Chapter 14 Rookies
It's been 2 weeks since Earth joined the War effort and ended up giving drastic results. And during that same time Sean had established military bases in remote systems to monitor Separatist activity.
And during that same time small Neutral systems that Sean was associated with during his time spying on the Separatists had joined the Republic which helped them out greatly.
Currently right now however Sean and Tarkin were searching for Grievous before Anakin and Obi-Wan walked in.
"Still here Sean? When was the last time you slept?" Obi-Wan asked.
"I'll get some rest after we get a lead on Grievous. UNSC intelligence spotted him in the Balmorra system. That was a week ago." Sean said.
"Well, Unlike you he must be getting some much needed rest." Obi-Wan said making him snort.
Meanwhile
The outpost in the Rishi system was quiet for now.
A deck officer went out to look for anything unusual but saw nothing but flying creatures.
"All clear as usual." The Deck officer said.
Inside a small group of clones were listening to some music while fooling around.
"Shouldn't you be watching your scope Heavy?" Echo asked.
"Yeah let me check." Heavy said looking and saw nothing. "Well would you look at that all clear...Just like the last five billion times I've looked at it." Heavy said annoyed.
"Personally I like the peace and quiet. Catch up on reg manuals." Echo said.
"Echo what the hell is wrong with you?" Heavy asked. "We should be on the front lines blasting droids." Heavy said.
"Ah leave him alone. They left him in his jar for to long." 5's said making him laugh before the Sargent appeared.
"Attention Sargent on Deck!" Heavy said getting the others attention.
"At ease. I would like to remind you all that one of the commanders Lieutenants along with other high ranking officers are on they're way here for inspection. The commander expects nothing less than a perfect report from us. I dont need to remind you if the enemy captures this station they can launch a surprise attack on our home world." The Sargent said.
"Sir yes sir." The clones said.
Back on Infinity
"Ahh! I fucking hate Grievous. Little cocksucker knows how to hide." Sean said making Revy chuckle.
"Oh relax babe. We'll find him soon enough." Revy said before a hologram of Price appeared.
"You look like hell kid." Price said making him snort.
"Ugh whatever. How goes the inspection?" Sean asked.
"So far so good. All outposts are in perfect order. Our last inspection is in the Rishi system then we'll report back to Infinity." Price said before his transmission ended.
"Price is considered one of the best in task force 141 correct?" Tarkin asked.
"Indeed. Hell the old bastard could lose an arm and still be one of the best troops on the front lines. Ask Soap he'll tell ya." Sean said.
Meanwhile
The Rishi outpost was good and quiet before an alert of a meteor shower appeared.
"Raise the shields." The Sargent said making one of the clones do that.
"You wanted excitement Heavy." Cutup said.
"Right...Oooh Meteor shower." Heavy said sarcastically
Soon the meteor shower ended quickly.
The deck officer looked out to see what remained but when he did he saw small landing craft where the meteors hit.
"What the?" The Deck officer said before a Droid appeared in front of him before more from behind appeared and stabbed him in the back killing him.
The landing craft soon opened up revealing Commando Droid.
"Report in soldier." The Sargent said on the comms but got nothing.
"I don't see him down there Sarge." 5's said.
"Go find him." The Sargent said to two clones making them rush down.
Once they got to the entrance they saw the Droids.
"Droids!" One of the clones yelled before getting blasted. The Sarge and other clones rushed down but quickly got pined down.
"Sound the alarm!" The Sarge said getting Heavy to try to do that but couldn't.
"I can't! They've disabled the signal." Heavy said.
"Get a massage to the fleet we have to warn...AHHH!" Sarge yelled as he got blasted.
"Sarge!" Echo said before Cutup shut the door.
"We need to get out of here! Theres to many." 5's said making them get into the air vent and escaped. The Droids soon barged into the room seeing no one.
"No sign of the clones." One of the Droids said.
"They do not matter. Wire the all clear signal and contact General Grievous." The leading droid said.
Meanwhile
General Grievous with a large fleet of Separatists ship were seen approaching the moon. The ships numbered in at least two dozen.
"The outpost is secure general. We shut down the alarm and rigged the all clear signal." The commando droid said.
"Good. Keep that signal alive. I don't want the Republic to find out we're coming." Grievous said.
"Sir one of our spies on Kamino is making contact." A droid said revealing Ventress.
"General, All preparations are ready for your invasion." Ventress said.
"Good. The destruction of Kamino will deliver a devastating blow to the Republic even with the Army of Earth." Grievous said laughing.
Back at the Outpost
The four remaining clones finally got out of the vents and came outside.
"What now?" Heavy asked.
"We need to find a way to contact one of the fleets." Echo said before they saw a UNSC drop ship landing on the landing pad.
"That must be the inspection team. Get on their com link. We've got to warn them." Heavy said.
Price, Rex and Cody walked outside of the drop ship and approached the station.
"These guys are sloppy. There has to always be a deck officer outside at all times." Price said not seeing the Commando droids in hiding.
"I dont like the looks of this." Rex said as a Droid disguised as a Clone walked out and started saying the station was perfect.
Echo was trying to contact them but couldn't.
"Damnit! They must be using a different code." Echo said.
"I'll signal them with this flare." Heavy said.
"Take us to the Sargent in command you dumbass." Price said having enough with his delays.
"Roger, Roger." The droid said making him raise an eyebrow before a flare went up.
"A droid attack flare?" Cody asked before Price used his pistol on the droid.
"Whoa! Price! What the hell was that for?" Rex asked.
