Power of the Force Episode XX: Breaching Laud/narrative

Chapter One:Darth Exice
"What do you think of this place, Alex?" Darth Luvidicous had asked me as we stood on Korriban years ago. "This place is strong in the darkside, it feels familiar." I had replied. "You should be honored, not many have set foot on Korriban in the last five hundred years." "I can see why." I stopped in front of a temple. "This temple is where one of the first Dark Lords of the Sith is rumored to rest, Marka Ragnos." "Enough with the history lesson, let's just get on with it all ready." "Your lack of respect for the old Sith is most unnerving." "The old Sith are dead, why respect the dead? Only the living can kill, have influence over anything." "Oh you are wrong about that, very wrong indeed." The meaning behind those words have never made sense to me until now.

Not much longer after that discussion I was on Cladis. "We have reached the last round of The Hunt, as tradition dictates the two finalists are required to use their real lightsabers and are allowed to use any force powers that they desire. This is a fight to the death. Begin!" Luvidicous tossed me and Hirul our lightsabers. Hirul stood still, waiting for me to make the first move. I took off my cloak and hurled it at Hirul with the force. I used the force to thrust me at Hirul. I stabbed at Hirul through my cloak, I was surprised when his blade connected with mine. I felt invisible hands trying to hold my feet in place. Hirul made a quick slice at my midsection, I managed to block it and break free from the invisible hands. I feinted a slash and arced my saber. My saber managed to cut off Hirul's mechanical hand. As I inched closer to Hirul he would step back, I sensed his saber free itself from his amputated hand, it was flying towards my back, I jumped and watched his saber stab him in the heart. That had been my first step into a larger world.

Years later words poured out of my mouth without my consent. "Don't allow him to dock lieutenant that is an imposter, shoot him down." "Lord Exice that sounds like Master Luvidicous and he is transmitting a genuine signal..." "Hence the term imposter, lieutenant. Shoot him down or be destroyed." "Very well, My lord." I watched the lieutenant press a button. "Attention bridge, this is lieutenant Kiev, the man in that shuttle is not our Master Luvidicous, rather it is an imposter. Open fire on that shuttle and let us claim revenge on Master Luvidicous' killer."

Then the words Korriban Korriban Korriban kept echoing through my mind. Which led to my confrontation with my master, I managed to kill him, but was badly burned in the process.

And then not very long ago I had destroyed the majority of the Jedi Mandalorian fleet while sacrificing a sizeable portion of the Sith Armada. Until now the dead had no influence on my life, my most trusted ally wasn't even really alive but was rather being controlled through the Force by a madman. Colonel Kiev shot me and then the madman stabbed my in the back of the head through my helmet killing me. I could feel no pain, just anger. In an unexplainable turn of events I began to feel something sucking in my disembodied spirit. I opened my eyes and gasped so that air would rush into my lungs. My head felt strange, I felt a whirling sensation. I felt the hole in my head close shut, however my brain still felt light. I picked myself up off the ground with a groan.

Chapter Two:Tiallo Legrange
A red lightsaber blade was burning through my office door. It began to carve the door away. I hid myself underneath my desk. I held my breath as I heard cabinets being torn from the wall. The glass behind my desk shattered, the cabinets were the cause. I saw the chair behind my desk go flying out the window as well. Urns and other fragile objects began to shatter against walls. Finally, the dreaded moment I had been waiting for came, my desk was lifted and flung to the opposite side of the room. A dark garbed hooded figure stood before me, I felt myself being levitated off of the ground. "Don't kill me! I will give you anything, Jedi!" I shouted. I felt an invisible fist closing around my neck. "I am no Jedi. I am far worse!" I was pushed out the window by an invisible force, the invisible fist ceased to clench my throat. I screamed all the way to the ground.

Chapter Three:Jarod Casp
"That is crazy, I can't let you do that." "You must let me go back and fix the wrongs that I have done. The HYPER-DRIVE must be destroyed, I didn't want to but I ended up designing it." "Adazam, with all due respect, you would be slaughtered. I am glad to see that you have grown up and are ready to fix your mistakes, but you won't be able to change anything alone. You would just die." "Then send some Jedi with me. I am going no matter what, I only came back to warn you of the Sith."

