Star Wars The Clone Wars: A Galaxy Of War

Chapter 28: Heavy Artillery

"So we have the plan." Kiera said, looking at the only male Jedi around her. General Lance nodded at her comment. "Jelia and my Padawan will have that shield generator down by the time we get in range of their main forces. I have faith in them." Lance replied to Obi-Wan's friend.

"Good. Because we're going to need that shield gone." Kua said as she mounted an AT-RT. Lance stood up from his crouching position and looked up at his friend. "Good luck. And please, don't get caught. Or else you'll owe me one." He said with a smirk.

"I'll be fine. Just focus on grabbing their attention with your march." Kua said before taking off into the city, accompanied by multiple other clones in their light vehicle.

"Lance. All foreword forces are advancing." The clone captain with light green markings informed his general. Lance nodded and turned to face the clone. "Good. We'll need to be moving. We don't want to be left behind." Lance walked towards the front of the clone army to lead the march towards the gun.

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Lileami followed close behind the hired commander. She was confused as to why the two of them were sneaking around the separatist base. Lileami was not there for the briefing, so she had no general idea of the city's layout.

"Hey. Stay close." Jelia said as she pressed her back behind a wall, taking a peek at Lileami. "Yes, ma'am." She said and stayed next to the Alf. "You can call me Jelia. I don't need formalities." The older female said as she popped her head out to looks at their target.

"Alright, the shield generator is very heavily guarded. We won't be able to make a full head on assault." Jelia sighed and shook her head. "What will we do then?" Lileami asked, having her head peeking out below Jelia's to see the bunker entrance in front of them. The Padawan looked up and faced Jelia. Jelia took a glance Lileami before ducking back behind cover.

"We just have to wait for that distraction. Let's hope that cannon isn't facing their way." Jelia took a seat on the concrete ground. The young Jedi sat down as well, sitting right beside Jelia.

The two stayed in awkward silence, both unsure what to tell the other. Jelia and Lileami would take occasional peeks at each other, trying to say something to spark a conversation. "I like your markings around your face. They look nice." Jelia said while looking at Lileami.

Lileami smiled shyly and looked at the ground. "T-thank you. It's natural." She said and rubbed her left arm. Jelia smiled and pat the girl's head. The girl squeaked lightly as she felt Jelia's hand on her head.

"So do you know anything about your master?" Jelia asked, retrieving her hand. "Yes. Master Axel was promoted into knighthood not to long ago. He has made quick and swift victories early on. I admire him for that." Lileami said, speaking with pride that she was his Padawan now.

Jelia blinked before smiling softly at the girl. "He is pretty great. Putting the needs of other before himself. . . I am sure you'll like him even more." The Alf said, feeling oddly content for some reason. Jelia eyes stared at the opposite wall in the alleyway, her mind lost in thought. Lance was truly her idol. . . Doing only what's best for his men, helping her out in the now snow covered planet, teaching her about the force, allowing Ethan to stay in the Cosmic, and the list can keep on going to infinity.

"Jelia? Do you have a fever?" Lileami asked, looking at Jelia with a concerned face. Jelia's eyes widen as she jumped up. "What? N-no! I'm fine! Honestly!" She said nervously and awkwardly chuckled.

"If you say so." Lileami didn't seem quite convinced, but decided to take her word for it.

The sound of an explosion breaks the chat the girl's were having, followed by the panicking of separatist battle droids. Jelia smirked and drew her bow, pulling back the plasma string and aiming it at the guarding super battle droids. "Ready to go?" Jelia asked. The younger one of the two nodded at the question, activating her blue lightsaber.

The first arrow pierced the thick armor of the grey opponent, dropping it to the ground with one shot. Lileami rushed towards the entrance, cutting her way through the row after row of battle droids. Jelia stayed right behind the Jedi, rapidly drawing her weapon's string back and ending the droids Lileami failed to destroy.

Lileami leaped from one droid to the other, swinging her blade diagonally to split the droid's bodies. Jelia aimed her bow to the droids that were out of Lileami reach, nailing each one of them on the chest.

After a few minutes, each droid was dismantled and the pieces laid on the ground, sparking as the circuits kept running with electricity.
"Yes! We did it!" Lileami cheered happily as she deactivated her sword. Jelia giggled at the girl's enthusiasm. "No. not yet. We still have to blow up this place to bits."

The girl nodded and followed Jelia inside the bunker. The dim lit bunker led deep into the ground. So far it was empty. No droids in sight. "We have to reach the command center." Jelia told Lileami as the two rushed down the stairs.

"Hey! Did you get them?" A droid asked as two doors opened up to reveal a hidden room within the structure. "Nope!" Lileami quickly activated her lightsaber and turned the droid into chunks of metal.

Jelia jumped inside the room, rolling foreword to lessen her fall. Once she was crouching she fired her bow, and on no time, the battle droids operating the generator were all but destroyed. "Easy." She murmured before standing up. "C'mon. We have to deactivate the shield." Jelia said as she darted across the room find the proper command unit that maintains the shields.

"I found it!" Lileami said, pressing all the buttons on the command station she was working with. "I'm not sure that's how it works." Jelia said as she watched the girl aimlessly push the buttons.

It wasn't long before the sound of a generator deactivating was heard, followed by a cheering Lileami. "We did it now!" She said with joy. Jelia smiled and leaned against the wall. "Yes. Yes you did."
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