"Relax." Price said taking off the helmet. "Huh. So its one of those Commando droids Sean was talking about." Price said before the remaining Droids attacked them
"Ambush!" Rex yelled as they fired at the enemy only to see the armor on the new droids was making it difficult.
"Ah! These Droids have tough armor!" Code said.
Price fired his weapon at the enemy before seeing them throw Grenades.
"OFF THE PLATFORM!" Price yelled just as they exploded. The enemy searched for Remains but found nothing.
"No sign of them. They must have been obliterated. Resume defensive posts." The leading Commando Droid said while the rest walked away. Unknown to them Price, Code and Rex used grappling hooks to lower themselves down to the ground.
"Well that went well." Rex said.
"No worse than that time on Tibrin." Cody said.
"We had Jedi on Tibrin They helped." Rex
"Shut up." Price said as the four remaining clones approached them. "Helmets off now!" Price said aiming his weapon at them.
"Uh sir?" Echo said.
"Take them off now!" Rex yelled getting them to do that making them lower their weapons before one of the eels came out before Price shot it in a weak spot killing it making it fall down.
"Nice Shot." Heavy said.
"Names Price." Price said placing his hand on the blood. "You'll refer to me as Captain or sir." Price said.
"Sir, Yes sir!" The clones said.
"I'm commander Cody, This is Captain Rex." Cody said.
"This is 5's, Echo and Cutup. I'm Heavy sir." Heavy said.
"Wheres your Sargent?" Cody asked.
"Dead sir. We're all thats left." Echo said.
"Well looks like we got a bunch of shinnies here." Price said.
"Shinnies sir?" Echo asked.
"Thats right. Your armor its shiny and new. Just like you." Price said placing his hand on his chest leaving the blood of the eel on him.
"Sir my batch is ready for a fight. We'll take our post back. Shiny or not." Heavy said.
"Theres hope for you yet." Price said grinning.
Meanwhile
"Hmm. Odd. Price, Rex and Cody should have reported back by now." Sean said.
"A small delay hardly calls for concern. Give them more time and I'm sure they'll report in." Tarkin said.
"Perhaps. Give them another 30 minutes then we'll send a small team to the outpost just as a security measure." Sean said.
"Agreed." Tarkin said.
Back at the outpost
A group of Commando Droids were by the door before they saw what they assumed was another droid in clone armor.
"Unit 2-6 is that you?" The Commando Droid asked.
"Roger, Roger." Rex said.
"You sound strange. Is something wrong with your vocabulator?" The droid asked.
"Roger, Roger." Rex said more droid like.
"Take off your helmet. Let me see your faceplate." The Droid said.
"Roger, Roger." Rex said getting on his knees and pulled up the severed head of one of the droids. The others where by the walls to not get seen while Price rolled his eyes.
"This is never gonna work." Cody said.
"3.2.1" Price counted down before the door opened and Rex aimed his gun at them.
"Clones!" The Droid said.
"Stupid bucket heads." Price said as they fired at them before charging in.
"Permission to take point sir." Heavy said.
"I'm always leading kid." Price said as they rushed up to the remaining enemy. Soon a gun fight happened and the men took care of them with ease.
"That was easy." Cutup said.
"Enough jokes. We got a problem here." Price said showing a holographic image of a Separatist fleet above them. "Thats what this is about. They're mounting a full scale invasion." Price said.
"We have to warn the commander right away." Cody said.
"We cant we tried. They knocked out our comms array." Heavy said.
"Hold on a second. Maybe we can get their attention another way. If this place stops transmitting the Republic will arrive to see whats wrong." Echo said.
"I think I have a solution for that." Price said pulling out a device before placing it on the wall. "The kid made this a couple years before he went to spy on the bucket heads. The explosion is large enough to destroy this place. Once the outpost is destroyed we can expect infinity and the rest of the fleet to arrive." Price said setting the timer. "Set for three minutes lets go." Price said as they rushed through the vents.
Above the planet
"What is taking so long?" Grievous demanded
"We seem to have lost contact with our troops." A droid said just as the outpost exploded.
Back with infinity
"The all clear signal has stopped transmitting? The Rishi base has stopped transmitting." Tarkin said in alarm.
"Grievous." Sean said glaring.
"Get the fleet underway." Soap ordered.
Grievous looked at the destruction and growled.
"I didn't order them to blow up the base!" Grievous yelled in anger.
"But isn't it good that the base is destroyed?" A droid questioned.
"IDIOT!" Grievous yelled before the Republic fleet led by Infinity arrived. "AH the UNSC and Republic fleet! We're outmatched! Get us out of here!" Grievous ordered.
Later
"This is going to set us back for a while." Sean said as he stood in front of the Jedi council in Hologram form.
"Perhaps but it beats having Kamino invaded. We'll need to input more security around the planet." Mace said.
"I'm already on it five additional cruisers are on their way right now." Sean said.
"Good in the meantime continue your search for Grievous." Mace said making Sean smirk.
"You know technically I'm the one who's supposed to be giving orders right now." Sean said getting a few laughs.
"I'll try to remember that." Mace said in amusement before his transmission ended.
Authors Note: Finally I got this done! I've been having some serious writers block lately. Also I've got an idea for this story involving a Call of duty plot that will surprise and amaze you all after the end of seaon 1. Just to let you know I am not going to be doing every episode in season 1 since I've been doing this over and over again so it gets really old you know? Anyway Stay tuned for Trespassers and a lemon between our favorite blue senator. Read, Review, Fav and Follow. REVIEW FOR THE AWSOME LEMON THAT IS TO COME! Oh and one more thing check out my Predators of the Galaxy story. I'm still surprised I'm actually the first thats done this in having the Yautja enemies of both the Jedi and Sith.