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(Chancellor's Office, Coruscant)

"Master, I apolo-"

"Silence, Dooku." Darth Sidious raised his hand silencing his apprentice. "Six months, five droid factories, three dreadnaughts and a control ship. Do you know what it is I am talking about Lord Tyrannus?"

Dooku's hologram flickered. "Yes, master. The clone squad you wished to see dead destroyed them."

"That's right. The hardest missions my spy in the Republic could talk the army into agreeing to and yet here we are. Another failed mission that has tilted the tides of war in favor of the Republic." Darth Sidious raised his hand lifting Dooku with it as he channeled the force around his pawns throat.

"One clone, not the whole group. Just one."

Across the galaxy, Dooku gasped and wheezed as he tried to draw air into his lungs. Clawing at his throat he instinctively pulled at the pressure around his neck only to grasp air.

"I only want one clone dead. It wouldn't even matter if the others got away, just the one would be acceptable. And yet you can not even do that."

Darth Sidious released his hold on his apprentice, watching with a disgusted sneer as the worm fell to the floor gasping. "Why do I even bother with you if you can not kill a single clone?"

"Master, I-"

"Enough, Tyrannus. Contact Poggle, tell him he's going to be getting a few extra visitors to his factory. And that I want PX-6 dead before the invasion if through."

"It will be done, Master."

"See that it is. I will not tolerate failure any longer." With a wave of his hand, Darth Sidious shut off the communication transceiver and removed his dark cloak becoming Chancellor Palpatine as the door to his office slid open and Anakin walked in.

"Ah, Anakin you're on time." He said as his future apprentice fell into the lounge chair in the corner. "Is something wrong?"

Anakin who was leaning back in the chair his natural arm covering his eyes groaned. "Yes, Chancellor. I...Padme and I are at a good place. It took a while but we worked everything out and yet...I can't stop worrying."

"About the clone?"

"Yes! I know you said not to worry, that you were taking care of it but I've been checking the logs, Chancellor. He's still alive." Anakin winced as he said his words. He was supposed to be a Jedi, defending life and here he was complaining that someone who was loyally serving the Republic still lived.

"Maybe it would be best to forget about him. It's been months, maybe he won't tell."

Palpatine stood from his chair walking to the window of his office his back towards Anakin hiding the maniacal smirk on his face.

"That's quite the risk, Anakin." He said his tone a friendly warning betraying the look of satisfaction he was feeling inside.

"I know, but Padme will be suspicious if the only person other than us that knows of are marriage dies. She says she has but I can sense she has not forgiven me for Bespin. Moved past yes, but she is still wary when ever clones are mentioned around me." Anakin admitted sadly.

It was hard for him to see his wife frightened that he would kill someone for her and it hurt that she was beginning to believe the worst in him. Just because someone says the word clone or mentions the war doesn't mean he's going to lose it.

He needed to show her that she didn't need to worry. But he was also still wary of leaving the clone that held knowledge that could end his career as a Jedi alive.

"Padme is an optimistic, Anakin. She see's the best in others, even those who fight against us. It is why she goes on so many diplomatic missions to try and talk to the CIS leaders. That is a nice way to view life and I would have liked to live with such a view but if there is one thing this war has taught me, Anakin, it is that no matter how much good you see in someone their dark side is always twice as big. Take Dooku for example. Seventy years in the Jedi order and now waging a war that threatens to destroy the galaxy."

"Chancellor?"

"Ah, right I'm sorry, Anakin. It seems I'm starting to ramble more and more often. What I am trying to say is that while Pamde may see the best in PX-6, I see the worst. I see him reporting to the Jedi what he saw in the gardens. I see you exiled from the order you have served faithfully. I see Padme shunned and cast from her position on the Senate because of her participation in making a mockery of the noble Jedi traditions." Palpatine turned around and basked in the look of horror on Anakin's face as visions wife'ss wife's life falling to pieces all because of him.

The clone.

"Padme won't except killing the clone just for holding knowledge."

"But you know he needs to die. To keep you and more importantly Padme safe."

Anakin nodded. "Yes."

"Then do not worry. I am not proud of what I've done but I'd do it again if it meant you and Padme can live in peace, Anakin." Palpatine said knowing he was laying it on thick but in his current state Anakin wouldn't even notice. All he would do would be feel grateful he had someone who cared enough about him. Anakin Skywalker, not the chosen one, to help protect that which he loved.

