It was difficult for the three teenagers to navigate the dark tunnel with very little light. They really had to rely on the rest of their senses, from the Force for Padawan to Spider-Man's tingling sense of foresight.

"What's wrong?" Ahsoka asked.

Spider-Man looked around. "I don't know. It's just... there's just some weird Geonosians around."

Barriss and Ahsoka stared at him in confusion.

"How did you know that?" Barris asked.

"It's... this weird tingling feeling that's been happening more and more often." Spider-Man explained. "I don't know what it is, but I've been having it for the past few weeks and I've been trying to figure out how it works."

"It seems," Barris paused, lost in thought. "It works. It reminds me of how a Jedi Knight can detect nearby danger.

"Yeah, that's right," Spider-Man said, nodding in agreement.

It proved useful when they had to evade the Geonosian guards patrolling the area.

"Thank goodness these guys didn't spot us."

Ahsoka groaned at this. "I swear, ever since that night when I watched the Alien movie, I haven't been able to walk through a dark tunnel the same way again."

"Yeah, it was a bit of a panic because we weren't expecting to be in a dark tunnel so soon." Ahsoka pointed out. "So where do you think we are now?"

"What is this 'alien' you are talking about?" Barris asked.

“This is a film about Earth.

"You should go to Comic-Con in my hometown," Spider-Man muttered, now sticking to the wall as he and the two girls slowly walked around the dim underground tunnels.

“What is Comic-Con?”

"We'll talk about that later," Spider-Man said. "So, where to go from here, oh our fearless leader?"

The three of them widened their eyes and walked around the cave.

"Oh my god, it's Geonosian." Ahsoka's hand tightened around Peter's, her own body tense and tense.

"They're sleeping," Ahsoka whispered. "We have to find another way."

"We don't have time," Barris said grimly. "We have to get through here."

Spider-Man shook his head vigorously in disagreement, Ahsoka's hand was still over her mouth, her words were slurred, but it was clear that she strongly disagreed with Barriss's instructions.

Barris simply began to move forward, Ahsoka following behind her, followed by a very nervous Spider-Man.

Barris paused and motioned for the two men to pass by her.

"This is a really bad idea." Spider-Man muttered to himself. "We're definitely going to be discovered."

"Don't be such a phoenix," Ahsoka whispered.

"Ahsoka, Peter."

Looking back, they saw a Geonosian hand on top of Barriss' head. As the closest person to her, Spider-Man slowly backed away and carefully pried the branch-like hand from her body and gently put it down. Barriss nodded to him gratefully and left the Geonosian's "bedroom".

Outside, the Republic is fiercely fighting the droids.

Anakin cut through a battle droid, with Rex and Domino Squad following closely behind, providing covering fire.

Cap raised his shield to provide cover for Commander Bligh while the clones took out several droids nearby. This gave Cap the opportunity to raise his arm back and throw his shield at full force, splitting through the droids.

Meanwhile, Luminara fought alongside Gerry and Ayla on the main front, taking out multiple robots.

In the sky, the Falcons were their aerial support, providing fire from above and occasionally sweeping in to fight off robots that were about to overwhelm a flank or position's defenses.

"That's a little too straightforward," Cap muttered, joining Anakin's side.

"Really?" Anakin asked.

"Only robots," Rex called out. "We didn't see a single Geonosian. So where are they—"

Just as Rex finished saying this, blaster fire came down from the sky.

"ambush!"

"Rear guard, concentrate your firepower on the sky." Bligh shouted loudly, and the clones behind the marching team opened fire on the Geonos who attacked from the sky.

However, what the Geonosians did not anticipate was the swooping Avenger Falcon.

He weaved around blaster fire, his wings knocking Geonosians to the ground.

The clones cheered and the Geonosians were quickly dealt with.

After a while, the rest of the droids were destroyed and the clones cheered again.

"Well, that's taken care of," Anakin said, looking around.

“This is just the first wave,” Ayla said, peering into the droid foundry as the doors began to open and other things came out entirely.

There are more than two dozen large, dome-shaped vehicles.

"Tank?" Falcon shouted in the air.

"It looks like the Separatists have a new toy," Luminara said.

"Rex, Bly, choose your targets," Anakin ordered.

"Yes, sir." Rex pointed to the group of artillerymen and AT-TEs.

The cannons began to rise to their designated targets and opened fire. The Separatist tanks were soon hit with a barrage of blaster rounds.

After a few seconds of bombing, the smoke cleared and the tank was unharmed.

"Nothing can withstand that, sir," Rex said grimly.

"Ray shields," Anakin announced. "It's the only way they can survive."

"So what does this mean for us?" Ayla asked, staring defiantly at the oncoming tanks.

"This means we have a much bigger problem on our hands than just taking out the factory. Anakin said

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