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(3.13) Siege of Origin (Part Two)
Siege of Origin (Part Two)
Clash of heroes and Villain
Lejár Az Idő Kerület
Eredet
“Somewhere, where you will never find it, Rose!” Rose turned in the direction of the statement and saw floating in mid air Urias. She knew it was some kind of cloaked ship but that is not what bothered her most. She had figured she would deal with the Puppet Master first and then hunt down and kill Urias. He continued speaking in his normal matter of fact tone. “That shall be the last life you ever take, I swear it!” he yelled out at her as he leaped down at her while activating his double bladed lightsaber. She knew he knew all of her secrets and more importantly all of her weakness. He was the one person that she believed could challenger her claim of the Sword. He was the most dangerous person she could face at this moment. However, he knew that she couldn't die. 'So why are you here Urias. We have fought this battle before. What are you planning?' she thought as she watched him leap down at her.
She stepped back and drew on the force to launch a set of small rocks at him as he flew down towards her. His lightsaber spun and the bright light blue light off his lightsaber flashed as it hit the rocks she tried to hit him with. Just as he landed he swung downward at her head forcing her to block the attack with both of her forearms. The blade of his saber crackled as it hit her arms as if it had hit another lightsaber. She gave up ground as he landed while he spun around with the back side of his saber trying to hit her again. She blocked it this time with her lower right leg. She was forced back once more as he looked deep in to her eyes. She saw only rage for her there, “I swear your evil ends today!” he demanded as he swung again at her causing her to leap upward to dodge the attack. She attempted a kick but he blocked it with his lightsaber. “If I must drag you to hell myself, I swear it Rose.” He took the opportunity to side kick her as hard as he could. The blow sent her backwards nearly two meters as she landed on her back.
Many years before this moment occurred, Rose and Urias each had a special claim to fame. He was the last of the Jedi Weapon's Master. Trained by the oldest member of the order at the time. He was a gifted Jedi that showed so much promise. The only issue was that his gifts made him an excellent warrior and hunter. Many Jedi Masters had their concerns about these gifts and how intense his training was. Rose on the other hand was a very determined young Jedi. Unlike Urias who followed the path of the Weapon's Master, Rose followed an outlawed tradition called, the Jedi Force Warrior. Instead of creating and focusing on using lightsabers. The Force Warrior uses their own bodies as weapons. This was their strength. But it was not enough for Rose, she wanted more. She craved more. Her passions took her deep in to the dark side. Many Scholars believe that she actually drove deeper in to the dark than another Sith before her. It was the reason why at this moment in the galaxy, that the two most powerful Force users were now clashing in mortal combat.
Rose recovered quickly from the kick as she looked at Urias while he stood in a defensive posture. A new force made its presence known. High above the battle a bright blue flash of lighting filled the sky as the thunder clapped filling the area with such a booming sound that it caused others to draw their attention to the battle. The lighting flashed in Urias' eyes as well, the only thing more powerful than his skill in the force was his hatred for Rose. He leaped at her before she could plot out her next attack. He fainted his blade left and she fell for the faint, he spun to the right and with an upward slice removed her arm. He knew better then to be distracted by the wound. He didn't watch it turn to a black mist and reform on her body once more. He spun to use his blade to block her kick to his side. Rose was forced back once more as she tried to leap kick him and missed.
They looked in to each other's eyes in that moment. He smiled as he saw her breathing harder than normal. “Looks like your out of your prime Rose.” he taunted her. He knew better then to rush in and attack her. He knew where she drew her powers from and understood her abilities. She was a gifted Force User and a very capable killing machine. 'She has to die today. There is no question. If everyone is to be saved she must die' he thought.
“Don't worry about my prime old man. Remember Orchid? She's here as well as her dark apprentice. Shall I call them for a reunion?” Rose said as she pulled out her communicator.
