Chapter 261 - Bring The Head

// AUTHOR'S MESSAGE

Hello, guys. First off all, I am incredibly sorry for not posting the chapter Thursday. There will be two chapters today, to make up for that.

Now, I feel I have to explain what happened. As some of you probably know, I live on Brazil, more exactly at the south region. I few days ago, a cyclone went through the coastline, causing a lot of damage, and even some deaths. Fortunately, the city where I live was far from it's path, so nothing too bad happened. The winds, however, sent a good part of my house's roof flying, so I spent a lot of time fixing it, and didn't have much time to write.

Worse still, over 95% of my state (about 7,5 million people, including myself) spent the majority of the last three days without any electricity and, of course, internet. Cellphone towers were also out, and I barely got enough reception to talk to my family and friends, so I hope you understand why I couldn't warn you apart from a small message on discord.

So, that is the reason why there was no upload. Thank you all for your understanding, and everything should be back to normal now. //

START OF THE CHAPTER

"Me and Master Gallia will board Grievous ship, and rescue Master Koth. However, we will need a distraction. Obi-Wan, I do believe you got it covered, right?"

"Yes. I will engage Grievous fleet with both mine and the 501st. Knowing that it is me, I am sure he will try to board my cruiser."

General Skywalker and General Gallia nodded, agreeing with General Kenobi's plan.

"Hell Squad, we are going to need you here, to distract Grievous forces while I distract him."

"Understood, general."

Dageer didn't have much to say, other than acknowledging his orders. Boarding parties needed to be small, and two Jedis would do better than ten Hell Squads together. As much as he and his brothers wanted to believe Brain was alive, and to find him, they couldn't let their feelings get on the way of their main purpose. Win this war.

Still, when General Skywalker was about to leave to his ship - he wouldn'tbe using a cruiser, but a smaller and almost undetectable ship, to infiltrate General Grievous main vessel - Dageer stopped him.

"Commander?"

"General Skywalker, Grievous should have a tactical droid as his adviser or commander. If anyone knows about Brain, it would be him. As long as we have his head, Tech can uncover everything he knows, and not only about Brain."

The young Jedi glanced at Dageer, and, after a few seconds, nodded. He had witnessed countless clones fall in battle, and he had seen the expression on their faces when their brothers died. He could understand that feeling. He also lost someone very dear to him, and if he had any chance, no matter how small, to bring her back, he would do everything he could.

"I will see what I can do."

"Thank you, sir."

General Skywalker walked away, and Dageer stood at standard military position. Now, all they had to do was wait for their fleets to engage General Grievous'.

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Everything went mostly as planned. General Grievous ordered his ship to use the tractor beam to pull General Kenobi's cruiser, and prepared to board it.

212th troopers, as well as Hell Squad, Commander Cody, and General Kenobi, waited for them. The Jedi's plan was to separate General Grievous from his forces. While General Kenobi dealt with the big clancker, the clones would take on the others.

When they saw four lightsabers cutting a circle in the door, the clones gripped their weapons tighter. Two of them, who were just next to it, put their blasters directly on the edge of the hole. The first seppie to come through would have a bad surprise.

When the lightsabers retracted, a burning circle was left on the door, and a few seconds passed, eerily quiet. Then, the door was kicked in, and sent flying, crashing into two unfortunate troopers. The sound of bones breaking was clearly heard.

However, General Grievous was a cunning bastard. Instead of entering first, he let his unit of commando droids go through. The first two seppies were immediately executed, with a laser to the head, by the troopers positioned next to the door.

But the next commando clanckers that entered were faster than the first two. They stabbed the clones with their vibroblades, killing them immediately.

"Here they come!"

"Arghh!!!"

"Go, go, go!"

The small corridor, barely four meters wide, and three meters tall, became an intense battlefield in a matter of seconds. Each commando droid took several clone lives before being killed, and in all but a few minutes, casualties for the Republic side were in the dozens.

Suddenly, Dageer saw three commando clanckers pouncing towards him, their vibroblades sharp. Clearly, they had noticed that he already had killed six commando droids, and identified him and his squad as the biggest threat after General Kenobi.

The seppies left no angle for him to dodge, but Dageer stayed calm. Using his pistol, he blew off the head of one of them, and, at the same time, pulled out his own vibroblade. When Dab and Three-four took care of a second commando droid, only one was left. Dageer stepped sideways, and the vibroblade missed him by millimeters. However, the weapon on the clone's hand didn't. He stabbed it on the clanckers neck, and flicked his wrist, ripping it's head off.

"Cody, retreat! Hold them off while I deal with Grievous!"

"Yes, sir! Fall back!"

Seeing their losses only getting bigger, General Kenobi did a backflip, and started running away from the battle. General Grievous coughed and laughed, completely aware that he was being baited, but fine with it. His four lightsabers spun around, slicing three clones in several parts, and he ran after the Jedi. Two MagnaGuards followed him.

While the Jedi led the abomination away, the clones had to fight the commando droids with everything they had. Metal's blaster torn many clanckers apart, but they were so flexible that they could climb the walls and ceiling, and dodge most of the lasers.

"Ahhh!"

Seeing another brother fall dead next to him, Dageer knew they couldn't let the seppies have their way, otherwise many more would die.

"Cody! Take your men and retreat! We will hold them back!"

The commander nodded, and, followed by his men, fell back. Dageer obviously didn't mean to sacrifice himself and Hell Squad, although he wouldn't hesitate to, if it was necessary. His plan was to split the droid forces, and it worked. About thirty commando droids and B2 units went after Commander Cody and the 212th troopers, while twenty commando droids and thirty B2 super battle droids went after Hell Squad.

Dageer ducked, dodging a volley of red lasers, and threw a droid popper, deactivating half a dozen clanckers, but more kept coming. Even Hell Squad couldn't face that many commando droids face to face.

Firing twice, Dageer took down another B2 unit, while Dab and Tech took down another two. However, they were being pushed back more and more.

"Ahh... Ugh... Useless clancker!"

Metal cursed when a laser hit his left arm, forcing him to drop his giant blaster. The heavy machine gunner proceeded to grab a DC-15S on his back, and used one hand to fire it.

Without the firepower of Metal's double-barrel repeating blaster, Hell Squad was outgunned. They retreated while fighting, not giving the seppies a meter unless they had no other choice. Droid bodies piled up, but their metallic brothers stepped on them without any regards.

A commando droid slashed at Cell, cutting a nasty gash on his right shoulder. The scout counterattacked by blowing the clancker's head when he fired his blaster at point-blank range.

Dab fell to the ground, hit in the chest by two lasers, only surviving thanks to the blast padding.

"Agh!"

Dageer was shot in the thigh when he tried to pull Dab to some sort of cover. The clanckers approached them, and Hell Squad tried their best to fend them off, but it was becoming increasingly difficult.

"Watch out!"

Dab ignored the pain to his chest, and rolled over, firing his DC-15x twice, and killing the commando droid that was about to shoot Dageer. The droid fell on top of Dageer, and he couldn't get up.

Just when Hell Squad was about to be overwhelmed, several blue lasers hit the group of clanckers, killing over ten of them immediately, and sending the others in disarray.