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by eefkinnie

"Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them." -Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Master

Natalia ran to the window and looked through her binoculars with the clones, "It looks like a Separatist fleet!" Fives said, "That's why we had to take back the outpost, it's a full-scale invasion!" Cody yelled. "We'll have to warn the command." Rex said. "Those clankers sabotaged our transmitter and hard wired the all clear signal, it'll take time-" Echo started. "We don't have time! Look!" Natalia yelled as reinforcements became visible. "Well everybody, you've always said you wanted to be on the front lines." Cody said as he watched the transport come closer.

"We can't hold the outpost for long with that army of clankers." Cody said. "Then we'll destroy the outpost instead." Rex said. "But sir. Our mission is to defend this outpost, at all costs." Fives said. "We'll have to warn the Republic of the invasion, they'll take notice when the all clear signal stops." Natalia said as she looked out the window at the battalion of clankers. "That's right, if they stop receiving our beacon, they'll think we're in trouble!" Fives said. "Gather up every thermal detonator in the armoury." Rex said. "It'll take more than a few detonators to destroy this outpost." Hevy said, "We can use the LT!" Echo said, "It freezes for more than half the year, so we use liquid tibanna as fuel, to heat the base." Echo continued.

"Liquid tibanna, highly explosive." Natalia said, "Good. It will cause more damage than detonators." Rex said as he walked to the armoury. "Alright, listen up. There is only one target in mind in this sector; Kamino. It's the closest thing we clones have to a home. Today we fight for more than the Republic, today we fight for all of our brothers back home, is that understood?!" Rex lectured the clones. "Sir yes sir." The clones said. They all grabbed their helmets and made their way to the liquid tibanna. "I think we can even the odds Commander, especially if they don't know we're here." Echo said, "This gun here is mine." He said.

"Big gun doesn't make a big man." Cody said. Meanwhile, Rex, Hevy, and Natalia were pushing a droid full of liquid tibanna toward the command center. "Do you hear that? The reinforcements have arrived, sounds like Hevy's putting up quite a fight." Natalia said as they neared the command center. Suddenly there was an explosion that rocked the station, "I'm gonna head out there, Captain. Caleb you'll stay here where it's safe." Natalia said as she ran in the direction the explosion came from. "Yes, Master." Caleb said sadly. "Don't worry, kid. You'll have the chance to have a good fight with General Schulter as your Master. Now come help me with this stuff." Rex said as he started getting the liquid tibanna ready for the plan. "Pull back!" Cody yelled.

"Rex! Time is wasting!" Cody yelled through his comlink, "Almost ready." Rex replied. Natalia sighed as she deflected blasts from the droids. "The stuff won't connect to the detonator." Rex said angrily. "Hevy." Rex said, "Yes sir?" Hevy asked, "The detonator isn't working." Rex said while handing Hevy the detonator. "I'll take care of it, it'll be fixed in no time. You guys get out of here!" Hevy said, Rex nodded, "Just make it fast, those droids are getting close." Rex said. "I'll stay here, Caleb. You'll go. Hevy and I will be right behind you." Natalia said while smiling, Caleb nodded and ran up to Rex. "Be careful, General." Rex said as he crawled into the ventilation system, the clones and Caleb following close behind him.

"There, that should fix it." Hevy said as he pressed another button, but it didn't work. "This is not good, there's gotta be another way." Hevy said to himself, Natalia looked out of the door at the platoon of droids coming their way, "Hevy! Hurry up!" Natalia whisper shouted. Hevy ran to the grate of the ventilation system and closed it, to cover Rex and the other clones. "Hevy, what are you doing?!" Natalia asked as she ran up to him. "I'm saving my brothers." Is all he said, Natalia stood there and contemplated leaving or staying. She decided to stay. Hevy ran to the hall and hid behind a corner, Natalia followed him. "General, you need to leave!" Hevy said, "Hevy, my duty is to the Republic, and I want to go down a hero, not live as a coward." Natalia said. "The base is ours again, sir. The clones are fleeing. Cowards." One of the droids said.

"Secure the area." The droid instructed. "Hevy! Get out of there!" Rex yelled through the comlink, "The remote isn't working sir, I have to detonate it manually." Hevy said. "Hey! What's going on there?! Blast them!" One of the oncoming droids yelled, Natalia took out her lightsaber and deflected the droid's blasts. "Hevy! Get out of there! Get back to the maintenance pipes!" Rex yelled, "It's no use sir, I know what I have to do!" Hevy yelled, "I don't like your tone rookie." Rex said, starting to grow worried. Suddenly Hevy got blasted in the shoulder by a droid behind him. "Hevy!" Natalia yelled as she destroyed more droids. "Hevy! Respond! Talk to us!" Rex continued to yell, "Captain Rex! Calm down! It's under control!" Natalia yelled through the comlink as she helped Hevy back to the control centre.

"General! You need to get out of there! You need to run!" Rex yelled. "No can do, Captain. I have a duty to the Republic, and that is what I'm going to do." Natalia said as they reached the control centre, "Think about me, think about General Skywalker." Rex said sadly, "It was nice being your friend Captain." Natalia said as she turned off her comlink, Rex kept contacting her frantically but she didn't want to delay the inevitable. Hevy shot the droids at the centre of the room and Natalia sliced them up. A platoon of droids came around the corner and started shooting, Hevy got shot in the back multiple times, he fell to the ground with the remote in his hand. "Hevy come in! Come in Hevy!" Rex yelled, "General Schulter, run!" Hevy said quietly, Natalia nodded and started running. "Do we take prisoners?" One of the droids asked, "I... don't." Hevy said quietly as he hit the detonator.

The whole station blew up, with Hevy and Natalia inside.