“Oh I am sure they have their own hands full.” he laughed as he paced around her trying to get a better angle to attack her. “I brought the whole gang” he commented while smiling as more lightings flashed over head. Then without warning a bright red lighting bolt crashed across the sky with a loud thunder. The amber light from the lighting cast a reddish glow over the two combatants as they paced around waiting for that moment to launch their next attack on the other.
Orchid and Lotus were sweeping the village as per their orders from Rose. They had just linked up with a group of droids and minions. Orchid couldn't help but smile as she and her forces just dispatched a larger group of defenders. She had taken such pride in the way she personally killed a group of their warriors. The way one of them had begged for the life of the other just before she killed them both. Now they were matching again to search another area of the village for more defenders. She watched the storm overhead with both a sense of awe and concern. There was more to this strorm than met the eye. “I don't like the change of these winds” she said to Lotus softly.
“You should trust our Mistress more” said one of their minions. He frowned at her as he spoke. Many of the minions both fear and envied Orchid. She had the complete love of their Mistress and was their Mistress' favorite. Orchid enjoyed privileges and received all the good missions. Just like this mission here, she was in charge with hunting down survivors that were hiding out. Rose made it clear, none of the Elemental Force Users are allowed to survive the battle. She gave this important task to Orchid to carry out.
Orchid didn't reply to the comment as she looked at Lotus who only shrugged her shoulders. Lotus knew that the other minions hated Orchid for her talents and place with Rose. She didn't care for much of the drama that ran among the minions. She was only here for Orchid and she would rather die than see anyone harm her. Orchid knew that the minions coveted her place with Rose. She knew that if any of them had a chance they would betray her and murder her just to take that place. “Take the group and check out that building.” she ordered the minion who had interrupted her conversation with Lotus.
The group of minions followed the man with their weapons out. They crossed the large street as they headed for a large building near a small river. Just as they hit the middle of the street, the street erupted and filled the area with a think cloud of dust and dirt. Orchid and Lotus watched as lightsabers and other weapons flew about as if they were involved in some kind of combat. Screams of men and women dying were heard over the thunder. Lotus moved to investigate but Orchid held her arm out for her to stop. “No!” she commanded and Lotus stopped. The minions were being cut down so fast that this could only mean one thing for Orchid. Orchid started to step away from the cloud of death that her forces were being cut down in.
The lightsabers and sounds finally ended as the cloud started to settle. In the center of the cloud was a figure. Orchid strained her eyes to identify who it was. Slowly she started to make out the features. She sighed with relief as she noted it was a tail broad creature. It was Crayl, their Feeorin minion warrior. The feeorin took a step then stumbled forward as he fell to the ground, dead. From behind him, rose another figure. Orchid knew already who it was, and was in disbelief. With long reddish hair that hung over the shoulders. Its long coat had fanned out around it and as it rose up started to pull in as the wearer grew taller. Its bright red lightsaber casts a demonic glow over its face as a bright flash of red filled the sky as a lighting crackled and flashed loudly over head. The light cast reddish evil shadows over her face giving her an even darker image than normal, “Whats the matter Orchid? You look like you have seen a ghost.” Aral said coldly and methodically.
Orchid shifted back in her stance as she glanced at Lotus. Alone, she knew she was no match for Aral. However, Lotus was a powerful dark sider already and was well on her way to becoming a Sith. She had more then a fair chance of finally putting Aral down once and for all. “I would say that I expected you dead, but then again, I figured you were to stupid to just die like the good want a be villain you are.” Orchid said as she motioned for Lotus to follow her lead, “Still doing Urias' dirty work I take it?”
Aral nodded as she lowered her lightsabers and deactivated it. She felt rage like never before. Normally she would let it consume her. Not this time, this time she held on to that anger and rage. She focused it. She could feel the dark side pulsating through her with much more power than ever before. And for the the first time in her life she had control over it. Before she acted out of rage and anger. Now she could feel the control over it. She had truly become the powerful Sith Lord she was destined for. “I remember how you sold my sister in to slavery.” she commented on as she put her lightsabers away. “I told you I would get you back for that.”
