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Umbara
"Easy! Easy does it! Right there!" An Utai yells as he directs Four's Y-wing down onto the landing field of the airbase.
The cockpit flies open and Four leaps out. He quickly tears his helmet off his head and throws it over at the Utai ground technician as he starts running off.
"Hold onto that for me shorty!" He yells at the Utai.
The Utai scowls as he watches the large Trandoshan run off. Four runs over toward the command center and before he can open the door to enter the elevator, it opens up and Ripper and Nara step out.
"Hello there Four." Jawbreaker greets him.
"Hello, Commander." Four nods to him.
"What brings you here?" Jawbreaker asks.
"Ya, what's goin' on?" Nara asks.
"I don't have long to explain...our base is under attack. We're being overrun." Four hisses.
"Attack? By who?" Jawbreaker asks.
"Who else? The Empire!" Four exclaims.
"Who's the leading officer?" Jawbreaker asks.
"I don't know, this new guy. TS, I think his name is." Four continues to explain.
"I've never heard of him." Jawbreaker says.
"He don' sound so tough." Nara says with a cocky smirk.
"We're getting our asses whooped. It's only a matter of time before our base is overrun."
"We've prepared what troops we can spare, without leaving our base here open to attack, of course." Jawbreaker tells Four.
"Perfect. We have to get back to Utapau. Now." Four hisses.
"Nara will be accompanying you and leading the troops. I have to stay here." Jawbreaker says.
"Please tell me you're kidding." Four sighs.
"No sir. I am not." Jawbreaker says then looks over at Nara who was standing by his side.
"I won' fail ya sir." Nara tells him.
"I know you won't. Captain, I am placing our Starfighter squadron under your command. They will answer directly to you and General Spacespawn." Jawbreaker says.
"Thank you sir." Four nods then looks down at Nara.
"I wish you the best of luck sir. May the force be with you." Jawbreaker smiles.
"And with you sir. Thank you." Four hisses before saluting the clone and he mirrors Four and salutes him back.
"I won' let ya down. I promise ya that, sirs." Nara tells them.
"Come on, you." Four tells her before he turns and starts back toward his fighter.
The Utai flight crew was standing by the fighter, holding Four's helmet while waiting for him. The Trandoshan reaches down and grabs his helmet before he and Nara climb into the fighter.
"Bat Four to Umbaran pilots." Four says into his communicator.
"We copy Bat Four." A man buzzes through the comms.
"You know what to do boys. Just follow my lead." Four hisses.
Four's Y-wing was slowly lifting up off the air base landing pad and Nara looks out of the back-gunner's station and she watches the squadron of Umbaran starfighters mixed with a few X-wings, A-wings, Z-95s, ARC-170s, V-wings, and Naboo N-1 starfighters lift up and prepare to follow their flight leader.
"Umbaran Tower to Bat Four, you are clear for liftoff. Happy flying." Jawbreaker says from the command center as he looks out at the squadron.
"Yes sir." Four hisses and he starts pulling up.
The mixed squadron of fighters lift up after him and fly through the sky until they exit the atmosphere to prepare their hyperspace jump.
"Receiving coordinates now." A Nautolan pilot says as he starts inputting them into his navigational computer.
"Don't worry Bat, we're coming buddy." Four says quietly to himself before taking a deep breath and blasting off.
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Bat Squadron: The Rise Of Darth TS
FanfictionAn old friend thought to be dead returns, however not in the way Bat Squadron may have been hoping.
