Captain CT-7537 "Wasp" entered the chamber of the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, with a unit of Hornet platoon troopers behind him, and Republic Commandos 'Ulysses' and 'Achilles' following.
They had heard loud noises coming from this very room, but as Wasp walked inside he noticed that everything appeared to be in place. If it hadn't been for Palpatine sitting in his chair with a frightened expression on his face, and the ex-Wolfpack Commando who was in an aggressive stance, he would have thought it was just his ears playing tricks on him.
"Sweep!" Ulysses ordered.
Wasp went forward, DC15S at the ready, his men following a moment afterward, and it was all clear, no assailants behind the furniture, no blaster marks, nothing. Achilles and Ulysses went over to Alpha Sixty, the commando who appeared ready to tear poor Palpatine's head off was on the left side of the room, a good distance away from the Chancellor. "What happened here?" Ulysses inquired.
Chancellor Palpatine rose up in his chair and pointed a finger at Alpha Sixty "Seize him! he attempted to murder me!"
Even though all of the troopers wore helmets, Wasp could tell Alpha Sixty was glaring daggers at Palpatine. The Commando maintained his combat stance and let loose words that sounded more like a roar then a statement. "HE IS A SITH!"
Ulysses stood still for a moment, briefly considering what Alpha just said. "Got any proof?"
Wasp had two of his troopers next to the large window, only a short distance behind Palatine's chair. The rest took up positions around the room, while Wasp and a Sergeant walked over and saw Alpha Sixty uploading recorded data to a holographic transmitting device.
The hologram was activated and played a fast paced recording of a figure with two lightsabers violently slashing at Alpha Six, nearly tearing him to pieces several times over, the bright red blades never hitting the floor or furniture, but despite the finesse of his attacker, the Republic Commando was able to survive until the picture suddenly blurred and the device ceased recording.
Achilles stated what was on the minds of Ulysses and Wasp:
"That wasn't the Chancellor..."
"They both tried to kill me! Now arrest the Commando responsible!" Palpatine exclaimed from his chair.
"Hold everything, Sir. We have to search your desk." Ulysses said calmly, walking towards the desk and opening the drawers in three swift movements, he felt around and activated a secret compartment, in which there were two deactivated lightsabers, they were entirely identical, and colored silver, gold, and bronze. The buttons matched the size of Chancellor Palpatine's fingers.
The others took a few steps forward and met him in the centre of the room, Palpatine began to rise from his chair as they viewed the lightsabers. Wasp was shocked, his expression behind his helmet was that of pure horror, the man at the centre of the Galactic Republic was the leader of a grand conspiracy that had set the galaxy on it's knees! He had fooled everyone!
Ulysses took a moment to examine the sabers, aiming them upwards, and at that moment Darth Sidious arose, off of the chair from which he has mislead so many millions of beings, and secretly organized the deaths of many more innocents, activated the lightsabers, and gathered them into his hands as the Commandos rolled to the sides of the chamber, ready to engage him.
The three Commandos fired upon the menacing figure with their DC-17m blasters, but quickly resorted to close combat tactics as Sidious engaged them, his sabers whirling in a manner that would have utterly destroyed most other opponents.
But this Sith had never dealt with fully trained Republic Commando. Wasp and his Troopers got to their senses and started firing blasts at Darth Sidious, but he deflected every last one and still managed to hold off the three RCs that were hounded at him like war dogs off of a leash.
The Hornets were merely an elite platoon belonging to the 373rd Arrowhead battalion, 800 Republic clones outfitted with armor that was much stronger then that of the average trooper. This made fighting powerful opponents a little easier, because they could withstand so many blaster bolts at one time. Because of this, they were unfazed by the deflected shots.
The door leading to the Chancellor's chamber chimed open, and a column of senate commandos and several blue garbed senate guardsmen entered, weapons raised, they seemed unsure of who their enemy was.
Sidious let out a growl as he was beaten back, one of his lightsabers lost during the close combat, and shouted "Kill them all!" before nearly taking Alpha's head off with a well aimed saber strike.
The senate commandos received dozens of blaster bolts from behind, and they all fell to the floor, with only one of the surviving, crawling along the floor for his weapon, and before the poor man could grab hold of it, a dark red boot stomped down on his helmet, and a force pike was run through his back, piercing armor and flesh alike.
Two red guards, the elite of Palpatine's defenders, charged through the doorway, with the blue garbed guardsmen aiding them. In a set of swift movements they had killed the senate commandos, and now rushed for or fired upon the soldiers of Hornet platoon. Captain Wasp got into a crouch and quickly fired several bursts from his DC15S, killing a guard and wounding another, before the troopers to his near left and right found themselves in a close quarters battle.
They nearly lost. Achilles had taken advantage of his fellows distracting their opponent so that he could shoot at the guards, many of which dropped dead under the steady fire of the weapon that was designed for use by the Republic's elite commandos. Wasp quickly drew his attention towards Alpha Sixty, who was about to be cut into pieces by a saber thrust he couldn't possibly dodge. There was no room to maneuver.
"Even when discovered, I am victorious!" Darth Sidious bellowed, slicing off Alpha Sixty's left arm and moving to strike a barrage of blows.
He was nearly kicked in the stomach and was then leg dropped by the combined efforts of Ulysses and Alpha Sixty, but right before he fell, his lightsaber struck twice, with both strokes killing two Hornet troopers, one to his left and one to his right. The halves fell to the floor, the last of Hornet platoon, other then Wasp, had fallen.
The commandos kicked the Chancellor's downed body with what looked like enough blows to kill a man, and Wasp shot the surviving senate guardsmen in the doorway. The commandos decided to seat the corpse in the chair from which he had committed so many injustices against the Galactic Republic and the entire galaxy, and placed the lightsabers in his lap.
Loud footsteps could be heard from the hallway, confirming the thoughts of Wasp and the Commandos: The entire senate was on alert. They had to leave. Now.