Orchid as she watched Aral prepare for this battle, she motioned to Lotus. They had one chance to drop Aral and that chance was coming up. She knew that Aral's weakness was a lack of control. It is what had saved her on Nar Shadda nearly two years ago. 'If we are to win I have to get her to loss control' she thought carefully laying out their plan. She focused her force powers as she thought of Lotus. She formed a single word in Lotus' mind, 'lighting'. “Really Aral? I had thought that Annie would make such a good slave. I heard she was passed around the bounty hunters.” Orchid played out her plan, as she focused once more on Lotus' mind and formed a second word, 'wait'. Orchid noticed Lotus' nod of understanding and knew that they were going to take Aral down once and for all.
Aral gripped her hands as her anger rose fast. Normally she would have rushed in to battle already. However now with her new found control, she could channel that anger and hatred in to something more powerful than attacks. What Orchid did had to be punished and punish soundly. But she knew that she had to focus her control over her anger. Orchid was going to die on this little shit hole of a world and for that to happen Aral had to control her anger and use it. “I am going to kill you Orchid and your little slut!” Aral said as she held control over that anger. She was surprised with how easy it was to control it once she mastered it. Her anger raged, demanding release, yet unlike before, it waited for her command. 'Orchid, you will die' she promised herself.
Orchid could feel Aral's anger reaching levels that she never felt before. She figured Aral was just barely holding on to control. Orchid smiled as she knew that it was only a matter of time before Aral lost complete control. “Didn't she get knocked up. What ever happened to her bastard child. Sold as a slave I bet?” She felt Aral's rage peaking. She didn't look at Lotus, she just motioned her hands and yelled, “Lotus, NOW!” The pair unleashed their full powered dark side energies in the form of a pair of bluish lighting. The sounds crackled and filled the area with light and power as the twin lightings converged on Aral.
Aral stepped back and took in a deep long breath as she focused her anger and rage in to her action. It was at her command now and she used it to draw deep on dark side energies within her. She brought both hands up and reached out with her hatred. She actually pulled the lighting to her hands drawing in the energies in to her body. Some of it healed her wounds that she had suffered fighting the minions. The rest just pulsated through her harmless. Her anger was in full control and checked. She let out the breath that she held while she watched the blue lighting dancing over her arms and channeling through her. She smiled as she felt completely in control of the powers within her. All her years of training with those two holocroms Sith teachers, she had not only become a Sith, but now she was a full fledged Sith Lord. She drew in the dark energies of her enemies and let it consume her soul. Not since the days of Naga Sadow, had a True Sith Lord walked the galaxy. Now there was her, a true Dark Lord of the Sith! Aral smiled as she felt their lighting finally come to an end. She nodded to Orchid, “Now, let me show you the true power of a Sith Lord!” she said then unleashed her own controlled dark side lighting at both of them. Aral raised her arms causing her lighting to make a waving effect and catching Orchid, Lotus and their droids within the area effect of the lighting.
Aral smiled as she lifted them all in to the air with her lighting. She never felt in so much control before. Her hatred for Orchid powered the lighting even more than normal as she continued to draw on the powers of the dark side. Aral could feel the power of the dark side surging through her. This place gave her such a connection that she never experienced before. She watched as droids popped and exploded from the massive amounts of energy she was pumping in to the lighting effect. Both Orchid and Lotus screamed out in pain as they were hovering in midair from the lighting. She didn't know Orchid's new little slut but she knew Orchid all too well and this was pay back for everything she had done to her and her sister. She shrugged her shoulders forward sending the group flying through the air. It wasn't out of pity, Aral needed her focus on dealing with the attacker rushing up behind her. She dropped to a knee as she flipped her lightsaber from her belt using the force and activated it. She heard a male voice grunt as she knew she got him.
