The next morning Nex wakes up to the sound of alarms. Jezz begins to knock loudly on his door. “Nex get up we have a problem; our squad has been told to assemble into our squads. I think we are under attack.”
The door opens up and Wilk Bez and Jezz are standing there with worry on their faces. “Nex we need to go, I heard some chatter that we are getting attacked by a rebel cell with the help from most of the houses here on Mandalor, we need to get our gear and leave fast before something happens to us.” Bez said with fear plastered on her face.
“Okay Bez get me a schematic of the facility I want the fastest route to the armory. Jezz do you know where our commando armor is at?” Said Nex.
Bez quickly brings up a schematic. “Nex we will want to go down the hall, from there we will have to figure out a better way to go.” Said Bez.
“Okay single file line I will go first, Bez, Wilk, and then Jezz. Everybody is okay with that?” Asked Nex.
“Okay, Nex we need to go.” Said Jezz.
Nex gets ready to move but hears movement running up the stairs. “Guys keep quiet we have movement coming from up ahead.” Said Nex.
Four men dressed as stormtroopers with the helmets removed. “We need to find those cadets one of them made contact with us, but we could only track him to this location, we must find Wilk.” Said the leader of the group of men. The squad looks at Wilk who has the “I’m sorry face.”
“Wilk, what have you done. Did you contact the rebel cell in the area?” asked Bez.
“I did it because they had given me the position of squad lead for one of their rebel commando groups. I had realized I had made a mistake after getting to know the true side of you guys.” Said Wilk.
“Well what is your plan Wilk?” Asked Jezz.
“I will turn myself over to them, get out of here and get your stuff.” Said Wilk.
Wilk turns to Bez “Bez I know that you hate me, but I thought you were beautiful, I wish I did not make this mistake.” Said Bez.
Wilk walks out and in front of the soldiers looking for him. “you guys looking for me?” Asked Wilk.
“Yes, you need to come with us, before the Imps find us down here and kill us.” Said the Rebel squad leader.
Wilk looks back at the group as he walks away. He looks at Bez and whispers “I’m sorry”
Nex, Jezz, and Bez begin to make their way to the armory.
“Bez bring up a list of every ship that is in any of the hangers. We will need to find a ship big enough to carry some fighters.” Said Nex.
Bez starts tapping on her wrist data pad. “Nex, they have two Gozanti cruisers that can carry enough fighters for us and one other, also for some reason they have several Kom’rk-class transports.” Said Bez.
“How did they get the Kom’rk-class transports, those things where once used by Death Watch before they were destroyed. Nex I think we should take both and get as much as we can from the armory.” Said Jezz.
Bez looks down on her data pad. “Should we split up?” Asked Bez.
“I think we should stay together so we all don’t get lost also so because the bigger the number the hard it is for us to fall.” Said Jezz.
“Agree that we should stay together. I will lead Jezz you cover our backs; Bez I want you to continue to be our navigator.” Said Nex.
Nex, Jezz and Bez begin to get closer to the armory. “Jezz I think we have company ahead it sounds like the rebels have surrendered up ahead.” Said Nex.
Nex peeks around the corner and sees Commander Tutan and three stormtroopers. Nex looks at Jezz, “Jezz your dad is safe he is with his guards.” Said Nex. He looks back and sees Wilk appears behind with the same four men that he had surrendered too.
“Commander Tutan you are under arrest for war crimes against the rebellion, we demand unconditional surrender.” Said Wilk.
“Cadet Wilk why are you doing this?” Asked Tutan.
“Commander you gave my position to a fool because he cares for your daughter more then anything in the world.” Said Wilk.
Nex looks over at Jezz and Bez and signals them to stay while he saves Commander Tutan. “Nex be safe I know that my dad will not surrender unless we get out of this alive.” Whispers Jezz.
Nex slides into the darkness. Jezz slides over to the corner and sees her father. Commander Tutan looks over and sees her watching with deep sadness. He winks “Cadet Wilk I will surrender only if Jezz can leave here alive.” Said Tutan.
“That will not happen your daughter will die here on this academy along with the rest of my old squad, they will die because of your mistake, I was to be squad leader only because I was to try and get them to join the rebellion or they would have been killed.” Said Wilk.
Nex then reappears behind Bez and Jezz. “Guys here is your gear but I could only grab one weapon, I will go ahead and save your dad Jezz.” Said Nex.
Nex steps out and yells at Wilk “TRATIOR” Wilk looks up and sees Nex standing with the new armor and an assault rifle. “Nex have you came to die?” Asked Wilk.
“No, I came here to stop this, you will not be leaving this place alive, you have my word.” Said Nex as he points the blaster towards Wilk. With out hesitation Nex begins to fire and kills two of the four men before the others can fire a single shot.
“Nex your accuracy is amazing how did you kill those so fast?” Asked Wilk.
