Eye Of The Needle (Star Wars)

Chapter 40: Taking Down The Factory

"We'll have to make a bold move if we're to draw them out of the factory and keep their attention on us and not the padawans." Master Unduli suggested.

"The best way to that is to march our troops straight up the middle, parade style." I advised.

"They can't resist that." Anakin pointed out.

Master Unduli was baffled. "With no cover?"

"Well, we have to make it tempting." Anakin suggested.

With that, we gathered the troops and made our way towards the bridge. It wasn't long until the factory door opened, revealing several droids. I glanced back to see our troops prepared, ready to fire.

"Here come the droids. Everybody steady." I ordered.

"Steady. Keep marching." Anakin urged.

"I hope the Padawans have made it past the bridge by now." Master Unduli mentioned.

"That looks like a lot of droids." Anakin commented.

Master Unduli chuckled. "Well, it is a droid factory."

"As long as we can destroy 'em faster than they can make 'em, we'll come out on top." Anakin said as he ignited his lightsaber.

"I love your simple logic, Skywalker." Master Unduli complimented with an amused smile.

"Here we go." I said as Master Unduli and I ignited our lightsabers.

With that we began to fight off the droids. However as we charged forth, the bugs began to fire their weapons at us from their towers. Anakin, Master Unduli, and I deflected their blasts, aiming them back at the bugs. I tried protecting as many as our clone troopers as I could from the blasts with my lightsaber.

"They should have entered the catacombs by now." Master Unduli commented.

"I sure hope they're not lost down there." Anakin mentioned.

At that moment, droidekas entered the fight, making their way towards us. I glanced over to where Rex stood before calling out to him. "Rex, a little help here."

At my words, one of the clone troopers rushed over towards us before firing his weapon, a missile launcher. Once he fired the missile launcher, it it all of the droidekas, destroying them. Not too long later, tanks came out from their factory.

"Looks like the Separatists have a new toy." I commented.

"Rex, pick your targets." Anakin ordered.

Rex nodded. "Yes sir."

Rex then turned towards his men. "Elevation four-two-seven. Steady....Steady."

"Fire!" Mocax commanded.

The tanks then fired at their tanks, but they emerged without a scratch. They continued trying a couple more times, but there no damage on the Separatists' tanks.

"Sir, nothing could withstand that." Rex mentioned.

"They must be ray-shielded." Anakin pointed out.

We then received a green light from our chronometers. My eyes lit up. "Green light."

"The bombs are active." Anakin said.

"The Padawans did it." Master Unduli chimed in as she wore a smile.

"And just in time." I added.

Their tanks began to move towards as they fired in our direction. Some of our tanks were shot down along with our troopers. And unfortunately, they forced Anakin, Master Unduli, and me to fall back. We met Rex and Mocax behind a medium sized boulder.