Eye Of The Needle (Star Wars)

Chapter 27: Defenders Of Peace

Time passed by, and Areria and I were into battles after battles. I managed to squeeze some time to see Koltav, even if it was for a little while. But whenever I couldn't visit, I'd send him a message on our own comlink channels or through a hologram. Currently, Areria and I were helping Aayla Secura and Maya in the Quell system. Unfortunately we were heavily outnumbered. We were all on one ship, the Separatists destroyed all our other ships. Anakin and Ahsoka were on their way to rescue us.

"Our shields are gone, Master." Areria informed us.

Hurry, Skywalker. We're depending on you." Aayla said before turning to her Commander clone trooper. "Commander, get out there and stop those droids."

"I'm on it." He assured us.

Not too long after the Commander stormed out, another clone trooper spoke up. "General, Skywalker's here."

We let out relieved sighs at his words. That the Force he's here. 

"And none too soon." Aayla added.

"We're entering the atmosphere." Maya mentioned.

"Come, let's help them take down the droids." Aayla suggested.

We then rushed out of the command room and into the hallways to find a plethora of droids. I stood alongside Maya while Areria had my back, and together with the Bly and Aayla we began fighting off the droids. We sliced down the droids, while Bly blasted down as many as he possibly could. As we fought off the droids, they saw Anakin, Ahsoka, and Rex enter along with their troops.

"Nice entrance, Skywalker." Aayla greeted.

Once they approached us, we began to run through the hallways, cutting down the droids along the way.

"How do you plan to get us out of this mess?" Maya asked.

"Well, I have a ship docking in the lower hangar as we speak." Anakin informed us.

As we made our way towards another hallway, we saw a single droid, who looked terrified upon seeing us. "Uh...Hold it."

However at that moment, several more droids came towards us, blasting at us. We deflected their blasts, as we ran down the hallway towards the hangar.

"We made it." Areria said.

"It's too late." Anakin mentioned.

I glanced back to see a huge ball of fire, heading our way. Without thinking twice, Anakin used the Force to push Rex, Ahsoka, Maya, Areria, and the others back into the hangar. They wore quite shocked and horrified. "Anakin! Storm!"

"Masters!" Ahsoka and Areria exclaimed.

We closed the door before using the Force to push the fire back with all our strength. We managed for a short while, closing a door before us...until an explosion occurred, burst through the wall. Both Anakin and I were knocked back against the wall, falling unconscious.

••• 

When I awoke, it was quite dark. I was inside a small tent with Anakin by my side. He was unconscious. I glanced over at the grass, sensing something in the tall grass. I narrowed my eyes to see what appeared to be a mastiff phalone. My eyes widened. That's impossible...they're only found on the planet Maridun. Unless we are on this planet. I winced as I climbed to my feet, limping and clutching my side as I got out of the tent. However, I didn't make it far as I stumbled over the dirt, falling to the ground. I heard footsteps approach me. I glanced up to see Rex.

"General? Are you alright?" Rex asked, sounding worried.

"Be...Behind you." I warned, forcing the words out.