“Wilk, I came from a warrior village from a place that you would have never been able to survive in trust me.” Said Nex
Nex begins to move forward and sees Wilk point his weapon at Commander Tutan. “Nex I will kill your beloved Commander Step any closer and he is dead.” Said Wilk.
Nex looks down at Commander Tutan “Commander, Sir are you okay?” Asked Nex.
“Yes, Capitan Nex I’m fine how is the ladies, and Jezz is she still with you?” Asked Tutan.
“Commander everything Wilk has told you is correct I care for your Daughter and she is and will forever be safe.” Said Nex.
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“Capitan, I know that you care for her I see they way she looks at you and the same around. I want you to leave me and Wilk alone and get the rest of the Squad out of here it is now safe for you guys to be here.” Said Tutan.
Commander Tutan puts his hands in front of him and signals a code. “Nex you better leave us be me and the Commander have a lot of business we need to discuss.” Said Wilk with a grin.
“May the Force be With You Commander; your daughter will be safe you have my word.” Said Nex.
Nex then backs away around the corner and sees Bez and Jezz have their armor on. “Jezz your dad has given me the order to back down and retreat, but I have a plan.” Said Nex.
“Bez try and see what the Commander has hidden away and grab any information that will be viable to our cause and destroy any other important data that could cause more damage to the Empire, Jezz I will go behind and take out the other rebel infiltrators, you distract Wilk and talk to your dad.” Said Nex.
“Okay, Nex be safe we need you.” Said Jezz.
Bez begins to hack her way into the mainframe. Nex signals to Jezz to begin the distraction. Jezz steps out and looks over to her father. “Dad are you okay?” Asked Jezz.
“Jezz, I gave Nex a direct order to leave and get out of here I demand you to get out of here before Wilk finally snaps and kills us all.” Said Tutan.
Nex slowly begins to come behind Wilk. He whispers, “Hey Wilk look behind you”. Wilk turns around and sees the light from Nex’s red visor.
“Nex you need to leave I gave you all a chance to escape and get away from here.” Said Wilk.
Nex begins to step forward. “Wilk tell your men to put their weapons down or we will shoot.” Nex raises his blaster and looks over a Jezz he can see her worry on her face.
Wilk looks over at Jezz and then back behind him at Nex. “Nex I will kill Commander Tutan if you don’t leave now.” Said Wilk.
“Captain Nex, I will repeat that order, you WILL leave NOW. Get my daughter and Bez to safety you guys must get out alive the Empire needs you all.” Said Tutan.
“Jezz do you hear me?” Asked Nex.
“Nex I hear you, we should listen to my father, if we can get out of here alive we can make a break to a different star system because we are not going to make it out of here if we wait here.” Said Jezz.
Nex keeps thinking ‘maybe she is right, maybe if we leave now then we can get out of this and begin our lives as Commandos with the little amount of training we have.’ “Jezz I agree get Bez and we shall leave with what information there is on this facility.”
“Bez did you hear the plan?” Asked Jezz.
“I have gotten all the data that I can, we have a lot that we can go on, I’m making my way to the hanger. What is the plan guys?” Asked Bez.
Nex and Jezz meet up outside the hanger door. Jezz hits the button to open the hanger door, the door controls have been locked. “Nex we have a problem our tech specialist, is not here.” Said Jezz. Nex goes over to the control panel and plugins Commander Tutan’s code.
“Nex how did you get my dads code?” Asked Jezz.
“Your dad gave me the code when he gave me the order to get you and Bez out of here.” Said Nex.
Nex hears running coming from behind. “Hello, their Nex and Jezz, I see that you have not made it off Mandalor like ordered too.” Said Wilk.
“What did you do to my father, traitor.” Said Jezz.
“Your father was a stubborn fool, he paid the ultimate price for it all. Jezz he gave me one last order before I killed him. He told me to spare all of your lives, I will respect that just once, after this little meet I will track you down and kill you Nex, for taking my squad from me and Jezz I will give you the Mandalorian death you deserve.” Said Wilk.
The hanger door opens with Bez standing there in her Commando armor. “Nex, Jezz it is time for us to go.” Said Bez.
Nex and Jezz step into the hanger and close the door. Nex and Jezz run into their own ships. Nex takes one of the Gozanti and places explosives on the other. Jezz and Bez get the Kom’rk-class transports. Nex grabs four Tie Advanced fighters.
“Jezz, Bez, are you guys ready to get out of here?” Asked Nex.
“We are all good squad leader.” Said Jezz and Bez in unison.
“Nex we need to get out of here because I also alerted the nearest Imperial fleet and gave them orders to take back this academy or to destroy it.” Said Bez.
Nex opens the hanger and sees several star destroyers being attacked by the rebel cell in the area. “Bez did you tell the Imperials that we are the only survivors?” Asked Jezz.