She pulled her lightsaber out of his gut and one of Rose's minions fell to the ground. She looked at the young Twi'lek lying dead at her feet. She felt nothing for his death. She turned her attention back to Orchid. Searching the scene of burned and smoking droids, she looked for Orchid. “Oh don't make me come looking for you Orchid!” She screamed out as she started to walk forward with her lightsaber still activated. She didn't have to walk far before she found one of those she was looking for. Stepping over a burned up droid she heard the lightsaber before she actually saw it. Aral spun using her own lightsaber to block the attack from Lotus. She was surprised that the little slut didn't run away, 'her death, not mine' Aral thought as she blocked the second blade from Lotus. Lotus used a pair of small fast lightsabers and was able to get in a number attacks while Aral defended against them.
“Too bad you have to die, you would make a good Sith Apprentice. I am in the market for one, now.” Aral said as she continued to block the rapid attacks from Lotus. Lotus continued to attack with her lightsabers but to her surprise Aral was not giving any ground. From over Lotus' shoulder, Aral saw a large volume of fire coming from the other side of the city. She knew that was where Annie and her droids were dropped. 'Looks like Urias' plan is working just as he had hoped.' She thought than added, 'he would make a great Sith Apprentice if he would only surrender to the dark side.”
Across the river the ranks of droids and minions were just breaking through the remaining villagers' lines. They were in clear view of Rose and her battle with the leaders of the village. They even cheered as they saw their leader kill the last village leader. Just when they thought that this battle was over, they saw their leader fall under attack from some human Jedi. The most ranking minion motioned for the droids to head for a bridge and help Rose while they headed for another bridge. The force split in to two groups as they rushed to help their besieged leader. Just as the droids were reaching the near by bridge three objects fell from the sky. The lighting fleshed over head in a range of colors. Before them, the droids saw a cowboy dressed droid that looked allot like a Bothan. It wore a cowbot hat, leather duster and chaps. In its hands it carried some kind of multi-barreled weapon. Beside him stood two destroyer droids with their shields activated and weapons ready.
The Bothan style droid looked up at them, “This kind of war, you've gotta believe in what you're fighting for.” It was one of Steven's favorite sayings and Annie loved it. She made sure that her prized droid had all of Steven's logs entered in to his memory banks. It helped him be more like Steven. Just after his statement, the three opened fired with a heavy volume of fire that cut the droids down by the dozens. The three started to move forward pushing the invading droids back away from their leader. The sustained fire from the three droids was intense and more powerful than those of the invaders. However a new group of invaders were rushing up to support their fellow invaders. Still the three droids continued to lay down heavy fire without pause.
As the droids returned fire they discovered the Ogon droid was equipped with a shield much like the destroyer droids that landed along side him. Together the three droids pushed the battledriods of Rose back further from where Rose and Urias were battling to the death. Annie made sure that her droids were always better equipped and better armed. The upgrade in weapons on her destroyers were able to smash through the lesser shielded destroyers of Rose's forces. As the blaster fire rained down on the invaders, Ogon droid let go another quote from Steven's logs, “Well, son, since you haven’t learned to respect your elders, it’s time you learned to respect your betters.” As it laid a heavy volume of fire down on the invading droids. Scores of Rose's battledroids were falling to the volume of fire that the three droids were sending down range.
To the flank of them, they saw the hoard of minions battling. They knew that Annie had been tasked with controlling that bridge and once it was secured she would attempt to block and jam the control tank's transmissions till it could be taken out by another member of their group. Large chunks of burning droids flew high in to the air as they were blasted and cut to ribbons under the combined fire from the three droids. Their mission was simple, keep the droid from crossing the river and away from the village center. It was something that they could easily do. They continued to fire as more droids tried to push through their lines with no success. The storm raged over head, but the winds from the south were starting to kick up in much more fury. The heart of the storm had changed and the winds reflected this change.
