Chapter 17 - Factory Invasion

The first defense of the factory wasn't droids, but geonosians. They flew out from the factory and from the towers outside it, at the hundreds.

During their conquest of Geonosis the clone army have already learned that the bugs liked to hide in those towers, so the clones have the towers under their aim the moment they stepped inside the shield.

When the geonosians flew out and the LR1K started firing, more then a hundred clones shot theirs RPS-6. The rockets hit the nearest towers, bringing them down before the LR1Ks could fire a second time.

However, there were many cannons on the towers out of range, so the clone army was still taking losses. But what worried them even more were the geonosians.

Their Sonic Blasters weren't that good of a weapon, and they needed to get really close to use it. But they were able to fly, and hitting them was as difficult as caching a fly. However, they were still getting kills, and geonosians were dropping from the sky.

Dageer had his DC-15A anchored on his shoulder, and he was firing. He was trying to catch one geonosian, but he kept dodging his shots, flying in an irregular pattern.

"Brain! Help me catch that bug!"

Brain joined him, and another clone from other squad also started shooting. Pinned between three clones the geonosian couldn't resist much longer, and Dageer finally got him.

They continued their advance, and at least for this moment everything seemed to be going according to the plan. They were no more than four hundred meters way from the gates, and about five thousand more clones have penetrated the shield.

The jedi lead by General Windu were absolutely crushing the geonosian force. Even though there were only six or seven of them, the enemy couldn't take them down. All their shots were reflected or absorbed, and any geonosian that got too close was pulled using the powers the jedi had, directly to their lightsabers.

Seeing that they wouldn't be able to stop the clone army, the geonosians started their most terrifying attack method, although it wasn't the most effective.

Alone or in pairs, the geonosians started descending and grabbing clones. Any clone that wasn't fast enough to escape would face one of two outcomes. They were either dropped from a big height, dying instantly, or even worse, they were carried to the factory.

On the whole Geonosis battle up to now, none of those captured clones have been found. Even when the separatist bases were cleared, there was no trace of them.

Between the clones rumors said that the bugs had a queen, and the captured clones were her food.

"Ahhhhhh!!!"

"Ahh! Help me!"

"Don't drop me you disgusting bu... Ahhhh!"

On the whole battlefield screams from the clones could be heard, some stopping abruptly. Dageer was firing, trying to save one of his brothers who was being carried, but he was too late, and the geonosians took him.

To his left he heard someone giving a muffled shout, and them the clone seemed to start arguing with the geonosians trying to lift him. He turned and saw Boss, the leader of Delta Squad.

"Ouch! Put me down you little bug! Oh, no you don't!"

Dageer was about to help, but somehow Boss freed his left arm and grabbed his pistol. He was now being carried by only one geonosian, who seemed to be struggling with his weight. Boss putted his DC-17m against the geonosian head and pulled the trigger.

The bug head exploded, and Boss dropped and rolled on the ground. Getting up on one fluid movement he picked up his other DC-17m pistol and shot the bug he had shaken off. He looked at Dageer, who was still aiming his weapon at the second geonosian.

"Thanks for the good intentions, but it takes more than one or two bugs to take care of me."