part eight: kriffed

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—Etta

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—Etta

21BBY, Month 7 / Felucia


"Move out!"

Etta advanced, her two DC-17s out ahead of her and ready to shoot down any droid that crossed her path. The 501st had only been on Felucia for all of 10 minutes, but Etta was already drenched in sweat, making it hard to concentrate fully. She knew her visor would start fogging up soon enough.

The droids ahead of them were reasonably far off, so Etta sprinted forwards, firing at the ones at the front of their formation. She took out six B1 battle droids before a shot grazed her pauldron from her right, and she pointed one blaster towards another advancing squad of droids. She was firing on both squads at once, getting caught in the middle of the crossfire as the rest of her legion caught up. She quickly rolled into some cover from one of them, and focused both blasters back on the first group.

"You look like you could use some help" Echo said as he slid up next to her. She could hear the grin through his helmet.

"Took you long enough" She said back, nudging him between shots.

The droids were soon taken out on both fronts, the clones of the 501st easily overpowering their ranks. However, right after they had taken down the last droid, they were rushed by another battalion, far stronger in numbers, with tanks and B2 battle droids to help.

Etta dove into the battle once more. The feeling of adrenaline running through her veins was something she could never get enough of.

"You're gonna get yourself killed one of these days!" Echo called over to her as she rolled right into the centre of it all.

"No I won't!" She shouted back, a sing-song lilt to her voice.

She dodged incoming shots effortlessly as she ran in the field, firing on the oncoming droids and single-handedly pushing back their forces. There was a whir of blue and green as General Skywalker and Commander Tano spun into the battle.

"At the heart of the battle as always?" Anakin smirked as he expertly blocked shots with his lightsaber.

"You know me sir" She shrugged, struggling to keep her own smirk from growing on her face.

"Unfortunately you're needed elsewhere. Rex!" He shouted, gaining the Captain's attention.

"Sir!" He addressed him as he ran over.

"I need you two to get around the other side of this attack, start taking them out from behind" The General spoke.

"Yes sir!" The two clones said in tandem, nodding and looking to each other.

"Lead the way sir" Etta said.

"This way" He replied, running off to the right where many of the other clones were taking cover. They rested against the flora for a moment, aiming to slip away with no droids noticing them.

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