Annie landed just on the other side of the bridge with the aid of a jump pack. Her light armor looked used and run down. That was far from the fact, her highly modified armor and helm worked to bring out her strong advantages while giving her a good level of defense. Next to her were her two attack dog droids. They too both landed with the aid of small rockets just after she did. She saw the minions rushing the bridge that she was next to. The storm over head was as intense as she had first thought. The Adder's sensors had been unable to located the atmospheric cause of the storm but her eyes told her that it was nasty. She motioned to her dogs, “Lets go!” she yelled over the thunder of the storm as she took off for the other side of the bridge.
She hit the far side at the same time the minions did. They were big bad and mostly ugly. 'Well okay, the one in the Crashaldyne Armor is pretty cute' she thought as they rushed up to her. She noticed that by the way they were rushing her did not look like they took her or her puppies seriously. 'I can play that to my advantage' she plotted as she waved for her dogs to hold ready. “Oh hey guys!” she said nearly playfully and almost childishly putting her blaster away.
The group of minions surrounded her and a moment later, one of them pointed out, “Hey I know you. You are that computer geek, named Annie” as he mocked her.
Annie's blood boiled over the fact that she was only known for being a computer geek, 'I have taken down entire corporations and broken even the bankers guild security codes. Okay maybe I am a bit of a geek' she thought with a smile as she watched them. Unknown to them, her armor was taking in data on the life forms around her and uploading it to her helm and her weapons. “Yeah I am geek, so what! You like me to take you all down now or one at a time.” She said with more smiles and even batted her eyes at them.
They laughed as they leveled their weapons at her, “What are you going to do geek, game us to death?” said the same one mocked her as they continued to close the circle on her, “drop your weapons geek and we'll let you live” he added.
Annie, laughed as she thought about the idea of games, “I was thinking more in the terms of cards” she said raising both of her hands almost giving the idea that she was giving up. As she rose her hands up she turned her hands and extended her fingers to show a three playing cards in each hand. They were colorfully painted as she showed them off between her fingers. They laughed as she whipped her arms flinging the cards whiled dropping to the ground in the fettle position. Her two dog droids leaped up over and activated their shields covering her.
The sounds of blasters hitting the energy fields filled the area. Accompanying that sound was the sounds of flesh being ripped and of men dying. Annie held her head low as the blasters still tried to get through the shields of the droids. Slowly though the sounds started to die off till there were no more sounds. She lifted her head up as she checked to make sure that the cost was clear. Looking from side to side, “Okay looks like we're safe boys” she said softy as the two droids moved off her. She slowly rose back to her feet and raised her hands. The six cards flew right back to her hands where they had taken off from, “eeiee” she said as the multi colored blood dripped down over her hands from the cards. She looked around to see all ten minions laying dead with massive gashes covering their bodies. She saw the one she had eyed before, “Ah...and he was the cute one. Oh well!”
She smiled as she turned to her dog droids and took a knee next to them, “Who's a good doggie!” she said to one of her droids playfully while changing her voice to show how much she was playing. It reacted to her tone and voice as it bounced a bit waving its tail and barking at her, “Oh you're a good doggie too!” she added to the other one as it was also showing signs of positive emotions. She pulled each in for a hug, “I love me doggies!” Her affection would have to wait as both broke the hug and rushed around her with their backs to her. They each growled as small heavy blasters extended from their backs. They continued to growl as the blasters fired each hitting a droid closing on their position. Annie leaped up and tossed a grenade. It exploded in a bluish light shorting out the circuits of the droids causing them to fall over lifeless.
Over her helm's comlink Annie heard, “Annie, I need some help!” Annie saw hordes of droids closing on her position however, she could hear the intense combat that was coming in over Falynn's comlink. She motioned for her dogs to follow as they rushed to a near by ruble mound. The incoming fire was intense as she dove through the air for cover. Over the comlink she heard Falynn's voice again in panic, “Any day Annie!” Annie popped up to fire her blaster at the droids taking a couple down while her dogs were much better shots. She dipped once more behind cover as incoming blaster fire ripped the rubble up just where her head was the moment before. “Fa, I am really tied up right now. I will try to get to you in a few moments.” Annie considered her opinions.
