Bat Squadron: Season 4

Episode 9

2BBY
Utapau

"Yes...it is." Bat says as he watches Stormtroopers fall over the ledge into the sinkhole, some landing on top of their own troops below.

"We've been flanked!" A stormtrooper yells from the top of the path leading down to the base as he looks up at Bark and shoots him twice in the chest before he, himself is shot down.

"Push!" Bark yells as he slides down the side of the sinkhole and lands on the path below and opens fire on the imperials from behind.

"Slow down!" Chex yells.

"Yeah! At least save some for the rest of us!" Mark yells as he and he rest start running down after Bark who had wiped out a team of 12 Stormtroopers and was leaping over the wrecked AT-ST that had trapped the others earlier.

He slides under another destroyed AT-ST and shoots down an army trooper and another stormtrooper.

"Hold the line!" Bat yells.

Meanwhile, Jakob and the remaining rebels from his team were struggling to hold Thrawn and his forces at bay as they tried to push up on the rebels and Amani.

"We're almost there!" Derik yells as he shoots down 2 Amani and walks alongside his troops through the blaster fire and volley of spears and rocks.

"AGH!" Kruk yells as a blaster bolt hits him in the side and he falls over.

"Brother!" Tak yells and jumps down and runs over beside him.

He kneels by his brother and looks at the wound and Kruk pushes him off.

"Go! Keep fighting! Don't worry about me!" Kruk yells as he unholsters his pistol and returns fire at the imperials again.

Tak nods and raises his rifle and rejoins the fight. He slowly backs up as he's pushed from his position by heavy imperial fire and watches Kruk is shot dead. Corbin throws a thermal detonator at the imperials and it sends bodies soaring through the air before a blaster bolt strikes him down.

"No!" Aaron yells and looks over.

He kneels beside Corbin and rolls him onto his back and looks at him.

"He's gone! There's nothing you can do!" Lindsey yells as he jumps up and starts falling back to cover.

Darp takes 2 bolts to the chest and he falls over. Lindsey scowls at this and watches as Jakob starts to lead them in a retreat.

"They're falling back again." Ajax says.

"Yes, but this time they don't have anywhere else to try to stop us. They are heading back to their base now." Thrawn says.

They were stepping over the rebel and Amani bodies when Thrawn heard grunting and looks over at Darp who was reaching for a blaster. Thrawn turns and shoots the Quarren in the arm and he screams. Ajax and Keaton point their blasters at the rebel and Thrawn looks at them.

"Stand down." He says.

Darp looks up at them.

"You gonna kill me yet?" Darp asks.

"No. Not yet." Thrawn says.

"But sir, you said no prisoners." Ajax says.

"I know what I said. I've changed my mind." Thrawn says as a Death Trooper walks over and stands Darp up and cuffs him.

"Now let's continue." Thrawn says as they exit the cave and follow the path up to the rebel base.

They watched as blaster fire is exchanged across the gap above and watch as rebel and imperial bodies fall down and splash in the water below.