General Grievous of the Confederacy of Independent Systems' droid army stands on the bridge of the CIS's new warship, the HMS Malevolence.

Grievous had recently taken out several Republic ships with the USS Malevolence, and he was already on his way to his next target.

Dooku decided to go find Grievous and see how he was doing.

Seeing Grievous smash the head off another battle droid, Dooku expressed his displeasure: "You know, these droids are not cheap. Neither the Jedi nor the Republic treat their clones this way."

Hearing Count Dooku's voice, Grievous turned and reported to his superior via holocomm.

"Lord Dooku," Grievous bowed. "We are already on our way to the Republic medical station in the Lindria system. Any instructions?"

"No, continue with your mission, General Grievous." Dooku waved his hand, "However, there may be an unexpected variable in the upcoming battle."

"for example......"

"In addition to sending a small strike force led by Skywalker to attack your ship, the Republic also sent some people you hate."

Dooku then spoke of the new members of the Republic's ranks - the Avengers.

Even Dooku didn't know much about them, let alone Grievous, who scoffed, "What does it matter? I will kill them, just like I did with many other Republic troops I encountered."

"I suggest you be cautious. Lord Sidious also talked about these Avengers. From what the Lord said, these people are not that simple." Dooku warned.

"Did Lord Sidious tell you this?" Grievous asked, his tone becoming more respectful.

Dooku nodded. "It's the most difficult to deal with the man with the shield, because his shield can block the attack of the lightsaber. The lightsaber can only leave marks on it, but can't penetrate the shield at all."

This unexpected thing surprised Grievous. After thinking for a moment, he chuckled: "Oh... I love challenging the impossible the most."

Dooku just stared at General Grievous in silence before cutting off the communication.

At this time, Shadow Squadron had just left hyperspace and was now approaching a huge cloud-like nebula.

"Are we going through it?" Ant-Man asked nervously, staring at the huge nebula in front of him.

"We'll get through, Ant-Man. Once we get to the other side, we'll be on home turf," Anakin promised.

"That nebula really does look like a hurricane," Falcon commented, not liking the thing very much.

"There is a high probability of unpredictable dangers when sailing in the nebula. I suggest you be cautious." Plo Kun said solemnly.

"Don't worry, Jedi Master, we can get through." The clone of Shadow Squadron said through the communicator.

Anakin also looked confident.

"I hope you know what you are doing, General Anakin," Captain America reminded.

"Come on, Captain Rogers. Where's your adventurous spirit?" Anakin asked jokingly.

"On Earth." Captain America replied.

"Everyone keep in tight formation and follow me. We'll get through this place fine," Anakin ordered.

As the squadron traveled deeper and deeper into the nebula, many of the clone pilots began to tire.

To relieve their fatigue, the clones chatted with Falcon and War Machine about their exploits on Earth over the communicator to pass the time.

Meanwhile, Ahsoka Tano was manipulating her console, tapping it a few times before saying in frustration, "Ugh, I hate this place."

Anakin laughed. "You have to get used to finding your way in the dark."

Plo Koon also echoed: "Anakin is right, Ahsoka, you must always keep your head clear to see the path you want to take."

Meanwhile, the rest of Shadow Squadron was absorbed in watching War Machine tell the story of his time on Earth.

"So, Anakin, how much do you know about this shortcut? How did you know about it?" Captain America asked.

"It's an old smuggling route that many pilots used to talk about on Tatooine. They called it the Balmora Line."

Plo Koon was stunned when he heard Anakin say this, and confirmed again: "Balmora line?"

Suddenly, something flashed on Ahsoka's radar.

"Skywalker, listen to me," Plo said loudly and urgently, "We need to turn around now."

"No, unless we don't want to capture Grievous." Anakin stubbornly rejected Plo's suggestion.

"Skywalker, Balmora is the nesting site of giant pterodactyls," Plo said loudly.

Ahsoka, now breathing heavily, turned around to see a giant creature walking towards them.

It let out a roar.

"Avoid! Now!" Anakin ordered.

Fortunately, due to their flight formation design, Shadow Squadron avoided the giant Pteranodon until they encountered more Pteranodons circling what appeared to be the center point of the nebula.

"Those creatures are huge!" Ahsoka exclaimed.

"Oh my god, I thought giant ants were scary enough." Ant-Man said palely.

"Don't shoot or they'll panic," Plo warned.

"I don't know if they'll panic, but I know I'm about to panic," Ahsoka said in disbelief.

"Ugh, this is horrible." Ant-Man shouted in horror.

Even Captain America himself couldn't deny that, flying so close, these giant creatures could easily swat them aside or eat them.

"There are too many of them!" said the bald clone, flying under a Pteranodon.

Seeing the problem they were currently facing, Anakin quickly came up with an idea and instructed in the communicator: "All fighters, line up behind me."

"Roger that, sir," the clones responded.

A row of Y-wing bombers and Plo Kun fighters followed closely behind, and Anakin expertly shuttled around the Nebre Nebula with his squadron following closely behind.

"Uh... guys, I think it's going to get worse," Ant-Man said in a slightly higher pitched tone.

"We need to leave the nebula immediately. Those pterodactyls won't leave here." Pro said hurriedly.

All fighters advanced at full speed. After a tense flight, Anakin led the squadron out of the nebula, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Captain America frowned and said, "Anakin, I know we have only known each other for a short time. But, can we minimize the danger?"

Anakin scoffed at Captain America's angry words: "I'll do my best."

"Now I know how Ant really feels." Ant-Man rubbed his chest and said haggardly.

In the hyperspace channel, General Kenobi was on a video link with Admiral Yularen.

"The medical station reports that 50 percent of the population has been evacuated."

This did not satisfy Obi-Wan at all, "This is not enough. At this rate, they won't be able to evacuate all of them before Grievous arrives."

Yularen nodded his assent, then said, "Shadow Squadron still has a chance to capture Grievous."

……

Anakin led the Shadow Squadron forward in space until they saw...

"We're at the medical station!" Ahsoka called out.

"It looks like we got here before Grievous," Plo said with relief.

"So how far do you think he is from here?" Falcon asked loudly.

"Sir," a clone spoke up, "our radar shows something is following us."

"Is that a Pteranodon following us?" Ahsoka asked.

"No, it came out of hyperspace, and I'm pretty sure it's not one of ours," the clone said again.

"Okay, boys, forget about that for now. Now get into battle formation," Anakin ordered.

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