If she could just call on her Adder, this would all be over. 'Damn Urias and his super plan' she thought firing once more at a group of droids while trying to figure out a way to get over to Falynn and help her out. She knew that Urias and Aral had their hands full and would not be able to help. She rolled over and sunk deeper in to her cover as she activated her link with her ship. She checked its progression with its plan. Urias had had her order the Adder to tend to the invading ship's navigation computer. She was happy to see that its plan was working smoothly but sad to see that they were not completed yet. There was just no why to get help up to the ridge line till she cleared these droids. She opened a channel, “Ogon D I need you and your droids to swing my direction and flank these droids over here. We have to find a way to disengage and help Fa out.” She commanded her droids as she popped back up to lay down some fire at the attacking droids. This time she was able to drop all three droids she was firing at.
Falynn landed just outside of the village on a near by ridge line. They all knew about droids and more impotently how to take them down. Urias knew that the control unit had to be taken down unless they wanted to fight all ten thousand droids. The only problem was that there were so many important key areas that had to be dealt with for Urias' plan to work. Falynn was tasked with taking down the droid tank alone. Urias had all the faith in her abilities as a Jedi to handle this. Only if Falynn had the same level of faith in her that Urias felt. The tank was lightly defend compared to the other targets that had to be hit at the same time. She was dropped by the Adder just beyond their sensor range and moved up on them as quickly as possible. She knew if they were able to group against her, she would never get to the tank. She had one shot at this and she was going to make it work.
Using her force powers, she bumped up her abilities as much as she could. While it wasn't much compared to what Urias and Aral can do, but it was better than nothing. Just as she moved up the last of the rock over hangs that gave her cover, she got a flash of warning from the Force. Falynn didn't scream but she most surely wanted too as she leaped backwards and dodged the attack of one of Rose's minions. He was a dark side marauder with hate in his heart and a energized lightsaber in his hand. This was not part of the plan, none of the minions were supposed to have been anywhere near here. He swung his blade fast as Falynn was just able to dodge the attack as it singed her hair. “Bastard!” she yelled swinging at him. He easily deflected her attack with a twist and then attempted to kick her. Falynn side stepped the kick narrowly while attempting strike him with her own lightsaber.
He deflected her attack with a combination defense offense attack. She once more dodged the attack as she tumbled away from him. All hopes of taking him down were dashed as he skillfully attempted to disarm her. He was very good with the blade, and she could easily tell this fact. Luckily she managed to keep hold of her own lightsaber but his skill was just too high keeping her from attempting to disarm him. “Annie, I need some help!” cried Falynn as she used her lightsaber to block the next set of attacks from him. Already her combat had ruined any hope of surprise on the droids as they started to move on her position. Luckily they held their fire for the moment, but she was not counting on that to last long. His next set of attacks came in hard and fast, each time she had to give up ground while trying to defend herself from the attacks. She was in trouble and she knew it, “Any day Annie!”
He spun as he attacked her once more as she deflected his attack with all her remaining skill. She was running out of steam fast. She Annie's voice come over the link “Fa, I am really tied up right now. I will try to get to you in a few moments.” There would be no help coming her way. She was alone in this battle. He fainted the left and she fell for it. She never saw the kick coming from the right as it landed square in her chest and knocking the wind out of her. She flew backwards and landed hard on the ground with a thud. Her lightsaber deactivated as it bounced from her grip and and landed just a few feet away from her. Terror filled her eyes as she saw the shadow being cast over her from the minion. His lightsaber filled her vision as it came speeding down towards her. 'My son, my love, I sorry....' was all she could think in that very moment. She knew her son was going to miss her. She knew that Urias still needed her. All she felt was that she had failed them all. She closed her eyes and let out a scream as she heard the lightsaber hitting.
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