Chapter 232 - Taking Back Ryloth

Both commanders, and General Kenobi, stared at Dab. It was a plan. A bad one, but still, a plan. General Kenobi glanced at Commander Cody, who shrugged.

"It isn't the craziest thing we have done today, sir. If you think you can pull this off, it is worth a try. It might be our only chance of surviving this battle."

The Jedi nodded, and put his two hands close together. Dageer patted Dab's shoulder, and took back the DC-15A that the clone gave him.

"Good thinking, Dab."

The sniper only nodded, without even turning his head to talk to Dageer. He was too concentrated on firing at the incoming droids.

Tech yelled when a laser hit his shoulder, and Metal cursed when his blaster was pulled out of his hands by another laser. Now that the clanckers were getting closer, their accuracy was getting better.

"Now should be about time, general!"

The Jedi didn't answer, but pushed his hands forward. The piece of the wall, which was at least three meters long, and one and a half meter high, was sent tumbling away. The droids on its path were crushed or pushed, falling down the wall. At least a hundred seppies were destroyed with that one move, creating a path to the bridge controls building.

"Now is the time! Move, move!"

The group took off running, taking advantage of the opportunity, and killing any droid on their way, but there were still too many. Seeing their path getting blocked once more, Dageer looked at Commander Cody, and saw him nod. They knew what was going on each other's mind

"General Kenobi. You have to go first. We will hold the clanckers."

"That isn't happening, Dageer."

"You are a Jedi, sir. You are the only one who can get to the controls before the seppies fill this damn wall. We will keep them occupied. You just have to come back to help us as soon as you are done."

General Kenobi looked at the two clones with a complicated expression. But there was no time to deliberate. He turned on his lightsaber, and ran towards the building. Without having to keep up with the clone's pace, he was easily able to get to the bridge controls building, cutting down any seppie on his way.

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Dageer watched as General Kenobi disappeared inside the building. He had no doubt that a Jedi would have no problems to get the ray bridge back up. That meant that their mission was almost accomplished. Now, they just had to survive to see the end of it.

"Keep firing, boys!"

The clones arranged themselves in a half-moon, kneeling on the ground. Red lasers hit the ground and cut the air around them, but the clones stood still as stone. They weren't fazed by how many times death almost got to them. That was what they were created for, and what they were the best at.

"Reloading!"

Tech crouched, barely dodging a laser, and Three-four covered him, pressing the trigger of his blaster without stop.

Waxer and Boil were also an impressive team, killing one droid after another. Kickback, Dageer, Commander Cody, and Metal were at the very front of their formation. The double-barrel repeating blaster that the clone had was wreaking havoc amidst the droids.

Dageer felt an impact in his chest, and stifled a groan. If it wasn't for the blast padding in his armor, he would be dead. Behind him, Dab's forearm was hit, and Waxer's helmet was sent flying was a laser hit it, narrowly missing his head.

Suddenly, they heard a loud sound of metal scraping metal. Looking behind the droids, they saw a Dwarf-Spider droid. The long laser cannon on it was pointed directly at them.

"Scatter!"

The huge impact wave of the laser cannon shot was enough to send Dageer off his feet. His head was ringing like a bell, and his vision was blurry. His blaster had escaped his hand, and he saw the world turn. Flailing his arms around, he felt his hand wrap around something, and gripped it.

The sudden stop made his shoulder let out a loud sound, and he felt his joint pop out. Incredible pain traveled through his body, but his instincts told him that if he let go, he would be dead. And so, he kept his grip strong, but pain was slowly weakening him.

Blinking, he opened his eyes, and saw the ground fifty meters below him. This prompted him to grab even strongly, as he held the edge of the wall. Lifting his other arm, he used both of them to grab the wall, and tried to pull himself up. However, he didn't have enough strength, at least not with a dislocated joint. The fact that it was the same shoulder he had broken before didn't help.

"Commander! Hang on!"

Dageer looked up, and saw Brain leaning over the edge, reaching to grab him.

"What about the spider?!"

"General Kenobi took care of it, sir. Now, hold on! Cell, help me here!"

The scout soon appeared, his helmet nowhere to be seen. Together, he and Brain pulled up Dageer, even as the clone groaned in pain when they grabbed his arm.

When he was finally back up in the wall, Dageer realized that the bridge was on, and thousands of troopers were running through it, already getting into the city. Fights erupted everywhere, and lasers were flying all over. From time to time, Dageer could hear civilians screaming on fear. The situation on top of the wall was better. General Kenobi and Commander Cody were taking care of the last droids on the wall. The Dwarf-Spider droid was missing three of it's legs, and laid dead on the ground.

Metal and Kickback were sitting on the ground, each holding their left arms, which seemed to be broken.

"Do you want me to put that in place, commander?"

Three-four approached Dageer. He was holding his helmet under his arm, and there was a small cut on his forehead, bleeding slightly.

Dageer looked at his right arm, which was dangling uselessly on his side, and nodded.

"Do it."

Three-four nodded, and had Dageer kneel on the ground. He put his knee and shin on his back, and grabbed his arm. Without any warning, he shook Dageer's arm, and, with a 'pop', the shoulder was back in place.

The commander suppressed a yelp of pain, and moved his arm. It was hurting, but at least not as badly as before.

"How is it, commander?"

"Working. You did a great job, Three-four. Now, go take a look at the other, Commander Cody and Dab first. Metal and Kickback, you two stay put, and try not to move your arms. Cell, Brain, Tech, Waxer, and Boil, with me. There is still a battle going on."

"We already did our part, Commander Dageer. Lessu is ours. And so is Ryloth. We just received confirmation from Master Windu. He and the freedom fighters of Syndulla took Nabat, and captured Wat Tambor."

Dageer looked at the city below the wall, and saw that General Kenobi was right. There was still a lot of fighting going on, but the seppies were being pushed back.

Sitting down, he leaned against the side of the bridge controls building. The battle for Ryloth was over. The planet was now part of the Republic, and would stay like that for a long time.