A Sacrafice of the Heart (HunterxCrosshair) Book 1 - COMPLETE!

Chapter 59

Commander Doom yelled for reinforcements as he was on the front line. Stormtroopers had come out of nowhere attacking anything on sight including the trees that kept them hidden. The palace was under a shield that hid everyone in it. But the generators were failing on them. They had ships ready to escape and Wolffe had brought his personal Venator-Class Star Destroyer with the Wolfpack as backup. 

Captain Rex heavily underestimated their forces even Havok was helping out having redeemed himself after helping the rebels out. 

"Rex! We are not going to last any longer if we don't switch plans!" Ahsoka yelled using the force to keep the troopers back. Obi-wan winced beside them as he kneeled over Cody. The commander was still recovering from his long illness as was Kix. The medic behind another piece of cover with Jesse, Blackout and Fox. 

"What do you suggest!?" Rex said out of anger. 

"Doom says the civilians are all clear. What if we set up the bombs in a trap almost to clear the separatists forces!" Havok suggested, Ahsoka nodded. Thorn watched from afar beside Gregor who shook his head knowing Doom would not agree but the rebels didn't listen often to their leaders. 

"Fine! Jesse take Kix, Havok and…Wait!"

"TAKE COVER! NEW SHIP APPROACHING!"

Rex nodded at Hera who signalled the ship. It was a U-Wing that fired upon the stormtroopers who scrambled back, to fire above at the approaching ship which hovered in front of them all. The hatch opened revealing none other than the bad batch. Rex gasped, he didn't think they would answer from what he heard. Echo was the only one awake since Marcus' visit last time was very brief. Omega and Cal emerged behind the four of them. 

The ship then hovered above as Crux appeared in the hatch door as he mocked salutes allowing Marcus to fly the ship higher to take down the shuttles in the skies. Each rebel watched with mesmerising eyes as the bad batch took down many droids that for some reason the separatists still had. They moved quickly through the shadows vanishing in between the waves of droids and stormtroopers. 

Eventually they had to move behind cover, Hunter and Omega ended up beside the confused Captain. 

"Rex" 

"Hunter"

"What's the plan?" Omega asked, feeling a bit left out as she shot her bow. Hera waved at her from beside Jesse and Kix. Cal deflected shots with his lightsaber and was finally reunited with Shaak Ti who was shocked to see him alive. Cal only smiled at himself, promising to explain later on. Shaak Ti nodded, making her own promise to protect the young padawan with her life as did Ahsoka as she came to help the two.

"We need to retreat, the empire's forces are too strong. Wolffe has just arrived with the Wolfpack, we need to get out of here!" 

"And abandon this planet, not happening Cap!" 

"Hunter, we don't have a choice!" Rex yelled in anger. 

"There's always a choice!" Omega shouted back. "Look, Help!" Cal yelled pointing at the sky where ships that looked like bounty hunter shuttles entered above. 

Rex turned to Hunter who shrugged his shoulders, the sergeant then moved over to the bad batch to form a plan. Wrecker suggested plan 17 but with Howzer shooting behind them. Hunter agreed just for the sake of it. However before they could do anything the ships landed in front of them making them all halt in their plans. 

Jango Fett had arrived! With Backup!

Hunter smirked knowing Marcus' message must have got through. Speaking of the bounty hunter, accurate sniper shots rang out from behind as Crux and Marcus appeared. The two shooting to their heart's content, Omega gasped as their aim was nothing but precise. It seemed Crux had inherited something from a particular marksman they all knew and loved.