached the town got onto the ship and flew to Goza.

To be continued.