Chapter Four:Les Sorka
"So you want Vey, me and a squad of Mandalorians to accompany Adazam to the HYPER-DRIVE in Blood Wing?" "Yes. When you are within 5,000 kilometers Vanquish will appear and provide a distraction by attacking the remnants of the Sith Fleet. May the Force be with you." "May the Force be with us all."

Chapter Five:Ireana Kensik
"Are you sure you want to do this Brian?" I asked. "We can't let that madman kill anyone else, hell Coruscant Colony could be next." "You shouldn't talk like that, especially about Coruscant Colony given what happened to Coruscant." "So much life was lost then too. That was hundreds of years ago though. Drex patch us through to that ship." "Yes, sir." Brian began to speak through the open communications channel. "We have broken off from the Sith Armada due to the heinous act that Darth Exice has committed. We would like to make a temporary alliance with the Jedi and the Mandalorian Fleet. Please allow us to aid you in the Galaxies darkest hour." For a minute silence was all that could be heard and the came the reply. "Please transmit your Friend Foe Identification Codes to us and we will send you ours."

Chapter Six:Darth Utkář
"How are you still alive?!" "I am dead and alive. I am not one but two. I am in control and I am not in control. I am what was and what will be. I am more powerful, more older,and more wise! I am Darth Exice in body, but not in soul. In soul I am Marka Ragnos and soon I shall be fully so in mind!" The masked sith screamed holding up his hands, showing me his gauntlets.

Chapter Seven:Possessed Darth Exice
"I shall rule the galaxy!" "Ancient Sith or not you are already beaten. You have no weapon." "On the contrary." I raised my hands and let energy sizzle through my palms, metal from around the HYPER-DRIVE came to me. The metal crunched together into a single metalic blade. "Your plans end here puppeteer!" I raised my newly formed sword and slashed at my opponent. I threw my full body weight into the attack, the bluntness of it caught my opponent off gaurd allowing the tip of my blade to sink into his shoulder. "RAAGH!" I bellowed as I rebounded for a second strike.

Chapter Eight:Adazam Vigrem
Two sith were dueling in front of us. Darth Exice was winning. I watched as Darth Exice's enemy miscalculated an attack and had a sword slash across his face. Black blood poured from the wound and spattered on the floor. The bleeding sith defiantly took a mad sweep towards his opponent only to miss. Darth Exice flipped over his attacker and stabbed behind him with his sword. The sword went all the way through his enemy. "So much planning destroyed." rasped the dying sith. "I sensed your presence when you first entered this vessel." said Darth Exice as he turned facing us.

Chapter Nine:Les Sorka
Vey, Adazam and I ignited our lightsabers just in time. Our blades absorbed the Force Lightning coming from the sith's fingertips. The Mandalorians died in agony as they had no way to block the lightning. "Stay back Adazam; Vey and I will handle him." I ordered. We charged at the sith bringing down are blades only to have them rebound off of his sword. "Do the two of you really think you can defeat me?" The sith kept losing ground until we all ended up in the control room. As we dueled we failed to notice the sith reach out with the force and push the button that made the machine fire.

Chapter Ten:Savossk the Elder
"This is Savossk to the leader of the Jedi Clan. Our forces have broken through the blockade and are breaching Laud as I speak. A large number of Jedi could help us take Laud." "Roger, I will send all available Jedi to Laud." replied the Jedi.

Chapter Eleven:Jarod Casp
"The codes you gave us to get passed the Sith Fleet are working Commander Nye. Thank you." "Don't mention it this war has been bloody enough, we must end it before any more lives are lost... No!" "What is it?" "Look out the nearest viewport!" I shut off the comm channel and ran to the hallway and looked out the viewport. My heartached at what I saw. Laud was gone, obliterated by the HYPER-DRIVE. Not only was Laud gone but most of Vanquish, the Mandalorians and Jedi were too.