"Have you already had him killed?" Anakin asked not sure how he would feel if that was true. Yes, he wanted- no needed the clone dead to protect Padme but not even being kept in the loop reminded him too much of the Jedi.

Palpatine shook his head negative. "No, PX-6 is still a loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic. I can not just have him arrested for false crimes and executed. He has served the Republic well and will continue to do so."

"How does that solve my dilemma?" Anakin despite his friendship with the Chancellor was beginning to get agitated.

"Every soldier in the Republic's army is willing to lay down their lives in the fight against the Separatist, Anakin. However, taking advantage of that commitment is not what a good leader should do. I could send a dozen clones to take a Separatist stronghold right now if I wanted to but it would be a suicide mission."

"Chancellor,"

"Right, rambling again. My apologies. The point I am trying to make is it would be easy to have PX-6 executed to make sure he can never Padme's life. And he will die but he will die as a soldier for our peace of mind and Padme's. The tasks he will undertake as a soldier will be perilous, suicidal. He will die, the same as thousands of clones have before him. Your secret will be safe once again, Anakin."

XxX

(Geonosis, Hours Later)

"All right listen up boys, the main assault team is still in space. Before they destroy the main droid factory Command wants us to extract this man," Naruto dropped the holo-transceiver in his hands to the floor and stepped back as a hologram of a half bug like being was projected.

"Archduke of the Geonosians, Poggle the Lesser. He had been a high profile target since the war started and now with Geonosis reactivating their droid factories and rejoining the war he just jumped to the top of the Republic's wanted list."

CT-53-6453 looked up from the Vibro-knife he was cleaning and scoffed. "Why not let him turn into dust along with his factory?"

"Because, Emile, he is a member of the Separatist Council and that makes him a cache of potential information," CT-52-2733 said as he slid his bucket over his head. "If we can get him alive the information he holds about the CIS could go a long way in ending the war."

"Carter is right." CT-55-8863 agreed from his spot in the corner cleaning his sniper rifle. "Besides, the rest of the Republic isn't as blood thirsty as you. They want to end the war peacefully."

CT-55-6743 snorted crossing his arms over his massive chest plate. "That's wishful thinking if I ever heard it."

"Cut the chatter boys," Naruto ordered as the hologram of Poggle faded and the blue prints of a Geonosian spire-hive took its place. "Intel confirms this spire-hive is a front for a subterranean droid foundry. Twice as big as the primary droid foundry where Poggle is holed up. Our first objective is to get the foundry offline to ease the pressure on the 501st when they invade. From there we will take a Geonosian ship and infiltrate the Primary droid foundry south west of here and obtain the Archduke. Any questions?"

"Yeah, other than Puggle. Are we taking any other prisoners?" Emile asked sheathing his knife on his chest.

Naruto shut the holo-transceiver down and handed it to Carter who placed it in his bag. "No, Emile. If it's not the Archduke, shoot to kill."

"Sir, ETA to drop zone is thirty seconds." the clone pilot up front called back as the side doors to the gunship slid open.

"Alright, comm checks. Carter?"

"Noble-2, green light." Carter connected the repel line to his armor.

"Jun?"

"Noble-3, green light." Jun adjusted the rifle attached to his back.

"Emile?"

"Noble-4, green light," Emile said cocking his DC-17m.

"Jorge?"

"Noble-5, green light." The largest of the five clones hefted his blaster up as the gunship began to slow.

Emile's skull faced helmet shifted to stare at his larger squadmate. "Don't you think that is a little over kill for bugs, Jorge. A Morellian 35c repeater? It's not even a blaster, you get me? It's technically a cannon. You're killing flies with a cannon."

"You're damn right," Jorge said as the sixty-pound weapon of death whirled charging up. "Besides, I don't want to hear that from you. Remember, Felucia?"

"Yeah, good times."

"ETA, to drop zone in five...four...three...two...go! go! go!"

Kicking off the side of the gunship Carter on his right Naruto let gravity do its work pulling him to the ground his repel line slowing his descent.

Once his boots hit the dirt he unclipped his line his squad doing the same.

"Advisor, Noble team is on the ground."

"Copy Noble. Updating your HUD to display entry point to the hive."

Naruto blinked as a blue arrow came into view pointing to the east.

