BATTLE SCARS [✓]

× Chapter Thirty Five: Must Be Done ×

:Mal, are you okay?: Ahsoka asked over Mal's coms as Mal coughed vigorously, groaning painfully as she held her stomach. "No...not really..have the bombs been disabled?"

:Yeah. We did it. The virus won't get out.: Ahsoka assured as Mal nodded to herself, smiling weakly. "Great job, 'Soka. Listen, I can't meet up with you..but could you send for help?"

:Sure. Why? What's wrong?:

"That doctor, Vindi, I think it was...he exposed me to...the Blue Shadow Virus. I can't...meet up with you or you'll get...sick." Mal explained, coughing a bit before groaning. :Okay. Just hold on. I'll get the Masters.:

"Thanks. Be careful." Mal started walking down the hall she was in, hoping that this was over. But as she got to an intersection, she looked down her right to see a familiar face. "Ahsoka?"

"Hey, Mal.." Mal looked at the Torguta, this time she looked about the same age as Mal, maybe a year older, and was wearing a blue sleeveless blouse, two arm plates over her brown fingerless gloves, with a skirt, a belt that had two plates attached to it, with two lightsaber hilts at the sides, blue leggings, and brown boots covered by knee, calf, and ankle plates. Mal knew immediately that it was a Mandalorian style outfit.

"How am I seeing you? I thought you were only in my dreams." Mal asked in confusion as Ahsoka nodded. "That's true. But you can also see me when you're awake. It's part of your ability."

"Okay. Well, what are you doing here?" Mal asked while Ahsoka looked around. "Listen to me. One of the bombs are going to go off."

"What? How do you know?!" Ahsoka sighed, waving her hand and a vision popped up on the wall beside them. "This droid took one of the veils from the bomb that we disabled and placed it in one of the bombs in the bomb room. Rex, myself, and a few other troopers were able to lock ourselves inside the safe room at the far end of the hall, but we didn't close it in time and we got infected."

"So what do I have to do?" Mal asked before coughing. "You have to let the bomb go off. It'll be too late if you try to make it now. The bomb will go off and the remaining droids will try to escape this facility, which also will release the virus into Naboo's atmosphere. We can't let that happen." Ahsoka informed as Mal's eyes went wide. "I...I don't understand.."

"I know it seems like I'm trying to kill everyone here. But I'm not. It's the only way to save Naboo." Ahsoka explained as Mal sighed, her breathing starting to become raspy. "Listen, you need to find Senator Amidala and get us out of the safe room. We won't have much time before one of the droids will try to bust out of here."

"Okay. Thank you, Ahsoka." Ahsoka nodded before she disappeared from Mal's sight. Mal ran down the same hall, hoping to find Ahsoka and the others. Suddenly, a big BOOM was heard and Mal immediately froze in place, knowing it was one of the bombs that Ahsoka had.talked about going off. She ran, seeing Ahsoka, Rex, and a few others running past a few hallways up ahead.

Mal ran faster, hoping to catch them, but was thrown off her feet but a blue cloud washing over her. She had hit the ground hard, holding her right arm, she whimpered in pain, quickly but carefully climbing to her feet. Before the room was a clear red silent hallway, now it was a blue misty hallway filled with the sounds of incoming droids.

"Come on, Mal. You have to find Padmé." Mal said to herself as she walked away, once in a while, checking to make sure she wasn't caught by any droids. As she got closer to the hallway where she saw Ahsoka and the others run down, she spotted two droids walking down the same hall and she quickly ignited her lightsaber.

"Ah! Jedi!" One of the droids shouted as Mal ran up to them both, slashing through one of the droids' heads. Just as she turned to take the other one out, a blast was shot and it took out the droid. She turned back around, seeing Padmé with Jar Jar, alongside them was Wolffe and the other men.

"Guys.." Mal began, only for her to cough so violently that she could see dark spots on the floor, which she knew was blood. "Hold on, Mal, I got you.." Padmé said as she helped the girl to her feet. "We need to get Ahsoka, Rex, and the others out now."

"Yes, I know. The droids are trying to make their way out of here." Padmé replied, Mal looking towards the door at the far end of the hall. "They're down there. We have to hurry before those droids start opening the hatches."

"Alright, Wolffe, you and your men stay here with Mal, Jar Jar and I will get Ahsoka and the others out of that safe room." Padmé ordered. "Yes, ma'am."
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"You okay?" Mal heard as she looked up and saw Wolffe sitting next to her, coughing a bit as he did. "No..I just..I thought we could do it. I thought..we could disable all the bombs and..make sure that none would denotate. Now, one wrong move and all of Naboo will die. I just..don't know how my Master does it."

"General Plo..sometimes has to make tough decisions, as much as it bugs him. I know that us being down here trying to keep the entire facility lockdown while we're dying ourselves is bothering you. But.. it's the only way." Wolffe assured and Mal nodded, coughing a bit and groaning in pain.

"Guys!" Mal looked up seeing Ahsoka approach and she quickly climbed to her feet, running up to Ahsoka and wrapping her arms around her. "You okay?"

"I'm fine. But we need to lock down this facility and stop the droids before they bust out." Ahsoka informed as Mal nodded. "I know. And I think I know how we can track them all down. Wolffe, let me see your communicator."

Wolffe handed his communicator to Mal and she immediately began her powers on it, watching as a few sparks flew from it. "What are you trying to do?" Ahsoka asked while watching Mal work from beside her.

"I'm trying to amplify the communicator to track magnetic frequencies, which I believe the droids are producing. That way, we can find them easily and take them down before they escape." Mal explained before the communicator landed in her hand and she opened it, seeing red dots across the screen, indicating the location of each droid.

"Alright, let's do this."