“I told them that we are escaping in three ships, they know and will let us aboard the nearest star destroyer. We have been given an entire hanger to land at and will be our main landing hub until we get our first assignment.” Said Bez.
The group begin to head towards the star destroyer. “What should we call ourselves? I was thinking the dark ones.” Said Nex.
“Or we can call ourselves Delta squad, like the republic secret hero squad.” Said Jezz.
“We can talk about this later, Nex the Star Destroyer captain wants to talk with you.” Said Bez.
“Okay send him through… Captain this is Delta’s squad leader how may we help you.” Said Nex.
“I need your squad to help defend our troop transports to their destination so they can grab important data from that academy and so we can evac our base that is set to be destroyed from an orbital bombardment.” Said the Captain.
“Captain we will help with the evac process, we are heading to the base. Tell your men to not go to the academy we have a rogue commando operative that is trained to kill and disguise himself as anybody.” Said Nex.
“Copy that Commander, recalling units from the academy. We will keep all of those from the academy in a shuttle until we are finished with the other evacuations.” Said the Captain.
“Captain I’m not a commander, I’m just a regular captain like you.” Said Nex.
“No sir, you have been promoted to commander by Moff Raythe he is in charge of the fleet that has came and rescued you. You are commander of Delta squad, Moff Raythe will talk to you later on your next assignment.” Said the Captain.
The rest of Delta squad head over to the base that is under orders to evacuate. “Jezz I need you to head over towards the northern barracks, Bez take the western barracks, I will take the ones in the clearing.” Said Nex.
Nex lands and lowers the ramp and runs down the ramp to get the men aboard. “I’m Commander Nex from Commando group Delta, I’m here to evacuate as many people as I can this base is going to be destroyed from an orbital strike that is coming down in no time.” Said Nex. Several Imperials run aboard, the Stormtroopers cover the ramp for Rebels.
“Hey Corporal, get your men aboard I have other Commandos picking up on the Northern and Western side of the base. If anybody is still alive they will be picked up, we need to leave or us and this base will be turned to dust.” Said Nex.
The Corporal radios in “Stormtrooper Alpha, Bravo, and Specialist group Zulu we are retreating. Respond with your location so we can fly over and pick you up.” Said the Corporal.
Nex turns to the communication array and radios Jezz and Bez “Jezz, Bez return to the ship I have a stubborn group that don’t want to retreat.” Said Nex.
“Nex, just leave them, they knew the risk of not retreating. Return to the ship.” Said Bez.
“I will not leave anybody behind especially a special forces group. We need to rescue them.” Said Nex.
“Nex they are not responding we need our Commander to come to the ship the other shuttles can grab them if they are still alive the Rebels have also allied with the civilians escaping breaking into the base.” Said Jezz.
Nex starts to takeoff when the Corporal comes into the cockpit. “Commander Nex what are you doing we have men on the ground still.”
“I have to get these men out of here before anything else happens. This is my ship I’m in charge here you sit back down and shut up.” Said Nex.
The Corporal turns back around and sits down. “Jezz alert the Dauntless that we might have a turn coat.” Said Nex.
“Roger that Nex, I will alert security to have men search everybody that comes off that vessel.” Said Jezz.
As Nex approaches he sees Jezz and Bez both getting men to form a squad and come aboard the vessel. “I need everybody to form a single file line you will be scanned and be free to go. Also, I need the Corporal that was giving me orders to step forward.” Said Nex.
Nex hits the release to lower the ramp. Jezz and Bez and the men that was to come and scan came aboard to grab any rebel infiltrators. “Jezz can you grab Corporal here and bring him to the brig for questioning. Also make sure these men scan these guys to make sure no rebels have gotten through to the ship.” Said Nex.
Nex makes his way to the bridge to talk with Moff Raythe. “Moff Raythe, I’m Commando Nex of Delta squad.” Said Nex.
“Ah, welcome Commander Nex we are glad to have you aboard, this will be your new home until told otherwise. We have cleared out an entire hanger for you and your men. I understand we have a problem with the Corporal that you picked up from the base?” Said Moff Raythe.
“Yes sir, the Corporal put everybody on that vessel and would not board until I had dragged him aboard. I sent him to the brig for also trying to force me to pick up others that had been killed, so I stunned him, and my squad has taken him to the brig. I have also gotten some men to scan everybody that came from the base, I have a feeling some of them are Rebel infiltrators.” Said Nex.
“Very good Commander, I’m giving you permission to do as you wish aboard the dauntless until you are stationed on a different ship.” Said Moff Raythe.
“Thank you, sir.” Said Nex.
“Dismissed Commander.” Said Moff Raythe.
Nex goes back to the hanger where Delta squad will be using as a base. He opens the door and sees that Jezz and Bez have already began moving stuff around to their liking. “Jezz we are going to be on Mandalor for a little longer our first mission is to find the rebel cell and to gave intel on how they had gotten in the academy and what else they had taken.” Said Nex.