"Follow the markers, they will lead you to the weakest point in the cave. Blow through the wall and repel down. Further instructions will come once you have infiltrated the hive."

"Copy advisor. Noble out." Naruto raised his hand two fingers waving next to head pointing towards the first marker. "Let's move."

Taking point, Carter right behind him Naruto led his team through the dark his visor in night vision so he could see.

"I hate using this visor mode."

Naruto didn't say it out loud but he did agree with Emile. Seeing the world in black and white wasn't the best but it beat stumbling around blind.

"Here we go," He said as the marker on his HUD blinked rapidly before blinking. "Noble four set a charge on that wall."

"You got it, boss," Emile said moving ahead to the wall as the rest of the team took what little cover there was in the small cave.

"Scan the first, and only use the bare minimum to get through. We don't want to alert the entire base." Naruto said crouching down behind a short rock.

Emile growled over the comms. "Take all the fun out of it why don't you."

"Maybe you should have let me handle the explosives, sir," Jorge said as Emile continued to grumble as he set the charges.

"Yeah, we all know four can be a little excitable."

"Lock it down," Naruto ordered sternly before Emile could retort. "He liked running missions with his team after months of solo missions he had forget how chatty they were.

"Explosives are ready when you are, sir," Emile said jogging away from the wall leaving a det pack attached to the wall.

"Blow it."

'Yes, sir." Naruto shook his head at Emile's excited tone as the Clone held up the detonator in his hand.

Noble four pressed down on the red button and the small cave was showered in debris blinding Noble team with dust.

"Let's go Noble," Naruto ordered as his visor adjusted to the change.

Storming the hole in the wall Naruto only managed to go a few feet inside the hive before being forced to a stop nearly falling down the chasm that was right behind their entrance.

"Noble, be advised, multiple life forms converging on your position."

"Copy, advisor." Naruto stuck the ascension attachment into the barrel of his rifle at shot towards the ceiling tugging on the line as he heard the thud of his hook sinking into the rock to make sure it was secure.

Feeling the line old he held his rifle with both hands and stepped off the edge falling into the darkness of the chasm using the Ascension cable in reverse.

"Sir," Jun said as the rest of the team followed after their leader.

"I hear them," Naruto replied as his helmet picked up the sound of buzzing of wings growing closer. "Hug the walls, Noble. Let's not make this harder than it has to be."

"Ah, where's the fun in hiding?" Emile asked as he passed Naruto dropping twice as fast as the team.

"Slow down, four. If you break our legs I'm not carrying you." Jorge said.

Naruto ignored the banter as he hit the floor with a jolt and pulled the Ascension attachment out of his weapon leaving the wire hanging.

"Advisor we've breached the hive." Naruto radioed in.

"Two clicks from you position there will be a fork in the tunnel. Head there and split into two teams and wait for further orders."

"Copy, Noble-one, out." Naruto started forward. Two clicks wasn't far but the main invasion would be beginning soon and he didn't want to be underground when the fighting started.

"Why not just tell us everything we have to do before the mission started?" Carter asked. "What if communications go out? We'd be down here blind."

Three blue visors nodded in agreement.

"I don't like this," Emile said. "We've never had an advisor before. Why start now?"

Naruto agreed but again stayed silent. He had a feeling that he knew why an advisor had been added to their team for the duration of their mission and he was also sure that whoever was on the other side of the comm's giving orders couldn't be trusted.

But he couldn't say anything because then he'd have to explain why the advisor couldn't be trusted and that meant telling the team the secret he knew. Something that would only put them in even more danger.

He could protect them every once in a while when they got saddled with him on a mission but if they also had knowledge that could ruin a friend of the Chancellors life then they would be targeted all the time like him.

"If only the Chancellor knew I know what he is up to," Naruto smirked underneath his helmet. There had been times during the suicide missions he had been given that he thought of black mailing the Chancellor with the information he knew to get him to back off but ultimately decided against it. The Chancellor was too politically powerful to fight head on, as long as it was only being sent on missions that would kill a normal clone he could deal with that.

However, just in case the Chancellor tried to have him arrested or executed the photos take from his helmet cam of General Skywalker both with Senator Amidala and on Bespin would be a good incentive for the leader of the Republic to back off.

I know this is my shortest chapter yet but Electricity in Florida is on the Fritz so I'm posting this chapter in two parts.

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