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Chapter 12: The Trap Finale: The Pit

Caine didn't know what he expected when they arrived at the quarry. Some big bomb, a super weapon the Empire's been making, or just more tanks and guns. That's what he was thinking they'd be using. Instead, he was surprised to see the plan had been switched up a little. He could see a lot of Hard Light Dust and Ray Shield generators positioned around the edge of the pit and inside it. They made up several layers of protection that covered the entire quarry. It didn't long for the old Clone Trooper to figure out what they were doing.

"They're going to lock him inside," he told Jaune and the others. "They're turning the quarry into a prison cell."

"Fat lot of good that will do," The Scout Trooper cynically stated. "He'll just break out somehow. Probably overload the shields with his bad breath."

"Maybe there's more to the plan," Pyrrha suggested. Prince Zuko nodded. "I doubt Command just wants to contain him, not after all the trouble he's caused."

Caine suspected the Fire Nation Prince was right. The Empire wasn't much for just capturing troublemakers. Even if this thing was a shapeshifting Kaiju. It had been making a fool of them for weeks now. They couldn't let that slide. They had to kill him, just trapping him in a bubble wouldn't be enough.

Their transport landed and they along with the Dragon Riders made their way to a small command post where fellow soldiers were being assigned stations for the coming battle. Datapads with instructions were being given to every Trooper as they arrived. Apparently, there was no time to give a full briefing to everyone. That meant the big Kaiju was already on his way.

They were also being assigned weapons, mostly launchers. The stand out though looked to be a modified flamethrower pack. Caine remembered how some of the Clones had used them during the war. Specifically on non-Clankers. You couldn't really burn a droid. It was a pretty cruel way to go, but that was the nature of the the entire conflict with the Seppies. Compared to what Count Dooku's cronies had done, setting said cronies on fire didn't seem nearly as bad to him.

However, Caine soon realized that the modifications for the packs weren't there to allow them to hold more fuel or shoot farther. The hazard symbol on the back, the greenish glow from the containers that had been plugged into it, the fact the nozzle looked more like a sprayer and that it lacked an ignition flame were all dead give a ways. These throwers no longer contained fuel, they had something far worse than that inside. A fact that was all but confirmed when he overheard the Earth Kingdom General handing out the weapon's list of the safety instructions.

"Remember, make sure your armor is sealed before firing," he warned them all as he handed out the gear. "Be sure to aim with the wind too. Otherwise its going to come back on your squad and not the target."

Hiccup approached along with Astrid as the squad in front of them collected their packs and walked on. The Night Fury Rider should've just taken the pack himself and done the same, but he couldn't help but ask the nagging questions in his mind aloud. His thoughts were still swimming, wondering about the mockup town and what it was for. Now this matter had popped up out of nowhere and it just seemed to be convenient for them to just have this stuff on hand.

"I didn't know we had chemical throwers," Hiccup said to the Earth Kingdom General. "I figured the Imperial Senate banned them, from what I've read."

"The Imperial Senate does a lot of things," the EK General replied gruffly. "Don't mean we have to listen. Besides, in my book, when emergency measures get called down, the rule books on what we can and can't use go out the window. This is an emergency and I doubt the Senate is going to give a crap about us using gas to kill the overgrown angry T-Rex that's running around."