[size=175]Chapter 14[/size]
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Down below on the floor the helicopters were once again loading up droids. Nearby Count Dooku stood watching. He knew about Anakin being with the Emperor and this made him uneasy. Whatever they were talking about he wasn’t going to be a major part of it. They both loved each other, the emperor liked the boy, Anakin liking the leader, and both liking each other and their way of switching sides. This disgusted him so much! Their relationship of power sharing must be stopped but how? How would the emperor ever like someone better then Anakin. As the troops continued their march into the ship Dooku suddenly stepped forward to the leading droid.
“I’m going to. Find me a spot on the first ship.”
“Roger, roger sir! Do you have the Emperor’s orders?”
“Doesn’t matter…the emperor has given me command for the operation.”
With that Dooku stepped aboard the leading transport and with a quick nod to the troops below went up.
Woody and Sarge were equally distributing the men around the ring of fortifications. Their line had been approached by the droids many times but no breach had been afforded. The droids from the last attack where still hanging around the edge and just as the fugitives had fixed the line they began to walk around the edge.
“What are they doing?”
“They are preparing for the next assault, it must be close.”
“So wherever they are not stationed new droids will arrive?”
“That’s correct…they will fill the holes with more droids. Man, I wish we could get out grenades to work. Those would do massive damage.”
“Grenades?”
“Yah, electrically charged grenades. They explode and shock anyone metal nearby. They would work perfectly.”
After Woody stood watching the droids moving he leaned over to Sarge.
“Should we commence operation escape?”
“Yes. Now is the time.”
Count Dooku had an evil plan. If he couldn’t make the Emperor like him more he would make the emperor need him more. If he proved himself indispensable he would always have a part of the important matters of war and would sometime in the future take care of Anakin; secretly. As he thought about his plan an evil grin stole across his face. Half-way up the closet his first action came to mind. The first thing he must do is lead the attack, take out the leading clone general, and also search for any other Jedi’s that might have come on the trip. If he could take out important figures then his plan would work to perfection.
Woody and Sarge silently crept up to the stationed droids. These having their backs turned to the clones never heard them until the leader happening to turn around shouted;
“Clones! Fire!”
It was just too late. The clones springing on the droids overpowered them and with their guns finished them off.
Sarge took over the operation plan.
“Take the droids and hold them in place. Make it look like everything is just fine. Then when the helicopters arrive fire into the holds and rush in. The helicopters will take us down. Then we must use surprise to let us win or else we will all die.”
Soon the choppers could be heard approaching the shelf. Sarge looking over the edge counted four of them.
“They had a large scale invasion ready for us.” He said to himself.
Soon he could make out the leading copters coming close to the right side of the shelf. Moving swiftly to his right he was just about to commence the attack when something in the belly of the transport stopped him.
Dooku has just finished his evil dream when he looked up towards the shelf. As he did so a dreadful sight met his eyes. There stood a Clone commander looking down at him. The realization that a trap had been set crossed his mind. Preparing himself for the greatest fight of his life he brandished his lightsaber. The world seemed less inviting when he thought of the amount of clones waiting for him at the top.[/size]