Chapter 307 - I Was Waiting For You (1/2)

Hunter walked quietly after Boss. Up till now, Bad Batch hadn't gotten the chance to experience any action. The two Jedis, General Kenobi, and General Skywalker, had been doing everything. Even if they understood that discretion was a must in this kind of mission, the four shinies - especially Wrecker - were starting to grow restless.

”Hey, sir! When are we gonna get to smash some droid heads?”

”Shush! Be quieter, Wrecker, or we are going to have their entire army after us.”

”Sorry, general. I got excited.”

”We won't be able to maintain our secrecy forever. Clone Force 99 will get their baptism of fire very soon. Now, follow me. We still have to get to the next factory.”

After splitting up from the two sisters, and the clones from Doom Legion, they had started planting thermal detonators and explosive charges around the factory, being careful to dodge any patrols, or to destroy them quietly. In a droid factory, no one paid attention to a few more piles of droid pieces here and there.

When one of the giant machines, responsible for transporting materials from one factory to another, got close, the group jumped on it, quickly hiding beneath some piles of metal.

They were unaware, though, that a Probe Droid had been following their every move, and reporting it to Count Dooku, who, after knowing where they were headed, started preparing a 'reception'.

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”Yakal, Eight-Eight, you are up.”

”Roger that, general.”

”Understood.”

Two clones, wearing dark green and yellow armor, sneaked forward, and started planting detonators behind a huge container, filled with liquid metal. Meanwhile, the two Jedis, and the other clones, kept watch for any sign of danger.

They too were being tailed by a Probe Droid. In a distant corner of the foundry, a group of MagnaGuards, Droidekas, and B2 super battle droids , were gathering.

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Hell Squad was having a more troubled experience than the other two groups. They had long left the droid assembly lines behind, and entered dark tunnels. If it wasn't for the small holes in the ceiling, here and there, they would be in complete darkness.

However, they didn't dare to turn on the flashlights on their helmets. It would be a dead giveaway to their location, and the fact that they weren't Geonosians.

As such, they kept advancing in the pitch-black tunnels. More than once they found Geonosians sleeping inside the walls. Unlike the Jedis, who wouldn't attack unless attacked first, the clones weren't so merciful. Dageer finished off every single bug they found, whether they were sleeping or not. Any of them could have killed a clone before, and none of them deserved to live.

It was dangerous to leave bodies behind like that, but the moment they rescued Ragout, alarms would go off anyway, and Hell Squad preferred to have fewer enemies after them.

The few times they encountered droids or awake Geonosians, they either let the seppies go without warning them, or killed them quietly.

Finally, after almost two hours, when Dageer was already starting to get worried, the tunnels and caves started to become metal corridors and hallways. Soon, they found a terminal from which Tech could access the internal network of the Separatist.

The clone started connecting cables from his datapad to it, and typing rapidly. However, before he could discover anything, the sound of metallic footsteps resounded. Exchanging glances, Dageer ordered Tech to keep doing what he was doing, and gestured for the others to take position as close to the walls as they could.