Star Wars The Clone Wars: Wolfpack Declassified "Prologue"

Chapter 3 - In & Out Again

---Ten hours later. Prison cell 659, on the remote moon of Ajanti Prime in the Abregado system---

Trooper Boost's POV

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Well just my luck. Of all fierfak'd clones to get stuck with, I'm roomed next to Sergeant SeriousIssues and the Commander. Flak. This sucks like Bantha fodder.

Actually, there's this other clone in the corner of our cell. He's that pipsqueak brown-crew cut from the my first encounter with Torr. Seems quite timid. I don't think he's made eye contact with us once. Oh well. The Commander seems to be in deep thought, though. He's been staring straight at the entrance for the past hour. Sergeant SeriousIssues has been soaking in the silence. Either that or pouting, since the droid guards who raided our ship took away his pocket knife. That thing was pretty cool - wonder where he got it.

Long story short: I'm bored. This sucks. Like Bantha fodder. I don't want to die. Oh fierfek I dont want to die before my first mission even begins!

---Aboard the Separatist cruiser "Dark Wraith"---

TX-23's POV

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My mission is proceeding exactly as I calculated it would. The informant provided all the information General Grievous desired. It is unfortunate, however, that the data he stole from the Republic was encrypted. Yet he has the means to decrypt it. The decryption process remains slow but steady.

General Grievous said he wanted the weak fleshling to have occasional breaks. I haven't given him one in approximately 4.7 hours. I will see to that once I have interrogated the other officers. My mission is proceeding exactly as I calculated it would.

---In prison cell 659 on the moon Ajanti Prime---

Commander Wolffe's POV

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I thought about what had happened in the last ten hours. After the Sepps returned Admiral Welschrader, he instructed us to allow the droid ships to escort us to Ajanti Prime for questioning. He looked tight and tense with a few "interrogation bruises", but otherwise unhurt. When we arrived at Ajanti Prime, swarms of droids overran the Chrysis. I instructed my men to surrender and allow themselves to be captured. I didn't see much of a choice and the Admiral didn't bother to object. No way will I allow unnecessary bloodshed.

The troopers were herded like cattle into the stone-block cells. This facility used to be a mining structure, but the Sepps had renovated it into a makeshift hideout and holding area for soldiers. Interesting. The Separatists have been planning this attack for a while. Why else would they build hundreds of sturdy cells out in the middle of nowhere. We were set up. That much is clear to me now. The droids had spies, but our mission was sensitive and well-quieted. This takeover had to be the work of an officer from our own ranks. We were set up by someone: a traitor. I just want to know who.

My train of thought broke like a bombshell when a loud protest of screaming came from down the hall.

---In a dark room within the mining facility on Ajanti Prime---

Lieutenant Torr's POV

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Tap...tap...tap...scroll...taptaptap. I had to work quickly but efficiently. I knew that if I didn't finish in time, the punishment would surely be death. Yet if I made a mistake - one single mistake - I'd be met with my demise.

As much as I detested the silence of the room I stood in, I was thankful for it being small and secluded. I could work in peace. Sorta. Staring up at the bright monitor in front of me, I concentrated on the Republican encryption. So much depended on me not screwing up. And let me tell you - that's never a fun feeling.

I paused, allowing myself the luxury of three seconds to listen for intruders. There was the clank of distant droids, but nothing close enough to be alarming.

Though I wasn't afraid, I felt a shiver run down my back. Or maybe it was adrenaline. "Easy Torr, stay focused," I muttered under silent breath. This had to work. My mission had to be successful. I owe to them-my brothers, and especially to Wolffe.

"You owe them the truth," came a voice that I knew was my own. Fierfek! Why am I thinking about this now? I need to concentrate...taptaptap...scroll

...tap...tap...tap.

---Cell block 659---

CT-7007/Trooper Mouser's POV

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I stiffened when I heard it. I was already on edge. Someone was screaming bloody-murder outside my cell. Our cell. Commander Wolffe jumped to his feet. Sergeant Sinker started and let out a gasp. I noticed the trooper named Boost didn't seem too fazed. He gave a sympathetic look for the screaming chap outside. But Commander Wolffe walked toward the door and put his ear against it. Sergeant Sinker began to say something, but Commander Wolffe held up his hand and continued to listen.

After the screaming prisoner passed our cell, we listened as he was thrown into a cell near ours. I dared not creep forward like the others. Instead, I kept back in my corner. No telling when the droids would come busting through that door! But no sooner had the man quieted down that Commander Wolffe about-faced and announced quietly, "That was Admiral Welschrader. They must've tortured him. Get ready men - we're breaking outta here!"

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Well Sirs, I hope you enjoyed this far-overdue update. Get ready for the next chapter; it will feature the action you've been waiting for! Commander Wolffe out.