Chapter 2 - Descent into Darkness
The video went back to when the droid was activated in a small compartment on the Geonosian ship with a couple dozen other B2 droids. They formed up and marched into the cargo hold nearby. The droid received instructions along with the others and then all moved down the ramp, out into the Bissian badlands. They formed up with a company of thin, B1 battledroids and two Destroyer droids, that came out of their rolling, ball shape configuration and stood at attention.
The B2 droid watched a three person tech team in grease-stained, blue coveralls descended the ramp with a hovercart with a mini-generator and several tech tools and devices. The techies stood to the side of the platoon of droids, looking somewhat uncomfortable in the military formation. The tech team consisted of a muscular, dark tan Bith female, an old bat faced Chadra-Fan male, with patchy, mangy peru shaded fur, and a short, disheveled, human man, with thin, curly black hair and a full beard. Next, there were two B1 battledroids pushing a hovercart with a person laying on it. It appeared to be a female Togruta dressed in plain, brown robes laying motionless. Her hands were strapped together with glowing blue energy cuffs. The group immediately noticed the robes as Jedi standard garb.
Following behind that group, a muscular, bald, middle-aged human in a grey and blue Separatist General's uniform stood tall and proud as he made his way to the planet's surface in front of the regiment of droids, et al. Undoubtedly this was Toggus. He sported an ash colored, trimmed mustache and narrow green eyes above a pointy chin. He was followed closely by a large, green skinned Nikto wearing a maroon and orange plastoid type armor and open faced helmet. He had large spikes coming from all around his reptilian face, almost like the outline of goggles. The Nikto had a large rifle strapped to his back, and he looked like he has seen more than a few battles and was on constant alert, checking the surrounding area and ignoring the beings and automatons that were in formation.
Toggus gave a speech about the importance of this mission and turning the tide in the Clone Wars, etc. Seemed to be a waste of time, given the droids weren't any more motivated by a rousing speech than a terrible speech. Perhaps the tech crew appreciated the rhetoric, but they just seemed to be bored and impatient.
They finally headed into the large cavern and followed the same path as the group through the tunnels. There was a brief skirmish with a large, agile, reptilian creature that took out several of the B1 droids, with is sharp claws and rows of teeth. Eventually it was mowed down by the battledroids and the two Destroyer droids that pummeled it with overwhelming blaster fire.
They continued on, and the tech crew moved and seemed to be scanning the large entrance door to the complex with the huge elaborate stone door, though it was closed. They held out an object and placed it in the center of the door and it clicked loudly, then swung partially open. It seemed to be stuck and took a bunch of B2 droids to move it several feet so they could enter. The Separatists went in and up the stairs. There was a discussion about the path. They seemed to be following a map to find this place, but had no information beyond the entrance and were trying to decide which way to go.
They split up the Destroyer droids and sent them rolling in several directions. The B1's and B2's also split up and headed out searching the area. It took a long time, the droids searched all over and finally they found the correct path to a room. One of the Destroyer droids, flanked by several B1 units, tried to grasp the door handle to another elaborately carved, but much smaller door. It communicated back to Toggus that it found a carved, stone door, different from the others. The doors in the rest of the rooms were probably made of wood and long ago disintegrated into debris, given that all the other doorways had the same soft debris right at the threshold.
As the destroyer droid grasped the door and pulled it open, a dozen metal spikes shot down from the ceiling impaling all the droids in a wide area. Several B2's in the back including the one recording were just out of range of the trap. The surviving droids immediately alerted the General.
Toggus summoned the rest of the droids to head to the room with the stone door. The B2 helped the other droids clear the droid debris and spikes and swung the stone door all the way open without further incident. Once the portal was opened, it revealed a large room with steps on all sides leading up to a rectangular, grey stone dais. Behind the dais was a large, bronze-plated statue of a winged reptilian creature. It held a staff in one claw and a cylindrical device in the other. Toggus directed the droids to bring the prisoner to the dais, and they dutifully pushed the hover cart up the steps and then moved the female's body. The Togruta was still not moving and her body hung limp as they moved her onto the stone. Toggus took the cylindrical object from the clawed hand of the winged reptile statue. It was glowing with red runes in some unfamiliar language. The general ordered two dozen B1's to head back and report and two squads to stand guard back at the entrance cave. He ordered the B2 unit squad of three to go back to the top of the stairs and stand guard. The B2 left the scene, heading back to the top of the stairs. It remained there until the arrival of Jini and the rest of the group.