Broke: A Clone Wars Tale

Hell Squad returned to their quarters, thinking about what would happen next. Dageer had to report the failure of their mission, although he was sure the command alredy knew.

He walked slowly since there was no immediate threat as the Separatists have left. The hangar doors opened again, and this time a group of Laats landed. From them walked General Kenobi and General Di.

Dageer stood waiting as the wounded were taken to the medical center. After that was over he went to talk to the jedi.

"They escaped generals. Hell Squad have failed."

"Don't worry, there wasn't much you could do on a space battle."

"Go back to your quarters Dageer. I will contact you when we find them."

General Kenobi didn't seem too worried about the kidnapping of his padawan. General Di also wasn't angry, however he looked pensive.

For the next few days it was quiet. The clones entered on a kind of routine similar to the one they had on Kamino. They woke up, went to the mess for breakfast and after that went to training.

After lunch they were free, unless they were sorted to guard duty. Each clone went his own way, and the commanders went to a small briefing before going back to what they were doing.

Dageer alredy passed his daily briefing, and was playing some kind of card game with Brain and Tech when his comlink bipped. He told the other two to keep playing, and went outside the room.

At some moment they have entered hyperspace, and Dageer reckoned that this had something to do with the message he was receiving. The voice of Captain Rozal passed through the comlink.

"Dageer, we have found General Skywalker. Come to the bridge for briefing."

"Yes sir."

On the bridge were Admiral Yazeb, Captain Rozal, Commander Cody and General Kenobi. Not much later another clone captain, under Commander Cody arrived.

"Flip."

"General, Commander."

The captain - Flip - nodded to Dageer and Rozal. Commander Cody started the meeting.

"We received a signal from General Skywalker. According to it, he is on Alaris Prime, a moon on the Kashyyyk System. It is a colonized moon, inhabited by a group of Wookies."

General Kenobi took over.

"The rest of our fleet have to defend the System at least until Master Windu arrives with his fleet. We are going to Alaris Prime and we will rescue my padawan, but don't expect reinforcements."

"Yes general!"

They spent the next two hours making the battle plans. When they arrived there was no Separatist blockade. The green moon under them looked peaceful. However, when the Laats landed they saw that things weren't that calm.

They have landed near the place from where they received the signal. It was droid base, however it was very damaged. There was a hole on the wall, buildings were in flames and half fallen, and there were dead droids everywhere.

"Well, it looks like my padawan passed here. Cody, keep going this direction, and be careful of the droids."

"What about you general?"

"I am going to take a look in front."

General Kenobi took a speeder and went looking for his padawan. Before long the clone forces encountered more dead droids, some cut with a lightsaber and the cuts were still glowing. Cody analyzed them and ordered all troops to stay sharp.

"Come on lads, careful. There are still droids here."

They advanced carefully, but when they finally found droids they still took losses. It was another droid base, also with a hole on the wall, but this time not all the droids were dead.

Two or three dozens of droids on the walls started shooting at them, killing a ten or so clones. Thanks to the dense vegetation they weren't able to get many clear shots, and the clones had plenty of cover.