Chapter 5 - Clones Ahead

Another clone crawled through the hole.

"Have you seen anything CT-4063?"

"Not yet, but we better have a look around before we tell the others to come out."

He and the other clone spent ten minutes looking for any hiding droids, and after founding none they told the other clones to come out. There were sixteen of them, 5 uninjured or almost, 8 suffered light injuries, but were still able to walk. The other 3 had fainted due to heavy injuries.

Squad leader CT-4099 took out a binocular and looked the way the fallen AT-TE was.

"I can't see anyone, clones or droids. CT-4063, you and CT-4087 go ahead and make sure everything is clear."

"Yes sir!"

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CT-4063 and the other clone, CT-4087 were 0.2 clicks away from the AT-TE. They were advancing carefuly, going from cover to cover.

Now they could see the whole AT-TE. It was turned sideways to them and destroyed. There were many craters around it. On the ground near it there was a clone, probably thrown from the top cannon after it exploded. CT-4063 went to check on him.

"He is dead. CT-4087 go check inside the AT-TE. I Will keep watch outside and see what I can find."

While CT-4087 went inside he started making his way around the AT-TE. Now he could see that at least 6 rockets shots have hit it, one of them directly hitting the top cannon and killing the poor clone.

"All dead here CT-4063. From the looks of it the droids came in to finish the job."

The voice of CT-4087 came through the shattered front window, but CT-4063 was paying more attention to what was in front of him.

"They've put up a good fight. There are at least forty of those droids, as well as two of the geonosians."

It was a shocking scene, although he had been trained to cope with much worse. The droids were in pieces, blown by the cannon, or shot with the laser cannons, in wich case there was a hole on them.

"Man, those bugs are disgusting!"

CT-4087 complained about the two geonosians bodies, so torn apart that there was green blood all over the dead droids. He was about to talk more, but CT-4063 made him shut up with a hand sign. Pointing ahead, he and CT-4087 hid behind a rock.

Coming out of somewhere was a squad of ten droids, and leading them was a B2 Super Battle droid.

Grey and way bigger than the other droids, he was quiet, while the others were talking in their mechanical voice.

"R1-P3, why are we back here? We have alredy killed all the clones here."

"R1-J4, the commander received an order to investigate a crashed Republic gunship."

Finally the Super Battle droid spoke.

"Shut up you idiots... hh...hhh... There are clones ahead. Prepare... hh...for battle."