Friday 19 August 2011

My Clone Wars Stories Episode 35: Retreat

Characters: CT-544 Bolt, CT-212 Rowdy, CT-115 Wire, CT-444 Looker, CT-501 Knock-Off, CT-502 Phantom, CT-777 Skippy, Anakin Skywalker, Captain Rex, Yularen, Commando Droids, Count Dooku, Admiral Blocker.

Narration: “Attack! Dooku ordered the Harch Admiral Blocker, to attack and eliminate a squad of young Clones on the planet Teth! However, these Clones have organized themselves into two groups, to make it harder for the Droid forces!”

Bolt, Wire and Knock-Off come to a stop in one of the many villages in their area. Bolt says “We should ambush them from the buildings!” and Wire and Knock-Off nod their agreement. Bolt and Wire head into buildings on the left side, while Knock-Off gets into one on the right side. Just in time, because a squad of Commando Droids appear just seconds later. One of them says “Where did they go?” and another says, “They can’t have gone far”. As the Commando Droids spread out to search the buildings, Bolt aims through a window and guns down two Commando Droids with his DC-15 blaster, Wire rains down fire from a roof of one building, and Knock-Off hurls thermal detonators out through a wide gap in another one. Elsewhere, the other four Clones decide to set a trap for the Commando Droids. Looker and Skippy wait outside a jungle until the Commando Droids appear. When they do, Looker and Skippy turn around and run into the jungle, with the Commando Droids hot on their heels. Once they are far enough into the jungle, Looker gives a signal, and Rowdy and Phantom appear from the bushes and ambush the Commando Droids, defeating half of the fourteen that followed them.

The seven Clones, all in their respective positions, continue to fight valiantly, but they are not used to the gruelling of battle, and they are tiring. Eventually, a tired Knock-Off messes up his throw of a thermal detonator, to which a Commando Droid swiftly pounces upon, hurling the detonator back in Knock-Off’s face, blowing him against the wall. Wire yells “Knock-Off!” but his comrade is dead. Knowing they can’t stay there, Bolt and Wire turn around and run away.

In the Jungle, Phantom yells, “There’s too many, we can’t stay here, we’ve got to leave!” and Skippy replies “Roger that!”. Phantom, Rowdy and Looker immediately rush away, disappearing. Skippy decides to fire some shots to distract the Commando Droids. But before he can, his DC-15 blaster is shot cleanly out of his grasp, and Skippy can only watch helplessly as it spins and falls down a ditch. Skippy turns around to find four Commando Droids looming above him. They mercilessly gun him down, before proceeding to search for the others.

Admiral Blocker receives a transmission from Count Dooku, who is very angry, he says, “Commander Blocker. What is this I hear about you struggling to defeat these pathetic young Clones??”. Blocker mumbles, “It is the Droids fault not mine…” Dooku snaps, “Because they have a poor commander like you, what do you expect?!” before continuing, “I am on my way myself, and Commander, if the Clones are not captured or even dead when I arrive, you will be dead before you can say that very word!” he says before his hologram vanishes. Blocker gulps and starts to look seriously worried.

In space a few parsecs away, Anakin Skywalker sits mediating on a Jedi Cruiser, when he hears the doors to the room he is in open, and he turns to find Captain Rex and Admiral Yularen standing there. Rex says, “General, we have word that our young men on Teth have come under siege. They have no chance if we don’t assist!” and Anakin replies “Let’s go then!” and the three of them leave the room as the story ends!

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