Chapter 79 - In The Water Once More (1/2)
The water closed around Dageer, but this time he didn't get temporarily blind.
The clones taking part in this battle had vision gear made especially for underwater combat, and that should help them aim. Their armor was modified to resist the pressure from the depths, and their air supply should last a week. All in all, they were ready for a long battle.
Dageer looked around and saw all the clones that were under his command. He looked at the map on his comlink, and pointed south and down.
”Move out! Squad leaders, if anything happens, report to me. Keep an eye out for trouble. We might be on friendly territory, but that doesn't mean the clanckers can come and get us!”
Using thrusters, the clones dove in the depths below.
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Hiigi walked in a long, straight hall. On both sides, green lights illuminated him, giving his injured face a terrible look. Holding his hand at his chest and limping, he almost fell many times.
Finally, when he was almost giving up, he got to the end of the corridor. He got to another room, a storage one. However, the things it was storing were weird. Hands and arms made of metal were hanging from the ceiling. On racks, feet and legs laid.
Hiigi walked amongst the racks, looking for nothing in particular. The metallic limbs shone in the green light, and their shadows formed deformed beings on the walls, sending chills down his spine.
Hiigi made another turn, and when he looked at the things on the rack, he almost tripped on himself. Row after row of weirdly shaped metal heads watched him. Their empty eye sockets followed him wherever he looked.
Hiigi was almost turning back and getting out of this line of racks when one of the heads caught his attention. Differently from the others, which were opaque but new, that one looked old.
Hiigi got closer, trying to figure out why, and looked at the empty eye sockets. The darkness seemed to call him, and he reached with his hand... and then the eyes opened. Bright yellow irises, with reptilian pupils, faced him.
Something hit his chest hard, sending him flying, and he was unconscious before he hit the ground.
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Grabbing on thrusters, the clones of the 303rd dove into the ocean. Dageer was in the front, following his map to arrive at the city of Vernila, where their allies were.
Suddenly he received a signal from ahead. One of the scouts he had sent returned with another clone. Dageer looked at the clone and his worn out armor. He was from a different clone group, the SCUBA Troopers under jedi master Kit Fisto.
They were a legion specialized in underwater combat, and were of course the first to arrive on Mon Cala. Their equipment was even better than the one that the 303rd was wearing. They had propulsion backpacks and SCUBA rifles, which helped them operate to their best.