Chapter 67 - Deep Into the Ocean

The mon calamari, Hiigi, threw the broken pieces of the hologram projector away and sat on the captain chair.

The door opened, and a mon calamari entered. He had wrinkles on his face, and one of his legs was made of metal, so he limped while walking. Hiigi wasn't on a food mood, but when the old mon calamari entered the room, respect showed on his face.

"Tart."

"Hiigi, I follooowed yooour father fooor years, and I want tooo avenge him as much as yooou dooo. But we can't be harsh noooow."

"What dooo yooou want me tooo dooo? Yooou said that I shooould interrupt their production. I did it. Yooou said that I shooould cut the clooones cooommunications. I did it. Yooou said I shooould let their ship intact and nooot kill anyooone. I did it. Nooow yooou say that we shooould kill thooose clones whooo came here. I am goooing tooo dooo that with pleasure."

"Hiigi, calm down."

"Calm dooown? Calm dooown?! CALM DOWN?!!! My father was killed and the next thing you want me tooo dooo is kill sooome clones and run away! I dooon't wanna kill sooome clooones! I want to kill them all!"

Tart said nothing, and just looked at Hiigi until he stopped raging. The chest of the big mon calamari waved up and down, and after he calmed down he sat on the chair.

"What dooo yooou want me tooo dooo Tart? What dooo yooou think that we shooould dooo?"

"We can't fight an army. Nooot noow. I say that after we kill all the cloones ooon Scarif we leave this planet and try to gather as much suppooort as we can. Then we kill every clooone and jedi we find."

Hiigi closed his eyes and crossed his fingers.

"Tooonight we attack their medical base. Nooo cloone survives."

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All the clones and researchers on the base were waiting for Dageer in the command center. He had taken his time to talk with all the clones so he could grasp the situation.

All the clones, including the researchers, have armed themselves. Hell Squad wasn't so tense, but the clones already there had some difficulties to calm down. Dageer couldn't worry about it at the moment. They were soldiers, and wanting it or not, they would have to get used to it, or they wouldn't last long.

"Troopers! For the last few days you have faced some hardsh.i.p.s. I know losing a brother is terrible, and not knowing what happened to them is even worse. But! We have a mission, to serve and protect the Republic. And those who took our brothers are ours and the Republic enemies. Worse than that, they are part of the same group who attacked our home planet."

Tech went ahead and showed a projection of a mon calamari. Dageer let the men take a look at it before continuing.

"Our enemy this time is a mon calamari, most probably related to the enemy commander during the Battle of Kamino. That is why you couldn't find him no matter how much you searched. He got the whole ocean to hide. And that is also why the sentries were useless. Sergeant, I imagine there is some connection to the ocean inside the base?"

"Yes sir. The water we use come directly from an underwater tunnel, the same from which we take the algae needed to make the medicine. However, the grid on it showed no sign of being broken."

"That doesn't mean anything. After the production stopped you sent two men to discover what was wrong, right? I imagine they had the keys to the grid. Those men didn't return, did they?"

"This..."

"All of you, listen. I already sent back the ship in which Hell Squad came. Since this mon calamari didn't blow it up, that means he isn't afraid of our reinforcements. That also means we have no means to escape. Somewhere between tonight and the next week, that Separatist sc.u.m will try to kill us all. That is not going to happen. Understood?"

"Yes sir!"

"Understood?!!!"

"YES SIR!"

"Good. Tech, Dab, you two go take a look at the armory, see what we can use. Cell, take another clone and go have a look at the surroundings. I am quite sure the attack will come from this tunnel the sergeant talked about, but just to make sure, install some sensors. Sergeant Salv, stay here for a moment. The rest of you, go back to your positions. I don't want anyone alone. At least two men together always."

The clones acknowledged his orders and went to do their duties, only the sergeant - Salv - staying behind.

"Salv, you and I are going to take a look at that tunnel."