Blue Moon

Chapter 12

"Ouch!"

R4 beeped a blue streak.
"Don't even try to fix it, R4. I've shut it down."
"We're locked on... we've got him..." said Mary.

Mary dropped in behind the Droid Drop Fighter and blowed him apart. F4 squealed with delight.
"Yeah! You got him... good going, Mary."
"Anakin, I'm overtaking you," Mary said, mocking him.
"Not for much longer." Anakin replied.
"Next time you're the bait... Now let's find the Command Ship and get on with it ..." said Obi-Wan.
R4 beeped a blue streak.

"Lock onto them, R2. Master, General Grievous' ship is directly ahead."
R2 beeped a reply, and it read out in Anakin's cockpit.
"The one crawling with vulture droids." Mary said.
"I see it. Oh, this is going to be easy." Kenobi replied.
Ahead was a Trade Federation Cruiser with batlike Droid Vulture Fighter stalking around on the hull. The Vulture Fighters transformed into flight configuration, lift off the Cruiser, and attacked the Jedi Starfighters.
"Come on, Master." Anakin said.
"Not this time. There's too much at stake. We need help. Odd Ball, do you copy?" said Kenobi.
"Copy, Red Leader." Odd Ball replied.
"Mark my position and form your squad up behind me..."
"We're on your tail, General Kenobi. Set S-foils in attack position."

The protective ray shield lowered on the main hangar of the Trade Federation Cruiser, and six new Droid Tri-Fighters emerged and joined the Droid Vulture Fighters heading toward the Jedi.
The Jedi Starfighters extended the stability foils on the ends of their wings.
"This is where the fun begins. Ten Vulture Droids straight ahead, coming down the left side." Anakin said.
R2 beeped a worried message.
"Add five Tri-fighters on the right..."
"I'm going head to head. See you."
"Take it easy, Anakin."
Four Clone Fighters moved into formation behind the Jedi.
"I'm on your right, Red Leader."
"Incoming!!"

R2 squealed as five Droid Tri-Fighters passed by at high speed on the right.

"Five more on the right!" yelled Kenobi.
"I'm on it!" replied Mary.

Four more Vulture Droid Fighters passed at high speed from the left.
All hell broke loose. The trio continued to fly in unison, backing up each other.

"Here we go!" Anakin exclaimed.
The Jedi ships split up and made a quick loop around the Droid Tri-Fighters, ending up behind them. Blasting away. The Droid Tri-Fighters exploded.

"Yes!! We're too great, boys!" yelled Mary.
"I'm going high and right." Obi-Wan added.
"Hang on. There are four more of them." Anakin stated.
"Stay with me... swing back and right... help me engage. Back off... Let them pass between us."
"I'm coming around. I'm coming around on your tail." Mary added.
"All right, engage... and hurry. These droids are all over me like a rash."

In one incredible move, Mary swinged in behind the Droid Tri-Fighters, blowing them away one by one until there was only one left.

"Anakin, is yours." Mary added.
Anakin accelerated past the last Droid Tri-Fighter, slammed on his brakes, flipped the Fighter around, and blasted the Fighter from the front.
"How many back there. R2? Three... Four that's not good."
"Anakin, you have four on your tail." Obi-Wan said.
"I know. I know!"
"Four more closing from your left." Mary said.
"I know. I know!"
"I'll take the left!" Mary exclaimed.

Anakin swooped low and skimmed across a Trade Federation Battleship, dodging flack as R2 bounced along, trying to get out a sentence.
"Hang on, R2. Obi-Wan, do you copy? I'm going to pull them through the needle..." Anakin said.
"Too dangerous. First Jedi rule: "Survive."" said Obi-Wan.
"Sorry, no choice. Come down here and thin them out a little."

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Obi-Wan dropped in behind the Droid Vulture Fighters chasing Anakin.