Eye Of The Needle (Star Wars)

Chapter 24: Titan Squadron

"Take evasive action!" I commanded.

At that moment, we all split up to avoid getting hit by any of them. I kept my wing ship steady as I flew beside them.

"Those gas-gulpers are huge." Ahsoka gasped.

"Don't shoot, or they'll panic." Master Koon advised.

Areria scoffed. "They'll panic?"

"I'm about to panic!" Ahsoka exclaimed.

"There are so many of them." Mocax commented.

"I'm hit. My stabilizer's out!" Matchstick panicked.

"Pull it together, Matchstick." Anakin urged.

"I'm okay. I got it." Matchstick informed us.

"These things are gonna make a meal out of us." Ahsoka mentioned as we were halfway through the nebula.

R3 began to panic as he let out several high pitch beeps and whistles.

"It's alright, R3. We'll make it out in one piece." I assured him.

"All wings, line up behind Storm and me." Anakin ordered.

"Roger that, boss." Broadside responded.

With that all the wings flew behind us as we cautiously made our way throughout the nebula, trying to get out.

"Hurry, they will not follow us beyond the nebula." Master Koon said.

"That one looks hungry." Areria said.

"Nah, it's just smiling at you." Anakin retorted.

I snickered at Anakin's words. I then glanced over to see us almost out of the nebula.

"We're coming out of it." I commented.

At that moment, all of our wings made it out of the nebula in one piece.

"Let's hope your shortcut paid off." Ahsoka said.

"We're not far behind Grievous now." Anakin assured her.

"Shadow 2, what is the damage to your ship?" Master Koon asked.

"Just a scratch, sir." Matchstick replied.

"We must not take any more unnecessary risks. If we lose even a single ship, our mission is that much closer to failure." Master Koon pointed out.

I nodded. "Understood, Master Koon."

I knew the severity of this mission if we lost ships. It would take us steps closer towards failure, which we couldn't allow.

"But we didn't lose any ships, and we didn't..." Anakin protested.

Broadside then cut him off. "Sir, another contact."

"I thought those things wouldn't follow us." Ahsoka chimed in.

"Not following, coming out of hyperspace." Mocax corrected. "It's a ship. It's the Malevolence."

As we got closer, we spotted the Malevolence near the medical station.

"Grievous." Areria said with a disgusted look.

We then saw a blast of purple light hit the transports and blast them. Before we could anything, fighters approached us. Areria spoke up. "Master, we've got fighters heading our way."

As I flew the ship, Areria took control of the blasters of the ship. I glanced back for a quick second. "How's it going back there?"

"I'm trying to get them off, but your fancy flying is making it difficult." Areria retorted.