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Mission 14.3: The Outer Rim, to Hell and Back
Ajax
Designation: CT-0324
Rank: Sergeant
Blasted Trandoshans brought us to a kriffing Sep’ slave mining facility on Mustafar. I thought I’d experienced the heat at Troy, but it couldn’t compare to this. They herded us into a housing area, which was already filled with previously captured clones. One sat in the corner, alone, with the arms ripped off of his tunic. The light glinted off of his cybernetic arm.
“It can’t be…”, I said to myself. I approached the clone, and cleared my throat.
“Go away, brother.”
I recognized the voice from the holos. It was him, one of the heroes of the 253rd.
“I just wanted to say it was an honour to meet you, sir.”
“I’m no officer, boy. Not anymore.”
He stood up, and turned to face me. He looked me up and down with his one good eye.
“You’re as shiny as they come, aren’t you?”
“No, sir. I served at Troy before being transferred to the 253rd.”
“Troy, huh? Mij spoke of the Siege before I ended up here. He said one battle-crazed clone threw himself through the breach in the wall with nothing but a warhammer, and I take it that clone was you.”
“Heh, it was, sir. Got me a promotion and that transfer.”
The clone cracked a smile.
“They call me Preacher,” he said, extending his hand.
I grabbed it and shook his hand.
“Ajax.”
///
The door to our housing area blew open, and our brothers from the 1st Regiment charged in, taking out the guards. Sage ran up to Preacher and I, handing Preacher a rifle, and myself my hammer.
“I need you to secure the transports and the AA, or else we aren’t getting off of this blasted planet!”
“Of course, Lieutenant, right away!”
Preacher, myself, and most of the 2nd Regiment charged through the corridors, taking out any opposition dumb enough to get in our way. We managed to make our way outside, and the rest of the Regiment charged forwards to secure our exfil. Preacher, on the other hand, stood in the doorway on the bridge.
“Preacher, we have to go!”
He shook his head.
“This isn’t my fight anymore, boy. I’ll hold them off for as long as I can.”
“No, I’m not leaving a brother behind. Let’s go!”
Droids came charging down the hallway, spraying us with a burst of fire. The ground began to shake, and lava sprayed into the air. Preacher slowly moved back as he fired, taking down droid after droid. I spun my hammer, and started swinging away.
Soon enough there were too many of them. We were about to be overrun. My comms crackled to life.
“The Legion’s been gathered, everyone get to the exfil! We can’t stay for much longer!”
“GO!” Preacher shouted, turning and waving me off. A droid came up behind him, and wrapped it's arms around him. He threw the droid off, but then another grabbed on. And then another, and another. With all of his might he pushed them off, but fell over the railing while doing so.
“Preacher, no!”
He fired as he fell, until his body disappeared beneath the lava. CT-1753 had fought until the end of the line.
///END///
I threw in a little treat for Anton and Jesse (and maybe the rest of y'all), make sure you read it and see if you can find it ;D
Mission 14.3: The Outer Rim, to Hell and Back
Ajax
Designation: CT-0324
Rank: Sergeant
Blasted Trandoshans brought us to a kriffing Sep’ slave mining facility on Mustafar. I thought I’d experienced the heat at Troy, but it couldn’t compare to this. They herded us into a housing area, which was already filled with previously captured clones. One sat in the corner, alone, with the arms ripped off of his tunic. The light glinted off of his cybernetic arm.
“It can’t be…”, I said to myself. I approached the clone, and cleared my throat.
“Go away, brother.”
I recognized the voice from the holos. It was him, one of the heroes of the 253rd.
“I just wanted to say it was an honour to meet you, sir.”
“I’m no officer, boy. Not anymore.”
He stood up, and turned to face me. He looked me up and down with his one good eye.
“You’re as shiny as they come, aren’t you?”
“No, sir. I served at Troy before being transferred to the 253rd.”
“Troy, huh? Mij spoke of the Siege before I ended up here. He said one battle-crazed clone threw himself through the breach in the wall with nothing but a warhammer, and I take it that clone was you.”
“Heh, it was, sir. Got me a promotion and that transfer.”
The clone cracked a smile.
“They call me Preacher,” he said, extending his hand.
I grabbed it and shook his hand.
“Ajax.”
///
The door to our housing area blew open, and our brothers from the 1st Regiment charged in, taking out the guards. Sage ran up to Preacher and I, handing Preacher a rifle, and myself my hammer.
“I need you to secure the transports and the AA, or else we aren’t getting off of this blasted planet!”
“Of course, Lieutenant, right away!”
Preacher, myself, and most of the 2nd Regiment charged through the corridors, taking out any opposition dumb enough to get in our way. We managed to make our way outside, and the rest of the Regiment charged forwards to secure our exfil. Preacher, on the other hand, stood in the doorway on the bridge.
“Preacher, we have to go!”
He shook his head.
“This isn’t my fight anymore, boy. I’ll hold them off for as long as I can.”
“No, I’m not leaving a brother behind. Let’s go!”
Droids came charging down the hallway, spraying us with a burst of fire. The ground began to shake, and lava sprayed into the air. Preacher slowly moved back as he fired, taking down droid after droid. I spun my hammer, and started swinging away.
Soon enough there were too many of them. We were about to be overrun. My comms crackled to life.
“The Legion’s been gathered, everyone get to the exfil! We can’t stay for much longer!”
“GO!” Preacher shouted, turning and waving me off. A droid came up behind him, and wrapped it's arms around him. He threw the droid off, but then another grabbed on. And then another, and another. With all of his might he pushed them off, but fell over the railing while doing so.
“Preacher, no!”
He fired as he fell, until his body disappeared beneath the lava. CT-1753 had fought until the end of the line.
///END///
I threw in a little treat for Anton and Jesse (and maybe the rest of y'all), make sure you read it and see if you can find it ;D